World
By year 1919, all European countries involved in WWI agreed to the __________ Treaty.
What is the Versailles Treaty.
President Wilson's program for peace came to be known as the _________ ________.
What is the "Fourteen Points."
The United States sold _____________ ________ to help it finance the war.
What is "liberty bonds."
In the ______________ ______, Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico.
What is the "Zimmermann note."
Country who switched sides during WWI.
A. Russia
B. Belgium
C. France
D. Italy
What is D. Italy
Which event sparked WWI?
What is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
Which of the following best describes the first few years of World War I?
A. Both sides were locked in a stalemate.
B. The Central Powers had conquered most of Europe.
C. Victory for the Allies seemed to be coming soon.
D. There was no bombing.
What is a. "Both sides were locked in a stalemate."
What new style of fighting led to the loss of millions of lives in WWI?
A. Naval warfare
B. Air combat
C. Trench warfare
D. Guerilla warfare
What is c. Trench warfare.
After World War I, the opposition of some Members of Congress to the Versailles Treaty was based largely on the idea that the Treaty...
A. did not punish the Central Powers harshly enough
B. did not give the United States an important role in world affairs
C. would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty (authority)
D. would require the United States to assume the cost of rebuilding the war-torn European economies
What is C. would require the U.S. to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of U.S. sovereignty (authority)
Which country was not present at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles?
A. Russia
B. U.S.
C. Germany
D. Great Britain
What is c. Germany
Which of the following was NOT one of Wilson’s proposed 14 Points?
A. Self-determination
B. An end war
C. Freedom of the Seas
D. League of Nations
What is B. An end of war
One incident that triggered the U.S. to declare war was the:
a. sinking of the Lusitania.
b. Serbian invasion of Hungary.
c. assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
d. German seizure of Alsace-Lorraine, claimed by France.
What is "a. the sinking of the Lusitania."
An underlying cause of World War I was:
a. food shortages
b. the web of alliances European nations created for their defense.
c. an alliance between Germany and Russia.
d. America's neutrality.
What is "b. the web of alliances European nations created for their defense."
Which of the following was NOT a weapon/type of warfare that was developed or greatly improved in WWI?
A. Poison gas
B. Nuclear weapons
C. Tanks
D. Machine gun
What is B. Nuclear Weapons
Which country did not make up the Triple Alliance?
A. Germany
B. Austria-Hungary
C. Ottoman Empire
D. Russia
What is D. Russia
What was the name of countries that fought against Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire during WWI?
What is the Allies or Triple Entente.
What was the term used to describe U.S. soldiers
What is doughboys.
What is the name for President Wilson's Program for Peace?
What is "fourteen points."
What is a worldwide organization aimed at ensuring security and peace?
What is the League of Nations.
Which 3 countries made up the Triple Entente?
A. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
B. U.S., France, Great Britain
C. Russia, U.S., France
D. Belgium, France, Germany
What is B. U.S., France, and Great Britain.
One of the major goals of Wilson entering WWI was to...
A. Make the world safe for democracy
B. Take over Mexico
C. Protect the Russians from foreign invasion
D. Blast Germany back to the Stone Age
What is A. Make the world safe for democracy
President Wilson convinced all but which of the Allies to accept the Fourteen Points:
a. France
b. the United States
c. Italy
d. Germany
What is "b. the United States"
What happened to the Austria-Hungary Empire after WWI?
A. It was divided into many smaller countries
B. The German Kaiser rose to the throne
C. It had a Communist Revolution similar to Russia
D. It maintained control of much of Europe and set the stage for WWII
What is A. it was divided into many smaller countries.
One of the main causes for the war, imperialism, involved:
a. invading Belgium and France.
b. gaining land around the world.
c. blockading enemy ports.
d. acting in a nation's own interest.
What is "b. gaining land around the world."
List the 4 causes of WWI. (Need all 4 to collect points)
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism