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World War 1 History

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1. Propaganda
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment
A offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.

2. Why do you think many Progressives opposed the United States entrance into the war?
Many progressives opposed the US entrance to war because they felt that it would disrupt the progression of culture and technology and would only resume after the war is done.
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
A military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.
A bond which allowed the American citizen to lend money to the government to pay for the war.

3. Why did the United States enter World War I? Explain at least three reasons.
Congress responded to those who criticized the American war effort by imprisoning all that protested the war and creating a law that would make it illegal to protest the government during wartime
One reason of the American joining the war on the Allied side was the Zimmermann note given to Mexico from Germany to attack the US if the United States declared war on Germany. Another reason for the US to join the war on the Allied side was the rem
A person who tries to stir up war.
Woodrow Wilson did not reach his goal of 'peace without victory' because Germany was forced to pay war reparation of obscene amounts and eliminate its imperialistic colonies.

4. Why was the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk a setback for the Allies during World War I?
Cash payments
The Treaty of Brest-Litovosk was a setback for the Allied forces because the Eastern Front was completely lost and they are set back in terms of supplies for the military and military support.
Some European nations rejected Wilson's peace plan because the conflicting relations between post-war nations threatened the reality of the treaty.
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

5. Fourteen Points
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
Trench warfare is a bloody form of war that consisted of two opposing forces digging holes in the ground or 'trenches' to provide shelter from enemy gunfire. Heavy Artillery would be able to shoot through trenches and infantry would race across 'no m
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.

6. Big Four
To give up power
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
A bloody form of war that consisted of two opposing forces digging holes in the ground or 'trenches' to provide shelter from enemy gunfire. Heavy Artillery would be able to shoot through trenches and infantry would race across 'no man's land' or the
Woodrow Wilson - David Lloyd George - Georges Clemenceau - and Vittorio Orlando of Italy

7. Did Woodrow Wilson achieve his goal of 'peace without victory'? Be specific in your answer.

8. Trench Warfare

9. Militarism
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations
Pride in one's nation
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.

10. Pacifists
A 10 month battle in 1916 that ended in a stale mate with over a million casualties on both sides combined.
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
Prejudice affected German Americans during World War I because they were often ridiculed by fellow citizens that the US was fighting on the opposing side and much of the suffering that the African-Americans went through shortly after the Civil War.

11. Selective Service Act
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
A person who tries to stir up war.
A British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.

12. How did the war negatively affect Europe?
The start of World War I could be considered a failure of diplomacy because countries started declaring war on one another out of sheer anticipation and did not consult their allies.
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
A pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.

13. Describe Woodrow Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory.'

14. Trench Warfare

15. League of Nations
Pride in one's nation
American troops helped the Allies win the war by playing a 'definite and distinct part' in the war. They did this by supporting British and French forces as well as operating in their own manner.
An agreement to stop fighting
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.

16. Why did many African-Americans migrate north during the war?
Many African-Americans moved north because they filled the need for factory workers in the north making war goods.
Russian Emperor
The great migration of African-American affected race relations in northern cites because of the vast amount of new people - the competition for housing and jobs because more intense.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.

17. Big Four
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.
Woodrow Wilson - David Lloyd George - Georges Clemenceau - and Vittorio Orlando of Italy
A pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.

18. German 'Piece Offensive'
A bond which allowed the American citizen to lend money to the government to pay for the war.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the 'war to end all wars' because it set off a series of war declarations on numerous nations because of alliances that have been formed.
A offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
A British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.

19. Socialist
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
American troops helped the Allies win the war by playing a 'definite and distinct part' in the war. They did this by supporting British and French forces as well as operating in their own manner.
A person who tries to stir up war.

20. Harlem Hell Fighters
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because it would require the US to enter a war that it would be able to avoid if it rejected the treaty.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.

21. Henry Cabot Lodge
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
One reason of the American joining the war on the Allied side was the Zimmermann note given to Mexico from Germany to attack the US if the United States declared war on Germany. Another reason for the US to join the war on the Allied side was the rem
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.
The primary effect that the United States endured is the divide within the citizens between joining the Central or Allied Powers. This is a result of the great amount of immigration from Europe shortly before this time period. Another effect is the b

22. Armistice
A 10 month battle in 1916 that ended in a stale mate with over a million casualties on both sides combined.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the 'war to end all wars' because it set off a series of war declarations on numerous nations because of alliances that have been formed.
An agreement to stop fighting
Trench warfare is a bloody form of war that consisted of two opposing forces digging holes in the ground or 'trenches' to provide shelter from enemy gunfire. Heavy Artillery would be able to shoot through trenches and infantry would race across 'no m

23. How did Congress respond to those who criticized the American war effort?
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.
The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because it would require the US to enter a war that it would be able to avoid if it rejected the treaty.
Congress responded to those who criticized the American war effort by imprisoning all that protested the war and creating a law that would make it illegal to protest the government during wartime
To give up power

24. Stalemate
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
American troops helped the Allies win the war by playing a 'definite and distinct part' in the war. They did this by supporting British and French forces as well as operating in their own manner.
A German submarine

25. How did Congress respond to those who criticized the American war effort?
Congress responded to those who criticized the American war effort by imprisoning all that protested the war and creating a law that would make it illegal to protest the government during wartime
A military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.
The most important treaty of the Peace of Paris Which made Germany pay war reparations of $30 billion dollars - limit its military and stripped it of its overseas colonies.
A treaty ending Russia's involvement of the war.

