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WWI study materials
Question | Answer |
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What were the “MAIN” causes of WWI? | Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism |
2) What were two reasons the U.S. joined WWI? | Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Zimmerman Note |
3) Who were the Allies? | Russia France Great Britain Italy Japan United States |
4) Central Powers? | Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
5) Why did many American’s feel close ties to the Allies? | British colony French help during Revolutionary War money loaned to allies |
6) What was included in the Zimmerman Note? | Germany promising Mexico that if they made war with the U.S. that they would regain Texas New Mexico and Arizona |
1) How did the U.S. “raise an army?” | Selective Service Act |
2) How did the U.S. combat u-boat attacks? | Convoy System |
3) What was the main contribution that the U.S. provided for the Allies? | freshness |
1) What was the purpose of the War Industries Board? | to control what factories were making |
2) What types of things did the Food Administration ask American Citizens’ to do? | Wheatless Wednesday Meatless Monday Victory Garden |
3) How did American Citizens’ help finance WWI? | liberty bonds |
4) What was the Committee on Public Information’s goal during WWI? | to sell anti-Germanism |
5) What type of environment did propaganda create? | hate-filled hysteria |
6) Why do you think immigrants were the targets of violence during WWI? | because the government was promoting this with propaganda |
8) What did the Espionage and Sedition Acts limit? | free speech |
9) How were African American’s treated differently during wartime? | they gained jobs that white soldiers left |
10) How were women treated differently? | they gained jobs that soldiers left |
1) What were Wilson’s Fourteen Points trying to achieve? | world peace |
2) What was the purpose of The League of Nations? | to prevent future wars |
3) Why did the Treaty of Versailles “set up?” (at least 3 things here) | 9 new countries disarming Germany & war-guilt clause |
4) What were the treaty’s weaknesses? | it blamed Germany and kept imperialism going |
5) Why do you feel like the treaty lead to later wars? | Germany wanted revenge for their humiliation |