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History 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain the term "Hooverizing" as it related to the role of future president Herbert Hoover and the Food Administration | Food was a key need for the military and allies |
| How long did the Germans expect the war against France to last? (months or a few years?) | Months |
| Did Wilson campaign for the League of Nations and did the U.S. join the League of Nations? | yes and no |
| What was the alliance called that the U.S. joined when they (we) entered WWI? | Allies |
| What was the 1916 presidential campaign slogan? | He kept us out of war |
| Did American neutrality in the Great War mean that the U.S. would not trade with either side? | No |
| Did Woodrow Wilson refuse to intervene in Caribbean affairs? | No |
| During the war, who basically controlled our nation's railroads? | Wilson |
| What term means "money a defeated enemy pays for the cost of war"? | Reparations |
| On what exact date (month, day, and year) did the Germans sign an armistice ending WWI? | November 11, 1918 |
| What was another name for the area between opposing trenches during WWI? | No man's land |
| What term refers to information spread to advance a cause or damage an opponent's cause? | Propaganda |
| What German policy claimed the right to attack all ships in the war zone without warning? | Unrestricted submarine warfare |
| What was Wilson's plan for lasting peace called? | Fourteen points |
| Who was the Secretary of State before WWI? | William Jennings Bryan |
| Who was the Mexican dictator popular among American businessmen? | Porfirio Diaz |
| Who was "one of the most grotesque tyrannies in Mexican history"? | Victorina Huerta |
| Who was the Mexican bandit leader who raided a New Mexico border town? | Pancho Villa |
| Who was the German ruler whose actions brought England into war? | William II |
| Who said, "the world must be safe for democracy"? | Woodrow Willson |
| Who was an administrator of the Food Administration? | Herbert Hoover |
| Who won the Medal of Honor in WWI? | Alvin C. York |
| Who was the American general who led U.S. troops in WWI? | John J. Pershing |
| Who was the U.S. senator who led opposition to the Treaty of Versailles? | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| What was the name for all the nations that opposed Germany in WWI? | Allies |
| What was the name for Germany and its allies during WWI? | Central Powers |
| What was the name of the passenger liner that the Germans sank? | Lusitania |
| What was Germany's promise called that it would resume following international law? | “Sussex Pledge” |
| What was the Zimmermann telegram? | A German plot to give part of the US to Mexico |
| What established the right to limit free speech during wartime? | Schenk v. United States |
| What was the League of Nations and what was its intended purpose? | Last Part of Willson's 14 points called for the organization of corporating nations to discuss and solve problems peacefully |
| What was the Argonne offensive? | Largest American effort by the US in the war |
| What was the truce called that ended WWI? | Treaty of Versailles |
| What was the purpose of Germany's Schlieffen Plan? | Quickly defeat France and attack Russia |
| What word best describes Wilson's outlook? | Idalism |
| Germany's invasion of which nation brought Great Britain into WWI? | Belgium |
| Which countries were members of the Central Powers? | Germany and Austria |
| Which countries were included in the Big Four? | US, France, Italy, and Britain |
| Who declared war first and who was it against? | Austria declared war on Serbia |
| What was the result of the sinking of the Lusitania and other merchant ships? | It changed American's view on the war |
| What countries were part of the Triple Entente? | France, Russia, and Great Britain |
| What was the main provision of the Espionage and Sedition Acts? | Banned criticism of the war in anyway |
| Who was America's "ace of aces"? | Eddie Rickenbacker |
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