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World War 1 History

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1. John J Pershing
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.

2. Vladimir I. Lenin
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 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 communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.

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

4. Why do you think many Progressives opposed the United States entrance into the war?
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
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.
German emperor
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil

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

6. Stalemate
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 pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

7. Zimmermann Note
Many African-Americans moved north because they filled the need for factory workers in the north making war goods.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany
A bond which allowed the American citizen to lend money to the government to pay for the war.

8. Czar
To give up power
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
Russian Emperor
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

9. Propaganda
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 spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
A pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.

10. Describe the situation of the European Allied Powers in 1917 when the U.S. entered the war.
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
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.
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 British and French forces are exhausted and ill in the trenches and Russia withdrew from the war due to the Treaty of Brest-Litovosk.

11. Central Powers
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
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 military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.
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.

12. Treaty of Versailles
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 peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world 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.
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

13. Why did Russia drop out of 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.
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 offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.

14. How did the 'great migration' affect race relations in American cities?
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.
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.
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.

15. How did the war negatively affect Europe?
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.

16. Henry Cabot Lodge
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
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 Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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.

17. 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
A treaty ending Russia's involvement of 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.
Woodrow Wilson - David Lloyd George - Georges Clemenceau - and Vittorio Orlando of Italy

18. Epidemic
To give up power
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.

19. How did the United States prepare for war?
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
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.
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.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era

20. Selective Service Act
Russian Emperor
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
German emperor

21. Why did many African-Americans migrate north during the war?
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
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.
Many African-Americans moved north because they filled the need for factory workers in the north making war goods.
The major points of Woodrow Wilson's plan for piece are: the end of secrecy between nations - free trade between nations - and limit on military weapons such as artillery - guns and bombs.

22. Henry Cabot Lodge
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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.
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.

23. Reparations
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
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
Cash payments

24. Nationalism

25. Socialist
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.

26. Socialist
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.
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
A German submarine

27. 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
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
A person who tries to stir up war.

28. How did prejudice affect German Americans during World War I?
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.
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.
German emperor
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.

29. 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.
Woodrow Wilson - David Lloyd George - Georges Clemenceau - and Vittorio Orlando of Italy
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The head of the US food administration during WWI

30. American Expeditionary Force
A military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
A military division which was led by John J. Pershing
The head of the US food administration during WWI
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.

31. How did submarine warfare increase the chance of the United States entering the war?

32. List three ways in which the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany.
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.

33. Self-determination
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
The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
The right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.

34. Armistice
An agreement to stop fighting
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world 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.

35. How did the United States prepare for war?
Russian Emperor
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
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.
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.

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

37. Trench Warfare

38. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

39. Epidemic
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.
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.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.

40. Vladimir I. Lenin
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.
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment

41. How did World War I end? When did World War I end?
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.
The major points of Woodrow Wilson's plan for piece are: the end of secrecy between nations - free trade between nations - and limit on military weapons such as artillery - guns and bombs.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.

42. Militarism
The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
German 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.
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.

43. Battle of Verdun
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.
A 10 month battle in 1916 that ended in a stale mate with over a million casualties on both sides combined.
German emperor
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany

44. Warmonger
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
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.
A person who tries to stir up war.
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.

45. 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.
Cash payments
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.
The head of the US food administration during WWI

46. U-Boat
The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
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 German submarine
Pride in one's nation

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

48. German 'Piece Offensive'
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
A offensive push made by the German military they would hope to end the war.
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 negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.

49. Self-determination
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 right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.

50. Blockade
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
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.
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.