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World War 1 History

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1. Central Powers
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.
A pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
A military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.
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.

2. How did Congress respond to those who criticized the American war effort?
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.
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

3. Fourteen Points
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.
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.
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.
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.

4. Why did Russia drop out of the war?
A German submarine
German emperor
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations
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.

5. Harlem Hell Fighters
Pride in one's nation
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
A bond which allowed the American citizen to lend money to the government to pay for the war.
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.

6. How did the United States prepare for war?
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
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.
A British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.
A German submarine

7. U-Boat
A treaty ending Russia's involvement of the war.
A pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
A German submarine
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations

8. Trench Warfare

9. Isolationist
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.

10. League of Nations
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
German emperor
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

11. Trench Warfare

12. Karl Marx
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 British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.
Cash payments

13. Lusitania
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany
A British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era

14. How did American troops help the Allies win the war?

15. Self-determination
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
The right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.

16. Vladimir I. Lenin
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 communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
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.
A person who tries to stir up war.

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

18. How did trench warfare make offensives long and deadly?

19. Pacifists
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 British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.
A German submarine
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil

20. Herbert Hoover
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
An agreement to stop fighting
The head of the US food administration during WWI
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

21. How could the start of World War I be considered a failure of diplomacy?
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.
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.
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.
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.

22. Zimmermann Note
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany
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.
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

23. Lusitania
A British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.
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.
The head of the US food administration during WWI
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.

24. How did the 'great migration' affect race relations in American cities?
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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
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.
A person who tries to stir up war.

25. 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.
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 peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.

26. Why did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the 'war to end all wars'?

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

28. What effects did the war have on the United States?
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.
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
An African-American military division which fought with the French 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

29. What effects did the war have on the United States?
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
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.
A person who tries to stir up war.
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany

30. German 'Piece Offensive'
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
A offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
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.

31. List three ways in which the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany.
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.
To give up power

32. Why did Russia drop out of the war?
To give up power
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
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.
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.

33. Allied Powers
A offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.

34. Allied Powers
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.
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.
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.

35. How did the United States prepare for war?
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment
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.
A military division which was led by John J. Pershing

36. Henry Cabot Lodge
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
The head of the US food administration during WWI

37. Vladimir I. Lenin
A military division which was led by John J. Pershing
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
Woodrow Wilson - David Lloyd George - Georges Clemenceau - and Vittorio Orlando of Italy

38. Peace without victory
Pride in one's nation
A person who tries to stir up war.
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment
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

39. Bureaucracy
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations
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. Blockade
To give up power
An agreement to stop fighting
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.

41. Bureaucracy
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
People who wanted their country to stay out of international affairs and opposed the League of Nations
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.

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

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

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

45. Why did the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
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.
The right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
Russian Emperor
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.

46. Why did many African-Americans migrate north during the war?
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
Many African-Americans moved north because they filled the need for factory workers in the north making war goods.
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.

47. Harlem Hell Fighters
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.
German emperor
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.

48. Fourteen Points
A person who tries to stir up war.
The right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.
A German submarine

49. Czar
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
Russian Emperor
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.
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.

50. How did the war negatively affect Europe?
A 10 month battle in 1916 that ended in a stale mate with over a million casualties on both sides combined.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
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.
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.