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1
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_____,_____, and _____ made up the Triple Alliance

A

Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary

2
Q

France and Russia signed the _______ in 1984

A

Franco-Russian Alliance

3
Q

_____ is a policy of aggressive military prepardness

A

Militarism

4
Q

_____ is a friendly understanding

A

Entente Cordiale

5
Q

Britain, France and Russia became known as the _______

A

Triple Entente

6
Q

___ is the feeling of intense pride in ones homeland

A

Nationalism

7
Q

____ is the idea that those who share a national identity should have their own country and government

A

Self-determination

8
Q

____ was shot with his wife in his car.

A

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

9
Q

______ was the Bosnian revolutionary who stormed the car and shot Ferdinand and his wife one time each.

A

Gavrilo Princip

10
Q

_____ is the secret society devoted to Serbian unification

A

Black hand

11
Q

Austria-Hungary declared war on _____ on July 28

A

Serbia

12
Q

Germany declared war on _______ and ______.

A

Russia and France

13
Q

Those fighting for the Triple Entente were called the _____.

A

Allies.

14
Q

______are goods whose importation, exportation, or possession is illegal.

A

Contrabands

15
Q

________ is information designed to influence opinions

A

Propaganda

16
Q

_______ promised to sink no more merchants without warning

A

Sussex Plan

17
Q

_______ coordinated the productions of war materials

A

The War Industries Board (WIB)

18
Q

_________, ran by Herbert Hoover,was responsible for increasing food production while reducing civilian consumption.

A

The Food Administration

19
Q

________managed the use of coal and oil.

A

The Fuel Administration.

20
Q

To prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the_________

A

National War Labor Board (NWLB)

21
Q

Wilson would create the_________to “sell” the war to the American people.

A

Committee on Public Information (CPI)

22
Q

_________of 1917 made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort.

A

The Espionage Act

23
Q

________of 1918 made it illegal to speak against the war publicly.

A

The Sedition Act

24
Q

In_______“The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger”

A

Schenck v. the United States

25
Q

The ___________ of 1917 required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft.

A

Selective Service Act