19.1-.3 WWI

Question 1

Committee on Public Education

Answer 1

CPI educated the public on the causes of the war and stressed the cruelty of the enemy led by George Creel

Question 2

WIB

Answer 2

war industries board led by Bernard Baruch an influential Wall Street investment broker

Question 3

Irreconcilables

Answer 3

opposed a treaty with the League of nations and particularly disliked Article 10

Question 4

Reservationists

Answer 4

led by Henry Cabot Lodge, opposed the treaty as it was written some wanted smaller changes while others demanded larger ones

Question 5

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 5

leader of communist revolution in Russia and believed that the entire war was nothing more than an imperialistic land grab

Question 6

reparations

Answer 6

payment for war damages

Question 7

Triple Alliance

Answer 7

Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 8

Triple Entente

Answer 8

Allied Powers France, Russia, Great Britain

Question 9

Open diplomacy

Answer 9

no secret alliances or treaties everything would just be out in the open

Question 10

Freedom of the Seas and Trade

Answer 10

freedom to navigate and trade on the seas

Question 11

Self Determination

Answer 11

right of the people to choose their own form of government

Question 12

No mans land

Answer 12

in between enemy lines

Question 13

Primary reason for length of war

Answer 13

the defensive weapons were better and more advanced than the offensive weapons

Question 14

Isolationists

Answer 14

thought war was not the US business and it should isolate itself

Question 15

Contraband

Answer 15

weapons and other articles used to fight in the war

Question 16

U boats

Answer 16

German submarines used to sink Allied ships

Question 17

National Defense Act

Naval Construction Act

Answer 17

Wilson-expanded the size of the military and ordered the building of more warships to prepare for war

Question 18

Conscientious Objectors

Answer 18

people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars

Question 19

Selective Service Act

Answer 19

an act passed May 1917 authorized a draft of young men for military service in Europe

Question 20

Sedition Act

Answer 20

made it unlawful to use “disloyal, profane, or abusive language” about the American form of government, the constitution, or military forces

Question 21

Espionage Act

Answer 21

allowed postal services to ban treasonable or seditious newspapers, mail, and other printed materials

Question 22

Food Administration

Answer 22

led by Herbert Hoover set prices high for wheat and other stuff to encourage farmers to increase production

Question 23

Wilson’s view on war

Answer 23

it was about peace and freedom

Question 24

Wilson’s response to Lenin’s view on war

Answer 24

14 Points

• Peace without victory
• Open Diplomacy
• Freedom of Seas and Trade
• End of Colonialism
• Self determination
• League of Nations

Question 25

League of Nations

Answer 25

a world organizations where nations could gather and peacefully resolve their quarrels

Question 26

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 26

in early 1919 victorious Allies held a peace conference in Versailles Paris and Wilson came and told them about his 14 points but all were rejected except League of Nations

Question 27

John J. Pershing

Answer 27

commander of American Forces in Europe

Question 28

Henry Cabot Lodge

Answer 28

Republican foreign policy expert that Wilson dislikes strongly so he leaves him behind when he goes to Versailles which causes many problems

Question 29

Lusitania

Answer 29

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. greatly turned American opinion anti-German helping the move towards entering the war.

Question 30

Zimmerman Note

Answer 30

Germany—>Mexico said Germany would help them regain lost territories if they joined the war on the Central Powers side CAUSED US TO JOIN WAR