click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Early 1900s and WWI
Early 1900s and World War I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Republican who was president in 1908 after Theodore Roosevelt | William Taft |
| Democrat who was president in 1912 after William Taft | Woodrow Wilson |
| Nations that a nation can count on for help are called | Allies |
| The 2 great imperialist European nations | Germany and England |
| This archduke was assasinated, starting World War I | Francis Ferdinand |
| Terrorist group that killed Archduke Ferdinand | Serb |
| Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey allied with what country | Germany |
| The countries allied with Germany were known as what | Central Powers |
| The countries allied with Russia, France, and England were called what | Allied Powers |
| Both sides in World War I dug long, deep __________ to fight from | Trenches |
| The land between the trenches was called | no mans land |
| The Germans developed a ________________ that fired hundreds of bullets per minute | machine gun |
| The British brought out a _____ that could cross no mans land, crushing the barb wire. | Tank |
| The Germans dropped ______________ from airplanes that could suffocate the men in the tanks. | poison gas |
| President Wilson did not want America to take sides in the war. He wanted America to remain ________ | Neutral |
| What is information that is given in such a way that people see things from one point of view? | Propaganda |
| England's navy set up a __________ so that ships could not go in or out of Germany. | Blockade |
| What is a German submarine called? | U-Boat |
| What was the secret note Germany sent to Mexico called? | The Zimmerman Note |
| The Zimmerman Note asked Mexico to form an __________ with Germany to fight America. | alliance |
| To make the army larger, congress passed the ________________________ | Selective Service Act |
| The _______________ Act said that anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy could be sentenced to 20 years in jail. | Espionage |
| The _________ Act said that anyone who spoke out against the US government, the Constitution, the American flag, or the military could be punished | Sedition |
| The ___________ was created to control factories that produced impotant war materials | War Industries Board |
| The ____ Administration was created to encourage American's to use less coal and oil. | Fuel |
| One way the government helped save fuels was by introducing _____________________ | Daylight Savings Time |
| __________ were pieces of paper that Americans bought saying they were lending the government money which could be cashed in at the end of the war | War bonds |
| The Committee on _______________________ was an office whose job was to stir up patriotism and loyalty | Public Information |
| The 19th Amendment gave women the right to ____. | vote |
| The Germans signed an __________ to end the fighting on November 11, 1918. | armistice |
| President Wilson described his _____________ for a fair peace in Europe | Fourteen Points |
| The ________________ was created and its members would include all nations of the world. | League of Nations |
| The _________________, which ended the war, set up the League of Nations | Treaty of Versailles |