Foreign Policy
The policy that kept the United States out of the war for three years.
What is Neutrality?
This battle was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918 until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days.
What is the Battle of Argonne Forest?
The United States was able to overcome the threat of German U-boats by using these.
What are groups of guarded ships/convoys?
These countries made up the triple alliance. (must have all three named correctly)
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy?
This person was assassinated and sparked World War I.
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Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Militarism is described as this.
What is a nation building up their armies/navies for war/battle?
This first large-scale battle fought by American soldiers in World War I begins northwest of the Paris-to-Metz road. In late May 1918, the third German offensive of the year penetrated the Western Front to within 45 miles of Paris.
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What is the Battle of Belleau Wood?
This act was instituted to raise an army.
What is the Selective Service Act of 1917?
The war might have involved only two nations, Austria-Hungary and Serbia, if not for this system.
What is an alliance system?
Serbian nationalist/terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which resulted in the start of World War I.
What is the Black Hand?
The building of empires by taking over new territories is referred to as.
What is Imperialism?
What nations signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers(German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I.
The United States' problems with Germany stemmed from this.
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What is their use of unrestricted submarine warfare?
This country switched its allegiance to the Triple Entente.
What is Italy?
This document exposed the intention of Germany to involve Mexico in the war.
What is the Zimmermann Note?
British ocean liner that was sunk by a German submarine in World War I, causing a major diplomatic uproar.
What is the Lusitania?
This treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Another name for a German Submarine.
What is a U-Boat?
The countries of Great Britain, France and Russia made up this alliance system before World War I.
What is the Triple Entente?
Sold to the public during The first World War. A great deal of money was raised for the war effort. There was also considerable propaganda value in that civilians felt they were contributing to the victory due to these.
Liberty Bonds
Name three of the four territories obtained during the Spanish-American War.
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The Treaty of Paris (1898) officially ended the Spanish-American War. The United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories. Cuba technically gained its independence, but United States soldiers remained in the country for years, commonly intervening in the new nation's politics.
These things contributed to the decision of Germany to surrender.
What are a mutiny of its naval forces, severely limited resources, and a civilian revolutionary movement?
The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, and was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I and World War II.
The Harlem Hellfighters
At the peace conference the leaders of Britain, Italy, France, and the United States were known as this.
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What is the Big Four?
This was used by a legislature to justify American Imperialism.
The Monroe Doctrine had been sought to prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, but now the Roosevelt Corollary justified American intervention throughout the Western Hemisphere.