Height of WW1

Question 1

Lusitania

Answer 1

British passenger ship with american citizens on them in England

Question 2

how many americans on board

Answer 2

about 128

Question 3

what happened to the ship

Answer 3

it was sunk by the germans

Question 4

was this publicized

Answer 4

yes very much so

Question 5

how did america feel about it

Answer 5

angered everyone; wilson thought that it was a bad things that happened but we didn’t go to war because we weren’t ready

Question 6

when was the ship sunk

Answer 6

May 7, 1915

Question 7

what the did Germans continue to do

Answer 7

sink ships

Question 8

what other ship did they sink

Answer 8

the Sussex

Question 9

what occurred after the sinking of the Sussex

Answer 9

Sussex pledge

Question 10

what was the Sussex pledge

Answer 10

them saying that they would never do anything like that again

Question 11

did the Germans stink to their word

Answer 11

no they did not

Question 12

what were their reasons for the sinking

Answer 12

they thought that they all carried contraband

Question 13

what were the reasons that the US finally entered the war

Answer 13

Germany resumed unrestricted sub warfare/
Zimmerman note/
Russian Revolution

Question 14

what was the Zimmerman note

Answer 14

when Arthur Zimmerman sent a telegram to Mexico asking them to help them with their battle against the U.S.; said that with a win they would get all their land back form before

Question 15

what land would Mexico get back

Answer 15

texas, New Mexico, Arizona

Question 16

how was the Zimmerman note made public

Answer 16

it was intercepted by the British and the news spread

Question 17

what did Mexico say to the telegram

Answer 17

they said no because they were just getting out of a war and did not want to get involved in anything else

Question 18

what was the Russian Revolution

Answer 18

when Russia backed down because of all their stuff that was going on; it was a revolution that ended centuries of imperial rule and set political and social changes in motion which led to the uprising of the Soviet Union

Question 19

how did the US get ordinary people involved in the war

Answer 19

used propaganda

Question 20

where did the US get the money needed for war

Answer 20

liberty bonds

Question 21

what is a liberty bond

Answer 21

a bond that people could by to help support eh government and country in war

Question 22

how did we get fighters

Answer 22

the draft

Question 23

what was the war industries board

Answer 23

Established in July 1917, to coordinate the production of war materials

Question 24

what was the American Expeditionary force

Answer 24

started by john J. Pershing; was formed prior to the entry into the war; its purpose was to preserve France’s freedom because back in 1775 they had our backs

Question 25

what were some of the new weapons

Answer 25

poison gas, tanks, gas masks, zeppelins, aircrafts, barbed wired U boats (underwater),

Question 26

what is a zeppelin

Answer 26

a blimp

Question 27

what were conditions like for soldiers during world war 1

Answer 27

trench warfare (used for the first time then); conditions were not pleasant. Were faced with mud, rain, lice, everything under the sun that you would not want to see

Question 28

what is an armistice

Answer 28

an agreement to cease fire and stop fighting

Question 29

when was the armistice

Answer 29

november 11, 1918

Question 30

where was the armistice signed

Answer 30

in a train box car signed on the 11 month, 11th day, at the 11th hour

Question 31

militarism

Answer 31

the aggressive build up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations

Question 32

nationalism

Answer 32

feeling of intense pride in ones homeland

Question 33

propoganda

Answer 33

information designed to influence opinion

Question 34

contraband

Answer 34

good prohibited from shipment to Germany and its allies

Question 35

who was in the triple alliance

Answer 35

Germany, austria Hungary, Italy

Question 36

who was in the triple entente

Answer 36

England, France, russia

Question 37

victory gardens

Answer 37

gardens that people would grow in response to the slogan, "food will win the war--don't waste it

Question 38

national war labor board

Answer 38

a government established board to prevent strikers from disrupting the war effort

Question 39

committee on public information

Answer 39

a group that Wilson created to "sell" the war to people

Question 40

espionage

Answer 40

spying to acquire government information

Question 41

selective service

Answer 41

draft that all men between 21 and 30 had to register

Question 42

no mans land

Answer 42

the space between opposing trenches

Question 43

convoy

Answer 43

groups consisting of merchant ships and troop transports

Question 44

John J. Pershing

Answer 44

commander of the American Expeditionary force

Question 45

national self determination

Answer 45

the idea that borders of the countries should be based on ethnicity and national identity

Question 46

league of nations

Answer 46

help preserve peace by pledging to respect and protect each other's territory and political independence

Question 47

reparations

Answer 47

monetary compensation for all of the war damage it had caused