Module 7 Flashcards
Q: What were some of the ethnic movements that began in Europe leading up to WWI
A: Pan-German and Pan-Slavic Movements.
Q: Which region was known as “the Powder Keg of Europe” at the start of WWI?
A: Southeastern Europe.
Q: Who was the assassin of Archduke Ferdinand
A: Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian Nationalist.
Q: Name the two alliances formed before WWI.
A: Triple Alliance and Triple Entente.
Q: What type of warfare characterized the Western Front during WWI?
A: Trench Warfare.
Q: What was the primary cause of most deaths in WWI?
A: Machine guns.
Q: What act did the United States Congress pass to raise soldiers for WWI?
A: The Selective Service Act.
Q: Which act settled union and labor disputes during WWI in the US?
A: The National War Labor Board.
Q: What was the primary focus of Wilson’s Fourteen Points
A: Self-determination and the establishment of a League of Nations.
Q: Why did the United States not join the League of Nations?
A: The Treaty of Versailles was not ratified by the US Senate.
Q: What was the result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871?
A: The unification of Germany.
Q: Which country switched sides in WWI and joined the Allied Powers in 1915?
A: Italy.
Q: What was the main reason for trench warfare becoming a common tactic on the Western Front?
A: Response to the stalemate caused by counteroffensives.
Q: What led to the United States questioning their neutrality during WWI?
A: The Sussex Pledge and incidents like the sinking of the Lusitania.
Q: What significant event in Russia contributed to the American intervention in WWI?
A: Russian Revolution
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
Q: Why did the United States Congress declare war in April 1917?
A: Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note.
Q: What was the result of the first American offensive in WWI
A: The Battle of Cantigny, which helped swing the war to the Allies.
Q: What was one of the main outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles for Germany?
A: Germany had to accept the war guilt clause and pay reparations.
Q: Why did the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
A: Concerns over Article X and the obligations it would impose.
Q: What was the global death toll of the 1918 flu epidemic?
A: Approximately 30 million worldwide.
Q: What was the main reason Russia needed ice-free harbors in the Baltics?
A: For its Navy.
Q: Why did Germany want a rail connection to the Ottoman Empire?
FA: For strategic military and economic purposes.
Q: Who led the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in WWI?
A: General Pershing.
Q: What did the Espionage and Sedition Acts during WWI in the United States entail?
A: Fines of up to $10,000 and 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort.
Q: Which Supreme Court case ruled that the Espionage & Sedition Acts did not violate the 1st Amendment?
A: Schenck v. United States.
- Q: What contributed to the United States questioning their neutrality during WWI
A: German unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram.
Q: What was the status of the German army and navy by the end of 1918?
A: There were mutinies in both the army and navy.
Q: What were some of the terms of the armistice signed by Germany?
A:
- Withdrawal from occupied territories,
- surrender of war materials
- signing of the war guilt clause
- occupation of the Rhineland.
Q: What were the Liberty Bonds and Victory Bonds used for during WWI?
A: To raise money for the government.
Q: What were the conditions like in the trenches on the Western Front?
A: They were filled with rats, lice, disease, trench foot, and decaying corpses.
