Great War I (WWI)

Question 1

Triple Alliance (Central Powers)

Answer 1

Germany, Austria-Hungary, (Italy), and several smaller countries

Question 2

Triple Entente (Allied Powers)

Answer 2

England, France, Russia, and several smaller countries

Question 3

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 3

murdered Franz Ferdinand, triggered beginning of World War I

Question 4

Franz Ferdinand

Answer 4

heir to Austro-Hungarian throne

Question 5

No Man’s Land

Answer 5

narrow, muddy, treeless stretch of land characterized by numerous shell holes, that separated German and Allied trenches

Question 6

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 6

won election of 1916, slogan “he kept us out of war” (peace, progress, prosperity… preparedness?), wants to “prepare” to be involved in war just in case

Question 7

Election of 1916

Answer 7

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) vs Charles E. Hughes (Republican)

Question 8

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Answer 8

-1917, Russia surrendered to Germany
-all ships approaching Britain and France and Germany will be sunk

Question 9

Zimmerman Note (Telegram)

Answer 9

-German diplomat sent telegram to Mexico: promised if they’d join the war, US will return lost territory
-Mexico declined, British recepted telegram

Question 10

Committee on Public Information

Answer 10

-headed by George Creel, set out to systematically reach every person in the US multiple times with patriotic info. about how individuals could contribute to the war effort

Question 11

Sedition Act

Answer 11

-made it illegal to criticize the government, the constitution, the American flag, or war
-consequences: 22 years in prison
-12,000+ people arrested during Sedition Act

Question 12

Identify the two alliances and discuss the outbreak of World War I (think dominoes and chronologically)

Answer 12

-Triple Alliance/Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, (Italy), and several smaller countries
-Triple Entente/Allied Powers: England, France, Russia, and several smaller countries

Question 13

Explain the nature of warfare and why it resulted in so many deaths

Answer 13

-trench warfare: awful conditions (trench foot), also use of machine guns, planes, tanks, u-boats (submarines), barbed wire, and poisonous gas

Question 14

Evaluate America’s definition of neutrality

Answer 14

-we won’t be involved in violent warfare but will still trade with countries involved in the war

Question 15

Discuss the events that led to the US entry into war

Answer 15

-Germany sinking American passenger and merchant ships
-Zimmerman Telegram

Question 16

Discuss how the US mobilized industry and the new groups that entered the industrial labor force in large numbers

Answer 16

-African Americans, White Southerners, Mexicans and Women entered labor force in large numbers, as well as more troops were enlisted

Question 17

Discuss how the American government attempted to mobilize public opinion and enforce loyalty

Answer 17

-created Committee on Public Opinion, in order to attempt to achieve unity and justify our fight in the war