Chapter 7 World War 1 Chapter 1 Lesson Review

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World War I was a war that was virtually unprecedented in the slaughter, carnage, and devastation it caused. Some 8,500,000 soldiers died as a result of wounds or disease, and equally many equally 13,000,000 civilians also died. It concluded with the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed in 1919. The questions and answers in this list are taken from the Pinnacle Questions sections of the articles on Globe State of war I, Treaty of Versailles, Lusitania, and trench warfare.

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• What was the main cause of World War I?

• What countries fought in World War I?

  The war pitted the Central Powers (mainly Germany, Austro-hungarian empire, and Turkey) confronting the Allies (mainly France, Not bad Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States).

• How was trench warfare used in World War I?

  

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  French machine-gun position in the trenches on the Western Forepart during World State of war I.

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  The widespread use of automobile guns and rapid-firing arms pieces on the Western Front meant that any exposed soldier was vulnerable. Protection from enemy fire could only be achieved by excavation into the globe. Assaults were carried out across "No Man'south Land" between the opposing trenches.

• Why was the Lusitania of import?

  The British ocean liner's demise contributed indirectly to the United States' entry into Earth War I. In 1915 it was sunk by a High german U-boat, resulting in the death of 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Despite outrage over the incident, the U.Southward. government continued to pursue a policy of neutrality for another two years. However, High german submarine warfare was cited when the U.s. declared war in 1917.

• Who won Globe War I?

  The Allies won World War I after 4 years of combat and the deaths of some 8.v one thousand thousand soldiers as a result of battle wounds or affliction.

• What was the significance of World War I?

  Four purple dynasties—the Habsburgs of Austria-Hungary, the Hohenzollerns of Germany, the sultanate of the Ottoman Empire, and the Romanovs of Russia—collapsed equally a directly effect of the war, and the map of Europe was changed forever. The United States emerged as a earth power, and new technology made warfare deadlier than ever before.

• What were the main provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?

  The Treaty of Versailles gave Germany new boundaries. Alsace-Lorraine was given to France and Eupen-Malmédy to Belgium. Territory in eastern Germany was awarded to a reconstituted Poland. Memelland was placed under French supervision, and Saarland was placed under the administration of the League of Nations, merely France was given control of its coal. In add-on, a demilitarized zone was created between Germany and France. Deutschland was required to have responsibility for causing all the impairment of the state of war that was "imposed upon [the Allies] past the aggression of Germany…" and to pay an unspecified corporeality of money in reparations.

• What were the results of the Treaty of Versailles?

  

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  Massive rally protesting the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Berlin, 1932.

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  Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles nether protest, and the United States did not ratify the treaty. France and Britain at first tried to enforce the treaty, only over the next several years a number of modifications were made. Federal republic of germany ignored the limits that the treaty placed on its rearmament. Payment of reparations proved ruinous, and the attempt was abandoned afterward the advent of the Keen Depression. The League of Nations lasted for 26 years and had some initial successes merely failed to advance a more full general disarmament or to avoid international aggression and state of war. It did, withal, lay the groundwork for the subsequent founding of the United Nations.

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