WW1 test

Question 1

How did nationalism help cause WWI?

Answer 1

Different nations thought they were the best and they tried to assert their dominance and power over each other

Question 2

How did imperialism help cause WWI?

Answer 2

European nations ruled smaller countries, so they all competed and fought with each other to get more

Question 3

How did the alliance system help cause WWI?

Answer 3

Alliances that nations created would pull more countries into war

Question 4

How did militarism help cause WWI?

Answer 4

Competition between countries- 1 nation increases their military, another counters by doing the same

Question 5

How did the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand help cause WWI?

Answer 5

• was heir to Austria-Hungarian throne

- Austria-Hungary was now against Serbia

Question 6

Who were the allies in WWI?

Answer 6

Britain, France, Russia (Japan, Italy, Belgium)

Question 7

Who were the central powers in WWI?

Answer 7

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 8

Trench Warfare (definition and weapons)

Answer 8

• Trenches dug into the ground that held soldiers and where they fought
• Tanks, Airplanes

Question 9

Events (in order) leading to US involvement in WWI

Answer 9

1) Britain preventing trade with Germany
2) German war zone around Britain
3) British Liner Lusitania sunk
4) Sussex torpedoed
5) Zimmerman Telegram
6) Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Question 10

British Blockade

Answer 10

• North Sea
• Caused famine in Germany
• Caused American trade w/ central powers to cease

Question 11

German War Zone

Answer 11

• German response to British Blockade
• U-boats would sink any British or Allied ship in the waters around Britain
• Wilson protests

Question 12

British Liner Lusitania

Answer 12

• Sunk by German U-boat
• 1,198 people died (128 Americans)
• American public turns against Germany
• President Wilson protests, Germany continues to sink ships

Question 13

Sussex torpedoed

Answer 13

• Unarmed French passenger steamer
• 80 passengers, including Americans, are killed
• US threatens to break off diplomatic relations

Question 14

Sussex Pledge

Answer 14

Germany wouldn’t sink any passenger ships and would only sink merchant ships with warning

Question 15

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 15

Proposes alliance of Germany, Mexico against US

Question 16

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Answer 16

• Germany asks US to get Britain to end food blockade
• Kaiser announces U-boats will sink all ships in British waters
• Four unarmed American merchant ships sunk

Question 17

Convoy Systems

Answer 17

-Escorts merchant ships across the ocean

Question 18

Selective Service Act

Answer 18

Required men to to register for military service

Question 19

American Expeditionary Force

Answer 19

US forces, led by General John Pershing, who fought with the allies in Europe

Question 20

General John J. Pershing

Answer 20

-Led the AEF

Question 21

Alvin York

Answer 21

• One of America’s greatest war heroes
• Was a conscientious objector
• Killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners

Question 22

War Industries Board

Answer 22

• encouraged companies to use mass production techniques and to standardize products
• set production quotas
• allocated raw materials
• increase industrial production by 20%
• caused retail prices and corporate profits to soar

Question 23

Bernard Baruch

Answer 23

Able to use the WIB to regulate the economy that allowed the US military to get the supplies it need

Question 24

War bonds/Liberty loans

Answer 24

government issued savings bonds used to finance the war

Question 25

Propaganda

Answer 25

biased communication designed to influence peoples thoughts and actions (Committee on Public Relations)

Question 26

Committee on Public Information (CPI)

Answer 26

- mobilized nations artists and advertising people to popularize the war - recruited 75,000 4-minute men to deliver pro-war speeches - increased support for the war

Question 27

George Creel

Answer 27

- Led the CPI | - emphasized positive news in the war (patriotic posters, pamphlets, and movies)

Question 28

Espionage and Sedition Act

Answer 28

Esp: Crime to spy against, sabotage US, refuse military service or obstruct military recruitment Sed: prohibited any communication intended to cause contempt to government

Question 29

Great Migration

Answer 29

Large-scale movement of African Americans from the south to Northern cities in the early 20th century

Question 30

Schenck vs. US

Answer 30

- schenck sold anti-war pamphlets - arrested for violating the Espionage act - convicted in district court

Question 31

The Big Four

Answer 31

Wilson. Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando | -Worked out the treaties details for peace

Question 32

14 points

Answer 32

1. No secret treaties 2. Freedom of the Seas maintained for all 3. Tariffs/economic barriers lowered in order to foster free trade 4. Arms reduced 5. Colonial policies consider the interests of the colonial peoples as well as the interests of imperialist powers 6-13. Boundary changes 14. Called for league of nations

Question 33

League of Nations

Answer 33

Association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace

Question 34

Treaty Versailles

Answer 34

ended ww1, establishednew nations, borders and war reparations

Question 35

reparations

Answer 35

compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during the war

Question 36

War guilt clause

Answer 36

provision in the treaty of versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was repsonsible for WW1

Question 37

Henry Cabot Lodge

Answer 37

- Suspicious of provision for joint action against aggression - Wanted the constitutional right to declare war included in the treaty

Question 38

provisions of the treaty of versailles

Answer 38

1. Land taken from Germany 2. Army reduced 3. Germany admits full responsibility 4. Germany pays reparations 5. League of Nations set up

Question 39

why did the senate reject the treaty of versailles?

Answer 39

1. thought it would draw the us into more wars in Europe

Question 40

effect of the treaty on Germany

Answer 40

1. Admits guilt for war 2. demilitarize 3. $33b in war reparations 4. return of Alsace-Lorraine to France

Question 41

Weaknesses of the treaty of versailles

Answer 41

1. humiliated Germany 2. stripped germ. of colonies to needed to pay reparations 3. Germany couldn't pay reparations 4. Russia lost more territory that Germany 5. Ignored claims of colonized people for self-determination