What term describes a formal agreement between countries who are working together towards a common good?
Alliance
100
America's initial stance on the war was to?
Remain neutral/isolationist
100
What group moved from south to north during the Great Migration?
African Americans
100
The main purpose of Wilson's 14 Points was to?
Prevent war and keep peace.
100
Austria-Hungary will declare war on what country?
Serbia
200
Militarism is the process of building up your military and glorifying your power. Which country had the largest build up?
Germany
200
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare led to the sinking of what passenger liner containing American citizens?
Lusitania
200
The Dough Boys, usually 21-30, were enlisted to join the war effort under what policy?
Selective Service Act
200
What is the name of the international peace keeping body that Wilson wanted to establish?
League of Nations
200
What document was sent by Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance in the event US enters war forcing them to fight at home and abroad?
Zimmerman Note/Telegram
300
What region is known as the "powder keg" of Europe?
Balkan
300
What document attempts to change Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare tactics?
Sussex Pledge
300
What home-front organization was designed to deal with disputes between management and labor, draft exemptions and improve factory conditions.
National War Labor Board
300
Provide 1 reason why the US did not sign the Treaty of Versailles.
1. could lead US into foreign conflicts & entanglements
2. Congress might lose power to declare war
300
What home-front organization encouraged Americans to eat everything on their plate, conserve at restaurants and plant victory gardens?
Food Administration
400
The event which sparks the war is the assassination of Austria-Hungary leader Arch Duke Franz Ferdinan by what nationalist group?
Black Hand
400
What was the purpose of Britain's blockade on Germany?
Prevent supplies from getting in.
400
Congress passed what act to punish those who interfere with war efforts?
Espionage and Sedition Act
400
Other than creating a League of Nations name 1 of Wilson's 14 Points.
1. Freedom of seas in peace & war
2. End secret treaties & alliances
3. Equal trading rights for all
4. Arms reduction for all
5. Allow people to choose own form of government
6. Boundaries based on ethnic/national groups
400
What group was denied their cultural practices in the US and often suspected of being spies?
Germans
500
Name the 2 major alliances and the 3 major countries which make up each group.
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers: Britain, France and US
500
WWI was considered a modern war. Name 3 weapons used which exhibits this fact.
Improved machine gun
Tanks
Poison gas
Airplanes
500
Women gained support for their right to vote by being involved in the war efforts. List 3 things they did during war.
1. nursing
2. factory work
3. fundraising
500
What 4 things was Germany forced to do as a result of the treaty?
1. limit military
2. give up national and overseas lands
3. pay for damages (reparations)
4. take blame for war (war guilt clause)
500
Most of the war took place in the Western front in what form of fighting?