Causes of WWI
What is the long term cause of the war that involves building up armed forces?
militarism
Who was the U.S. president during WWI?
The official name of the WWI draft
Selective Service Act
Biased or one sided communication is known as what?
Propaganda
The sinking of this ship was a major cause of U.S. entry into WWI.
What is the long term cause of the war that involves a belief that your country is superior to everyone else?
Nationalism
Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orland were known by what name?
Big 4
Under what laws could a person be fined or jailed for interfering with the war effort?
Espionage and Sedition Acts
What is a conscientious objector?
Someone opposed to war on moral grounds
Name 3 forms of mechanized weapons introduced in WWI.
What is imperialism?
Who was the most famous American pilot in WWI?
In the Battle of the Somme, this type of fighting resulted in the exchange of seven miles of territory at the cost of 1.2 million casualties.
Trench warfare
Who was the leader of the War Industries Board?
Bernard Baruch
What was the name of Wilson's plan for peace after WWI?
Name the 3 Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Who was the most decorated American soldier in WWI?
The Great Migration was a large scale movement of thousands of Southern African Americans to what places?
Northern Cities
Who was the head of the Committee on Public Information?
George Creel
Name one weakness of the Treaty of Versailles
1. Humiliated Germany
2. Made Germany pay too heavy of a fine.
3. Failed to include defeated countries in negotiations.
4. Excluded Russia
Whose assassination sparked the beginning of WWI?
Commander of the American Expeditionary Force
John J. Pershing
What was the main wartime regulatory body, which oversaw industrial production during WWI?
What were the two main ways WWI was financed in the U.S.?
Increased taxes and the sale of war bonds
This contained a suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany that deeply angered the American people.
Zimmerman Note