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The desire to promote one's own country's culture and interests above all other nations is called what?
Nationalism
Why did England seek to forge alliances with France and Russia?
because Germany was creating a naval fleet that threatened the British navy
What event in 1914 triggered the beginning of World War I?
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
What was the purpose of the wartime agencies created in the U.S. during World War I?
to foster cooperation between the national war effort and private businesses
What was the primary purpose of the War Industries Board?
to coordinate the production of war materials
How did American Admiral William Sims change the war at sea?
by creating convoys in which merchant ships and small, maneuverable warships called destroyers traveled together.
Where was the Western Front?
between Germany and France
What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?
to sell the war effort to Americans
What was the "Great Migration"?
the movement of massive numbers of African Americans to the North to take factory jobs
What law made it illegal to speak against the war publicly?
Sedition Act of 1918
Who was the U.S. Attorney General that created what would become the Federal Bureau of Investigation to lead raids on people and groups thought to be communists?
A. Mitchell Palmer
In the 1920 election, Warren G. Harding ran on the platform of what?
a return to normalcy.
What was the Red Scare?
a fear of Communists seizing control of America
What strike led to the dismissal of the entire striking workforce?
the Boston Police Strike
Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?
General John J. Pershing
The group of nations that would form the Central Powers were who?
Germany
Austria-Hungry
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
The members of the Triple Entente were who?
Britain
France
Russia
The fourteenth point of President Wilson’s Fourteen Point Plan called for the creation of what?
A League of Nations
The idea that the boarders of countries should be based on ethnicity and national identity is known as what?
National Self-determination
The members of the Triple Alliance were who?
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungry
The Treaty of Versailles contained what three terms designed to punish and weaken Germany?
Greatly reduced Germany's armed forces.
Blamed "the aggression of Germany" for the war.
Germany paid huge reparations for all the war damages it had caused.
The “Big Four” who lead negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles were who?
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George
French Premier George Clemenceau
Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando
Five ways that warfare had changed during WWI compared to wars in the past were what?
Artillery Guns
Trench Warfare
Machine Guns
Poison Gas
Armored Tanks
Aircrafts
To conserve energy, the Fuel Administration introduced what three things?
Introduced Daylight Saving Time.
Shortened the workweek for civilian goods factories.
Encouraged heatless Mondays.
The three events that would eventually lead to United States joining the war were what?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare