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100
Who became president after Teddy Roosevelt?
William Howard Taft.
100
Other than the alliance system, militarism and imperialism, what other major factor contributed to WWI?
Nationalism.
100
Other than Britain and France, which other European country had quickly industrialized and was competing for imperial domains?
Germany.
100
What is this cartoon criticizing?
Alliance system.
100
What was the name of the river were German troops were finally stopped and trench warfare began?
Marne river.
200
Which American president felt that "the United States had a moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S. interests."?
Woodrow Wilson.
200
Was American public opinion divided because of WWI?
Yes.
200
Which country felt threatened the most by Germany's navy building program?
England (Great Britain)
200
Inside which empire was Serbia located in before the start of WWI?
Austria-Hungary.
200
What defensive military weapon can be considered to have promoted the use of trenches?
Machine gun.
300
Who was this man?
Francis Ferdinand.
300
What caused the American public opinion to side with the allies against Germany?
The sinking of the Lusitania.
300
who was this man?
Kaiser William II
300
Before the U.S. joined the war, which country did Irish-Americans support during WWI?
Germany.
300
In which battle did the British have 60,000 casualties in one single day?
The battle of the Somme.
400
Who shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire?
Gavrilo Princip.
400
Which famous telegram almost caused a war between the U.S. and its southern neighbor?
Zimmermann note.
400
Under what military plan did the Germans invade western Europe?
Schlieffen Plan.
400
What did Germany demand from the U.S. in order to stop using its U-boats againts American merchant ships?
Persuade Britain to lift its blockade on Germany.
400
In which city was the heir of the Austro-Hungarian empire shot?
Sarajevo.
500
Other than Needham Roberts, what other African American received France’s highest military honor, the Croix de Guerre?
Henry Johnson.
500
Which act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
Selective service.
500
What was the name given to the barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire that stood between combatant trenches?
No man's land.
500
Who won the 1916 election?
Woodrow Wilson.
500
Which country did Germany promise to return Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to?
Mexico.