WW1 Participants
This was the main country on the central powers
Germany
A lot of countries made secret ____________ before WW1 started, which caused a lot of people to declare war on each other once the first country declared war
Alliances
During negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles, this man stressed that he wanted a League of Nations to govern future disputes
Woodrow Wilson
Who was infamously not invited to the negotiations for the treaty of versailles?
Germany
How long did it take the United States to enter the war?
3 years
This country entered the war late in 1917
USA
Another cause of war in Europe was _________________, which was countries competing against each other in order to forcibly gain more land abroad
Imperialism
Georges Clemenceau was the leader of which country?
France
the 19th amendment granted voting rights to this marginilizaed group in America
Women
Why does Woodrow Wilson insist that he must enter the war (aside from German aggression towards USA)?
He says the USA must make the world safe for democracy
This country pulled out of the war in 1917, on the side of the allies
Russia
one of the reasons war broke out in Europe was because of _________________, or the idea that your country is better than every other country
nationalism
This leader strongly wanted Germany to pay for the war and was very uncompromising in ensuring that Germany got a very bad deal from the Treaty of Versailles
Clemenceau
What country was the Treaty of Versailles signed in?
France
Why did Woodrow Wilson initially support Isolationism (or the idea that USA shouldnt get involved in war)
He knew there were a lot of different ethnic cultures in USA, didn't want to start internal conflict
This country played both sides during WW1
Italy
One of the reasons war broke out in Europe was because of ______________, or the notion of having a strong military in comparison to the other European countries
Militarism
This leader understood that Germany shouldn't be punished too severely, but the imposed harsh terms on Germany nonetheless because he had recently been elected
David Lloyd George
What did Act 69, 40 Stat. 542 (otherwise known as the Alien naturalization act) do?
Helped speed up the process for Immigrant soldiers become citizens during the war
What tool did Woodrow Wilson use to gain American support for the war? (note: aside from laws to restrict freedoms)
Media and Propoganda
This participant in the war was on the Central powers, and their entire nation collapsed after the end of the war and it got split up into many small countries that we see today
Ottoman Empire
The assassination of the Austria-Hungary heir to the throne, ___________________, was carried out by this Serbian nationalist organization called the _________________
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, The Black Hand
The Big 3 was consisted of (First and Last names, countries)
Woodrow Wilson (USA), Georges Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (ENG)
These two laws restricted the freedom of speech of many Americans in WW1
Espionage Act, Sedition Act
Two main causes that brought the USA into the war was the sinking of the _________________ by german submarines and the sending of the ___________________ Telegram by Germany to Mexico (asking mexico to declare war on USA in exchange for land)
Lusitania, Zimmerman