WW1 TEST 2 Flashcards
Conflict over which issue led to the failure of the Treaty of Versailles in the U.S. Senate?
U.S. military commitment to the League of Nations
One of the goals of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points was to
resolve colonial claims and self-determination
Influenza outbreak of 1918 was considered an epidemic because the disease
Affected an extremely large number of people at the same time.
Which force best describes the reason Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife?
nationalism
“Selling” the war to the American people was the task of
the committee of public information
Criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by
the Espionage and Sedition Acts.
During World War I, a group called the _____ took power in Russia and established a Communist government.
Bolsheviks
To prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the
National War Labor Board.
What was the name given to the space or land between the two sides’ front lines?
No man’s land
Such expressions as “liberty cabbage” & “liberty sausage,” as used during World War I, were an indication of
American hostile reaction to things German.
World War I was more destructive than earlier wars because
modern weapons were more deadly.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the role of women during World War I?
They kept their nations’ economies going during the war.
Which of the following was not a cause of World War I?
American isolationism
Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War 1?
Airplanes and tanks
