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Vocabulary
Winning the War
The Costs of War
The Peace Agreement
Potpourri
100
Name of the U.S. army in Europe during WWI.
What is the American Expeditionary Force?
100
Due to a rising by this political group, an Allied nation withdrew from the war allowing 100,000's of German troops to move from the Eastern to Western fronts.
What are communists?
100
8.5 million men were killed and over 20 million men were wounded during _____ ___ ___.
What is World War I?
100
He was the author of the "Fourteen Points."
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
100
This American soldier became a hero at the battle of Argonne Forest killing 25 German soldiers and capturing 132.
Who is Sgt. Alvin York?
200
Payments by Germany to the Allied nations for damage caused by the war.
What are reparations?
200
By 1918 the Allies and Central Powers were running out of this, the U.S. brought a much needed supply of this to Europe.
What are soldiers/troops?
200
This nation is often credited with "winning" WWI, even though it suffered considerably fewer casualties than most other nations; 116,000 dead and 200,000 wounded.
What is the United State?
200
In the United States, the president can negotiate treaties, but the Constitution states that this group/body has to approve them. In 1918 they decided not to endorse the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the U.S. Senate?
200
The Treaty of Versailles destroyed the German economy after WWI leading to ___ _____ __________, which finally hit the U.S. in 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
300
This punished the Central Powers for the war and was not ratified by the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
The date that "everything got so quiet that the silence was nearly unbearable."
What is November 11, 1918?
300
With the end of the war many European nations faced ________ problems as they borrowed so much money to fund the war.
What is economic/financial?
300
The European powers clearly wanted to ______ Germany for its role in WWI.
What is punish?
300
Under the Treaty of Versailles, the Central Powers were required to turn over their colonies and land was taken to create new countries. Name two of the newly created/restored countries.
What is Poland, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia?
400
This allows nations at war time to agree to a peace treaty. One of these was agreed ended the Korean War.
What is an Armistice?
400
In addition to leaving all conquered/occupied territory, name two military items that the Germans had to surrender under the terms of the cease-fire.
What are aircraft, artillery, tanks, and U-boats?
400
Half of the Americans that died in the WWI era died of this in 1918.
What is Influenza?
400
When writing the Treaty of Versailles, Russia/U.S.S.R. and no members of this alliance were allowed to attend/contribute to the treaty process.
What are the Central Powers?
400
The fourteenth of Wilson's Fourteen Points created the ______ __ _______ to "settle international disputes and promote democracy."
What is the League of Nations?
500
Wilson's 14th Point, called for a creation of this.
What is the League of Nations?
500
The Allies wanted the U.S. Army to support French and British units, General Pershing insisted that the U.S. Army fight as...
What is a separate Army/force?
500
Due to the war many European nations also faced __________ as the land was not able to be farmed.
What is starvation/food shortages?
500
In addition to paying $33 billion in reparations and destroying its aircraft, artillery, tanks, and U-boats, Germany was also required to give up _________ to the Allied powers.
What is territory/land?
500
Two goals of the Fourteen Points.
-End secret alliances -Encourage free shipping/Remove barriers to trade -Reduce armies and navies -Settle border disputes -Support peoples choice of government -Establish the League of Nations