WW1 Bacon Quiz!

Question 1

Allied Powers

Answer 1

• Britain, France, Russia and later the US fought against the Central Powers.

Question 2

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 2

Treaty ending WWI that placed harsh terms on Germany, including reparations and loss of territory. Strengths: Punished Germany. Weaknesses: Bitterness in Germany, impossible reparations.

Question 3

Central powers

Answer 3

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria fought the Allies.

Question 4

Eugene V. Debs

Answer 4

Pacifist and labor organizer who was imprisoned for opposing WWI.

Question 5

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to….?

Answer 5

Start of ww1 !

Question 6

German U-boats

Answer 6

Germany’s unrestricted sub warfare

Question 7

Alliances

Answer 7

Agreements between nations to aid one another in war. They increased the scale of WWI.

Question 8

Socialists

Answer 8

Political group opposed to capitalism and advocating worker control.

Question 9

Pacifists

Answer 9

People opposed to war and violence.

Question 10

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 10

US President during WWI who proposed the Fourteen Points and League of Nations.

Question 11

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Answer 11

Laws passed in the US to suppress dissent against the war effort.

Question 12

Charles Schenck

Answer 12

Man imprisoned for distributing anti-draft leaflets, leading to Supreme Court case on free speech.

Question 13

Lusitania

Answer 13

British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 100 Americans and turning US opinion against Germany.

Question 14

Fourteen Points

Answer 14

• Wilson’s peace plan emphasizing self-determination, freedom of the seas, open diplomacy and the League of Nations.

Question 15

War Industries Board

Answer 15

Agency that coordinated US wartime industrial production.

Question 16

Henry Cabot Lodge

Answer 16

• Senator who led opposition to the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations.