The WWI era

Question 1

League of Nations

Answer 1

President Wilson hoped that membership in the LON would ensure security and peace for all members

Question 2

Price controls

Answer 2

set priorities, fix prices, and standardize products to support the war efforts of the United States

Question 3

Reparations

Answer 3

a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries

Question 4

U-boat

Answer 4

German submarine

Question 5

Zimmerman note

Answer 5

a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States

Question 6

Fourteen Points

Answer 6

His vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again

Question 7

Self-determination

Answer 7

A nation—a group of people with similar political ambitions—can seek to create its own independent government or state

Question 8

Liberty Bonds

Answer 8

Loaned the government money to help pay for the costs of wartime military operations.

Question 9

Sussex Pledge

Answer 9

U-Boats would not target civilian craft, if found with military contraband, would be sunk

Question 10

Great Migration

Answer 10

Black southerners relocate to northern and midwestern cities

Question 11

Selective Service Act

Answer 11

Authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription

Question 12

American Expeditionary Force

Answer 12

The troops sent to Europe by the US during World War I

Question 13

Versailles Treaty

Answer 13

Formally ending World War One

Question 14

Genocide

Answer 14

Killing a large group of people with a purpose

Question 15

Armistice

Answer 15

A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce

Question 16

Mobilization

Answer 16

To assemble armed forces(MILITARY)

Question 17

Central Powers

Answer 17

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire

Question 18

Allies

Answer 18

France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan and later, the United States

Question 19

Sedition Act

Answer 19

Can’t say anything bad about the government

Question 20

Stalemate

Answer 20

Condition in war in which neither side can change the front lines dramatically no matter how hard it tries

Question 21

What country promoted anti-German propaganda in the US?

Answer 21

Europe

Question 22

What was a major factor in the US entering WW1?

Answer 22

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 23

What event sparked WW1?

Answer 23

Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 24

What was the purpose of the convoy system?

Answer 24

Help defend British merchant ships from German U-boats

Question 25

What role did the gov. play in the economy during the war?

Answer 25

Helped finance wartime spending, fund allies, stabilize economy

Question 26

What were the main causes of WW1?

Answer 26

nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the system of alliances

Question 27

How did the leaders of the troops react to the new weapons used during WW1?

Answer 27

Executed many attack continually

Question 28

After Lenin seized control of Russia in 1917, what did he do?

Answer 28

Seized key gov. buildings and stormed the Winter Palace

Question 29

Why did President Wilson convince the Allies to accept at the peace negotiation?

Answer 29

He believed that combatants were politically and morally bankrupt

Question 30

What effect did the fear of spies and sabotage have on the US?

Answer 30

restrictions on immigration, discrimination and violence

Question 31

As Germany was weakening, what did the Allies seek from Germany?

Answer 31

Reparation’s, PUNISHMENT

Question 32

How did the German U-boat change the rules of naval warfare?

Answer 32

Remained hidden and fired without warning

Question 33

What was the purpose of the U-boat?

Answer 33

Sink and destroy other ships

Question 34

When did the US break off diplomatic relations with Germany?

Answer 34

1917

Question 35

What effect did Russia’s exit from the war have?

Answer 35

Russia had to turn over several territories to Germany

Question 36

What role did most African Americans have in WW1?

Answer 36

Mostly, support troops, and work jobs soldiers were currently gone for

Question 37

What event caused Wilson to urge congress to declare war on Germany?

Answer 37

Suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Question 38

What were the terms Germany had to accept from the Versailles Treaty?

Answer 38

Pay financial reparations