Idealism

Question 1

What did The Red Cross and the Olympic games do for the world at this time?

Answer 1

Improved international cooperation

Question 2

What important factors were ignored before the war?

Answer 2

Extreme Nationalism, Militaryism, Imperialism, and Rival Alliances

Question 3

What is Extreme Nationalism?

Answer 3

Countries with people who would do anything for their country to succeed

Question 4

What is Militaryism?

Answer 4

The need for an unnecessarily big military

Question 5

Who was deep in Imperialism at this time?

Answer 5

Europeans

Question 6

What were Rival Alliances?

Answer 6

groups of countries that promised to have each other’s backs (some in private)

Question 7

Who was in the Triple Alliance

Answer 7

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and secretly RussiaWhat wa

Question 8

Who was in the Triple Entente?

Answer 8

England, France, and Russia

Question 9

What role did Austria-Hungary play in “The Spark” of the war?

Answer 9

They sent Serbia an ultimatum, which they didn’t meet

Question 10

Who was shot when taking a tour of Sarajevo?

Answer 10

Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife

Question 11

What started the chain of wars in Europe?

Answer 11

Austria declared war on Serbia

Question 12

What caused Germany to declare war on Russia?

Answer 12

Russia began to mobilize

Question 13

Why did Germany declare war?

Answer 13

In defense of Austria and France

Question 14

Who were the central powers?

Answer 14

Germany and Austria-Hungary

Question 15

Who were the allied powers?

Answer 15

Russia, France, and Serbia

Question 16

How did immigration make it hard for the United States to stay neutral?

Answer 16

Many American immigrants were from Germany or had German ancestors

Question 17

Which ally of the United States made it hard to stay neutral?

Answer 17

France

Question 18

Why couldn’t America trade with central powers?

Answer 18

A blockade

Question 19

How could the United States keep trade going with European countries?

Answer 19

Large loans of money

Question 20

What was the Submarine Warfare?

Answer 20

Germany declared the waters around Great Britain a war zone

Question 21

What did president Wilson think about Submarine Warfare?

Answer 21

He threatened them to stop shooting down American Ships

Question 22

Who won the election of 1916?

Answer 22

Woodrow WIlson

Question 23

What was Wilson’s slogan during the 1916 election?

Answer 23

“He kept us out of War?”

Question 24

Did president Wilson live up to his election slogan?

Answer 24

no, they ended up joining WWI