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module 12 historyqui
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| why did war break out in germany, 5 of them | nationalism, imperalism, militarism, alliance system, secret treaties |
| when did WW1 begin | july 28, 1914 |
| when did US enter WWI | april 6, 1917 |
| when did WW1 end | nov, 11 1918 |
| how did it bring in a alliance system | russia felt they had to help serbia. Germany joined to help HUngary |
| when did WIlson proclaimed neutrality | AUg, 4, 1914 |
| why were most people drawn toward powerful forces toward the british | 1. spoke same language and culuteral ties to GB 2. we heard reports of german atrocities coming from england 3. because of militaristic Kaiser Wilhelm |
| why americans favored central powers | 1. number immigrants from germany 2. their parents resided from germany 3. millions didnt approve of germanys actions |
| what is contraband | illegal things |
| what were some contraband items | explosives, guns and ammunition |
| what was Lusitania- | british linear sunk by germany w/o warning killing 128 americans |
| wilson was first opposed to "prepardness" what is that | meant aiming and organizing for war |
| who did democrats nominate | Wilson |
| who did republicans nominate | charles evan hughes |
| who did germany promis to help | mexicans |
| what did Britain intercept | the zimmerman note from from germany proposing an alliance with Meixo |
| when did wilson ask congress for decleration of war against germany | april 2, 1917 |
| what is a stationary war | both dug trenches, lived underground and fired at eachother from fixed positions |
| what are 3 things soilders suffered from | trench fever, trench foot, trench mouth, shell shock |
| 10 million civilans would die from what | disease, starvation, an revolutions that grew from teh war |
| how were the expenses from the army and navy paid, 3 reasons | 1. gov used both taxes and loans to pay these 2. increased taxed brought in 10.5 billion 3. rest was borrowed from gov bonds |
| council of defence set up for | control food program |
| how did war affect farmers | raised prices for crops allowing them to expand |
| what are some freedoms limited in the war , 3 of them | speech, pres, and assmebly |
| war industry board mena | agency to imprive efficency in war related indiustries |
| commitee on public info | gov agency established during WW1 that used communication to influence ppls thoughts and actions |
| Espionage and sedition acts | laws that enacted harsh penalities agains6 anyone opposing US participation in WW1 |
| great migration | movement of any African amer. to northern cities from the south in ealry 1900s |
| how did wilson control economuy , 4 of them | 1. food administration 2. railroad administration 3. fuel admin 4. national war labor |
| allies made up of,3 of them | france, britian, russia |
| central powers, 3 | germanny, austria hungary, ottoman empire |
| caused of WW1, 4 | nationalism, militarism, imperilism, aliance |
| what sparked the war | Archduke was assaniated |
| what did assaniation of archduke lead to fighting | alliance system forced nations of europe to follow one another to war |
| 3 incidents lef to US to declare war | 1. sinking of lustinia 2. zimmerman note 3. susset pledge |
| selective service act- | law requiring ment ot register for military service |
| convoy system | having merchant ships travel in groups protected by warships |
| american expiditionary force | name given to american military force that fought in WW1 |
| conscientious objector | person who belives fighting is wrong and therefore does not want serve in military |
| how did US help allie s | 1. supplied amo and weapons 2. new ideas 3. gave allied encouragment |
| nationalism | devotion to the intrests and culture of ones nation |
| militarism- | building uo armed forces to prepare for war |