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The event that caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia and sparked WWI.
What is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
Gathering of military equipment, troops, and resources in preparation for war
What is Mobilization? 
100
Submarines used by the Germans to sink British ships
What is the U-Boat?
100
This was the "overt act" that finally caused Wilson to declare war against Germany in April, 1917. 
What is the Zimmerman Note?
100

The only one of Wilson's 14 points that became a part of the Treaty of Versailles.  A general association of nations to settle disputes, and protect the independence and of nations.

What is the League of Nations?
200
The glorification of war & the policy of "aggressive preparedness." Germany, France, Russia, and Britain were the biggest participants in this. 
What is Militarism?
200
A person who is against warfare because of their morals
What is a conscientious objector?
200
Weapon first used by the British to break through trenches and end stalemates
What is the tank?
200
This act created the United States draft. 
What is the Selective Service Act?
200
Name the "Big Four" and tell me who was missing at the Treaty of Versailles. 
Who are France, Britain, the USA, and Italy? Russia was missing. Germany is left out of the negotiations. 
300
Russia and Austria-Hungary both had imperialist interests in this country. In addition to naming the country, describe the reason for Russia and Austria-Hungary's interest in this country.
What is Serbia? Russia: slavic brotherhood, access to the Mediterranean Sea. Austria-Hungary: land bridge to Ottoman Empire. 
300
Name of the system used to prevent the loss of allied supplies during the war. A merchant ship would be surrounded by warships as it moved through war torn waters. 
What is the convoy system?
300
Name two hazards of warfare for soldiers living in the trenches.
Possible responses.... shell shock, trench foot/gangrene, dysentery, cholera, typhus, etc. 
300
This organization was a propaganda machine in the US. It "educated" Americans about why they should fight and turned Germans into a brutish enemy. 
What is the CPI or Committee on Public Information?
300
Explain two different components/points of the Treaty of Versailles.
Possible responses...

1. War Guilt Clause: Maintain that it is Germany's fault that the war happened.

2. Germany has to may big reparations to allies. 

3. Germany is stripped of its colonies and militarily occupied for 15 years. 

4. Central powers and Russia lose European territories to self-determination. 

5. League of Nations

400
Name two different ethnic/national groups that wanted their independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire? 
Who are the Serbs of Bosnia, Croats, Magyars of Hungary, Czechs, and Romanians?
400
A British passenger ship shot down by the Germans. 1201 people died, including 128 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
400
List three ways women contributed to the war effort.
Possible responses... nurses, munition/factory workers, ambulance drivers, army auxiliaries, (Russia, could be soldiers), conserved food at home
400
Name two different boards/administrations that transformed the United States into a war economy and explain what each did. 
What are the Food Administration, the Fuel Administration, the War Industries Board, and the National War Labor Board. 
400
Explain two different reasons people in the US opposed the Treaty of Versailles, resulting in the US never ratifying the treaty. 
1. Too imperialist

2. Fear of League of Nations - threatened US isolationist policy, fear working with other counties militarily and economically

3. Too harsh on Germany 

500
Name the two alliances in place on the eve of WWI and name the three countries that made up each alliance. 
The Triple Alliance: Britain, France, and Russia. 

The Triple Entente: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

500
This was created to prevent weapons and supplies from getting into Germany. In resulted in a famine spreading throughout Germany, killing 750,000 civilians.
What is the British Blockade?
500
Draw a diagram of the trench system, labeling the different trenches and the stretch of land between opposing sides
Front line, support, reserve, no man's land, barbed wire
500
The two acts created during the war that limited American's first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of press. Explain how each went about limiting American's freedoms. 


The Sedition Act and the Espionage Act.
500
The reason the Germans decided to sign an armistice and the war ended. 
Exhausted resources, german sailors and soldiers mutiny against german government, socialist leaders establish a German Republic, Kaiser gives up the throne.