WWI

Question 1

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Answer 1

Wilson’s peace plan after WWI; goals to make the world safe for democracy

Question 2

Reasons why the U.S. Enters WWI

Answer 2

Zimmerman Telegram
German’s unrestricted submarine warfare
Sinking of the Lusitania

Question 3

Reasons why African Americans move north during WWI (The Great Migration)

Answer 3

There were more jobs available up north working in factories to help make war materials

Question 4

Red Scare

Answer 4

A period of general fear of communists created after the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Led to increased restrictions on Immigration

Question 5

Reason why the U.S. doesn’t sign the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations

Answer 5

The U.S. didn’t want to be dragged into future foreign conflicts

Question 6

Self-Determination

Answer 6

The right of people to choose their own form of government and not be ruled by a foreign imperialist power

Question 7

Reasons why the League of Nations fails

Answer 7

No military to enforce regulations

U.S. not a member

Question 8

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 8

Created by the leaders victorious in WWI: France, Britain, US
The treaty 1) stripped Germany of all Army, Navy, Air force. 2) Germany had to repair war damages (33 billion) 3) Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing WWI 4) Germany could not manufacture any weapons.
Also creates the League of Nations

Question 9

Caused the Palmer raids, immigration quotas, and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Answer 9

fear of immigrants and radical ideas in foreign countries like communism
Nativism
A distrust of foreigners

Question 10

Quota Acts

Answer 10

Only a certain number of people from each country are allowed into the U.S.