WWI

Question 0

Alliances

Answer 0

A formal defense agreement between nations in a common cause

Question 1

Militarism

Answer 1

Massive build up of military forces

Question 2

Imperialism

Answer 2

The expansion of one’s nation’s authority and power by establishing colonies in another territory

Question 3

Nationalism

Answer 3

Feeling of patriotic loyalty that can lead people of similar historical or cultural background to band together to form a larger nation. It can also lead to breaking away from a larger nation to form a smaller one.

Question 4

New weapons

Answer 4

Machine gun, tank, poison gas heavy artillery, airplane, u-boat

Question 5

What did women do?

Answer 5

Worked in factories, fields, and volunteered to help the military. After the war women argued they had earned the right to vote.

Question 6

What did African Americans do?

Answer 6

They fought in segregated units

Question 7

Great Migration

Answer 7

Occurred when hundreds of thousands African Americans moved to the north

Question 8

Why didn’t America join the war immediately?

Answer 8

They didn’t want to be involved in international disputes

Question 9

What caused the US to join the war?

Answer 9

American lives were lost due to Germany U-Boats. Trade ships were also sunk. Americans had strong anti-German feelings

Question 10

How did America help before they entered the war officially?

Answer 10

They loaned the Allies over two Billion dollars

Question 11

What started the war?

Answer 11

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were shot by members of the black hand. War was declared and the alliance system caused it to spread

Question 12

Who were the allies?

Answer 12

Great Britan
France
Russia
Italy
U.S.
Japan

Question 13

Who were the Central Powers?

Answer 13

Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey/Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria

Question 14

Trench Warfare

Answer 14

When the war is carried out from trenches dug into the ground. The trenches were in a zig-zag pattern to prevent shrapnel from blowing the whole trench. It was disgusting on the trenches and a stalemate ensued.

Question 15

What caused the Russian revolution?

Answer 15

The people were tired of war and suffering. They disliked their leader too.

Question 16

Who led the Russian revolution?

Answer 16

Vladimir Lenin

Question 17

What did Russians withdraw from the war do?

Answer 17

It gave Germany an advantage because they weren’t fighting two fronts anymore

Question 18

What was the Zimmerman Telegraph?

Answer 18

A message sent to Mexico asking them to help attack the US. They would then be able to keep parts of the US. This is what ultimately led the US into the war.

Question 19

Henry Johnson

Answer 19

An African American who received the French Croix de Guerre for bravery. The US didn’t recognize his effort until many years later.

Question 20

How did the US try to convince people of the war?

Answer 20

Created the Committee on Public Information
Hired “Four Minute Men”
Propaganda was used

Question 21

How did the US raise and conserve resources?

Answer 21

Increased taxes
Liberty Bonds
Draft
Rationing of food
Victory Gardens

Question 22

Fourteen Points

Answer 22

President Wilson’s plan for bringing and keeping peace in the world

Question 23

What officially ended the war?

Answer 23

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 24

Why didn’t other Allied leaders approve of President Willson’s plan?

Answer 24

They wanted to punish Germany