Module 6 Part 1

Question 1

A Mexican revolutionary who was involved in the political upheavals of the early 20th century. They attacked the town of Columbus. New Mexico In Retaliation for USA support of his rivals and in attempt to provoke another Mexican American war. The us was never able to bring it him to justice and he was assassinated in 1923

Answer 1

Pancho Villa

Question 2

The alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia which formed one of the primary groups of belligerents in WWI

Answer 2

Triple entente

Question 3

President Wilson’s Secretary of State from 1913 - 1915; ——— was a staunch anti imperialist and was later involved in the 1925 “scopes monkey trail,” where he argued against the teaching of evolution in schools

Answer 3

William Jennings Bryan

Question 4

Democratic president of the United States from 1913-1921; he initially promoted a non interventionist foreign policy. But was eventually forced to bring the us into WWL. ——— was one of the founders of the League of Nations and is largely considered one of the first progressives, despite his support for racial segregation.

Answer 4

Woodrow Wilson

Question 5

the alliance of Germany, Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, which formed the other belligerent side in WWI against the Triple Entente and its allies

Answer 5

Central Powers:

Question 6

the use of large-scale, industrial production of munitions, vehicles, and artillery, combined with industrial transportation methods like trains and vehicles, and the use of industrial technology to develop new, more destructive weapons like poison gas or nuclear bombs

Answer 6

industrial warfare

Question 7

U.S. legislation passed to expand the role of the National Guard, enlarge the Army, establish an Army Aviation Branch, and establish contracts with civilian industries to produce war materials like gunpowder and ammunition

Answer 7

National Defense Act of 1916

Question 8

a British merchant ship alleged to be carrying munitions from the U.S. to England. The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing 128 American passengers and turning public opinion in the U.S. firmly against Germany and its allies

Answer 8

RMS Lusitania

Question 9

: Germany’s military strategy to invade France through Belgium and the Netherlands, rather than across their common border

Answer 9

Schlieffen Plan

Question 10

as European imperialism ramped up in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, movements grew in some of these colonial territories which hoped to oust imperial powers and establish independent nations based on ethnic, religious, or linguistic communities. Examples include Ireland, the Slavic-Baltic States, and Greece.

Answer 10

separatist movements

Question 11

a war that is unrestricted in terms of types of weapons used, targeting of civilian infrastructure or populations, and the involvement of all segments of the population in the war effort

Answer 11

total war

Question 12

a fighting strategy wherein opposing armies dig trenches to shelter from gunfire and artillery, then periodically try to seize the trenches of the opposing army and drive them out, thereby gaining territory only a few hundred yards at a time and at a terrible cost

Answer 12

trench warfare

Question 13

the alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia which formed one of the primary groups of belligerents in WWI

Answer 13

Triple Entente

Question 14

short for “unterseeboot;” a German submarine

Answer 14

u-Boat:

Question 15

the use of submarines to destroy military or merchant ships without warning and without giving the opportunity to surrender

Answer 15

unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 16

1916 act that more than doubled the size of the army to nearly 225,000

Answer 16

National Defense Act

Question 17

1916 act that substantially enlarged the U.S. Navy in order to be competitive against European powers. The bill called for the construction of ten 42,000-ton battleships, six battlecruisers, ten scout cruisers, fifty destroyers, and sixty-seven submarines. The plan was to start construction in 1919 and have the fleet completed by 1923; however, when the U.S. entered into WWI, the battleships were scrapped in favor of smaller boats that could effectively counter German submarines.

Answer 17

Naval Appropriations Act

Question 18

Woodrow Wilson’s policy of maintaining commercial ties with all belligerents and insisting on open markets throughout Europe during World War I

Answer 18

neutrality

Question 19

a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews. The Slavic term originally entered the English language as a descriptor for 19th- and 20th-century attacks on Jews that occurred in the Russian Empire.

Answer 19

pogroms:

Question 20

the telegram sent from German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German ambassador in Mexico, inviting Mexico to fight alongside Germany should the United States enter World War I on the side of the Allies and promising the return of territory Mexico had lost in the Mexican-American War

Answer 20

Zimmermann Telegram