WW1- American Style Flashcards

1
Q

What countries started WW1?

A

Austria-Hungary and Serbia

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2
Q

Main reason WW1 started?

A

Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

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3
Q

Who killed the Arch Duke

A

Gavrilo Princip

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4
Q

Gavrilo was a member of what group?

A

The black hand

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5
Q

What were the main 2 alliances

A

The triple entente, The triple alliance

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6
Q

Who was in the triple entente

A

France, Russia, Great Britain

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7
Q

Who was in the triple alliance

A

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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8
Q

What did Americans mostly oppose

A

Central powers, and triple alliance

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9
Q

Who was Germany controlled by?

A

Kaiser Wilhelm the second

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10
Q

Kaiser Wilhelm had what type of government?

A

A dictatorship

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11
Q

America declared what immediately after the war started

A

Neutrality

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12
Q

Americas stance of neutrality was influenced by what?

A

Trading

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13
Q

What might make trading more difficult for America

A

German u-boats and British blockades

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14
Q

Who did businesses in America have ties with

A

Great-Britain

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15
Q

Who did big businesses in America want to side with

A

Britain

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16
Q

What group did big businesses in America form

A

National Security League

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17
Q

What did the National security league do?

A

Promoted patriotic education and national sentiment and service among people of the US. Created army training camps

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18
Q

What was the Lusitania

A

British luxury liner (cruise ship)

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19
Q

The last voyage of the lusitania was from where to where

A

New York to Britain

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20
Q

What sunk the Lusitania

A

German u-boat (u-20), torpedoed the Lusitania

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21
Q

How was the Lusitania sinking

A

Started to list 15° to starboard, sank in 18 min

22
Q

Out how 1198 passengers that died on the Lusitania, how many were Americans

A

124

23
Q

How many lifeboats were set off, and how many actually deployed

A

48 were on the ship, only 6 dropped

24
Q

What was president Wilson’s re-election campaign slogan

A

He kept us out of war

25
Q

What did America make to maintain German submarine warfare

A

Sussex pledge

26
Q

What does the Sussex pledge say

A

Germany would have to warn ships before attacking with u-boats

27
Q

How many I-boats in ww1

A

375

28
Q

When did the US end diplomatic relationships with Germany?

A

Feb 3 1917

29
Q

What did Arthur Zimmerman offer Mexico

A

To declare war in America for a reward from Germany

30
Q

Why was it significant that Russia dropped out of the war

A

It made 1 front war

31
Q

When did the US declared war

A

April 6, 1917

32
Q

How many troops did America have

A

100,000 troops

33
Q

What did America send with troops to help

A

Naval support, supplied arms, 3 billion in loans

34
Q

What was the selective service act

A

Authorized draft of young men for military service

35
Q

Did Americans have a lot of training?

A

Many went without extensive training

36
Q

The fighting between Germany and France (end of war) ended when?

A

November 11, 1918

37
Q

When was the treaty of Versailles signed

A

June 28, 1919

38
Q

Wilson wanted peace so he made up what?

A

14 provisions, Wilson’s fourteen points

39
Q

What was number fourteen?

A

An association of nations

40
Q

Did puntries listen to Wilson’s points

A

No. They went on their own route

41
Q

What is the League of Nations

A

An organization where the nations of the world would join together to make peace and security

42
Q

Did the US join the League of Nations

A

No, they didn’t want to back up other countries with their military

43
Q

Result of the Versailles conference

A

Made Germany take full blame

44
Q

How much did Germany have to pay

A

33billion

45
Q

Sid Germany want to sign the Versailles

A

No, they believed it was too harsh

46
Q

What restrictions were on the navy

A

No poison gas production. No importing or exporting Tanks, submarines, military aircraft, and artillery were prohibited

47
Q

What treaty did they US sign

A

The treaty of Berlin

48
Q

What happened (during) after the war

A

The Spanish flu

49
Q

What did Charles Schenck do

A

Mailed letters to draftees telling them not to go. He wanted to break the sedition act.

50
Q

What is the sedition/espionage act

A

Wartime Law aimed at spies and people who opposed the war and government