Chapter 23 and 24

Question 1

What is isolationism

Answer 1

Isolationism is a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries

Question 2

What is expansionism

Answer 2

Expansionism is the practice of spreading a nation’s territorial or economic control beyond its borders.

Question 3

What is imperialism

Answer 3

Imperialism is the policy of extending a nation’s rule over other territories and countries, primarily for their natural resources

Question 4

What event led to the need of imperialism

Answer 4

Industrial Revolution

Question 5

What happened to the USS Maine

Answer 5

a huge explosion took place on the USS Maine, killing 260 people and the Americans blamed it on Spain to raise support for the spanish american war

Question 6

What were the reasons for these increasing rivalries?

Answer 6

Competition over materials and markets
Territorial Disputes
Imperialism

Question 7

What was starting to develop with new technology

Answer 7

new weapons

Question 8

What is Militarism

Answer 8

the policy that glorifies military power and keeping an army prepared for war.

Question 9

Who was in the alliance known as the Triple Entente

Answer 9

France, Russia, and Great Britain

Question 10

Who was in the Triple Alliance

Answer 10

Germany, Austria- Hungry, and Italy

Question 11

What event started World War 1

Answer 11

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie were shot by a Serbian man and Austria declared war on Serbia and Russia sent troops to help Serbia

Question 12

What is propganda

Answer 12

Propaganda is information designed to influence opinion.

Question 13

What is a blockade

Answer 13

A blockade is an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

Question 14

Germany said that they would sink any ship that sailed into British ports, what was this called

Answer 14

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Question 15

What was on big ship that a German U-boat sank

Answer 15

The lusitania

Question 16

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

Answer 16

The Zimmerman Telegram was a letter written by Germany to Mexico stating that if they attacked the U.S. and keep them busy they would help Mexico regain the lands they had lost in the Mexican American War.

Question 17

What was the selective service act

Answer 17

allowed for the drafting of men 21-30 years of age.

Question 18

The bolsheviks would overthrow Russia’s government, and who would take over?

Answer 18

Vladimir Lenin

Question 19

Where did Germany move their troops and supplies after Russia quit the war

Answer 19

Western front, located near the border of France and Germany.

Question 20

Germans wanted to launch an attack on the _________, at first, this plan looked to be successful, and was able to push the allies’ lines within ___ miles of Paris.

Answer 20

Western Front, 40

Question 21

What happened on 11/11/1918

Answer 21

germany withdrew all land forces west of the rhine river the naval fleet from the baltic sea and surrender huge amounts of equipment

Question 22

What was Wilson’s plan to achieve peace called

Answer 22

The fourteen points

Question 23

What is self-determination

Answer 23

the right of the people to decide what form of government they would like to have.

Question 24

What are reparations

Answer 24

payment for the destruction of another countries territory.

Question 25

What is Trench Warfare

Answer 25

Opposing armies on the western front digging miles of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire, they slept in mud had no food and no sleep

Question 26

What are the 5 issues of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 26

Pay the Allied countries billions of dollars
Had to disarm their entire military
Give up colonial claims around the world
Had to give up land to other countries
They weren’t allowed to join the league of nations