WWI Flashcards
(51 cards)
What were the opposing sides during World War I
Central Powers and Allied powers
What made the United States Madda Germany before World War I
Unrestricted summering warfare
What is the oceanliner that was sunk By German unrestricted warfare
The Lusitania
Who is the Zimmerman note from and to
From: Germany to: Mexico
What did the Zimmerman note promised to Mexico
And promised to Mexico the state of New Mexico Texas and Arizona
What is the selective service act
It requires all men from 21 to 30 to register with local draft boards
Names of new weapons that were invented during World War I
Poison gas machine guns flamethrowers and hand grenades and tanks
What was the nickname given to American infantrymen during World War I
Doughboys
Who led the Bolsheviks
Lenin
What was the name of the treaty that made peace between Germany and Russia
Treaty of breast-Litovsk
Who is the most famous American ace
“Eddie “Rickenbacker
Today what is Armistice Day known as
Veterans Day
Germany surrendered by what date
November 1918
Who were the “big four”
President Wilson, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of England, primer Georges Clemenceau of France, And Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando of Italy
what was Wilson’s last point of his 14 point planned
The league of Nations
What was the first broadcasting station
When did it begin
KDKA
1920
What was the first national radio network
And when does it begin
NBC
1927
Who is one of the superstars during the 20s
Babe Ruth
Who is a Bible evangelist
Billy Sunday
What is German liberal theology and it came to the US in the 1920s
Modernism
Does modernism teach
That man is born with those in there is no god there’s no heaven or hell the bye was just a collections of ancient myths or fairytales and man is born without sin
How did Billy Sunday become a Christian
By listening to Pacific Garden rescue missions on the radio
What was the 18th amendment
The amendment that prohibited The sale of alcoholic beverages
Who became president after Warren Harding died in office
Calvin Coolidge