1. World War I 1914-1918

2. causes of World War I  Underlying causes (the “fuel”):  nationalism  imperialism  militarism  Alliance System  Immediate cause (the “spark”):  assassination of Franz Ferdinand (1914)  archduke of Austria- Hungary  set off a chain reaction because of the Alliance System

3. Central Powers  Germany  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

4. Allies (World War I)  Britain  France  Russia  Italy  (switched from Central Powers in 1915)  United States  (joined the war in 1917 )

5. World War I technology  devastating weapons were developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution:  machine gun  heavy artillery  mortar  chemicals (poison gas)  flame thrower  grenade  tank  zeppelin  airplane  submarine  torpedo

6. trench warfare  warfare where each side sets up fortified trenches that are parallel to one another  used extensively during World War I  caused a stalemate which resulted in millions of casualties

9. Russian Revolution  time period when the Bolsheviks (communists) overthrew the government of the czar (emperor) in 1917  led by Vladimir Lenin  Russia became the Soviet Union (USSR)  Russia dropped out of World War I

10. reasons the U.S. entered World War I  British propaganda  Lusitania  Zimmerman Telegram  Russian Revolution  eliminated the Eastern Front  unrestricted submarine warfare

11. World War I casualties  soldiers:  8 million dead  20 million wounded  called the “Lost Generation”  civilians:  12 million dead

12. Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)  U.S. president during World War I  proposed ideas for lasting peace including the League of Nations

13.  officially ended World War I  severely punished Germany:  had to accept fault for the war  lost territory  reparations  $33 billion to the Allies  about $400 billion today Treaty of Versailles

14.  officially ended World War I  severely punished Germany:  had to accept fault for the war  lost territory  reparations  $33 billion to the Allies  about $400 billion today  created new nations  a major cause of World War II

15. League of Nations  international peacekeeping organization  the only of Wilson’s ideas adopted by the Treaty of Versailles  U.S. Congress refused to join and adopted a policy of isolationism  made the league weak

16. Vocabulary Assignment GGet into groups of two DDefine all 18 vocabulary words DDraw two well detailed pictures (label) TTwo papers for each group MMake 8 cuts on one side CCreate the flash cards DDraw on back

17. Vocab Assignment  Nationalism  Militarism  Alliance system  Unification of Germany  Trench warfare  WWI weapons  Zimmerman telegram  Isolationism  Stalemate  Unrestricted submarine warfare  Propaganda  Two-front war  Russian Revolution  Lenin  Communism  Treaty of Versailles  League of Nations  Reparations