Midterm Part 2

Question 1

Chief Minister of Prussia who wants a united Germany under Prussian leadership.

Answer 1

Bismark

Question 2

The territories France lost in the Franco-Prussian War causing the unification of Germany

Answer 2

Alsace and Loraine

Question 3

Alliance Bismark created with Italy and Austria-Hungary

Answer 3

Triple Alliance

Question 4

Alliance Bismark created with Russia

Answer 4

Reinsurance Treaty

Question 5

Alliance Bismark created with Britain

Answer 5

Anglo-German Agreement

Question 6

Causes of WW1

Answer 6

complex alliances, Germany’s 2 front war for coal and iron

Question 7

The plan to have German army conduct a wheeling motion into Belgium and Luxembourg and take France from behind.

Answer 7

Schlieffen Plan (1905)

Question 8

Reasons for the failure of the Schlieffen Plan

Answer 8

Put too many troops at French-German border, Did not lure french troops into Belgium causing Germany to break Belgium neutrality and upsetting G.B

Question 9

U.S plan to mobilize troops before a war started. Roosevelt embraced it and Wilson rejected it, wanting neutrality

Answer 9

Preparedness

Question 10

Program that trained soldiers and publicized preparedness

Answer 10

Plattsburg Movement

Question 11

Secretary of War that oversaw Preparedness and drafted the National Defense Act. Was also a pacifist

Answer 11

Newton D. Baker

Question 12

The act that increased the size of army to 175,000, established the ROTC, cut size of the general staff, and required national guard to take a federal oath.

Answer 12

National Defense Act of 1916

Question 13

Causes for U.S entering WWI

Answer 13

U.S wanted GB and France to win to be able to pay back loans. Sell arms to GB and the sinking of the Lusitania

Question 14

Ship that was sunk by Germany that was transporting weapons and passengers to GB that caused the United States to enter WWI

Answer 14

Lusitania

Question 15

The note Germany gave to Mexico asking for their help and in return Mexico can take back their land from America

Answer 15

Zimmerman Note

Question 16

the commander of the American Front who asked Wilson for 5 million troops in total throughout WWI.

Answer 16

John J Pershing

Question 17

The system used to get Pershing his men over to France, also causing there to be more black soldiers

Answer 17

Conscription

Question 18

Oversaw the propaganda of the military

Answer 18

George Creel

Question 19

the journalists that would give news on the war before movies, promoting the buying of war bonds

Answer 19

The Four Minute-Men

Question 20

The term used for American soldiers serving in Europe due to them being physically stronger but poorly trained

Answer 20

Doughboys

Question 21

The head of the War Industries Board which was in charge of mobilization. He gained control of raw materials and would order factories to produce tanks and guns and would cut off supplies if this did not happen. (Wolf of Wall Street)

Answer 21

Benard Baruch

Question 22

Chief of Staff during WWI but was unorganized and could not make decisions, causing March to take his position

Answer 22

Tasker Bliss

Question 23

The plan to have 28,000 men in Brigades of 4,700 allowing for the army to take heavy losses and still put up a good fight

Answer 23

The Square Division

Question 24

The person who came up with continuous aim firing and greatly increased the war ships in the Navy, most importantly, Dreadnoughts

Answer 24

William Sims

Question 25

created the convoy systems and implemented plan of putting mines in the ocean to destroy German subs

Answer 25

Sims

Question 26

Escort system where merchant ships would be protected by warships and aircraft

Answer 26

Convoy System

Question 27

Council with 2 representatives from different countries

Answer 27

Supreme War Council

Question 28

The plan to put American soldiers in European armies

Answer 28

Amalgamation

Question 29

Issues with Amalgamation that Pershing argued

Answer 29

Duplication of staff, no professionalism in GB and French armies, Americans are more diverse and GB and French armies can start racism

Question 30

Final deal of Amalgamation

Answer 30

If disaster, Americans will temporarily serve under Brits and French, but other than that Americans get own sector of battle field with their own army

Question 31

Created the Lafayette Esacadrille

Answer 31

Raoul Lufbery

Question 32

The aviation unit that built 22,000 planes and consisted of volunteer pilots who fought for France before the U.S entered the war, which eventually got accumulated into the Air Corps

Answer 32

Lafayette Esacadrille

Question 33

Head of aviation after Benny Foulois who advocated for strategic bombing

Answer 33

Billy Mitchell

Question 34

The race car driver that was Pershing chauffeur who became the Great American Ace

Answer 34

Eddie Rickenback

Question 35

The best American Pilot who got 18 kills in his first year

Answer 35

Frank Luke

Question 36

Riots in Camp Logan which started from a black man getting arrested causing the death of 2 black soldiers and 17 civilians, and after 20 executions (Did not get permission from Judge or President)

Answer 36

Houston Riots

Question 37

Where Black officers were trained for one year before the school was shut down

Answer 37

Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa

Question 38

The 2,000 black soldiers who were given 250 rifles and assigned to Spartanburg, SC, to train but encountered lots of racism

Answer 38

Harlem Hellfighters

Question 39

A black soldier who killed 4 and wounded 30 Germans with a rifle and knife while on a scouting mission to save his friend. He received the medal of honor.

Answer 39

Henry Johnson

Question 40

The 1st battle in the war for American troops planned by George C Marshall

Answer 40

Battle of Cantigny

Question 41

The battle that showed how tough the American military was, causing it to be the hardest battle for the Germans to fight. Gave the Marine Corps huge recognition

Answer 41

Battle at Belleau Wood

Question 42

Replaced Pershing as head commander of the military who stopped fighting for 2 weeks to get soldiers rested and fed before the final push on the Muese River

Answer 42

Hunter Liggett