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What were Balkan's compared to and why?

"Power keg", or barrel of gunpowder A single spark could easily start a war

Explain the Zimmerman Telegram

- intercepted German telegram - revealed Germany was trying to get Mexico on their side -Germany offered to help Mexico take back their lost land-New Mexico, Texas, Arizona

What did imperialism do?

Fed a rise in militarism

Why did nations build up armies?

Self protection National glory

What set off the war?

Serbian nationalist Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne

What is militarism

glorification of the military

Explain the Lusitania

-boat sank the British passenger liner -nearly 1200 people died, 128 Americans -Germany fired because they thought it was carrying ammunition

What happened with the British naval blockade?

-it was on Germany -they intercepted weapons, food, cotton

What made the war very lethal?

Advancements in technology - airplanes - armed tanks - rapid fire machine guns and heavy artillery

As tensions mounted, Germany formed an alliance with______

Austria Hungary

Who declared war on whom to begin the war?

Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia

Who were the Allies?

France, Britain, Russia

On the opposing side(of Germany) ____, ____, and _____ allied

France, Britain, and Russia

Who opposed the allies?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Alliance system

Meant that conflicts between two powers will involve others

Between the trench lines there was an unoccupied territory known as _______.

No man's land

What was the worst new weapon? Explain

Poison gas -caused choking, blinding, severe skin blisters -survivors still suffered lung problems -140 nations agreed to ban it in war

Fighting quickly settled into a _______ or ________ which means

Stalemate or deadlock Neither side was winning

What are U-boats and who used them?

Submarines Germany

What is propagada

Th spread of information designed to in support for a cause

What removed the final obstacle of the uS joining war? Why was this an obstacle?

The Russian revolution-Russia backed out of the war The US didn't want to side with a monarch, now they don't have to

Most American trade we with_____

The allies

What was Wilson's objective

To keep the US out of war

What is nationalism?

pride in one's country or ethnic group

What warfare was used?

trench warfare


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