Chapter 5: The Progressive Impulse



World War 1

Vocabulary

1. militarism

2. ultimatum

3. mobilize

4. neutrality

5. armistice

6. reparations

7. “no man’s land”

8. self-determination

People and Groups

1. Gavrilo Princip

2. Archduke Ferdinand

3. Czar Nicolas II

4. Kaiser William II

5. Black Hand

6. Woodrow Wilson

7. David Lloyd George

8. Georges Clemenceau

9. Bolsheviks

10. Lenin

11. Allies (Triple Entente)

12. Central Powers

13. League of Nations

Events

1. Forming of alliances prior to the war

2. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

3. Battle of Verdun

4. Battle of the Somme

5. Russian Revolution

6. US entry into WW1

7. Zimmermann Note

8. Paris Peace Conference

Main Ideas

1. Why did the war start? (4 general reasons) What were the alliances that led to war? (Know the reason for each countries entry into the war) What specific event triggered war?

2. Why was Archduke Ferdinand murdered?

3. How did Austria-Hungary react to the murder of the heir to the throne?

4. Describe how each of the following inventions changed warfare:

a. Machine gun

b. Tank

c. U-boat

d. Airplane

e. Poisonous Gas

5. How did subjects of the British Empire feel about going to war for the mother country? (Which countries are parts of British Empire?)

6. What impact did the withdrawal of Russia from the war have on the Allies?

7. How did the entrance of the United States into the war help the allies? Why did they declare war on Germany?

8. What were the costs of the war, economically and in terms of life?

9. How was self-determination a major issue in the peace plans?

10. What were the major accomplishments of the Treaty of Versailles? Who was to blame? What did they have to do because of it?

11. Why wasn’t self-determination used in Asia and Africa?

12. How did the Treaty of Versailles cause World War 2?

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