WWI Review

Question 1

T/F:

Many leaders believed that the balance of power created by alliances decreased the chances of war

Answer 1

T

Question 2

T/F:

The Triple Entente was an alliance between Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Germany

Answer 2

F

Triple Alliance

Question 3

T/F:

The Triple Alliance was an Alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia

Answer 3

F

Triple Entente

Question 4

T/F:
After the German invasion of Belgium, the soldiers of the Central Powers were not prepared to fight against an enemy equipped with machine guns

Answer 4

F

Allied Powers

Question 5

T/F:
In reaction to German use of chlorine gas, the Allied powers began to develop and use poisonous gas in their attacks as well

Answer 5

T

Question 6

Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

Answer 6

Triple Alliance

Question 7

Could fire up to 600 bullets per minute in 1914

Answer 7

machine guns

Question 8

British-built motorized armored vehicles intended to maneuver through battlefields

Answer 8

tanks

Question 9

Extreme pride or devotion that people feel for their country or culture

Answer 9

nationalism

Question 10

a policy of military preparedness and building up a supply of arms

Answer 10

militarism

Question 11

Alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia

Answer 11

Triple Entente

Question 12

Used to map enemy positions and trenches and to attack trenches from above

Answer 12

airplanes

Question 13

The deadly area between trenches

Answer 13

no-man’s land

Question 14

His assassination led to WWI

Answer 14

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 15

Quest to establish colonial empires

Answer 15

imperialism

Question 16

Which term doesn’t belong?

a) convoy system
b) conscientious objectors
c) Selective Service Act
d) moral beliefs

Answer 16

a

Question 17

Which term doesn’t belong?

a) Selective Service Act
b) Zimmerman Note
c) alliance
d) Germany and Mexico

Answer 17

a

Question 18

Which term doesn’t belong?

a) Sussex pledge
b) Lusitania
c) attack
d) Zimmerman Note

Answer 18

d

Question 19

Which term doesn’t belong?

a) U-boats
b) armistice
c) Unterseeboot
d) torpedoes

Answer 19

b

Question 20

(The policy of not being involved in the affairs of other nations) kept the US out of the early years of WWI

Answer 20

Isolationism

Question 21

To defend soldiers traveling to Europe, troop-transport ships were protected by the (strategy of surrounding them with warships)

Answer 21

convoy system

Question 22

Members of certain religious groups whose moral or religious beliefs prevented them from fighting in a war were known as

Answer 22

conscientious objectors

Question 23

Describes the system of surrounding troop-transport ships with destroyers or cruisers for protection

Answer 23

convoy system

Question 24

The Germans launched their last, desperate offensive at the

Answer 24

Second Battle of the Marne

Question 25

The sinking of the __ prompted President Woodrow Wilson to demand an end to unrestricted submarine warfare

Answer 25

Lusitania

Question 26

German “undersea boats” were known as

Answer 26

U-boats

Question 27

What organization created materials designed to influence people’s opinions and encouraged Americans to support the war?

Answer 27

Committee on Public Information

Question 28

What organization judged disputes between workers and management, and it was created to keep disruptions at work to a minimum?

Answer 28

National War Labor Board

Question 29

To help pay for the costs of fighting WWI, Americans loaned money to the federal gov’t by purchasing __ __

Answer 29

Liberty Bonds

Question 30

__ can be newspaper stories, posters, speeches, or other materials

Answer 30

Propaganda

Question 31

In __ __ __, the Supreme Court interpreted the First Amendment and explored the limits of free speech

Answer 31

Schenck vs. United States

Question 32

In 1918 the __ __ was ratified, banning the “manufacture, sale or transportation” of alcohol in the US

Answer 32

18th Amendment

Question 33

The Committee on Public Information launched a nationwide campaign of __, which included posters, newspaper stories, speeches, and other materials designed to influence people’s opinions

Answer 33

propoganda

Question 34

In Schenck vs United States, the Supreme Court ruled that Charles Schenck’s opposition to gov’t war policies was a violation of the __ __ and wasn’t protected by the First Amendment

Answer 34

Sedition Act

Question 35

The War Revenue Act of 1917 established very high __

Answer 35

taxes

Question 36

During the month of October 1918 alone, __ killed nearly 200,000 Americans

Answer 36

influenza

Question 37

One way the US gov’t raised money for the war was through the sale of __ __ to the public

Answer 37

Liberty Bonds

Question 38

Bernard Baruch, a Wall Street business leader, was the head of the __ __ __, which regulated all materials needed for the war effort

Answer 38

War Industries Board

Question 39

Daylight saving time and “heatless Mondays” were introduced in order to encourage conservation of __

Answer 39

fuel

Question 40

Eugene V Debs, the head of the __ __, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for criticizing the US gov’ts prosecution of Americans under the Espionage Act

Answer 40

Socialist Party

Question 41

To encourage increased production of food crops, __ __, head of the Food Administration, promised farmers higher prices for their crops

Answer 41

Herbert Hoover