Exam Review

Question 1

Ypres -Lys
April 1918

Answer 1

2600 American
Over 250,000 casualties
Critical in liberating Belgium
Was significant in the collapse of German army

Question 2

Somme
July 1, 1916 - November 18, 1916

Answer 2

A more professional and effective army emerged from the battle
Allied victory
serious damage on German positions in France, spurring the Germans to strategically retreat to the Hindenburg Line
Halted German offensive

Question 3

Aisne-Marne
July 15, 1918 - ended a couple of days later

Answer 3

12,000 casualties
Key turning point
Marked the final German offensive
and began on July 15, 1918 when 23 German divisions attacked toward Reims, France with hopes of drawing Allied troops away from Belgium.
Push forward for good guys after this battle

Question 4

Oise-Marne
20 July – 2 August 1918

Answer 4

6,013 American
Strategic but not a tactical defeat, and the German right wing was able to reknit and stand firmly on the line of the lower Aisne and the Chemin des Dames ridge, where trench warfare set in after assaults by the Allies in the latter half of September
Last German invasion
Allies first victorious offensive

Question 5

Meuse-Argonne (deadliest campaign in American history)
September 26, 1918 - November 11, 1918

Answer 5

17 500 casualties
Allied victory end of WWI
It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War
General Patten?? (Paddington 😋)

Question 6

St. Mihiel

Answer 6

U.S., 7,000 casualties; German, at least 17,500, including 10,000 captured.
The Battle of Saint-Mihiel easily convinced the British and French military leadership that the Americans were capable of operating on their own on the battlefield, independence that later had a bearing on the Americans’ taking a role in negotiations for Germany’s surrender and the subsequent peace.

Question 7

Militarism

Answer 7

A country keeping a strong military just in case
led to tension

Question 8

Alliance System

Answer 8

Meant that countries were obligated to have alliances
Triple alliance - Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente - French, UK, Russia
1914 - powerful, large

Question 9

Imperialism

Answer 9

Countries are taking over countries for their own benefit

Question 10

Nationalism

Answer 10

A sense of love for one’s country
When Franz Ferdinand got assassinated it hurt the country’s feelings and they fought back. RAHHH

Question 11

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871

Answer 11

War between France and Germany
France declared war
France lost a lot of land and lost the war

Question 12

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Answer 12

Died June 28, 1914
Heir to the throne
declared war on serbia
the alliance system clicked into place leading to the ww1

Question 13

How did the North intend to use these ironclads? (civil war)

Answer 13

Gain control of the mississippi
Break the Confederate blockade of Union ports
Counter the threat posed by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia
Protect the Union fleet from attacks by Confederate ironclads
​The USS Monitor was specifically sent to engage and neutralize the CSS Virginia

Question 14

Describe what happened to the Cairo. (civil war ironclad)

Answer 14

hit two explosions in quick succession.

Question 15

Why did it take so long to recover the Cairo wreck?

Answer 15

forgotten over time
covered in silt
found in 1956
was difficult too recover/buried in mud

Question 16

Did Europe repay war debt after ww1

Answer 16

no :(

Question 17

Al Capone

Answer 17

1920s gangster who would alchohol

Question 18

KKK

Answer 18

group of white supremacists

Question 19

women’s rights 1920s

Answer 19

women gained the right to vote

Question 20

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 20

first person to fly alone across the Atlantic

Question 21

Scopes Monkey Trial

Answer 21

a teacher was caught teaching human evolution which was illegal

Question 22

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 22

Where people celebrated African American art and heritage

Question 23

What was the goal of the Financial Reform?

Answer 23

The removal of financial repression - policies that distort domestic capital markets through a variety of measures.
failed

Question 24

What was the goal of the FERA?

Answer 24

Adequacy of relief measures
Providing work for employable people on the relief rolls
Diversification of relief programs
success

Question 25

What was the goal of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?

Answer 25

To provide flood control, navigation and electricity for the region
success

Question 26

What was the goal of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?

Answer 26

To deeply engage young Canadians in our natural and cultural heritage through service, adventure and reflection
success

Question 27

What was the goal of the WPA (Works Progress Administration)?

Answer 27

To employ most of the unemployed people on relief until the economy recovered
successful

Question 28

What was the goal of the Social Security Act?

Answer 28

To assure for every family at all times the basic necessities of life
successful

Question 29

What was the goal of the The Wagner Act?

Answer 29

To establish the legal right of most workers to join labour unions and to bargain collectively with their employers
Failed

Question 30

What was the goal of the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?

Answer 30

To restore the balance between farmers expenses and the market price of goods
To encourage the correction of prices as quickly as the market would allow without causing additional instability
successful

Question 31

What was the goal of Dealing with the Dust Bowl?

Answer 31

Reduction of drought impacts and vulnerability?
successful

Question 32

What was the goal of the Indian Reorganization Act?

Answer 32

Granted a new degree of autonomy to Native Americans in the United States, giving them greater control over their lands and allowing them to form legally recognized tribal governments
failed

Question 33

What was the goal of the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)?

Answer 33

To spread available work among a larger number of workers
successful

Question 34

Jamestown

Answer 34

1607 founded → London Company
Got rights to settle in Virginia

Question 35

Puritans

Answer 35

1607 escaped England (religious persecution)
Holland → didn’t want children to learn Dutch
1619 → got land in Virginia
Landed in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

Question 36

Mayflower Compact

Answer 36

Gov. gets power from people

Question 37

Boston Tea Party

Answer 37

Thomas Hutchinson (got money, others didn’t) 💵
Dumped tea into harbour

Question 38

Paul Revere

Answer 38

Noah Kahan song
“The british are coming”

Question 39

Boston Massacre

Answer 39

Mob → aggressive to British soldiers
5 killed
repeal Townsend act

Question 40

“No representation without taxation”

Answer 40

what the american were saying abt the british