26. Central Powers
A pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.
A military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment

27. Isolationist
The British and French forces are exhausted and ill in the trenches and Russia withdrew from the war due to the Treaty of Brest-Litovosk.
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.
A military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.

28. American Expeditionary Force
The great migration of African-American affected race relations in northern cites because of the vast amount of new people - the competition for housing and jobs because more intense.
The head of the US food administration during WWI
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment
A military division which was led by John J. Pershing

29. Nationalism

30. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

31. Explain the major points of Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace.

32. Militarism
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
An agreement to stop fighting
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.

33. Peace without victory
The primary effect that the United States endured is the divide within the citizens between joining the Central or Allied Powers. This is a result of the great amount of immigration from Europe shortly before this time period. Another effect is the b
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment
Submarine warfare increased the chance of the United States entering the war because German you-boats were sinking passenger ships that left all of Britain's harbors and in turn killed many Americans in the process.
A British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.

34. Warmonger
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
A person who tries to stir up war.
The most important treaty of the Peace of Paris Which made Germany pay war reparations of $30 billion dollars - limit its military and stripped it of its overseas colonies.
Cash payments

35. Reparations
The right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
A military division which was led by John J. Pershing
Cash payments
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.

36. How did the 'great migration' affect race relations in American cities?
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
A offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
The great migration of African-American affected race relations in northern cites because of the vast amount of new people - the competition for housing and jobs because more intense.

37. Peace without victory
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment
Cash payments

38. Harlem Hell Fighters
A German submarine
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

39. Herbert Hoover
The most important treaty of the Peace of Paris Which made Germany pay war reparations of $30 billion dollars - limit its military and stripped it of its overseas colonies.
The right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
The head of the US food administration during WWI
Russia dropped out of the war because of the revolution happening within the countries and the millions of casualties lost to the Germans on the Eastern Front.

40. Propaganda
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
A offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
The great migration of African-American affected race relations in northern cites because of the vast amount of new people - the competition for housing and jobs because more intense.
Many progressives opposed the US entrance to war because they felt that it would disrupt the progression of culture and technology and would only resume after the war is done.

41. Epidemic
The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because it would require the US to enter a war that it would be able to avoid if it rejected the treaty.
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the 'war to end all wars' because it set off a series of war declarations on numerous nations because of alliances that have been formed.

42. Herbert Hoover
The head of the US food administration during WWI
German emperor
Creating a law that requires all men ages 21-30 to enlist in a draft. Educating the recruits to be able to read - write - perform military operations - and fed them three meals a day daily.
Woodrow Wilson did not reach his goal of 'peace without victory' because Germany was forced to pay war reparation of obscene amounts and eliminate its imperialistic colonies.

43. How did the Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war?
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
One reason of the American joining the war on the Allied side was the Zimmermann note given to Mexico from Germany to attack the US if the United States declared war on Germany. Another reason for the US to join the war on the Allied side was the rem
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.

44. U-Boat
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.
The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because it would require the US to enter a war that it would be able to avoid if it rejected the treaty.
A German submarine
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.

45. Reparations
A treaty ending Russia's involvement of the war.
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
Cash payments

46. Why did Russia drop out of the war?
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.
A military division which was led by John J. Pershing
Creating a law that requires all men ages 21-30 to enlist in a draft. Educating the recruits to be able to read - write - perform military operations - and fed them three meals a day daily.
Russia dropped out of the war because of the revolution happening within the countries and the millions of casualties lost to the Germans on the Eastern Front.

47. Abdicate
Russia dropped out of the war because of the revolution happening within the countries and the millions of casualties lost to the Germans on the Eastern Front.
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany
To give up power

48. U-Boat
A German submarine
Russian Emperor
The great migration of African-American affected race relations in northern cites because of the vast amount of new people - the competition for housing and jobs because more intense.
Some European nations rejected Wilson's peace plan because the conflicting relations between post-war nations threatened the reality of the treaty.

49. Kaiser
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
American troops helped the Allies win the war by playing a 'definite and distinct part' in the war. They did this by supporting British and French forces as well as operating in their own manner.
The head of the US food administration during WWI
German emperor

50. Warmonger
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because it would require the US to enter a war that it would be able to avoid if it rejected the treaty.
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
A person who tries to stir up war.