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What year did WWI begin?
1914
What countries were members of the Triple Entente?
England, France, and Russia
Which event is credited as being the "spark" that started WWI?
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of the Austria-Hungary Empire)
What countries were members of the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
When did the United States enter WWI?
1917
What country forced to accept the majority of blame for WWI with the issuance of the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
Describe the Zimmerman Telegram
Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico if the US entered WWI. Germany promised southern US territory would go to Mexico if the US was defeated.
What was an advantage that the German navy held over the rest of the world.
Use of the U-Boats or submarines
Provide an example of the some of the new technology that was being used during WWI?
Machine Guns, Tanks, Submarines, Flamethrowers, Airplanes, Chemical weapons (mustard and chlorine gas)
The style of battle most common in WWI became known as?
Trench Warfare
The legislation that established a military draft in 1917.
Selective Service Act
The Government agency that encouraged Americans to support the war
Committee on Public Information
A person that was supposed to be exempt from the draft based on moral or religious beliefs.
Conscientious objector
The legislation that limited a citizen freedom of press by banning certain newspapers and other printed materials from printing anti war views.
The Espionage Act
The legislation that outlawed speech against the government or military.
The Sedition Act
A common tactic used by the CPI to keep public opinion of the war effort high.
Anti-German press. Stressing the cruelty and evilness of Germany
Mass migration of African Americans from the Southern US to northern cities like Chicago, Detroit and New York
How were women affected by WWI
Many took up the jobs vacated by men going to war. Positions like doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, clerks, telegraph operators, farm laborers, and manufacturing jobs.
How were African Americans affected by WWI?
About 367,000 African Americans fought in the war while many others migrated to northern cities to fill vacancies in factory jobs as well as fleeing the Jim Crow laws of the South.
What country was created out of Germany territory after WWI that Hitler's Nazis invade first in WWII?
Poland
Describe the overall message of President Wilson's 14 point plan?
The points were guidelines for what Wilson wanted to see after the war. They were designed to limit future conflicts. No more secret a treaties, smaller militaries, and free trade. Also called for less imperialism among European nations. And the creation of the league of nations.
What some of the punishments placed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
1.Shrunk the size of Germany (Poland is carved out of German Empire, Alsace-Lorraine was given back to France, and the colonial possessions given away)
2. Reparation payments
3. Diminished the size of their army and navy
What were 3 reasons the US changed their position of neutrality and joined the fight in WWI?
1. The Zimmerman Telegram
2. Sinking of the Lusitania
3. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (messes up global trade)
Why does the US choose not to join the League of Nations?
From the Henry Cabot Lodge document: If the US has to help solve problems of the other countries, it won't be able to invest enough time and interest in US problems. Essentially, the League of Nations would ultimately weaken the US.
"The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence "
What is Mr. Wise's dog's name?
Sammy