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7.3 Conducting WWI
AP World History 7.3 Conducting WWI
Question | Answer |
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What war was the first total war? | World War I was the first total war (Not global war; whole countries dedicated to war). |
What were some of the strategies used by governments to wage war? | Governments used a variety of strategies, including political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize populations (both in the home countries and the colonies) for the purpose of waging war. |
What helped to raise more money and power for the governments? | Women, propaganda, increased government $ and power (show WWI posters, book of poems) |
What were some of the greatest impacts to families because of the war? | huge armies/draft, huge industry, rationing, dead (over 2x Napoleonic wars), shell shock |
What did new military technology lead to? | New military technology led to increased levels of wartime casualties. |
What were the main military technologies that emerged during WWI? | Machine guns, subs, gas, planes, tanks, communications |
Where were the battlegrounds of WWI? | primarily a European war: western front Germany v. UK, France; eastern front Germany v. Russia |
Which side was Italy with? Who did the Ottoman join? | Italy switched sides; Italy switched sides; Ottoman joined Germany, battle of Gallipoli 1915 |
What was the result of trench warfare in the West? | trench warfare in the west (battles of Somme, Verdun 1916) meant millions died but neither side advanced |
What was the result of WWI on Russia by 1917? | by 1917 Russia was suffering domestic revolutions and pulled out in early 1918 (Communist party in Russia pulled out) |
What did the US do in 1917? | the US in 1917 decided to enter the war, German subs sinking our ships |
What was Germany's stance by 1918? | by 1918 Germany was exhausted and asked for peace terms |