WW1 (Part 2) Flashcards
President elected in 1913-1921?
President Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson was the governor of _____, the president of _____, and a professor of political science.
New Jersey
Princeton
When war first broke out in the Balkans the american _____ in shock.
withdrew
On August 4, 1914, President Wilson declared US _______
neutrality
- Many Americans felt tied to _____ because they spoke English, and Americas _______ were based on their foundations.
- Many also felt tied to ______ because they and their parents were _____ Germany, Austria, or Hungary.
- Britain
Laws and Customs - Central Powers
Born in
Many with ____ heritage wanted to see British defeated because they had suffered under British rule.
Irish
Kraiser is a German word for ____
emperor
Kraiser ______ mad may Americans see Germany as militaristic.
Wilhelm ll
Are neutral nation allows to trade with both sides when war breaks out?
yes
Warring nations often _______vessels to make sure they weren’t the enemy’s ship
They were aloud to seize ____ but not ____
stopped and searched
contraband, all goods
Before sinking a trade ship it must be ______
warned
- Germans declared waters around _____ isles a war zone and warned ______
2 ______ told then if they sank ships with Americans on them they would be held responsible
- British, Americans
2. Wilson
German U-boat torpedoed British ship ______
1198 killed , 128 Americans included
Ship disguised by______
actually carrying _____&______cases
Lusitania
american flag
ammunition & shrapnel
Wilson proposed “preparedness” to be ready for ___
_____demanded US get ready to fight
Wilson called for _____navy and army
war
Roosevelt
a larger
1916 presidential election
_______VS________
Wilson vs Hughes
Who won the election and why?
Wilson he was praised for keeping us out of war and criticized for lack of aggression
To try to break the stalemate Germany announced _______. Kraiser thought if US joined war it would be ____for the allies. Wilson broke of ______relations with Germany
unrestricted submarine warfare
too late
diplomatic
German Foreign Minister _____sent a telegram to _____ asking them to join the German side in return for helping recapturing _____, ______, &_____.
Zimmerman
Mexico
Texas, Arizono, & New Mexico
______ captured the telegram and gave it to the US
British
In ______, Wilson went before congress and asked for a declaration of war
1917
Senate voted _____
House voted _____
82 to 6
373 to 50
What three key factors made US join the war?
German submarine attacks
Zimmerman note
Cultural ties to Allies
What was the program for the future of the world?
Wilson’s 14 points
What was the main point of the 14 points.
League of Nations
General ____ led the American army
John Pershing
Americans cut the _____ that supplied the German Army
Railroad
Base on the 14 points, Germany proposed a ____
Armistice
What is an Armistice?
Agreement to stop Fighting
Wilson went to _____ for peace talks?
Paris
Critics believed Wilson wanted to be president of the _______?
World
Who was the only one that didn’t bargain over what to do with their enemies?
Orlando
Germany was forced to _____its army and take all the blame?
disarm
They had to pay____for reparations?
33 billion (2.7 Trillion)
_____gained Alsace and Lorraine
France
Allowed ____ and ____ to govern themselves?
Poland & Czechoslovakia
Germany’s colonies went into a ____ system leading to their independence?
mandate
The ____ settlements in Eastern Europe were designed to weaken _____ and its new communist ideology?
Territorial
Russia
Wilson created a new _______ organization to settle dispute?
international
who led the US senate?
Henry Cabot Lodge
Did the US join the League of Nations?
no
To prepare military forces for war?
Mobilize
A nonbinding agreement to follow common policies?
Entente
Military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies, but does not include food and clothing?
Contraband
which group helped to overthrow the Russian government
the reds
communist secret police
cheka
group that remained loyal to the Tsar / Czar
whites
new name given to Russia after communist government took power
USSR
name of large farms owned by peasants as a group
collective
economy in which the government makes the decisions
command economy
last name of the ruthless soviet leader who industrialized Russia
stalin
what does Stalin mean in Russia
steel
Stalin’s economic program
five-year plan
communist leader who competed with Stalin for power
trotsky
meaning for Bolshevik
majority
slogan for Lenin and the Bolsheviks
“peace, land, and bread”
what Lenin called his economic program
new economic policy
organization created to organize revolutionaries around the world
comintern
Lenin believed a socialist revolution would occur in Russia, if _____ controlled the government
revolutionaries
communists believed in closing the gap between what two groups
rich and poor
during WWI, the Russians made peace with this country
germany
the result of the revolution in Russia
the civil war
Stalin’s reign of terror
great purge
communist leaders who guaranteed party loyalty
commisars
name of council of workers and soldiers
soviets
the last name of the holy man who had an influence over the Russian government
rasputin
Russian Czar who gave up his thrown
Nicholas II
Term used to describe factory owners
proletariat
