Chapter 18 Multiple Choice

Question 1

Germany’s war strategy (1st step)

Answer 1

to quickly defeat France

Question 2

Bismarck/sytem of alliances

Answer 2

to isolate France

Question 3

U.S. enters war on Allied side because of

Answer 3

unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 4

British enter into WWI

Answer 4

occurred when German marched into neutral Belgium

Question 5

Vladimir Lenin comes to power

Answer 5

when his radicals overthrew the government

Question 6

“war guilt clause”

Answer 6

Germany admits to starting the war

Question 7

Triple Entente

Answer 7

France Great Britain and Russia

Question 8

(July 1914) Austria-Hungary takes stand against Serbia

Answer 8

to discourage Serbian nationalism

Question 9

Russian army on eastern front

Answer 9

poorly supplied and poorly led

Question 10

early tension in Germany and France (1900s)

Answer 10

France wanted to regain Alsace-Lorraine

Question 11

first step of WWI

Answer 11

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

Question 12

U.S. Senate refusal of Versailles Treaty

Answer 12

was to keep the U.S. out of international affairs

Question 13

Balkans/ “powder keg”

Answer 13

nationalism had started several small wars

Question 14

stalemate on western front

Answer 14

neither side to defeat the other

Question 15

Pres. Wilson/ “peace without victory”

Answer 15

means we want to try to avoid another war

Question 16

Wilson and other “architects of peace” differ

Answer 16

on how to punish Germany so Germany could not take revenge

Question 17

Provision of Wilson’s 14 points included

Answer 17

1. open covenants (no secrecy) 2. peaceful colonial claims 3. self determination

Question 18

American entry into WWI

Answer 18

1. the sinking of the Lusitania 2. the telegram that the Germans had sent to Mexico 3. Wilson’s make the world safe for democracy

Question 19

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Answer 19

1. Bosnia-location 2. Gavrillo Princip-assassin 3. Black Hand- group that claimed responsibility

Question 20

occurred immediately before Germany signed the armistice

Answer 20

German kaiser abdicates