WWI Day three.

Grey Worksheet: A global conflict.

I collected all of your work:
Marching towards war
Nationalism worksheet
Communist Manifesto answers
Poison gas worksheet
A global conflict worksheet
Text page 733 (only classes 1-4 completed this assignment)


Here are the answers for the worksheet


1. As the war went on, all the Great Powers looked for allies beyond Europe.
Australia, Japan and India fight with the Allies
The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria join the central powers

2. The Gallipoli campaign was an allied attempt to secure the Dardanelles, the gateway to Constantinople
Allies lose 250,000 men. They then give up and evacuate.

3. The German Policy of unrestricted submarine warfare shifted the focus of the war to the sea
German subs sink Lusitania
1,198 dead, 128 U.S. citizens

4. The Zimmerman Note was the final straw that brought the Americans into the War
Germany would help Mexico reconquer the land it had lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany.

5. WWI become “Total War”
The entire government devoted all resources to winning the war.
Every able bodied worker was put to work.

7. Influenza afflicted both sides of the conflict
Flu pandemic was more destructive than the war itself
1/3 of the world infected, 50-100 million dead.


8. Propaganda was used to influence public opinion toward the war
Propaganda is one sided information designed to persuade and to keep up morale and public support of the war.