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WW1-Barnette
Ch 19 WW1 Honors
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allies (Triple Entente) | Great Britain, France, Russia, US |
| Central Powers (Triple Alliance) | Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary |
| Neutral | Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Sweden |
| Weapons of WW1 | U-boat, Machine Guns, Airplanes (dogfights), trench warfare, tanks, poison gas |
| 4 longterm causes | Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism, and the system of alliances |
| What was the immediate cause of the war? | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| For what country was Archduke Ferdinand the heir to the throne? | Austria-Hungary |
| Who assassinated Ferdinand? | Gavrillo Princip |
| What was the British Blockade? | The British used their navy to block the Germans from obtaining supplies. |
| What stance did Wilson want to take in the war? | Neutrality |
| What did Wilson propose as a League of Peace? | League of Nations |
| Who did not pass the League of Nations? | The Senate |
| What years did the war last? | 1914-1918 |
| When did the US enter the war? | 1917 |
| What were US Soldiers called? | doughboys |
| What boat was sunk by a german U-boat where 128 Americans died? | Lucitania |
| What was the Zimmerman Note | a telegram obtained by British intelligence that indicated Germany would help Mexico take back the US state of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico |
| What is unrestricted warfare? | When a country threatens to attack (in this case boats) of any nature- military, passenger, cargo... |
| Who was President during WW1? | Woodrow Wilson |
| What political party was Wilson? | Democrat |
| When did the British enter WW1? | When the Germans crossed into Belgium |
| What did women do in WW1? | The only military women who went overseas were nurses. Domestically, women took on work in the factories, raised Victory gardens and also did clerical work. |
| Who was Vladimir Lenin | The Bolshevik leader in Russia who led a revolution. |
| Why did Russia drop out of the war and thus lose a lot of territory? | They were having a Russian Revolution |
| What was the Sussex Pledge? | a promise made by Germany not to sink any more merchant ships without a warning (after the Lusitania). |
| What is espionage? | Spying. |
| What is the purpose of a Liberty Bond? | For the US Government to raise money to pay for the war. |
| Gavrillo Princep was a member of what Serbian nationalist group? | The Black Hand |
| What are reparations? | damanges paid for war |
| Who owed reparations after WW1? | Germany |
| In the Treaty of Versailles, what country was forced to take full responsibility for the war? | Germany |
| What is a "RED SCARE" | a fear of communism- widespread |
| After WW1, Warren G. Harding became the President. What did he promise to do? | "A return to normalcy"- to get things back to the way things were before WW1 |
| What was President Wilson's 14th point? | the League of Nations |
| What was the League of Nations designed to do? | prevent future wars |
| What did the Espionage and Sedition Acts do? | It made it illegal to criticize the US Government or War effort |
| What was the job of the "Committee on Public Information"? | They were supposed to "sell" the war to the American people. |
| What was the selective service act? | It made the draft possible. It used a lottery method. |
| World War 1 was the first war in which... | Women OFFICIALLY served in the armed forces |
| What was the Great Migration? | When African Americans moved by the thousands from the south into the north. |
| What was created to help conseve energy during ww1 by the fuel administration? | Daylight Savings Time |
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