America enters the War
A foreign policy in which a powerful nation controls and exploits one or more colonies and, during the late 19th century and early 20th century, contributed to European rivalry.
Imperialism
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
The president during WW1
Woodrow Wilson
A message urging Mexico to attack the U.S. in return for their land back. Sent by Germany
Zimmerman telegram
A fictional character created by the U.S. government to encourage men to join the Army.
Uncle Sam
Read the list and answer the question below.
• The War Industries Board distributed scarce materials.
• The Espionage Act made it a crime to obstruct military recruitment.
• The Committee on Public Information served as the foundation of the government’s pro-war propaganda.
During which war did the U.S. government institute these measures?
World War I
Read the excerpts below that discuss two U.S. foreign policy decisions, and answer the following question.
In front of the U.S. Congress on January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson enumerated the last of his Fourteen Points, calling for a “general association of nations. . . .” Where Wilson and the League’s supporters saw merit in an international body that would work for peace and collective security for its members, opponents feared the consequences of involvement in Europe’s tangled politics, now even more complex because of the 1919 peace settlement.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928. Sometimes called the Pact of Paris for the city in which it was signed, the pact was one of many international efforts to prevent another World War, but it had little effect in . . . preventing World War II.
These decisions were efforts to reduce the threat to global peace posed by which ideology associated with World War I?
Hint: Think M.A.N.I.A.
militarism
Which philosophical viewpoint was predominant in the United States’ approach to foreign affairs prior to World War I?
isolationism
Read the following information and answer the question below.
The Ku Klux Klan promoted a one-hundred percent Americanism philosophy.
Which group of people was the Ku Klux Klan primarily rallying against with this philosophy?
A.
veterans
B.
immigrants
C.
Jewish people
D.
Native Americans
B.
immigrants
What strategy was created during World War I because of the invention of this firearm?
Soldiers dug trenches and fought from them.
During World War I, all of the following countries were United States allies except which one?
A.
France
B.
Germany
C.
Russia
D.
Serbia
Germany
What was the impact of The Treaty of Versailles?
Germany was blamed for the war which led to WWII.
How did the Zimmermann Telegram contribute to U.S. involvement in World War I?
It contained a promise by Germany for aid to help Mexico regain lost territory.
Organization formed after WWI to promote peace and to settle disputes peacefully instead of going to war.
League of Nations
A British cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it- torpedoed by a German submarine.
Lusitania
The following quote was published on February 1, 1917:
"Ruthless warfare at sea. Ships enter blockade zone at their risk. Pledges as to warnings cancelled."
What was the effect of this message?
Germany sank American ships and the United States declared war.
Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
The treaty would require members of the League of Nations to provide military aid to other members.
During World War I, women primarily serviced in noncombat roles such as nursing, transportation, and communication. How did these contributions impact women after the war?
An amendment to the Constitution gave women suffrage.
Which action resulted in increased support for the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?
the release of the popular movie, Birth of a Nation, which emphasized racial stereotypes
This country was an ally of Germany and Austria-Hungary prior to the war, but ended up fighting against them with the Allies instead.
Italy
During President Wilson's reelection campaign of 1916, the slogan, "He kept us out of war" was used. What caused President Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany in April of 1917?
Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.
Use the information below to answer the question that follows. During World War I, Charles Schenck mailed circulars to draftees. The circulars suggested that the draft was a monstrous wrong motivated by the capitalist system. The circulars urged "Do not submit to intimidation" but advised only peaceful action such as petitioning to repeal the Conscription Act. Schenck was found guilty of violating which federal Act by sending anti-draft circulars through the mail?
Espionage Act
An effect of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial was that it increased
concerns about communist influence in the United States
Read the excerpt below from a newspaper article, and answer the following question.
The Junta is the organization through which Cuba's friends reach the Cubans in the field. In many places these friends are banded together and work for the Cuban cause as organizations. In the United States and Europe there are 300 Cuban revolutionary clubs, with a membership claimed to be more than 50,000.
-San Francisco Call, May 1, 1898
Which person helped create these institutions in Florida?
Jose Marti
Name any main 3 points of Wilson’s 14 point peace plan.
The League of Nations, open diplomacy, free trade, equal trade conditions, redraw many borders, and make Poland a thing.