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W1N3 Mr.Smiths Class

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Global History and Geography 10

The End of the Eastern Front(1917)

By late 1916 it was clear that the _______________ had little hope of winning on the
Eastern Front. Army desertions and political unrest in the capital of _______________
(St.Petersburg new name during World War I) undermined the tsar Nicholas leadership.
Seeking to further Russias troubles, the Germans sent _____________________, a
communist exile, back to Russia to foment rebellion. By 1917, the Russian
___________________ had begun and the tsar was out of power.
The provisional(temporary) government of Russia signed the
Treaty of __________________________ with Germany which pulled Russia out of the
war.
The Germans looked forward to sending all of their forces to the _______________ Front
to fight the allies.

II.

The War at Sea and Americas Entry

Although neutral, the ____________________ was a major arms supplier to the Allied
nations(especially Britain and France) during the first few years of the war.
The Germans, angered at our indirect support of their enemies, eventually used their
_______________ or U-Boats to try to stop the flow of cargo to the Allies. The Germans
would sink vessels on sight without warning. This was known as __________________
_______________________________________. The most famous sinking was of the
passenger liner __________________ which carried over 100 Americans(although German
warning was given before the sinking of this vessel).
In 1916, when America threatened to cut off relations with Germany, both sides agreed to
the ____________ Pledge regarding rights at sea. It had the following conditions:
1. The British would end their _________________ of Germany.
2. The Germans would end ___________________ submarine warfare.
As the British never lifted their blockade, the Germans went back to sinking ships on
sight, and this caused outrage in the United States,
Anti-German sentiments in the U.S. also ran high when the ___________________
Telegram fell into our hands. This was a message reported to be from the German
ambassador to Mexico encouraging that nation to attack us.
In 1917 the U.S. Congress _________________ against Germany and the U.S. military
was readied for action in Europe.

The famous Uncle Sam

recruiting poster.

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The Final Year on the Western Front(1917-1918)

American troops known as the American Expeditionary Force(A.E.F.) began arriving with
their commander, ___________________________________ in the Spring of 1917.
At first, Americans were simply used as replacements in ___________ and ___________
sectors of the Front where they were under foreign command.
General ______________ argued that they were being wasted and, in 1918, the
Americans had a section of the Front to their own to hold as a cohesive force.
American forces were introduced to the horrors of ____________ warfare, but, even
being newcomers to the conflict, did very will in major engagements such as the Battle of
_____________________________ and in the _________________ Forest. American
troops liberated hundreds of square miles of ____________ territory.

IV.

The War Comes to an End

The addition of _________________ troops to the Western front tipped the scales in the
favor of the allies, and the Germans were running out of troops to match them in the
trenches. By the end of the war, boys as young as ____ were fighting in the Germany
army.
In 1918, Kaiser ________________ was overthrown in a coup dtat by pro-democracy
rebels. The new government , known as the _______________ Republic(named after the
town where the government met), was anxious to make peace with the allies.
On ___________________ at 11:00AM in 1918(the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th
month), the Germans signed a cease-fire or __________________ with the Allies.
The Germans knew that they were running out of troops and would eventually lose the
war, but the new government hoped that a quick end would bring better __________ from
the Allied nations if they spared them additional losses.