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World War 1 History

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1. Treaty of Versailles
A bond which allowed the American citizen to lend money to the government to pay for the war.
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 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 British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.

2. Why do you think many Progressives opposed the United States entrance into the war?
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 pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
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.
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.

3. Epidemic
Russian Emperor
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.
A German submarine

4. 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
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
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 peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.

5. Trench Warfare

6. Why did the United States enter World War I? Explain at least three reasons.
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.
A person who tries to stir up war.
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.

7. How did World War I end? When did World War I end?
A military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
Russian Emperor
When neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

8. Why was the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk a setback for the Allies during World War I?
A person who believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits.
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.
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.
Cash payments

9. Liberty Bonds
Some European nations rejected Wilson's peace plan because the conflicting relations between post-war nations threatened the reality of the treaty.
A bond which allowed the American citizen to lend money to the government to pay for the war.
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 military general that led the American Expeditionary Force

10. Describe the situation of the European Allied Powers in 1917 when the U.S. entered the 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
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.
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.

11. Why did Russia drop out of the war?
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.
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.

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

13. Abdicate
To give up power
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 fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.

14. Pacifists
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
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.

15. Battle of Verdun
A note to Mexico to attack the United States if it declared war on Germany
Many African-Americans moved north because they filled the need for factory workers in the north making war goods.
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 10 month battle in 1916 that ended in a stale mate with over a million casualties on both sides combined.

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

17. Why did the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
Some European nations rejected Wilson's peace plan because the conflicting relations between post-war nations threatened the reality of the treaty.
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 general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.
An agreement to stop fighting

18. Fourteen Points
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.
Wilson's idea of 'peace without victory' is based on staying neutral and not joining the war effort on one side.
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

19. Treaty of Versailles
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
A peace plan proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would try to prevent international problems from sparking another world war.
Some European nations rejected Wilson's peace plan because the conflicting relations between post-war nations threatened the reality of the treaty.
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.

20. Describe the situation of the European Allied Powers in 1917 when the U.S. entered 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.
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
A German submarine
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.

21. List three ways in which the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany.
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 system of managing government through departments run by officials.
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 Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay war reparations of $300 billion dollars - limit its military - and stripped it of its overseas colonies.

22. 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
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 system of managing government through departments run by officials.
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.

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

24. Armistice
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.
An agreement to stop fighting
A military alliance between Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and the Ottoman Empire.
A general association of nations that would protect the independence of all countries.

25. Central Powers
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
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. John J Pershing
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
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 military general that led the American Expeditionary Force
To give up power

27. Nationalism

28. Pacifists
Some European nations rejected Wilson's peace plan because the conflicting relations between post-war nations threatened the reality of the treaty.
The Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war by reducing the casualties the US suffered while still in neutrality.
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
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.

29. How did World War I end? When did World War I end?
Woodrow Wilson - David Lloyd George - Georges Clemenceau - and Vittorio Orlando of Italy
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for 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.

30. Why did Russia drop out of the war?
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.
The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.

31. Vladimir I. Lenin
The head of the US food administration during WWI
A communist revolutionist in Russia during the WWl era
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 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

32. Warmonger
Some European nations rejected Wilson's peace plan because the conflicting relations between post-war nations threatened the reality of the treaty.
The right of national groups to have their own territory and own forms of government
A German submarine
A person who tries to stir up war.

33. How did the United States prepare for war?
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
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.
The head of the US food administration during WWI

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

35. Reparations
Cash payments
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.
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.

36. Kaiser
The rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people.
German emperor
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.

37. Karl Marx
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
A German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.
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.
The Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

38. How did prejudice affect German Americans during World War I?
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 German thinker that predicted that workers around the rold would unite and overthrow the upper class.
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 tries to stir up war.

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

40. Battle of Verdun
A system of managing government through departments run by officials.
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 pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
A 10 month battle in 1916 that ended in a stale mate with over a million casualties on both sides combined.

41. What effects did the war have on the United States?
A military alliance among Russia France - and Britain.
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.
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

42. How did prejudice affect German Americans during World War I?
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 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.
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.

43. Abdicate
To give up power
The head of the US food administration during WWI
A bond which allowed the American citizen to lend money to the government to pay for the war.
People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil

44. Harlem Hell Fighters
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.
World War 1 ended when an armistice was passed with Germany that also required the German emperor to give up power.
An African-American military division which fought with the French military
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.

45. Big Four
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.
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.
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.

46. American Expeditionary Force
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
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
Cash payments
A military division which was led by John J. Pershing

47. Socialist
A pledge that says that German you-boats will surface before attacking a ship and not sink passenger ships.
A 1917 act which required all men ages 21 to 30 to register for a military draft.
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.

48. Herbert Hoover
To give up power
Russian Emperor
The negatively affect Europe because of the 40 million casualties due to war-related ailments.
The head of the US food administration during WWI

49. Peace without victory
To give up power
German emperor
A fleet of military units that cut off an area from communicating with the rest of the world.
A proposal made by Woodrow Wilson for the defeated powers not to receive punishment

50. Propaganda
The head of the US food administration during WWI
The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
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.
A British passenger ship that was sunk by German you-boats that killed almost 1 -200 people including 128 Americans.