World War 1

Question 1

What were the 4 main causes if World War 1?

Answer 1

Nationalism, Militarism, Alliance, and Imperialism

Question 2

What was the immediate cause of World War 1?

Answer 2

The assassination of Franz Fernando.

Question 3

Who was the President of the U.S. during World War 1?

Answer 3

Woodrow Wilson.

Question 4

What was the date that the armistice was signed?

Answer 4

November 11, 1918.

Question 5

What does Nationalism mean?

Answer 5

A intense feeling of loyalty to your country.

Question 6

What is an Alliance?

Answer 6

When nations promise to help one another in case one of them ever go under attack.

Question 7

What does Militarism mean?

Answer 7

When countries build up their armies and navies to scare other countries.

Question 8

What does Imperialism mean?

Answer 8

It means to fight for land.

Question 9

What countries were the central powers?

Answer 9

Germany, Astria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

Question 10

What countries were the Allies?

Answer 10

France, Great Britain, Italy, Serbia, Russia.

Question 11

What is a Stalemate?

Answer 11

A conflict in witch neither side can make progress against the other. (Neither side won.)

Question 12

What made World War one a long and deadly war?

Answer 12

Stalemates and New weapons.

Question 13

What new weapons did soldiers use?

Answer 13

*Machine guns
* poisonous gasses
* tanks

Question 14

What is a U-boat?

Answer 14

A German Submarine.

Question 15

What is a ration?

Answer 15

A ration is when you have to save your food because you don’t have a lot of it.

Question 16

What is a reparation?

Answer 16

It is money you have to pay for the damages that were caused by war. (Example: Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars for the war damage.)

Question 17

What is propaganda?

Answer 17

It is a saying, poster, or song to change peoples minds or influence them to help the war.

Question 18

What is an armistice?

Answer 18

Something you sign to stop fighting.

Question 19

What time was the Armistice signed?

Answer 19

11:00 am

Question 20

What does mobilization mean.?

Answer 20

It’s when people gather resources to prepare for the war.

Question 21

True or False?
The U.S. signed the Treaty of Versailles.

Answer 21

False.

Question 22

Fort McClellan was a World War 1 military training base. Where was it located?

Answer 22

Anniston, Alabama.

Question 23

Why did the U.S. try to remain neutral during the war?

Answer 23

Everyone thought that the war did not concern them and there were immigrants in the U.S. that were on both sides.

Question 24

Why did the U.S. decide to enter the war?

Answer 24

Germans sunk the Lusitania and the Germany sent the Zimmerman note.

Question 25

Why did the Allies oppose President Wilson’s plan for peace?

Answer 25

The other nations wanted to seek revenge on Germany. They wanted Germany to be punished for their part in the war. Wilson’s 14 Points did not want any nation to be punished. His vision focused on lasting peace.

Question 26

Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 26

Some thought it dealt too harshly with Germany, others feared it would possibly drag us into other wars, Also the senate was a Republican and wanted the present to look bad, and so others had sincere concerns about the League of Nations.