World War 1

Question 1

Two major alliances in Europe at start of war

Answer 1

Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Allied Powers: UK, France Russia

Question 2

Specific event that sparks war

Answer 2

European rivalry over trade, colonies, military power

Question 3

How did the U.S. view of the war evolve from 1914 to 1917?

Answer 3

1914: avoided foreign entanglements, protect national security
1917: Sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegraph

Question 4

Why does the U.S. become involved?

Answer 4

Germany sinks Lusitania and Wilson tells Germany to stop sinking passenger ships

Question 5

Role U.S. plays in war (how did it tip balance?)

Answer 5

1917: US Navy slows German subs attacks
1918: By summer, 1 million US troops join fight

Question 6

How did war affect liberties in the U.S. (also from “Silence Broken” article)?

Answer 6

Espionage Act: was unlawful
Sedition Act: unlawful to criticize gov’t, flag, constitution
People said it was their 1st amendment right

Question 7

Schenck v. U.S.

Answer 7

Schneck fought against draft, said it was his 1st amendment right
Court said “right is limited if there is danger”

Question 8

What were the main aims at the Paris Peace Conference of the British and French leaders?

Answer 8

British Prime Minister David Lloyd George: wanted to protect and expand empire
French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau: wanted to protect against german invasion

Question 9

What was the significance of, and what happened to, Wilson’s ideal of self-determination of peoples?

Answer 9

Small countries wanted to be self determined and wanted freedom
It happens in Central Europe but nowhere else

Question 10

How did the allies treat Germany?

Answer 10

Maintain blockade in Germany
Made them pay cost of war
Signed agreement that the war was their fault
Demilitarized
Lost colonies and territory on all 4 sides

Question 11

After Versailles, what, in Wilson’s view, made the war worthwhile?

Answer 11

Established the League of Nations

Question 12

What happened in the U.S. to the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 12

US never ratified treaty and doesn’t join the League of Nation because Wilson has
stroke after traveling to try to get senators to vote to ratify the treaty

Question 13

Know what Wilson called for in point: I

Answer 13

I.Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.

Question 14

Know what Wilson called for in point: IV

Answer 14

IV. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.

Question 15

Know what Wilson called for in point: V

Answer 15

V. A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable government whose title is to be determined.

Question 16

Know what Wilson called for in point: XIV

Answer 16

XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.