Midterm-History Essays

Front 1

1) nationalism

Back 1

-a fanatical devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation
-doesnt always follow on a map
Russia and Slavic people vs. Austro-Hungary

Front 2

imperialism

Back 2

-building of empires through acquisition of smaller weaker territories
-extending economic, political, and military power over the new territory
-ger v fr v gb

Front 3

militarism

Back 3

-the build up of military personnel, weaponry, and naval ships to have more than any potential enemy
-turn of the century germany turn to the seas

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alliance-ism

Back 4

-the system during WWI that had many large and small countries joining signing treaties with each other
-allies and central powers

Front 5

2) 4 ways of building up navy

Back 5

1.exempted shipyard workers from draft
2.chamber of commerce promotes ship building
3.assembly lines
4.converted commercial and private ships

Front 6

3)war industry board

Back 6

1.encouraged mass production techniques to increase efficiency
2. standardize products
3.set production quotas
4.allocated raw materials

Front 7

4)new weapons

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1. machine guns-increased firepower- kill more people
2. airplanes have attached guns to shoot enemy from above, anti aircraft gun shoots down planes
3. poison and mustard gas used to sicken, burn, suffocate victims
4. tanks- mow down barbed wire and soldiers

Front 8

5) entering into 14 point

Back 8

At first we enter the war because our ships are being sunk, and we win quickly,ending the war. President Wilson introduces the 14 points: 1-5 prevent war, 6-13 boundaries, and 14 league of nations. He created this to discuss things and meet with other nations, without resorting to war. The U.S. is not apart of this because Senate didn't approve it. There was much opposition of this and the Treaty of Versailles, promoted by President Wilson

Front 9

6-8)*see back of history midterm review

Back 9

3 essays

Front 10

9) Trench warfare

Back 10

Armies fight for mere yards or gound. There were 3 main types of trenches in which they swapped positions: front line, support, and reserve trenches. They used dugouts and the area between called "no man's land." There was also horrific slaughter scale, not much ground exchange, and diseases such as trench mouth and trench foot.