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Who were the three Central Powers?
AUSTRO-HUNGARY, GERMANY AND THE OTTOMAN [TURKISH]EMPIRE
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How many men did the Selective Service Act register for the draft?
24 MILLION
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Whose fleet protected the US and the Monroe Doctrine according to “The Duties of the Citizen”?
BRITISH
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What three countries formed the Triple Alliance?
GERMANY, ITALY, AUSTRO-HUNGARY
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What nickname was given to the US troops?
DOUGHBOYS
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What side was Switzerland and Spain on during WWI?
NEUTRAL
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What do people of the same ethnic group share that causes them to break away from existing nations?
COMMON CULTURE/LANGUAGE
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Why did France want Germany broken up into smaller countries?
SO IT COULD NEVER INVADE FRANCE AGAIN
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What two major powers were not invited to the peace talks?
SOVIET UNION [RUSSIA] AND GERMANY
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What two European nations had large overseas empires?
BRITAIN AND FRANCE
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What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk allow the Germans to do?
MOVE ALL THEIR FORCES TO THE WESTERN FRONT
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Who was the most powerful opponent of the Treaty of Versailles in the US Senate?
HENRY CABOT LODGE
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Who were the “Big Four”?
FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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What three countries declared independence in October 1918?
POLAND, HUNGARY, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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What was Wilson’s campaign slogan in 1916?
HE KEPT US OUT OF THE WAR
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What term refers to people who oppose all forms of violence?
PACIFISTS
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Why did the Germans resume submarine warfare if it might bring the US into the war?
COULD DEFEAT ALLIES BEFORE THE US ARRIVED IN STRENGTH
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When was the armistice to go into effect?
11:00 11-11-1918
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With the Czar gone from Russia, what did Wilson say was the purpose of WWI?
KEEP THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY
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What killed 20 million people in 1918?
INFLUENZA—SPANISH FLU, WHICH MAY HAVE STARTED AT FT RILEY
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Who commanded the AEF?
JOHN J. “BLACK JACK” PERSHING
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Who led the Bolsheviks?
VLADIMIR LENIN
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What did Germany say they would do in the Sussex Pledge ?
WARN BEFORE SHOOTING
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What is a submarine’s main offensive weapon?
TORPEDOES