WWI Review

Question 1

Name given to the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

Answer 1

Central Powers

Question 2

Alliance between Britain, Russia, France, and later the U.S.

Answer 2

Triple Entente, Allied Powers

Question 3

Main causes that led to WWI

Answer 3

Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

Question 4

The “spark” that started WWI

Answer 4

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 5

Who assassinated the archduke? What group was behind it?

Answer 5

Gavrilo Princip who was part of a Serbian Nationalist group called the Black Hand

Question 6

Leader of Germany during WWI

Answer 6

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 7

War tactic used by Germany in WWI

Answer 7

U-boat warfare (many viewed it as wrong since they shot any boat down)

Question 8

Agreement Germany was forced to accept related to u-boats

Answer 8

Treaty of Versailles

Question 9

What led to so many countries getting involved in WWI?

Answer 9

Secret Alliances

Question 10

What position did the U.S. take when WWI began and why?

Answer 10

Isolationism because they didn’t want to be involved in foreign affairs. Also neutrality because our geography and cultural ties allowed for it.

Question 11

Why did some Americans support the allied powers, while some supported the central powers?

Answer 11

Cultural differences

Question 12

What position did most American business leaders support and why?

Answer 12

The allied powers since we traded a lot with Britain

Question 13

Events that drew the U.S. into WWI

Answer 13

Zimmerman note, sinking of the Luistania

Question 14

Name given to WWI by America

Answer 14

The Great War, the war to end all wars

Question 15

What term means ceasefire?

Answer 15

Armistice

Question 16

When was the armistice ending WWI signed?

Answer 16

November 11th, 1918 (veteran’s day)

Question 17

U.S. infantrymen of WWI

Answer 17

Doughboys

Question 18

How did the U.S. attempt to fund the war effort?

Answer 18

Tax and income through trade

Question 19

Name given to Woodrow Wilson’s peace plan after WWI

Answer 19

Fourteen Points

Question 20

Wilson’s main idea he wanted passed as part of his plan

Answer 20

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Question 21

How did congress and the U.S. people react to creating the League of Nations?

Answer 21

They didn’t want to be involved in foreign affairs, so they denied it.

Question 22

Term that means to make a nation pay for war

Answer 22

Reparations

Question 23

Final peace treaty after WWI

Answer 23

Treaty of Versailles

Question 24

How did the treaty of Versailles set up a situation that led to WWII?

Answer 24

Put Germany into a state of deperation

Question 25

What term describes fighting that dominated WWI

Answer 25

Stalemate

Question 26

How did industrialization contribute to the destruction of WWI

Answer 26

New and worse weapons