AP European History / Unit 8: 20th-Century Global Conflicts
8.2 World War I
Notes
Causes: MAIN (militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism); the assassination of Franz Ferdinand (1914). Trench warfare on the Western Front; new weapons; total war on the home front; the US entered in 1917.
Practice
The Schlieffen Plan was Germany's plan to:
Two-front war.
Total war meant:
Home front.
The Western Front was characterized by:
Deadlock.
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