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World War 1 History

Subject : history
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1. Why did the United States enter World War I? Explain at least three reasons.






2. Armistice






3. Why did the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?






4. Karl Marx






5. Vladimir I. Lenin






6. How did the United States prepare for war?






7. League of Nations






8. How did the United States prepare for war?






9. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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10. Armistice






11. Central Powers






12. Abdicate






13. List three ways in which the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany.






14. Trench Warfare

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15. Why did the European nations object to some of Wilson's ideas?

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16. U-Boat






17. How did the Sussex pledge help keep the United States from entering the war?






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

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

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20. German 'Piece Offensive'






21. Warmonger






22. Militarism






23. Describe the situation of the European Allied Powers in 1917 when the U.S. entered the war.






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






25. Bureaucracy






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






27. Vladimir I. Lenin






28. Stalemate






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

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30. Why was the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk a setback for the Allies during World War I?






31. Karl Marx






32. List three ways in which the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany.






33. Sussex Pledge






34. Militarism






35. Central Powers






36. How did the war negatively affect Europe?






37. How could the start of World War I be considered a failure of diplomacy?






38. Epidemic






39. What effects did the war have on the United States?






40. Describe the situation of the European Allied Powers in 1917 when the U.S. entered the war.






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

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42. Henry Cabot Lodge






43. Reparations






44. Why did the United States enter World War I? Explain at least three reasons.






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

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46. Why did the European nations object to some of Wilson's ideas?

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47. Czar






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

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49. Bureaucracy






50. How did the war negatively affect Europe?