Unit 5 L1

Question 1

General causes of WW1

Answer 1

1. Militarism
2. alliances
3. Imperilism
4. Nationalism

Question 2

British liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915. Almost 1200 people died - 128 were Americans. Turned American public opinion against Germany and the Central Powers.

Answer 2

Lusitania

Question 3

A promise Germany made to America in 1916 - after President Wilson threatened to sever ties - to stop sinking their ships without warning. Germany started unrestricted submarine warfare within a year – helped push the U.S. to declaring war.

Answer 3

SUSSEX PLEDGE

Question 4

Intercepted telegram from the German foreign minister promising the return of lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if Mexico allied with Germany against the U.S. Printed in U.S. newspapers in 1917 – helped push the U.S. to declaring war.

Answer 4

Zimerman Telegram

Question 5

Passed in 1917 – requires men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service. Helped the government supply manpower for the military.

Answer 5

SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT

Question 6

400,000 served in the armed forces – more than half in France. Served in segregated units and were excluded from the navy and marines. Two men, Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts, were the first Americans to receive France’s highest military honor, the Croix de Guerre. War

Answer 6

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN WORLD WAR 1

Question 7

Regulated the economy during the war – encouraging businesses to use massproduction and standardize products. Prices and profits increased.

Answer 7

WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD (WIB)

Question 8

Government propaganda agency created to promote the war to the American public.

Answer 8

Committee of Public Information (CPI)

Question 9

Also known as “Liberty Bonds” Way to pay for the war, American public purchased them to prove their patriotism.

Answer 9

WAR BONDS

Question 10

1917 law creating procedure for detecting and imprisoning spies. Government could censor the mail and arrest anyone for interfering with the draft. Led to Schenck v U.S . – Supreme Court upheld limits on free speech when “a clear and present danger” is evident.

Answer 10

ESPIONAGE ACT OF 1917

Question 11

1918 law against disloyal or abusive language against the government, flag, or Constitution.

Answer 11

SEDITION ACT

Question 12

President Wilson’s plan for peace: First five points to prevent another war: no secret treaties, freedom of the seas for all, foster more free trade, reduction of arms, and consider the interest of colonial peoples. Next eight deal with boundary changes. Last is the creation of a League of Nations. Allied leaders wanted to impose a harsher treaty on Germany.

Answer 12

FOURTEEN POINTS

Question 13

Peace treaty creates 9 new nations, shifted other boundaries, barred Germany from maintaining an army, required Germany to take the blame for the war, and pay reparations ($33 billion) to the Allies. Creates many new problems – humiliates Germany, excludes Russia, ignores colonized peoples’ claims for self-determination.

Answer 13

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Question 14

International organization to address diplomatic crises proposed in the Treaty of Versailles. U.S. never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, primarily because the League of Nations threatened the established U.S. policy of isolationism

Answer 14

LEAGUE OF NATION

Question 15

Grants women the right to vote. Passed in 1919.

Answer 15

19th Amendment