World War I

Question 1

What were the causes of WWI in Europe?

Answer 1

MANIA: Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassination

Question 2

What was the “spark” that started the war?

Answer 2

The “spark” that started the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary

Question 3

What year did World War I begin in Europe? What year did the US get involved?

Answer 3

The war began in 1914. The US entered the war in 1917.

Question 4

Who were the Allied Powers?

Answer 4

Great Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, and (later) the USA

Question 5

Who were the Central Powers?

Answer 5

Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire

Question 6

What is the name of the disease that WWI soldiers got because they stood in water in trenches for long periods of time?

Answer 6

Trench foot

Question 7

What new technologies were used in WWI?

Answer 7

Tanks, airplanes, poison gas, gas masks, machine guns, submarines (U-boats)

Question 8

What flower is the symbol of remembrance of veterans?

Answer 8

Red poppies

Question 9

What is isolationism?

Answer 9

Isolationism is the belief that each country should take care of its own problems and stay out of other countries’ problems.

Question 10

What were the two reasons that the US entered the war?

Answer 10

The sinking of the Lusitania and the discovery of the Zimmerman Telegram

Question 11

Why did the Germans sink the Lusitania?

Answer 11

It was carrying war materials from the US to Great Britain.

Question 12

In the Zimmerman Telegram, what did Germany promise to give Mexico if Mexico would attack the US?

Answer 12

Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas

Question 13

Who was top general of US land forces during WWI?

Answer 13

John J. Pershing

Question 14

Who was president of the United States during WWI?

Answer 14

Woodrow Wilson

Question 15

What the name of the US military during WWI?

Answer 15

American Expeditionary Forces

Question 16

What were American soldiers called during WWI?

Answer 16

Doughboys

Question 17

Name six ways Tennesseans at home supported the troops overseas.

Answer 17

1. Joined the military
2. Bought war bonds
3. Ate less food & grew a garden
4. Donated to the Red Cross
5. Converted factories to produce wartime goods like tanks
6. Hired women to work in factories.

Question 18

What Tennessean was the “Greatest American Hero”?

Answer 18

Alvin York

Question 19

What was President Wilson’s goal for the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 19

President Wilson’s goal was to create a plan for peace and eliminate future wars.

Question 20

What goal did the Allied Power leaders (except for President Wilson) have for the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 20

The other Allied Power leaders’ goal was to punish Germany and make the Germans pay for the damages of the war.

Question 21

Did the US sign the Treaty of Versailles? Why or why not?

Answer 21

No because US senators wanted to return to isolationism and did not want to be in the League of Nations.

Question 22

Why did US senators NOT want the US to be in the League of Nations?

Answer 22

They wanted to return to isolationism and they feared that if the US joined the League of Nations, we would be pulled into more European problems.

Question 23

What was the name of Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace which proposed the creation of the League of Nations?

Answer 23

The Fourteen Points

Question 24

What was the peace treaty that ended WWI and placed the blame on Germany?

Answer 24

Treaty of Versailles

Question 25

How was the Treaty of Versailles harsh to the Germans?

Answer 25

It required Germany to pay extreme reparations (fines).

Question 26

What was the name of the international peace organization proposed by Wilson’s Fourteen Points and created by the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 26

The League of Nations