US Involement And Fromts WWIv

Question 1

Leaders of WWI

Answer 1

US Woodrow rails on
France Raymond poincaré
Great Britain David Lloyd George
Germany willhelm II
Austria-Hungary franz-Ferdinand

Question 2

Franz-Ferdinand and Assassination

Answer 2

“The only man that could’ve stopped the war”- was absolutely against going to war with Russia and was into the idea of adding Serbia to the austria-Hungary alliance
Killed by princip, a member of the black hand in Sarajevo
Ferdinand was extremely conservative and called Serbians “pigs” Anti-Jewish and hated by most people
Ferdiandands motorcade stopped his tracks to check on a man hit by a bomb and stopped right in front of Princip who shot him and his wife, foal luck
5000 Serbians u jailed

Question 3

4 main reasons US entered WWI

Answer 3

German U Boats/Unrestricted submarine warfare
Lusitania
Sussex/Sussex Pledge
Zimmerman letter

Question 4

German U-Boats/Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Answer 4

Attacks without warning caused lots of problems and conflicts

Question 5

Lusitania

Answer 5

British ship coming from NY to England torpedoed by German U boat killing 128 Americans- Wilson remains neutral

Question 6

Sussex / Sussex pledge

Answer 6

Sussex- French ship torpedoed by Germans
Sussex pledge - addressed by Wilson a year after Lusitania
1. Passenger ships will not be targeted
2. Unarmed merchant ships will not be targeted
3. Merchant ships searched b/4 sunk
4. Passengers/crew removed b/4 sunk

Question 7

Zimmerman Note

Answer 7

1917 sent by a German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman to mexico offering Texas Arizona and New Mexico to support Germany in the war and proposes an alliance
Intercepted and decoded by British
Telegram stated Germany would again begin unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 8

Election of 1916

Answer 8

Democratic Wilson V Republican Hughes
Wilson first democrat since Andrew Jackson

Question 9

Safe for democracy

Answer 9

Woodrow Wilson’s quote to declare German war “the world must be made safe for democracy” war declared on 4/6/1917

Question 10

Propaganda

Answer 10

Misleading info promoting a certain political point of view

Question 11

Main songs WWI

Answer 11

Anti-War Song: “I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier”
Pro-War song: “Over There”

Question 12

American soldier nickname

Answer 12

Doughboys

Question 13

Selective service act

Answer 13

Males originally 21-30, changed 18-45 required to join military. 3,000,000 drafted and 2,000,000 volunteered

Question 14

Alvin York

Answer 14

Pacifist: used his turkey hunting skills to capture Germans, silence machine guns all by himself
Received House of Representatives standing ovation and Medal of Honor

Question 15

John Pershing

Answer 15

USA general head of the American expeditory force

Question 16

Convoy system

Answer 16

“Safety in numbers” teams of destroyers escort merchant ships across Atlantic

Question 17

The big picture

Answer 17

Bigger problems
- democratic nations against autocratic ones
- neautrality / isolationism no longer makes sense

Question 18

Autocratic nation

Answer 18

Nation ruled by one person with unlimited powers

Question 19

Western front

Answer 19

August 3rd, 1914- Germany crosses Belgium border
August 4th- Britain and grande delicate warm on Germany. Germans push through Belgium and enter France
Both Germany and France / great Britain build trenches

Question 20

Eastern front

Answer 20

Eastern side of Europe between Russia Germany and Austria Hungary
August 17, 1914 Russia invades Prussia
1917- Russians fed up and overthrow monarchy government, issue treaty of Brest litovsk and get Russia out of the war

Question 21

Italian front

Answer 21

Before 1914 Italy sided with Germany and Austria Hungary but in 1915 Italy betrays and joins alliance
Italian front fought between Italy and AH
12 battles from 1915-1917 and Italians pushed back because defeat at Caporetto

Question 22

Gallipolli

Answer 22

South of turkey
1915, Allies tried attacking Germany by attacking turkey- failed mission losing 50000 men and gaining nothing

Question 23

The war at sea

Answer 23

Germany and Britain naval race , Germany avoids conflict with Britain since they know its more powerful
Britains tactic: blocking ships from coming to Germany and ships from leaving
German tactic: placing u boats to destroy United States to Britain ships

Question 24

Battle of the Marne

Answer 24

1914- Germany army through Belgium and north France, Germans stopped by France in Paris
1918- Germans push again, 100,000s+ lost and no progress

Question 25

Battle of YpreS

Answer 25

1914- British tries to stop Germans
1915- poison has introduced
1917- bad conditions led to 250000+ man loss

Question 26

Battle of Somme

Answer 26

“Big push” attack across river Somme by British- failed because soldiers didn’t follow orders
One of the highest slaughters in military history

Question 27

Battle of Cambrai

Answer 27

British sends 476 tanks towards Germany and both sides surprised by a success