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Ch. 8 Review
U.S. in WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The four causes of WWI were: | (1) militarism; (2) nationalism; (imperialism; (4) formation of alliances |
| The event that triggered World War I was the assassination of _________________ ____________________ that occurred on ____________________. | Archduke Ferdinand; June 28, 1914 |
| Who belonged to the Triple Entente? | France, Britain, Russia |
| Who belonged to the Central Powers? | The Ottoman Empire, Germany, Bulgaria, and Austria-Hungary |
| Which country switched sides during the war? | Italy |
| Who were the Allies? | members of the Triple Entente, Italy, Japan, the United States and the 20 other nations who fought against the Central Powers in WWI |
| Great Britain got involved in the war when Germany invaded _______________ to get France. | Belgium |
| Where was the Western Front located? | France |
| Where was the Eastern Front located? | Russia |
| Trench warfare occurred along what battle front? | Western Front |
| What were U-boats? | German underseas ships that attacked Allied shipping |
| What was the name of Germany’s plan to win the war? | Schlieffen Plan |
| What was the name of the British liner sunk by a German U-boat? | Lusitania |
| Who was president of the U.S. during the war? | Woodrow Wilson |
| Who commanded the American Expeditionary Force? | John J. Pershing |
| Who was America’s leading ace pilot in the war? | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| What famous American soldier, armed with only a rifle and a revolver, killed 25 Germans and, with the help of 6 other soldiers, captured 132 prisoners? | Alvin York |
| The Zimmerman note suggested an alliance between what two nations? | Mexico and Germany |
| What was the Great Migration ? | the movement of thousands of African Americans from the South to the North |
| What was the exact month, day, and time the fighting ended in WWI? | Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 AM |
| What were the beginning and ending years of WWI? | 1914-1918 |
| Name the Big Four and the countries they represented: _ | (1) Woodrow Wilson-United States (2) Georges Clemenceau-France (3) David Lloyd George-Great Britain (4) Vittorio Orlando-Italy |
| Woodrow Wilson’s “__________________________” speech described his plan for peace . | Fourteen Points |
| Why did the U.S. Senate oppose U.S. membership in the League of Nations? | thought it would drag the U.S. into future European conflicts |
| Who was the leader in the Senate that blocked the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles? | Henry Cabot Lodge |
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