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SS8124
World War I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In the years before World War I, tensions grew among European countries as the competed for land and power where? | Africa and Asia |
| What were the years of World War I? | 1914 to 1918 |
| What did the Allied Powers and the Central Powers dig across Western Europe and fought on even terms for several years? | trenches |
| What were the Central Powers? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey (Ottoman Empire) |
| The German advance through Belgium and France was finally halted by what countries? | France and Great Britain |
| What passenger ship was sunk by German u-boats killing over 100 Americans? | Luisitania |
| What country set up a blockade in the North Sea which kept the German fleet in port for most of World War I? | Great Britain |
| What were the reasons the United States was drawn into World War I? | 1. Unrestricted submarine warfare 2. Interception and publication of the Zimmerman telegram which German promised to help Mexico get back California if they joined the war against the U. S. |
| What were more reasons the United States was drawn into World War I? | 3. Fall of Tsarist Russia and the rise of Communism 4. Help Great Britain whom we had loans $2 billion |
| What is an alliance? | An agreement by which nations pledge to help each other if a war breaks out |
| Who was the president of the United States is World War I? | Woodrow Wilson |
| What country fought against the Central Powers on the Eastern front before a revolution ended its involvement in World War I? | Russia |
| Who was the commander of U. S. forces in Europe in World War I? | General John J. Pershing |
| What neutral country did Germany advance through to attack France at the beginning of War War I? | Belgium |
| In Southern Europe the Central Powers invaded what countries? | Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Romania, and Italy |
| What Central Power country was blamed for World War I? | Germany |
| On what side did the United States join World War I? | Allied Powers |
| What was the immediate cause of World War I? | the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie |
| What was Germany's only effective naval weapon? | U-boat |
| What nation issued a Proclamation of Neutrality when World War I began? | United States |
| What are three U. S. victories during World War I? | Chateau-Tierry, Belleau Wood, and Argonne Forest |
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