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Stover Chapter 29
The Great War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The assassin of Archduke Ferdinand was a | Serbian |
| The first nation to declare war in World War I | Austria |
| The Allied victory at the First Battle of the Marne was critical bc it forced Germany to | Fight on 2 fronts |
| The Eastern Front was fought along Germany's border with | Russia |
| The Gallipoli invasion was designed to defeat the ---------, end the ---------, and supply the -------- | Ottomans, stalemate, Russia |
| The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended the war between__________ and ___________ | Russia, Germany |
| The plan for the postwar world proposed by Wilson were the | Fourteen Points |
| ____________ proposed the League of Nations | Wilson |
| Bismarck believed ______posed the greatest threat to peace in Europe | France |
| Prior to WW I, Great Britain and ________ competed for industrial domination | Germany |
| France was brought into the war through its alliance with | Russia |
| _______ was brought into the war through its alliance with Serbia | Russia |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by | Austria |
| Great Britain entered the war after Germany invaded | Belgium |
| The country originally part of the Triple Alliance that joined the Allies after the war broke out | Italy |
| Russia withdrew from the war because______ were ________ and the ________ refused to __________ | Civilians, suffering, army, fight |
| When Russia withdrew from the war, Germany only had to fight on | 1 front |
| The Treaty of Versailles showed it is bad to _________ countries for war atrocities | Punish |
| The ________ is known as the " powder keg" of Europe | Balkans |
| The purpose of the Schieffen Plan ws to prevent Germany from having to fight on | 2 fronts |
| The battles of Verdun and Somme resulted in huge | Casualties |
| The French commander of he Allied forces | Foch |
| The United States entered WW I in | 1917 |
| Wilson's suggestions for postwar peace included the end of _______, free ______, and reducing ______ | Treaties, trade, militaries |
| Throughout most of WW I, Germany was ruled by | Kaiser Wilhelmina |
| Article 231 of the Treaty of Vesailles blamed the war on | Germany |
| Most of the new nations created at the end of the war were on land from________ and _________ | Russia, Austria |
| Prior to WW I, __________ and ________ competed to dominate the Balkans | Russia, Austria |
| This Allied power was not represented at the Paris Peace Conference because they withdrew early | Russia |
| The US entered the war because the _____ of the ____ and the | Sinking, Lusitania, Zimmerman note |
| The Allies won the war when _______ entered | US |