WH Unit 5 Part 1

Payments for war damages

• Armistice
• League of Nations
• Reparations
• Militarism

Glorification of the armed forces

• Armistice
• Militarism
• Total War
• Reparations

Complete mobilization of a nation's resources and people

• Armistice
• Militarism
• Total War
• Reparations

Agreement that brings the end to war

• Armistice
• Militarism
• Total War
• Reparations

International peacekeeping organization created at the end of WWI

• United Nations
• NAFTA
• NATO
• League of Nations

Why were tensions heightened among countries in Europe after 1900?

• Socialists had seized power throughout Europe
• Some nations refused to trade with each other
• Nations began mobilizing for war

Civil war broke out in Russia after WWI because

• Foreign troops remained on Russian soil
• the Allies supported the Whites against the Communist Reds
• Lenin acquired too much territory in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Why did many African leaders expect colonial rule to end after WWI?

• Africans had volunteered to fight against the Germans

• The colonial powers had promised it would happen

• The Western countries had already been there 50 years

During WWI, new roles in the workforce were created for women because

• they were experienced workers
• women demanded equality with men
• so many men entered the military effort

Initially, the WWI effort on the Western Front was characterized by

• slow but steady advancement of the German army on the ground
• trench warfare that kept both sides in the same position for years
• decisive victories by the French army and swift retreat of German forces