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Chapter 19-World War I Flashcards

1
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This led to conflicts by the major European powers over the issue of colonies.

A

imperialism

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List the three Triple Alliance nations of Europe before World War I

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Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary

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List the three Triple Entente nations of Europe before World War I

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Russia, France, Great Britain

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An arms buildup between the great powers during the 1800s is called this.

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militarism

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Independence movements caused by _________ was widespread in Eastern and Central Europe during the early years of the 1900s.

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nationalism

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List the six European Allied Powers as World War I continued.

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Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, Belgium

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List the four primary Central Powers as World War I continued.

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Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria

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Who assassinated the Arch Duke of Austria?

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Princip

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What organization did G. Princip belong to when he assassinated Franz Ferdinand?

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Black Hand

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10
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Which country was blamed for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?

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Serbia

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How long did it take for Europe to declare war among the major powers after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?

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two weeks

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12
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Most of the fighting battlefields in Europe was either located in _______ or _______ during World War I

A

France or Russia

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What was Germany’s plan to invade and conquer France and then turn and defeat Russia called?

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Schieffen Plan

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What type of warfare was most common during World War I?

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Trench warfare

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What was the area between the opposing lines called during World War I?

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No-man’s land

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Name four battles in Northern France and Belgium during World War I

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Ypes, Verdun, Pashendale, Somme

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Identify five new technologies used during World War I to cause death and destruction

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huge artillery, oison gas, airplanes, machine guns, dreadnaughts

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18
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Which two Mexicans were fighting during the civil war waging in that country in the early 1900s?

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Huerta and Villa

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Who led and raid on Columbus, New Mexico thus leading to US involvement in the issues in Mexico?

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Pancho Villa

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20
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Who led the US retaliatory Punitive Expedition in to Mexico in 1916?

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Gen. John Pershing

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21
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Pancho Villa leads a raid into the US at ____

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Columbus NM

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22
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The Tsar of Russia is overthrown by a democratic revolution led by _______ but it fails to obtain a lasting peace in Russia.

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Alexander Kerensky.

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23
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The Germans will send _____ into Russia to begin a civil war and hopefully lead to Russia’s withdrawing from World War I.

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Lenin

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24
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Woodrow Wilson claimed that the war was to _____

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Keep the World Safe for Democracy

25
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This ship was sunk by U-boats in 1915

A

Lusitania

26
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The Germans promised not to sink unarmed passenger ships with their U-boats with their _____

A

Sussex Pledge

27
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Unrestricted ______ warfare was launched in 1917.

A

submarine

28
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Germany assured Mexico that if they were to ally with Germany and attack the US, then Mexico could regain the Mexican Session lands after Germany were to win the war with their _______.

A

Zimmerman Note

29
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He declared when landing in France in 1917, “Lafayette, we are here!”

A

John Pershing

30
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This was the biggest battle in US history.

A

The Meuse-Argonne offensive

31
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This is celebrated on November 11, 1918

A

Armistice Day

32
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He led the War Industries Board to get labor and business to work together for the war effort.

A

Benard Baruch

33
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To fund the war the US used these three things.

A

Income taxes, liberty bonds, and victory bonds

34
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He led the Food Administration

A

Herbert Hoover

35
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Herbert Hoover planned to save food with ____ and ___.

A

Meatless Mondays and Wheat-less Wednesdays

36
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Harry Garfield instituted daylight savings time with the _____

A

Fuel Administration

37
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The Committee of Public Information used _____ to promote war goals and promote propaganda

A

posters

38
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The ______ Act started the first nationwide draft of soldiers or conscription

A

Selective Service

39
Q

These people served as navy clerks and to a larger extent as industrial workers.

A

women

40
Q

African Americans moved in large numbers from their southern homeland to many northern cities for war industries during and following World War I during the _______.

A

Great Migration

41
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These African American soldiers were decorated by their French leaders for gallantry in battle.

A

Harlem Hell Raisers or 369th Infantry

42
Q

This ship mysteriously exploded in New York harbor in 1916 with some type of sabotage.

A

Black Tom

43
Q

He was a socialist and anti-war protester who was jailed after he violated the Espionage and Sedition acts.

A

Eugene V. Debs

44
Q

Woodrow Wilson called for a fair peace with this _____

A

14 Points

45
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The 14th point of Wilson’s plan for peace included the _____

A

League of Nations

46
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This treaty ended the First World War

A

Treaty of Versailles

47
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This European/Asian Empire dissolves following WW I.

A

Ottoman Empire

48
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This Central and Eastern European empire breaks up into many different countries following WW I

A

Austrian-Hungarian Empire

49
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This country falls into a civil war following WW I

A

Russia

50
Q

Prices rise following WW I and is called _____

A

inflation

51
Q

Strikes and the fear of communists and anarchists lead to the _____ in the 1920s.

A

Red Scare

52
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The steel strike in this American city leads to union recognition, higher pay, shorter hours but also turns violent.

A

Gary, Indiana

53
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In Boston the ____ go on strike following WW I in the early 1920s leading to other general strikes throughout the nation.

A

police department

54
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He spread fear of May Day riots led by communists in the early 1920s which only caused fear and no real communist threat.

A

A. Richard Palmer

55
Q

Racial issues lead to race riots across the country starting in _______ at a whites only beach.

A

Chicago, Illinios

56
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He wanted to return the county to an area of “normalcy” and abandon racial, economic, and political turmoil which seem to embrace the nation in the early 1920s.

A

Warren G. Harding

57
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This picture is best describing:

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No Man’s Land, the battlefields between the trenches of World War I

58
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How did this new technology lead to America’s entry into World War I?

A

Uboats began increasingly sinking neutral shipping including American ships. Most famous sinking was the Lustitania drowning a significant number of Americans.

59
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Why would this graphic NOT be suitable for the United States’ entry into world conflict before 1917?

A

Unitl 1917, Russia with its Tsar was not a democracy like the other Allied Powers…Only with the Tsar’s overthrow and Russia embracing a temporary, though futitle attempt, with democratic government could Woodrow Wilson truly claim the war was fro Democracy’s Triumph over the “Old Worlds” monachies and emporers.

Mr. Harrell (37 decks)

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