Militarism and Alliances

Question 1

Common interest in opposing Germany and Austria-Hungary led Russia and France to sign the ______

Answer 1

Franco-Russian Alliance

Question 2

Policy of aggressive military preparedness

Answer 2

Militarism

Question 3

Friendly understanding

Answer 3

Entente cordiale

Question 4

Who were the Triple Entente?

Answer 4

Britain, France, and Russia

Question 5

Germany singled alliances with Italy and with Austria-Hungary

Answer 5

Triple Alliance

Question 6

A feeling of intense pride in one’s homeland

Answer 6

Nationalism

Question 7

The idea that those who share a national identity should have their own country and government

Answer 7

Self-determination

Question 8

What did self-determination lead to in southeastern Europe?

Answer 8

The Balkan Crisis

Question 9

Who were the first to gain independence?

Answer 9

The Serbs; Serbia

Question 10

Who was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne?

Answer 10

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 11

Who shot Franz and his wife?

Answer 11

Princip

Question 12

What secret society was Princip apart of?

Answer 12

Black Hand

Question 13

Who did Austria-Hungary declare war on?

Answer 13

Serbia

Question 14

Who did Germany declare war on?

Answer 14

Russia and France

Question 15

Who did the British government promise to protect who was neutral?

Answer 15

Belgium

Question 16

Those fighting for the Triple Entente were called the ___

Answer 16

Allies

Question 17

Who joined the Allies after being promised control of Austro-Hungarian territory after the war?

Answer 17

Italy

Question 18

Germany and Austria-Hungary joined with the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria to form the ___

Answer 18

Central Powers

Question 19

What was established to prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort?

Answer 19

National War Labor Board

Question 20

Who sent agents to the south to recruit blacks?

Answer 20

Henry Ford

Question 21

Massive population movement

Answer 21

Great Migration

Question 22

Wilson created the _______to “sell” the war to American people

Answer 22

Committee on Public Information (CPI)

Question 23

Who led the CPI?

Answer 23

George Creel

Question 24

_____ made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort.

Answer 24

Espionage Act of 1917

Question 25

____ made it illegal to speak against the war publicly

Answer 25

Sedition Act of 1918

Question 26

_____required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft

Answer 26

Selective Service Act of 1917

Question 27

____ randomly determined the order in which they were called before a local draft board in charge of selecting or exempting people from military service

Answer 27

Lottery

Question 28

What infantry divisions fought in bitter battles along the Western Front?

Answer 28

African American 92nd and 93rd

Question 29

The ___ authorized the enlistment of women to meet its clerical needs

Answer 29

Navy

Question 30

What rank were women in the navy?

Answer 30

Yeoman

Question 31

What was the name for nurses' program?

Answer 31

Army Nurse Corps

Question 32

Goods who importation, exportation, or possession are illegal

Answer 32

Contraband

Question 33

What boat did U-boat sink that had 128 Americans on it?

Answer 33

The Lusitania

Question 34

What French boat did the U-boat sink?

Answer 34

The Sussex

Question 35

What was Wilson's campaign slogan?

Answer 35

"He kept us out of war"

Question 36

When did Wilson ask congress to declare war?

Answer 36

April 2, 1917

Question 37

What did British intelligence intercept on its way to Mexico?

Answer 37

The Zimmerman Telegram

Question 38

What coordinated the production of war materials?

Answer 38

War Industries Board

Question 39

Who led the food administration program?

Answer 39

Herbert Hoover

Question 40

What managed the use of coal and oil?

Answer 40

The food administration program

Question 41

Who cut the transatlantic telegraph cable?

Answer 41

British

Question 42

How were most people killed in the war?

Answer 42

Artillery fire

Question 43

Where did the trenches stretch from?

Answer 43

The english channel to the swiss border

Question 44

What was used to guard against the enemy?

Answer 44

Barbed wire and the machine gun

Question 45

What did the Germans first use?

Answer 45

Poison gas

Question 46

Who proposed that merchant ships and troops travel in groups called convoys?

Answer 46

William S. Sims

Question 47

Who were the "doughboys"?

Answer 47

A combat pilot who was inexperienced, fresh, and eager to fight

Question 48

What treaty would give Russia Ukraine, its Polish and Baltic territories, and Finland?

Answer 48

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 49

Agreement to stop fighting

Answer 49

Armistice

Question 50

What was President Wilson's peace plan?

Answer 50

Fourteen Points

Question 51

What did the 14th point call for the creation of ?

Answer 51

League of nations

Question 52

Who were the "Big Four"?

Answer 52

Wilson, Brit David Lloyd George, French George Clemenceau, and Italian Vittorio Orlando

Question 53

Treaty that specifically blamed "the aggression of Germany"

Answer 53

Treaty of Versailles

Question 54

Treaty that ended the war with Austria-hungary

Answer 54

Treaty of Saint-Germain

Question 55

Strike that involves all workers in a community

Answer 55

General Strike