War Affects the World
1. The Gallipoli Campaign
British attack on ______
Knock ______out of the war
Get supplies to ______
Persuade neutral ______states to join Allies
A failure
______humiliated
Bulgaria joins ______.
2. Battle for the Dardanelles
Notable ______failure to take straits b/t Black Sea & MedSea
______died
Hopes of a supply line to ______dashed
3. The Battle of Verdun
February to ______1916
Germany wanted to “______France white”
Massive ______against French city of Verdun
1,400 artillery along 8-mile front
1 ______shells fired on first day
Casualties
______: 542,000
______: 434,000
4. The Battle of the Somme
July – November 1916
Allied attempt to relieve pressure on ______
British attack along the ______
Preceded by 7-day ______barrage
British had 57,000 ______on the first day
Casualties
______: 600,000
______: 500,000
5. Eastern Front
Battle of Tannenberg, Sept. 1914
______pushed out of Germany
______Russians died
Battle of Limanowa, Dec. 1914
Russia pushed out of ______- ______
6. Battle of Tannenburg
1st major battle on the ______
German victory
Result of premature Russian invasion of ______
However, it did divert German forces from the ______, enabling the Allies to halt the ______advance on Paris
7. Russian effort collapses, 1916
Lack of ______
Troops poorly ______
Ports blockaded
______(Baltic Sea),Ottomans (Black Sea)
Only asset were ______numbers
8. The United States and World War I
______tradition
Wilson declares USA ______in European war
Wilson calls for “______without victory”
US banks ______belligerents money
Pro-Allied sentiment in ______
9. Sussex Pledge
The Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by ______to the ______prior to the latter's entry into the war.
indiscriminately ______any non-German vessel using their U-boats
______attempted to appease the United States by issuing the Sussex pledge, which promised a change in Germany’s naval ______policy.
In 1917 ______became convinced they could defeat the Allied Forces by returning to unrestricted submarine warfare before the United States could enter the war, thereby ______the Sussex pledge.
10.The Sinking of the Lusitania
May 7, 1915
______- passenger liner
Sunk by ______U-boat
1,200 lives lost
128 ______dead
Pushed USA closer to ______
11. Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
January 31, 1917
Germans promise to sink any ship that enters the ______
Cut off supplies to ______& ______
Force ______surrender
US ______ships sunk
12. The Zimmerman Telegram February 28, 1917
British intelligence intercepted German telegram to ______
______promised Mexico territory lost to USA in Mexican War (1846-48)
______did not take the telegram seriously
The USA, however, did
April 6, 1917 – USA ______on Germany
13. Home Front
______touched all lives
______economy (rations)
All able-bodied people put to ______
Civil liberties ______
Official use of ______
14.Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Coordinated ______of war supplies.
15. Popular Nationalism was inflamed
______leaned heavily on public opinion.
______was manipulated
______became normal
16. Propaganda
______or ______spread to advance a cause or damage an opponent’s cause.
Section 3 quiz
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. In 1917, Germany returned to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, hoping to
A. bring the United States into the war.
B. force Russia to withdraw from the war.
C. keep cargo ships from reaching Great Britain.
D. destroy the British ships blockading German ports.
____ 2. World War I was a "total war" in the sense that
A. it brought great suffering to civilians.
B. nations from all over the world were involved.
C. new technologies played a large part in the war.
D. the nations involved devoted all their resources to it.
____ 3. The system of rationing was designed to limit
A. civilian antiwar activities.
B. production of luxury items.
C. purchases of consumer goods.
D. the number of men needed in the civilian work force.
____ 4. The purpose of propaganda during World War I was to
A. censor the press.
B. inform the public.
C. expose antiwar activity.
D. influence public opinion.
____ 5. The Zimmerman note, which pushed the United States to enter the war, exposed the German plan to
A. make a truce with Russia.
B. help Mexico regain U.S. territory.
C. sink passenger ships without warning.
D. plant German spies in the United States.
____ 6. The armistice signed near Paris in November 1918 brought an end to
A. World War I.
B. Kaiser Wilhelm's rule.
C. the Second Battle of the Marne.
D. Russia's involvement in the war.