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Woodrow Wilson refused to intervene in Caribbean affairs.
False (421)
What term means "money a defeated enemy pays for the cost of war"?
Reparations (436)
U.S. secretary of state before WWI
William Jennings Bryan (419)
American General who led U.S. Troops in WWI
John J. Pershing (433)
Association of nations that sought to prevent war
League of Nations (430-431)
During the 1916 presidential campaign, Wilson used the slogan "He kept us out of war."
True (425)
What was Wilson's plan for lasting peace called?
the Fourteen Points (430)
Mexican dictator popular among American businessmen
Profirio Díaz (419)
U.S. senator who led opposition to the Treaty of Versailles
Henry Cabot Lodge (437)
Where American troops launched and fought a costly offensive
Argonne (434)
American neutrality in the Great War meant that the United States would not trade with either side.
False (423)
What term refers to information spread to advance a cause or damage an opponent's cause?
Propaganda (422)
Mexican bandit leader who raided a New Mexico border town
Pancho Villa (420)
Established the right to limit free speech during wartime
Schenk v. United States (430)
During the war, the federal government basically controlled the nation's railroads.
True (428)
What German policy claimed the right to attack all ships in the war zone without warning?
Unrestricted submarine warfare (424)
German ruler whose actions brought England into war
Wilhelm II (422)
Name for all the nations that opposed Germany in WWI
Allies (418)
Truce ending WWI
Armistice (434)
The United States joined the Central Powers.
False (427)
What was another name for the area between opposing trenches during WWI?
No man's land (430)
"One of the most grotesque tyrannies in Mexican history"
Victoriano Huerta (420)
Passenger liner that the Germans sank
Lusitania (424)
Although Wilson campaigned for the League of Nations, The United States never joined it.
What was another name for the American soldier in the Great War?
Doughboy (429)
Administrator of the Food Administration
Herbert Hoover (428)
Germany and its allies during WWI
Central Powers (418)
The Germans expected the war against France to last for a few years.
False (422)
On what exact date did the Germans sign an armistice, ending World War I?
November 11, 1918 (434)
Won the Medal of Honor in WWI
Alvin C. York (431)
German plot to give part of the United States to Mexico
Zimmermann telegram (426)
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