John Brown’s Raid



Terms & People

You need to be familiar with the following terms and names. It is often helpful to use index cards for this – write the term/name on one side of a card and its definition on the other. Make a game out of it.

|Militarism |the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war |

|Alliance |agreement between nations to aid and protect one another |

|Imperialism |policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions. |

|Nationalism |excessive pride in one’s own nation |

|Archduke Ferdinand |heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in June 1914, leading to the outbreak of World War I. |

|Allied Powers |military alliance of France, Britain, Italy, Russia and 20 other nations during W.W. I |

|Central Powers |military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire during W.W.I |

|Stalemate |a deadlock, neither side can score a clear victory in battle |

|Propaganda |spreading of ideas to help or hurt a cause (ex. posters, songs) |

|U Boats |German submarines |

|Trench warfare |soldiers fire on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches. |

|Lusitania |British passenger ship that was torpedoed by German U-boat in 1915, killing 1,200 people (including 128 Americans) |

|Woodrow Wilson |28th president of the U.S. (1913-1921) who proposed “Fourteen Points” peace plan at the end of WWI |

|Zimmermann telegram |a note to the German minister in Mexico in 1917 instructing the minister to urge Mexico to attack the U.S. if the U.S. declared|

| |war on Germany |

|mobilize |to prepare for war. |

|Selective Service Act |law passed by Congress in 191 requiring all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft. |

|draft |a law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military |

|armistice |an agreement to stop fighting |

|Fourteen Points |president Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I |

|League of Nations |association of nations formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace in the future |

|reparations |cash payments made by a defeated nation to a victorious nation to pay for losses suffered during a war |

|Treaty of Versailles |(June 28, 1919) signed by Germany and the Allies, which formally placed the responsibility for war on Germany and its allies. |

| |It forced Germany to pay over $300 million in reparations and limited the size of its military. |

Study Questions

Answer each question completely using full sentences.

1. Explain the four long-term causes (M.A.I.N.) of World War I in Europe.

2. Explain the immediate cause of World War I in Europe.

3. Identify the two alliances involved in World War I and the countries on each side.

4. Describe how military technology changed the way World War I was fought as compared to earlier wars.

5. Describe how trench warfare worked during World War I.

6. Explain the events that led the United States to join World War I in 1917.

7. Describe the role that propaganda played in World War I. Give specific examples.

8. Explain the purpose of the Selective Service Act during World War I.

9. Describe the role that the home front (life at home in the U.S.) played in World War I.

10. Explain President Wilson’s plan for peace at the end of World War I.

11. Explain the Treaty of Versailles and its effect on Europe.

12. Explain why the U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles.

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UNIT STUDY GUIDE #7

World War I

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