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World War I (Ending the War (Surrender (Germany signed armistice on…

- - - - 9.7 million military deaths
      - 10 million civilian deaths
  - - - End to secret treaties/agreements
      - arms reductions
      - evacuation of iccupied territories
      - redrawing of boundary lines
      - Establishment of the League of Nations
  - - - France and Britain gained control over various territories
      - Attempted to quarantine Soviet Russia's communism
      - severely weakened German economy and power
    - - ended the war
      - signed by Austria and the Allies on Sept. 1919
- - - - Filled jobs left vacant by male soldiers at war
      - worked to support the war effort
      - made the products needed to keep fighting
- - - - Germans had relatively less troops and had to face the Russian army
      - Marched through Serbia with Austrian and Bulgarian army, quickly controlled the capital
    - - had to face Russians in the North and Serbians in the South
      - wanted to punish Serbians
      - Committed many atrocities towards Serbians
    - - had outmoded weapons, poor leadership
      - Brusilov Offensive: cost 1 million casualties
  - - - Battle of Verdun
        
        longest battle in history
      - Battles of the Marne and Ypres
        
        Established trench warfare
        
        Extended the front through France
      - Battle of the Somme
    - - New Rifles, Artillery Fire
      - Trenches
        
        Poor Conditions
        
        Awful smell
        
        Rats
        
        Disease
        
        No Man's Land
        
        Needed to rush in to gain ground
        
        Hardly ever gained significant territory
        
        Extremely Dangerous
      - Mustard Gas
      - Tanks
  - - - sinking of the Lusitania
      - America joins the war
- - - - belief of superiority
      - national identity
    - - Scramble for Africa
      - Asian sphere of Influence
      - Foreign Colonies
    - - Arms Race
      - Britain, Germany, France
      - Conscription
      - Huge standing army
    - - Triple Alliance
        
        Austria
        
        Italy
        
        Germany
      - Triple Entente
        
        Britain
        
        France
        
        U.S. (later)
        
        Russia