WW1 (Part 2) Flashcards

1
Q

President elected in 1913-1921?

A

President Woodrow Wilson

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2
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President Wilson was the governor of _____, the president of _____, and a professor of political science.

A

New Jersey

Princeton

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3
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When war first broke out in the Balkans the american _____ in shock.

A

withdrew

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4
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On August 4, 1914, President Wilson declared US _______

A

neutrality

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5
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  1. Many Americans felt tied to _____ because they spoke English, and Americas _______ were based on their foundations.
  2. Many also felt tied to ______ because they and their parents were _____ Germany, Austria, or Hungary.
A
  1. Britain
    Laws and Customs
  2. Central Powers
    Born in
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Many with ____ heritage wanted to see British defeated because they had suffered under British rule.

A

Irish

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7
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Kraiser is a German word for ____

A

emperor

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8
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Kraiser ______ mad may Americans see Germany as militaristic.

A

Wilhelm ll

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9
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Are neutral nation allows to trade with both sides when war breaks out?

A

yes

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10
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Warring nations often _______vessels to make sure they weren’t the enemy’s ship
They were aloud to seize ____ but not ____

A

stopped and searched

contraband, all goods

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11
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Before sinking a trade ship it must be ______

A

warned

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12
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  1. Germans declared waters around _____ isles a war zone and warned ______
    2 ______ told then if they sank ships with Americans on them they would be held responsible
A
  1. British, Americans

2. Wilson

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13
Q

German U-boat torpedoed British ship ______
1198 killed , 128 Americans included
Ship disguised by______
actually carrying _____&______cases

A

Lusitania
american flag
ammunition & shrapnel

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14
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Wilson proposed “preparedness” to be ready for ___
_____demanded US get ready to fight
Wilson called for _____navy and army

A

war
Roosevelt
a larger

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15
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1916 presidential election

_______VS________

A

Wilson vs Hughes

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16
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Who won the election and why?

A

Wilson he was praised for keeping us out of war and criticized for lack of aggression

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17
Q

To try to break the stalemate Germany announced _______. Kraiser thought if US joined war it would be ____for the allies. Wilson broke of ______relations with Germany

A

unrestricted submarine warfare
too late
diplomatic

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18
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German Foreign Minister _____sent a telegram to _____ asking them to join the German side in return for helping recapturing _____, ______, &_____.

A

Zimmerman
Mexico
Texas, Arizono, & New Mexico

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19
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______ captured the telegram and gave it to the US

A

British

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20
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In ______, Wilson went before congress and asked for a declaration of war

A

1917

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21
Q

Senate voted _____

House voted _____

A

82 to 6

373 to 50

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22
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What three key factors made US join the war?

A

German submarine attacks
Zimmerman note
Cultural ties to Allies

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23
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What was the program for the future of the world?

A

Wilson’s 14 points

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24
Q

What was the main point of the 14 points.

A

League of Nations

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General ____ led the American army
John Pershing
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Americans cut the _____ that supplied the German Army
Railroad
27
Base on the 14 points, Germany proposed a ____
Armistice
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What is an Armistice?
Agreement to stop Fighting
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Wilson went to _____ for peace talks?
Paris
30
Critics believed Wilson wanted to be president of the _______?
World
31
Who was the only one that didn't bargain over what to do with their enemies?
Orlando
32
Germany was forced to _____its army and take all the blame?
disarm
33
They had to pay____for reparations?
33 billion (2.7 Trillion)
34
_____gained Alsace and Lorraine
France
35
Allowed ____ and ____ to govern themselves?
Poland & Czechoslovakia
36
Germany's colonies went into a ____ system leading to their independence?
mandate
37
The ____ settlements in Eastern Europe were designed to weaken _____ and its new communist ideology?
Territorial | Russia
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Wilson created a new _______ organization to settle dispute?
international
39
who led the US senate?
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Did the US join the League of Nations?
no
41
To prepare military forces for war?
Mobilize
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A nonbinding agreement to follow common policies?
Entente
43
Military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies, but does not include food and clothing?
Contraband
44
which group helped to overthrow the Russian government
the reds
45
communist secret police
cheka
46
group that remained loyal to the Tsar / Czar
whites
47
new name given to Russia after communist government took power
USSR
48
name of large farms owned by peasants as a group
collective
49
economy in which the government makes the decisions
command economy
50
last name of the ruthless soviet leader who industrialized Russia
stalin
51
what does Stalin mean in Russia
steel
52
Stalin's economic program
five-year plan
53
communist leader who competed with Stalin for power
trotsky
54
meaning for Bolshevik
majority
55
slogan for Lenin and the Bolsheviks
"peace, land, and bread"
56
what Lenin called his economic program
new economic policy
57
organization created to organize revolutionaries around the world
comintern
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Lenin believed a socialist revolution would occur in Russia, if _____ controlled the government
revolutionaries
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communists believed in closing the gap between what two groups
rich and poor
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during WWI, the Russians made peace with this country
germany
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the result of the revolution in Russia
the civil war
62
Stalin's reign of terror
great purge
63
communist leaders who guaranteed party loyalty
commisars
64
name of council of workers and soldiers
soviets
65
the last name of the holy man who had an influence over the Russian government
rasputin
66
Russian Czar who gave up his thrown
Nicholas II
67
Term used to describe factory owners
proletariat