Causes of World War I
What year did World War I begin?
1914
What 1917 law required men to register for the military draft?
Selective Service Act
Did the U.S. Senate approve the Treaty of Versailles?
The Fourteen Points
What policy did the U.S. follow after WWI to avoid war?
Isolationism
What was the main U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
what parallel was Korea divided at?
38th parallel
What event triggered the start of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the Great Migration
What large-scale demographic shift occurred during WWI as Black Americans moved north?
What organization did Wilson propose to keep future peace?
The League of Nations
What act allowed the U.S. to send supplies to the Allies before joining the war?
Lend-Lease Act
What military alliance was formed by the U.S. and Western Europe in 1949?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Why did the Korean War begin in 1950?
North Korea invaded South Korea
What was the U.S. position at the beginning of WWI?
Neutral
What was the purpose of Liberty Bonds?
To raise money for the war effort
What treaty officially ended World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
What event brought the U.S. into WWII?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
What economic recovery plan helped rebuild Europe?
The Marshall Plan
What was the result of the Korean War?
Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel
What intercepted message urged Mexico to join Germany against the U.S.?
The Zimmerman Telegram
What Progressive reform did women help push while supporting the war?(hint: thought it would prevent domestic abuse)
Prohibition (18th Amendment)
What part of the treaty blamed Germany for the war?
The "war guilt" clause
What was the U.S. military strategy in the Pacific?
Island hopping
What telegram was sent that shaped the U.S. view of the Soviet Union
What is the Long Telegram
What Cold War policy meant going to the edge of war to stop communism?
Brinkmanship
A British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat, killing Americans
What was the Lusitania?
What government agency produced pro-war propaganda in WWI?
Committee on Public Information
What was Wilson’s vision for peace called?
No, it was rejected and the U.S. never joined the League
What secret project developed the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
What event involved flying food and supplies into a blockaded West Berlin?
The Berlin Airlift
What event happened in the Soviet Union in 1949 that increased the cold war tension
The Soviet Union developed Nuclear Weapons