By year 1919, all European countries involved in WWI agreed to the Treaty of ________.
What is the Treaty of Versailles.
100
President Wilson's program for peace came to be known as the _________ ________.
What is the "Fourteen Points."
100
The policy that kept the United States out of the war for the first three years.
What is "neutrality"?
100
In the ______________ ______, Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico.
What is the "Zimmermann note."
100
These weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War I.
What are airplanes and tanks?
200
Which event sparked WWI?
a. the sinking of the Lusitania
b. the German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine
c. Russia's quest for a warm-water port
d. the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
What is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Bosnia.
200
Fighting between fortified ditches
What is "trench warfare".
200
Which of the following was a major factor in the decision of the United States to enter World War I?
a. Britain's naval blockade of Germany
b. Germany's use of U-Boats and submarine warfare.
c. Vladimir Lenin's rise to power in Russia.
d. France's fall to the Central Powers.
What is "b. Germany's use of U-Boats and submarine warfare."
200
The president of the United States during World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
The "Big Four" nations
What are Italy, France, Great Britain, the United States
300
The 4 "MAIN" causes of World War I.
What is militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.
300
One incident that triggered the U.S. to declare war was the:
a. sinking of the Lusitania.
b. Serbian invasion of Hungary.
c. assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
d. German seizure of Alsace-Lorraine, claimed by France.
What is "a. the sinking of the Lusitania."
300
This allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
What is the Espionage and Sedition Act?
300
The Selective Service Act was a means of:
a. getting money to support the war effort.
b. getting women to take over jobs formerly done by men.
c. drafting young men for the military forces.
d. finding jobs for men after they left military service.
What is "c. drafting young men for the military forces."
300
This caused widespread starvation in Germany.
What is the British naval blockade?
400
What was the name of countries that fought against Germany and Austria-Hungary during WWI?
What is the Allies.
400
What is a term for a cease-fire between opponents in a war?
What is an armistice.
400
The large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of southern blacks to cities in the north. This is the greatest effect of World War I on African-Americans' lives.
What is the "Great Migration"?
400
What is a worldwide organization aimed at ensuring security and peace?
What is the League of Nations.
400
What is the term for payment from one nation to another for economic injury suffered during a war?
What are "reparations."
500
This German strategy called for a holding action against Russia, combined with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris. After France had fallen, the two German armies would defeat Russia.
What is the "Schlieffen Plan"?
500
President Wilson convinced all but which of the Allies to accept the Fourteen Points:
a. France
b. the United States
c. Italy
d. Germany
What is "b. the United States"
500
Many senators opposed American entry into the League of Nations because:
a. they feared it would weaken the country's independence
b. they disapproved of its other member countries.
c. they wanted stronger promises of support from other countries.
d. they had already approved the Versailles Treaty.
What is "a. they feared it would weaken the country's independence."
500
One of the main causes for the war, imperialism, involved:
a. invading Belgium and France.
b. gaining land around the world.
c. blockading enemy ports.
d. acting in a nation's own interest.
What is "b. gaining land around the world."
500
Much of Europe was drawn into the war because of:
a. lack of food and land.
b. force by stronger countries.
c. a network of alliances.
d. the militarism of the United States.