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ImmediateCauseofWorldWarI Militarism,Alliances,ImperialismandNationalismwereallunderlyingcausesforWorldWarIto beginbutonespecificincidentbroughtthosemanycausestoaclimax. ClickonthelinkbelowtoREADabouttheimmediatecauseofthewar. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_explosion.html 1. HowdidthedeathofArchdukeFranzFerdinandinstigate(urgeon)thecollapseofpeacein Europe? GermanywouldhaveParisforlunch,St.Petersburgfordinner.~KaiserWilhelmII TheassumptionthattheEuropeanwarwouldendquicklywasfarfromcorrect. ClickonthelinkbelowtowatchtheanimationoftheOutbreakofWarinEurope. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/maps_outbreak.html(Playtheanimationonthemap) 2. HowdidtheSchlieffenPlansupportKaiserWilhelmsgoalsinthequoteabove? LifeintheTrenches AftertheinitialinvasionofFrancebytheGermans,theAlliedtroopspushedtheGermantroops backtoastalemateposition.Neithersidewouldbackdown;sotheydugin. Clickonthelinkbelowtoviewthechapter1Trenchwarfare.(trytowatchthevideosif available) http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_trench.html 3. InthesectionOrganizationofTrenches,whatwerethefourtypesoftrenchesusedbythe Allies? 4. EnlargethepictureDiagramoftrenchsystemWhydoyouthinkthetrencheswereformedin azigzagtypepattern? 5. Describenomansland.

TotalWar By1915,thewarhadbecomeaglobalwar.Clickonthelinkbelowandreadabouthowthewar hadbecomeglobal. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch2_war.html 6. Name3waysthatthewarhadbecomeaglobalwarasopposedtosimplyagroundwar foughtinEurope. Slaughter ThebattlesontheWesternfrontareknownfortheirhugenumberoflossessustainedbythe Alliedtroops.Clickonthelinkbelowtoreadaboutthebattles. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch2_slaughter.html 7. HowmanysoldierswerelostattheBattleofSomme,Verdun&Ypres?

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WORLDWARI:PBSWebquest PartII
Mutiny In1917,afteryearsofcombat,trenchwarfareandthedisruptionofdailylivesinEuropeannations, manycountrieswantedtocontinuefightingtovictory.However,astimepassedandthenations rejectedallpeaceinitiatives,peopleonbothsidesbegantoquestionthemanslaughterand violence. Clickonthelinkbelowtoreadaboutthedisillusionmentanddisobedienceofsoldiersonthefront lines. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch3_mutiny.html 8. Howdidmutinies(orrebellions)affecttheFrenchandRussianarmy? ReadthesectionlabeledTheEndofHeroismontherightsideoftheMutinypage. 9. Explainhowthesoldierslivinginthetrencheslivedwiththedead. Collapse DespitethesinkingoftheLusitaniainMay1915,PresidentWoodrowWilsonwasabletonegotiate tradewithbelligerentsofthewarwithoutprovokingGermany. ClickonthelinkbelowtoreadabouthowAmericagotinvolvedinWorldWarI. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_kennedy_01_wilson.html 10. WhatledtotheAmericaninvolvementintheGreatWar? By1918,5millionAmericansoldierswereinuniformandhelpingtheAlliedforcesendtheGreat War. Clickonthelinktoreadabouthowthewarended http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch3_collapse.html 11. DescribewhateventsledtothecollapseoftheGermanarmy/navyandtheirwareffort.How didtheKaisersabdication(givingup)ofthethroneaffectthewareffort?

Hatred&Hunger Onthe11thdayofthe11thmonth,theAlliesandCentralPowersagreedtoanarmisticeorcease fire.Peopleallovertheglobeexperiencedfeelingsofnationalism,selfdeterminationandthe opportunitiesofdemocracybutmanyknewthepeacewasnotlikelytolast. ClicktoreadaboutthepeaceagreementandtreatmentofGermanyfollowingthearmistice. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch4_hatred.html 12. Thoughthearmisticewasineffect,howdidtheAlliesstillwagewaronGermany? 13. WhenWoodrowWilsonarrivedinParisin1918,whatwastheonethinghewantedfromthe peacenegotiations? LookatthephotographaboveHatred&Hunger 14. WhoweretheBigFouratthepeaceconference? WarWithoutEnd Oncethewarended,manymilitarymenwereveryattachedtotheirexperiencesofwar.Theyhad experiencedcamaraderielikeneverbefore. Clickonthelinkbelowtoreadabouthowpeoplewereaffectedbythewar. http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch4_war.html 15. HowdidGermansfeeldifferentlythanotherEuropeansaboutthewar? LookatthemapofEurope19181920. 16. HowmanynewcountrieswerecreatedbytheTreatyofVersailles?Comparethismaptothe mapofEuropein1914.http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/index.html

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