Quarter 2 Test

Question 0

The triple alliance

Answer 0

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 1

Three major causes of WW1 (isms)

Answer 1

Nationalism- pride fo yo country
Imperialism- competition over colonies
Militarism- building up a large military

Question 2

The triple entente

Answer 2

Russia, France, Great Britian

Question 3

Spark that started WW1

Answer 3

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• killed by Serbian nationalist
• heir to the throne
• Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

Question 4

New weapons of WW1

Answer 4

Poison gas
Machine guns
Barbed wire
Airplanes
Tanks
U boats

Question 5

US role in WW1

Answer 5

US was neutral in 1914
Two incidents stopped the neutrality
-Germany’s u boats and the lusitania
-Zimmerman note

Question 6

Purpose and goal of labor unions

Wy did they form

Answer 6

For the mutual benefit of workers
Shorter hours, higher pay and safer conditions
Before, working conditions were unsafe

Question 7

Initiative

Answer 7

Citizens propose laws by getting signatures on a petition and presenting them to elected officials

Question 8

Referendum

Answer 8

Voters vote directly on laws

Question 9

Recall

Answer 9

Voters vote directly to remove an elected official

Question 10

Muckrakers

Answer 10

Reporters, writers and photographers who exposed problems in America

Question 11

Ida Tarbell

Answer 11

Muckraker

Vs. John d. Rockefeller

Question 12

Upton sinclair

Answer 12

Muckraker
The jungle
Meat probs in the US

Question 13

How did the US aquite Hawaii and Alaska

Answer 13

Hawaii- annexed, taken over,

Alaska- bought from Russia, so cheap, worth it

Question 14

Imperialism

Answer 14

Policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions

Question 15

How did the Spanish-american war start

Answer 15

Blew up the main, blamed it on Spain

Question 16

Yellow journalists impact in the s-a war

Answer 16

Helped continue the war, wrote all the stories, exaggerated

Question 17

How was the S-A was connected to imperialism

Answer 17

America was originally trying to help out Cuba from Spain

Question 18

What causes Russia to leave war

Answer 18

Russian revolution (Bolsheviks)
America enters on side of allies

Question 19

What is signed to stop fighting

Answer 19

Armistice is signed

11-11-11 (11th hour of the 11th day if the 11th month)

Question 20

President Wilsons plans for peace and ways to prevent future wars from happening

Answer 20

President Woodrow Wilsons 14 points
Most important was League of Nations
Would help solve future problems peacefully

Question 21

The big four:

Answer 21

Wilson(USA)
Lloyd-George(great britian)
Clemonceau(France)
Orlando(Italy)
Brought his 14 points to the treaty talks at Paris and Versailles, France

Question 22

Europeans view on the points

Answer 22

• too easy on Germany
• they want to punish Germany
• Wilson gives in to what the others want

Question 23

Treaty of Versailles

final treaty

Answer 23

1- Germany must take blame for war
2- Germany had to pay huge reparations($ for war damages)
3- Germany had to de-militarize
4- Germany had to give up its colonies
5-  a League of Nations is created

Question 24

US and the treaty

Answer 24

Never signed it because the senate rejected the idea of a League of Nations for fear the league would drag us in to future wars