Test 1

Question 1

Next in line to the Holy Roman Empire, assassinated by Serbia, because he wanted to give the Serbs equality

Answer 1

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 2

Assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, tried but went home but luckily found them in an ally and killed him and his wife

Answer 2

Gavrilo Princecip

Question 3

Where Franz and his wife were inspecting troops when they were assassinated

Answer 3

Sarajevo

Question 4

Bosnia could never be part of Austria, but was annexed anyway. This group wanted them to be part of them or completely independent, so they killed Franz to stop equality of Bosnia.

Answer 4

Serbia

Question 5

Kaiser of Germany, grandson to Queen Victoria.

Answer 5

Wilhelm II

Question 6

Overthrown by the Bolsheviks aka Lenin, Germany had it happen, whole family killed (Russia)

Answer 6

Tsar Nicholas II

Question 7

Chief of the German General staff

Answer 7

Von Moltke

Question 8

In the time span where Russia needs to mobilize, the plan called for Germany to invade France, conquer France quick, then move all troops on German railways so they could quickly go west to east/east-west

Answer 8

Schlieffen Plan

Question 9

Staff that ran the military , leader Von Moltke

Answer 9

German General Staff

Question 10

Germany asked Belgium to allow their troops to come through Belgium, France & England had a treaty, Germany invaded Belgium and the war began. Germany starved and owned Belgium.

Answer 10

Insasion and Rape of Belgium

Question 11

Gun fire stopped, in the British-German section the British troops heard singing, they joined in and sung to each other. Christmas morning, brave men came out of trenches and hung out with each other. Played soccer, shared things, ect. Covered up by government for propaganda

Answer 11

Christmas 1914

Question 12

Naval, Germans sunk twice the amount of tonnage as the british

Answer 12

Battle of Jutland

Question 13

Germany had un-restricted warfare at the beginning sinking all ships, etc (Lusitania)

Answer 13

U-boats and Submarine Warfare

Question 14

Australian, New Zealand, British Forces. Churchill wanted Germany to bring their troops here, then they would advance in France. Failed, stalemate occurred.

Answer 14

Gallipoli

Question 15

British vessle going from New York to Liverpool, German Embassy warned Americans not to go on boat. It was sunk 125 Americans killed, (ended up having ordinance on it)

Answer 15

Lusitania, 1915

Question 16

Major battle, French vs Germany,

Answer 16

Verdun, 1916

Question 17

British vs German, bloodiest battle ever, British lost 60k men first day, basically suicide into machine gun fire

Answer 17

The Somme, 1916

Question 18

German foreign minister sent a note to the Mexican government, said if Mexico would distract the US, then Germany would help Mexico regain its lost territories. British found it and published it before they showed the US so they could not hide it

Answer 18

Zimmerman Telegram, 1917

Question 19

Because of the Zimmerman note and Lusitania, the US will come into the war and declared war on Germany

Answer 19

U.S entry, Good Friday, 1917

Question 20

Used to be called “Conscription” changed its name to the draft to be politically correct

Answer 20

Selective Service Act, 1917

Question 21

First boat load of Americans arrived in France in 1917 summer, under General Pershing.

Answer 21

June, 1917, 1st U.S. troops to France

Question 22

2 million men, segregated army

Answer 22

American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

Question 23

(Black Jack)- general of the armies (all military branches) control of all troops in France 1917

Answer 23

General of the Armies, John J. Pershing

Question 24

American forces stopping Ludendorff and their advance, same with Bella Wood

Answer 24

Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood

Question 25

This was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.

Answer 25

Meuse-Argonne

Question 26

personally killed 25 Germans and captured 132, great American hero

Answer 26

Corporal Alvin York

Question 27

5k troops sent to Mermansk, Russian port in the Arctic

Answer 27

U.S. Troops in Murmansk

Question 28

8400 Americans sent there, defeated by Lenin and Communists won

Answer 28

AEF Siberia

Question 29

Guns will stop at this time, peace ensued

Answer 29

Armistice, 11 am 11/11, 1918

Question 30

Germany had to pay for everything, claim that they started the war and held accountable, called sub-human, US did not sign, not in League of Nations

Answer 30

Versailles Treaty, 1919

Question 31

Main British naval base during WW1 and ww2

Answer 31

Scapa Flow

Question 32

Sept. 8th, President declares this due to Canada joining the war and the US 3000 mile long undefended border with them

Answer 32

U.S. Declaration of Limited National Emergency, 8 September

Question 33

Originally Canada didnt know if they were in the war, Canadian parliament asked George 6th to declare war against Germany. US tells Germany they do not consider Canada a belligerent nation

Answer 33

King of Canada declares war on Germany, 10 Sept

Question 34

Previous two terms. The US was scared the war would come to Canada since they are in the war now, and US has a huge undefended border with them and will continue to have relations as they had before war broke out.

Answer 34

Roosevelt’s note to German government concerning Canada’s “Unique” position