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Progress Era/WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what caused WWI? (4) | militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism |
| what was the immediate cause of WWI? | the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary by Serbian terrorist Gavrilo Princip |
| who were the central powers? (4) | ottoman empire, austria-hungary, germany, bulgaria |
| who were the allied powers? (3) what ties/investments to countries did two allied countries have? (2) | france, britain, russia; russia w/ serbia, britain w/ belgium |
| what did US do? (1) what interfered with this, causing US to enter the war? (3) | declare neutrality; germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare, the british interception of the zimmerman telegram, and US privated investors invested $2 billion on allied countries |
| what was unrestricted submarine warfare? (1) what caused restricted submarine warfare? (1)what was the zimmerman telegram? (2) | germany tells the world that they will be sinking ships in a specific allied area regardless of whose boat it is; the sinking of the british lusitania; a german communique with mexico that aimed to encourage mexico to attack US, germany would back them up |
| did wilson fight or stay out? (1) why was he reelected? (1) what fear did the US have by election of 1916 (1) what did he promise? (1) what seemed to work, until what happened? (2) | he was too proud to fight; he kept US out of the war; war with germany and mexico; to remain neutral in WWI; restricted submarine warfare, until germany sunk 3 american ships and returned back to unrestricted submarine warfare |
| what was the selective service act of 1917? (1) what would take a long time for the US to do? (1) | lottery draft for all men or military age may get drafted; still, it would take months for enough american troops and equipment to make it across the atlantic |
| treaty of brest litovsk - what was it? (1) | germany would receive a large part of russia |
| who improves during/from the war? (3) | women enter the workforce in large numbers (combatively and labor-wise), minorities and workers benefitted too |
| what was the espionage act of 1917? (4 -- could not interfere, engage, obstruct, assist) | americans could not interfere with military operations, engage in anti-war activities, obstruct military recruitment, or assist the enemy |
| what was the sedition act of 1918? (3 - suppress, prohibited, could not criticize) what happened to it in 1920? | suppressed anti-war speech, prohibited hindering the war effort, could not criticize war bond drives; repealed in 1920 |
| what was the first red scare from 1917-1920? (1) what did they do as a result? | a fear of communism in the united states; deploy 13k soliders on russian territoryto support the allies and oppose bolshevik communism |
| what is a war of attrition, and who tried this? (2, 1) | an attempt to finish a war with the resources available/left, whoever had the most resources would end up on top; germany makes an attempt to end the war before US can arrive |
| what is a theme of wilson's 14 points? (1) what is that? (2) why did he think this? (1) what did he want to create? (1) did he want the US involved? why/why not? (1) | self-determination -- countries should rule themselves, get rid of imperialism and colonialism; he was not an imperialist; create a league of nations that US should be involved in to contribute to the league's success |
| what was the major clause of the versailles treaty? (1) what was that? (2) | war guilt clause: humiliates germany into taking responsibility for starting WWI; pay reparations that significantly hindered german economy |
| what nations were created as a result of the versailles treaty? (9) | Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia , Austria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Finland |
| what was US senate's reaction to versailles treaty? (1) why did they think the way they did to the league of nations? (2) | US senate refused to ratify it --> another world war in general; would bring US into another foreign war, joining the league would undermine the congressional power of being able to declare war and was therefore potentially unconstitutional |
| what was the dawes plan in 1924? (3) | countries like italy, france, & britain all owe money to US; US would lend Germany money to pay reparations; leads those countries to repay US |
| during the war, germany was doomed to fail. what did this lead to, and how did a specific person think? (2) who will be blamed? (2) | adolf hitler believed germany hadn't been defeated but had been stabbed in the back by their leaders; this led to WWII; communists and jews |
| russia & revolution - who involved? (3) what did the 1st rev cause? (1) what happened to him and his family? (1) who interfered from 1918-1919? (1) what did the 2nd rev give rise to, and who took charge to create what? (1, 1, 1) | reds (communists), whites (support tsar + parilament), greens (minorities); tsar nicholas II to abdicate; him + fam executed by reds; US soldiers deployed to russia; gave rise to soviets and vladimir lenin took charge and created soviet union |
| what were the 4 empires destroyed in the war? | austria-hungary, ottoman empire, germany, russia |
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