Flashback Review #7

Name: ___________________________________
Period: ___
Date: __________________

ch24 The Great War

1. The four MAIN causes of WWI were: M_____________________ , A______________________,

I___________________ & N___________________
2. The spark that triggers the war in Europe was the _______________________ of _______________
Franz Ferdinand of ____________- Hungary.
3. What was the reason for killing the Archduke? Gavrillo Princip hoped
___________ would win independence & freedom.
4. The ___________ Powers included: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria.
5. The major Allied Powers were: Britain, ___________, Italy, ____________ and later the US.
6. Fighting from ___________ with no-man's land in between, the war became a
stalemate with huge numbers of killed & wounded.
7. At first the Pres. Wilson said the US must stay ____________ in the war but
businesses boomed by selling weapons (mostly to the Allies).
8. ___________________ made the enemy look evil by exaggerating & out right
lies about the other side.
9. The _______________ was sunk by a German ________________ killing 128 Americans on board.
10. He kept us out of war. This slogan helped __________ win a second term
as president.
11. The Germans began to sink US ships again in 1917. To distract the US,
Germany sent a secret ____________________ Telegram to ___________
asking her to attack America's southwest.
12. What happens in Russia that helped Germany in 1917? _______________________________________
13. Fearing the Allies may not win this war, America enters the war. Wilson justifies going to war by
saying, the world must be made safe for ________________.

14. Young men are _________ into the army. People on the _______ Front plant victory ________, have
wheat-less & meat-less days and women go to work building _____________ for the war.
15. Who wins control of Russia? _________

Russia becomes the _________ Union (USSR).

16. The Harlem _______ Fighters prove their courage & skill in France. Sgt. York
almost single handedly captures over 100 Germans on the Western Front. And the
Marines stop the German advance on ________ in the Battle of Belleau Woods.
17. After the Americans smash throw the German lines in the Argonne _________, the armistice ends the
fighting on the ___th hour of the ___th day of the ___th month, 1918.
18. Wilson's idea for lasting peace was called the _____________________. The only idea used in this plan
was the _________ of __________. A place for countries to ______ out their differences & protect weaker
nations form aggression.
19. The European Allies wanted revenge after the war. Their plan: the Treaty of _____________________
20. This was a harsh plan punished Germany with ________________ (pay for the war damages), lose of
____________ over seas and territory (made into Poland/Czechoslovakia) and no more military.
21. The US never joins the ________ of _________ and becomes more ______________ in world affairs.
22. This war set the stage for _________.