World War I

Question 1

Allied Powers

Answer 1

Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, US, Belgium, Serbia

Question 2

Central Powers

Answer 2

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire / Turkey

Question 3

Selective Service Act

Answer 3

the draft (random)

Question 4

Propaganda

Answer 4

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Question 5

Forteen Points

Answer 5

President Wilson’s plan for world peace: no secret alliances, freedom of seas for all, tariffs and economic barriers should to abolished, reduced arms (should have just enough for domestic safety), colonial policies should consider interests of colonial people as well as imperial nations, boundary changes / groups should decide what nations they belong to, creation of League of Nations

Question 6

League of Nations

Answer 6

international organization to address diplomatic crisises, US doesn’t join

Question 7

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 7

reduction of armed forces, trials of war leaders, 15-year occupation of Rhineland, ban on the union of Germany and Austria, pay $33 billion war damages, accept responsibility for the war, return Alsace-Lorraine to France, part of Germany became Poland, they lost all overseas colonies.

Question 8

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Answer 8

two laws, people could be fined $10,000 + 20 years in jail for interfering with war effort or for saying something unpatriotic. Impeded on civil rights.

Question 9

War Industries Board

Answer 9

Agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & reduce waste in war-related industries.

Question 10

Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 10

heir to Austria-Hungary throne. His assassination lead to start of WWI

Question 11

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 11

28th US president