World War 1

Question 1

What was NOT one of the causes of Germany’s surrender?

Answer 1

Successful allied invasion of its borders

Question 2

What country sued for peace letting Germany send more men to the Western front?

Answer 2

Russia

Question 3

What did the US use to overcome the threat of German U-Boats?

Answer 3

convoys of guarded ships

Question 4

What prompted Woodrow Wilson to join WW1?

Answer 4

The Zimmerman Note

Question 5

What was an effect of the Selective Service Act?

Answer 5

Men were required to register for military service

Question 6

What country suffered the fewest casualties?

Answer 6

The US (it joined later)

Question 7

What country did the most trade with the US?

Answer 7

Britain

Question 8

What was the War Industries Board?

Answer 8

Led by Bernard Baruch

Eliminated waste by standardizing products

Question 9

What president order the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba?

Answer 9

William McKinley

Question 10

Spirit of 76, Bill Haywood, Eugene Debs

Answer 10

Espionage & Sedition Acts

Question 11

Proposed before the end of the war

Answer 11

Fourteen Points

Question 12

Ratified by Senate

Answer 12

Neither

Question 13

Spanish aggression to the native people prompted the US to declare war after U.S.S. Maine was destroyed

Answer 13

Cuba

Question 14

Platt Amendment

Answer 14

made US a protectorate of Cuba

Question 15

on map

Answer 15

US military actions protected US interests in Latin America

Question 16

Why did AA’s move north?

Answer 16

Jobs in industry

Question 17

Where were Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania before the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 17

Russia

Question 18

Failed to exist after WW1

Answer 18

Serbia