Dates
The beginning of WWI was
1914
True or False: The U.S. suffered the least casualties out of any country in the war
True, they joined late.
True or False: The U.S. Congress voted against the Treaty of Versailles
True
The ship that was sunk by Germany that killed 128 Americans and ignited the U.S. into joining was
The Lusitania
One way that America gained support for the war was through
Committee on Public Information (or CPI).
The U.S. got into the war during
1917
A major way that the U.S. got people into the military was through the
Selective Service Act/the draft
Provide a blueprint for peace after WWI was over.
Germany's motivation behind the Zimmerman note was
To make an alliance with Mexico and pit them against the Americans
True or False, The U.S. returned to a policy of isolationism after the war.
True.
The fighting in WWI ceased on
1918
Who proposed the League of Nations and why didn't they join?
The U.S. They didn't join because they didn't want to interfere with the plans in Europe.
It took about _ months for the American military to arrive in Europe.
2
True or False, Germany wanted the U.S. to join the war on behalf of the allies.
How many (estimated) civilians died during WWI.
13 million
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on
1919
Before the U.S. joined the war, they maintained a process of...
Neutrality
There were ______ people in the armed forces during WWI
4 million
What policy did Germany violate that led to America joining the war
Unrestricted submarine warfare.
The U.S. spent an estimated _______ dollars in WWI
$32 billion.
WWI officially ended on
1919
What was the purpose of the Bullitt mission in Soviet Russia
To gauge political and economic situations and secretly to try and end the Russian civil war to be able to withdraw the Allied soldiers that are blocked off.
The way the Mexican-American war impacted the U.S. was that
Germany tried to capitalize on Mexico having tensions with America and decided to try and ally them against America.
He was viewed as the personification of the U.S. and he was portrayed in the "We want You" poster for recruits.
The amount of people in the armed forces that died was approximately
115,000