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Chapter 21
American Republic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Once the United States entered World War I | many Americans began to mistrust or despise anything German |
| The Us Government regulated private industry during the war to allow | adjustments in war production |
| American troops were not | prepared for World War I |
| This killed thousands of soldiers during World War I | Influenza (Flu) |
| American troops help save this city from the Germans | Paris, France |
| Britain violated the United States at sea | in the early years of the war |
| As a result of the war | jobs were plentiful and wages rose |
| America's flying Ace in World War I | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| Vittorio Orlando | Italy's representative at Versailles |
| U.S. President during World War I | Woodrow Wilson |
| Headed the Food Administration during World War I | Hubert Hoover |
| His assassination started the war | Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
| Commander of the American Expeditionary Force | John Pershing |
| Took Russia out of the war | Vladimir Lenin |
| French Premier | Georges Clemenceau |
| Supreme Allied Commander | Ferdinand Foch |
| David Lloyd George | represented Great Britain at Versailles |
| Nickname given to American soldiers during World War I | doughboys |
| 2 important alliances formed before World War I was | Triple Alliance and Triple Entente |
| Define Reparations | payments made by losing nation to winning nation for damages |
| Germany's top ace in dog fights was | The Red Baron |
| Germany used this to reduce British imports | unrestricted Submarine warfare |
| Year World War I broke out | 1914 |
| Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace | Fourteen Points |
| The Convoy System was used by the United States to | protect troops ships bound for Europe |
| Germans sank this ship to pressure America to enter the war | R.M.S. Lusitania |
| Atomic bomb, tank, poison gas | all developed during world war I |
| Germans use of U-boats | were disturbing to Americans |
| Draft Boards, Victory Gardens, and the War labor Policy Boards | were all war efforts at home |
| November 11, 1918 | Armistice day ending World War I |
| What was the major way America paid for the War effort | Liberty and Victory loan drives |
| What countries made up the Allied powers | Great Britain, France, Russia, United States |
| April 6, 1917 | United States officially entered World War I |
| Central Powers included | Bulgaria, Germany, Turkey |
| World War I famous battles | the Argonne Forest, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel |
| Know the major causes of World War I | pg 401 - 402 |
| History is | FUN FUN FUN |