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Which countries were considered the "Allied Powers..."
Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the US
Cause: US secretly sending weapons to Allies
Effect: Sinking of Lusitania
What political changes took place in the US, Great Britain, Sweden, Belgium, and Hungary during or shortly after the Great War?
a. Conscription was made illegal.
b. The sale of alcohol was made illegal.
c. Free public education was made mandatory.
d. Women were given the right to vote.
Women were given the right to vote
Match each excerpt to the term it describes.
A general association of nations must be formed... for the purpose of guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to all states.
Collective Security
...we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
From which document was the above excerpt most likely taken?
Zimmerman Telegram
"Central Powers..."
Austria-Hungary(Germany), Ottoman Empire
War guilt and reparations
economic problems in Germany led to World War II
Who wrote the Fourteen Points, a peace plan to end World War I, which proposed the creation of a League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
What was the purpose of the Fourteen Points?
a. to put a stop to Japanese attacks
b. to punish Germany for its role in the war
c. to make the US a superpower
d. to address the causes of World War I
Address the causes of WWI
29.Which of the following was an effect of militarism in Europe in the late 1800s?
a. Political tension among nations was reduced.
b. Nations saw no need for further alliances.
c. All European nations moved toward totalitarianism.
d. Nations made political and military alliances.
Nations made political and military alliances
How did the Industrial Revolution contribute to World War I?
New weapons could be quickly mass produced
Carnage and disillusionment of the first modern war
art and literature of the Lost Generation showed pessimism
It is demanded of us that we shall confess ourselves alone to be guilty of the war. Such a confession from my lips would be a lie. We are far from declining all responsibility for the fact that this great World War took place or that it was fought in the way that it was. . . . But we energetically deny that [we] are alone guilty.
The speaker in the excerpt above was most likely from...
Germany
What was the main effect of the Battles of the Marne, Verdun, & the Somme?
a. The war became concentrated on the Eastern Front.
b. Large amounts of territory changed sides.
c. The United States decided to enter the war.
d. Both sides suffered huge amounts of casualties
Both sides suffered huge amounts of casualties
Which of the following was NOT a part of life on the home front during WWI?
a. sale of liberty bonds to the public
b. various kinds of propaganda
c. only men working in factories
d. rationing of food & other goods
only men working in factories
A lack of industrialization caused ___ on the Eastern Front to suffer massive amounts of casualties.
Russians
Serbians in Austria-Hungary wanted independence
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Match each excerpt to the term it describes.
We know only that this tragical war, whose consuming flames swept from one nation to another until all the world was on fire, is at an end.
Armistice
The relocation and systematic killing of Armenians took place in
a. Austria-Hungary.
b. the Ottoman Empire.
c. Germany.
d. Serbia.
The Ottoman Empire
Which of the following represent new weapons or fighting styles used during WWI?
a. zeppelins and longbows
b. U-boats and armored tanks
c. trench warfare and legions
d. machine guns and swords
U-boats and armored tanks
Cause: Russian defeat on the Eastern Front
Effect: communists led by Lenin established the USSR in 1917
spread of microorganisms caused by movement of soldiers returning home at the end of the Great War
flu pandemic of 1918
Match each excerpt to the term it describes.
The Government of the United States is forced by recent events to conclude that the sinking of our ship is [an example of the] destruction of merchant vessels of all sorts... The activity of German undersea vessels of war has in recent months been quickened and extended.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Which is the best description of the Treaty of Versailles?
a. a treaty that allowed Russia to withdraw from the war
b. a treaty that restored independence to India
c. a poorly planned treaty that punished Germany for the war
d. closely based on the ideas presented in the Fourteen Points
poorly planned treaty that punished Germany for the war
Which of the following refers to the right of national groups or colonies to choose their own form of government?
a. mandate system
b. reparations
c. welfare states
d. self-determination
Self-determination