History Chapter 14
From 1917 to 1921, Russia had gone from a monarchy to
A centralized state
Britain got involved in the war because it was ______.
An ally of Belgium
Because of Rasputin's influence on the czar and the court, Russian aristocrats
Assassinated Rasputin
The spark that caused the start of World War I was ______
Assassination of Ferdinand
Before the war, the _____________ was a place of fighting and political instability.
Balkan Peninsula
SA: How were the White forces and the anti-Leninist socialists different?
Both opposed the communists but WF were loyal to the czar. Anti-lenisits wanted a socialist state but not run by Lenin.
Russians suffered badly in the war because they ______.
Did not have supplies to fight a modern war
Which of the following did the Big Three agree to at the Paris Peace Conference?
Established the League of Nations
SA: What roles did the assassination of Francis Ferdinand and the existence of prior military plans play in leading quickly to the outbreak of World War I?
Ferdinand was in Serbia. Prior military plans quickly escalated into war.
What happened to the war on the Western Front as a result of trench warfare?
Fighting became a statement
Shortly after it was formed, who did the new German Social Democratic government face challenges from?
German communists Party
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement with
Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey
The Triple Alliance was made up of ______.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
With great success, the new government used war communism to
Get necessary supplies to the troops
SA: What was war communism, and why was it important?
Gout controls most industrial, seized grain centralized state administration to leap the red army supplied.
SA: What did Wilson hope to accomplish by creating the League of Nations?
Hope to foster cooperation between nations, prevent future wars and to promote democracy and self-determination.
SA: Why did technology make it difficult for armies on the Western Front to mount a successful offensive attack?
Industrialized weapons could repel any offensive
Which territories did Britain govern as mandates?
Iraq and Palestine
Why did Lenin sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany?
Lenin promised to pull out of the war
Governments controlled dissent and censored the news in order to
Maintain high morale and support for the ear
The Treaty of Versailles declared that Germany had to
Make reparations had to pay for the war
Why was "no-mans-land" so dangerous?
Many were killed
The sinking of the Lusitania helped draw the United States into the war because More
More than 100 Americans died.
SA: What factors contributed to the start of WWI?
Nationalism, Imperialism, Military Alliances, Internal Dissent
Why did both the Allies and the Central Powers welcome new allies to their side?
Needed the help from allies
SA: Why did trench warfare develop on the Western Front but not on the Eastern Front?
Neither side could mount a successful offensive
The war aided the women's movement because...
New independence
What made trench warfare much more dangerous for soldiers?
New weapons
The Treaty of Versailles created new nations, including:
Poland
What happened after the Bolsheviks seized the Winter Palace?
Provisional gout collapsed
To gain Arab support against the Ottoman Turks during the war, the Allies had promised to
Recognize the independence of Arab states in the Ottoman Empire.
Germany fought _________ on the Eastern Front and the _______ on the Western Front.
Russian ---- French
The war became a total war in which wartime governments
Set up planned economics
After emperor William II fled Germany in 1918, the country formed a
Social Democratic Republic
SA: How might internal dissent in European states have led to WWI?
Some leaders entered the war to suppress disorder in their country
The Bolsheviks worked to gain control of
The Soviets
Military opposition to the Red Army came from
The Ukrainians
What was one major cause of the Russian Revolution in 1917?
The czar's decisions on the economy and the war
On November 11, 1918, which of the following signed an armistice?
The new German government
SA: What grievances did the Russian people have with the provisional government?
The war caused great suffering and became unpopular causing the czar to shut down
A civil war began in Russia because many groups opposed the new Bolshevik government, including
The white forces
SA: Why did German military leaders return Lenin to Russia?
To create disorder in Russia and cause them to pull out of the war
The purpose of Europe's military alliances was to ______.
To keep the peace by creating a balance of power
Why did the Allies have troops stationed in Russia?
Wanted to bring Russia back into the war
Which type of warfare is based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses?
War of attrition
SA: How did the war on the Eastern Front differ from the war on the Western Front?
Western Front was a stalemate, Russia was defeated in the east.
SA: What happened in Germany after its military defeat?
William 2 Left Germany, Social Democrats formed a republic, communists tried to seize power to a fear among the working class.
What effect did the war have on women's jobs?
Women filled in for men
German General Ludendorff decided to make a final offensive on the Western Front to
end the military stalemate with the allies
Trench warfare consisted of
fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire fence
The United States entered the war largely over the issue of
unrestricted submarine warfare
