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WWI HGHS
World War I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frontier region Germany took from France in the Franco-Prussian War | Alsace-Lorraine |
| Pre War allince consisting of Germay, Italy and Austria-Hungary | Triple Alliance |
| Wartime alliance that included Ottoman Empire | Central Powers |
| Site of the last major offensive of the war on the Western Front featuring the americans | Meuse-Argonne |
| Peacetime organization pushed for by Wilson | League of Nations |
| Side the USA backed during WWI | Allies |
| Country where the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 | Russia |
| Mineral rich region of Germany on the French Border | Saar Valley |
| Place where the Peace treaty was signed | Palace of Versailles |
| Region known as the powderkeg of Europe | Balkan mountain region |
| People who want to outlaw war are called what? | Pacifist |
| Secret Allied treaties were published by these people in 1917 | Bolsheviks |
| What happened to former German colonies after the Treaty of Versailles | They became Mandates |
| These were payments made by defeated nations to compensate for war damages | Reparations |
| Avoiding political relationships with other nations is called ? | Isolationism |
| He was the wartime Food Administrator | Herbert Hoover |
| He was the head of the War Industries Board | Bernard Baruch |
| John Pershing was the commander of this | A.E.F |
| Who was the lone representative to vote against the war in congress | Jeanette Rankin |
| One of the founders of the Women's Peace Party | Jane Adams |
| Conservative Republican Senator suspicious of the League of Nations | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| This person ran the Committee on Public Information | George Creel |
| This part of the treaty forced Germay to accept blame for the war | War Guilt Clause |
| A german torpedo sank this ocean liner in 1915 claiming it carried contraband | Lusitania |
| How were American merchant ships protected crossing the Atlantic | Convoy System |
| What was the list of Wilson's war aims called | 14 Points |
| Mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North | Great Migration |
| This prominent African American supported the American war effort. | WEB Dubois |
| This principle supported the idea that ethnic groups could/should make their own decisions in the future | Self Determination |
| Germany agreed not to sink passenger ships with this promise | Sussex Pledge |
| Vittorio Orlando was the leader of what country at the Treaty of Versailles | Italy |
| Alvin York's position on the war before he became a hero | Conscientious Objector |
| This man's assassination triggered WWI | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| What country did Austria-Hingary blame for the death of their crown prince? | Serbia |
| Protection against U-Boats was assured when what country entered the war | USA |
| What laws were passed that suppressed opposition to the war? | Espionage and Sedition Acts |
| The American Expeditionary force helped to halt the 1918 German Offensive into what country | France |
| This government organization encouraged mass production to increase efficiency | War Industires Board |
| This newspaper encouraged many African Americans to migrate to the North | Chicago Defender |
| Who was the leader of Russia at the start of WWI | Czar Nicholas II |
| New nations in Eastern Europe were created to act as a buffer against who | Bolsheviks/Communists |
| This law set up the conditions for the draft in America | Selective Service Act |
| Who was the German Foreign minister that sent a telegram to Mexico | Arthur Zimmerman |
| Germany's attack of this country ultimately convinced Great Britain to enter the war | Belgium |
| This world peace organization was proposes at Versailles | League of Nations |
| What did the last of Wilson's 14 points propose? | A league of Nations |
| What was the main goal of the European nations at the Treaty of Versailles | Pursue their own national interests |
| Which alliance later became known as the Central Powers | The Triple Alliance |
| Who was the British representative at the Treaty of Versailles | David Lloyd George |
| Intense Patriotism for your country can be called? | Nationalism |
| America's Ace of Aces | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| German city turned into a neutral or free city so Poland could have access to the sea | Danzig |
| Area of Germany Demilitarized by the Treaty of Versailles | Rhineland |
| Colonies taken from defeated countries and administered until deemed ready for independence | Mandates |
| The number of troops Germany's army could posses after the war | 100,000 |
| Mineral rich area of Germany that France was allowed to mine for 15 years after the war | Saar Valley |
| Central Power nation broken up after the war | Austria-Hungary |
| Name given to the isolation of Russia | Quarantine or Buffer Zone |
| Russian Communist Leader | VI Lenin |
| Since only the Big four made the major decisions at Versailles, many Germans viewed it as what type of peace? | Dictated Peace |
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