#17: World War I: A Bloody Conflict
In the textbook, read chapter 16, section 3 only ("A Bloody Conflict"), pages 564-573 and answer the questions below (be able to identify and explain the terms italicized in bold):
1. Why were casualty rates so high in World War I?
2. What new technologies were introduced in World War I?
3. How did the Russian Revolution help the German war effort?
4. What were the Fourteen Points?
5. What nations acquired territory from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire? (see the map on page 571)
6. Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to accept the Versailles Treaty?