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| Why did the Russians feel obligated to support the Slavic people against Austria-Hungary? | Russians are ethnic Slavs |
| When did the British enter WWI? | when German troops crossed into neutral Belgium(was the first country attacked by Germany) |
| Who were the only women in the military to be sent overseas during WWI? | Army nurses |
| When Russia pulled out of WWI, what did it lose? | substantial territory |
| What countries did the Triple Entente include? | Britain, France, Russia |
| What factors contributed to the start of WWI in Europe? | the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the alliance system, the naval buildup, nationalism in the Balkans |
| WWI was the first war that allowed women to do what? | officially serve in the armed forces |
| The Fuel Administration introduced what during WWI to conserve energy? | daylight savings time |
| What was the Great Migration during WWI? | African Americans moving from the South to the North |
| What WWI innovation led to trench warfare? | rapid-fire machine guns |
| Who were the "Big Four" that attended the peace conference at the end of WWI? | United States, Britain, France, & Italy |
| Why did the Serbs become furious in 1908? | Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia |
| How were men called to service according to Selective Service Act? | by a lottery that determined in an order of who was called to serve by draft |
| How were families encouraged to "Hooverize"? | observing Wheatless Mondays, Meatless Tuesdays, and Porkless Thursdays |
| Whose job was it to "sell" the war to the American people? | Committee on Public Information |
| How were critics of the war silenced? | the Espionage & Sedition Acts |
| What were airplanes used for in WWI? | observe enemy activities |
| What did African Americans and women have in common during WWI? | they served separately from white male soldiers |
| What is the Sussex Pledge? | promise not to sink more merchant ships without warning |
| Who is John Pershing? | general who failed to capture Pancho Villa and he was also the leader of the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI |
| Who were Four-Minute Men? | gave patriotic speeches urging support of war effort |
| What is espionage? | spying to acquire government secrets |
| Who is Vladimir Lenin? | Bolshevik leader(Russia) that started a Communist government(along with Leon Trotsky) and signed a seperate peace treaty with Germany(Treaty of Brest-Litovsk) |
| What countries were Allies? | France, Italy, Britain, Russia, US |
| What countries were Central powers? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
| What country was a neutral nation? | Spain |
| What were two jobs performed by women in the armed forces? | nursing and clerical work |
| What was the space called between opposing trenches? | no-man's land |
| What is an armistice? | a ceasefire(stop of fighting) |
| What treaty ended WWI? | Treaty of Versailles |
| How was Germany treated under the Treaty of Versailles? | Germany was treated harshly-military disbanded & reparations paid |
| What are reparations? | war damages paid |
| Who established special boards so the government could control the economy? | Congress |
| During the Mexican Revolution, Huerta seized power in Mexico, how did the US react? | President Wilson(US)-did not reconize the Mexican government |
| Who was the "heir apparent" to the throne of Austria-Hungary? | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| What British ship was carrying arms & ammunition in its hold & American passengers that was sunk in May 1915 by a German submarine? | Lusitania |
| What was an attempt to involve Germany in a war with America? | Zimmerman Telegram |
| What countries made up the Triple Alliance? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy |
| What country promised to support Austria-Hungary against Serbia in the early part of the war? | Russia |
| Alexander Kerensky was led the democratic revolution against the ____ in the spring of 1917? | Czar of Russia |
| What man overthrew the Russian Czar by a democratic revolution? | Alexander Kerensky(Mensheviks) |
| What 3 countries formed the Triple Entente? | Russia, England(Britain), France |
| What was the most important of the Fourteen Points of Woodrow Wilson's peace plan that would prevent future world wars? | The League of Nations |
| What triggered European countries going to war against on another in WWI? | the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| What were 3 things were included in Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points that would prevent future world wars? | disarmament, League of Nations, self-determination(wanted to provide justice for all peoples and nationalities) |
| What did the German Navy use for the first time in WWI to form a blockade on England and France? | submarines |
| What was the nick-name for American troops? | Dough boys |
| Who filled the holes left when Russian troops left the war? | American Expeditionary Force |
| What were the members of the Triple Alliance called? | Central Powers |
| What were the members of the Triple Entente called? | Allied Powers |
| Who helped organize the financing of the war(selling war bonds)? | William McAdoo |
| Who headed the Committee on Public Information? | George Creel |
| Who was the commanding officer of the American Expeditionary Force? | John J. Pershing |
| Who organized the food distribution for the soldiers and allies? | Herbert Hoover |
| How were the troops selected for the American Expeditionary Force? | conscription |
| Who were the "Big Four" involved in the peace treaty? | Great Britain, United States, France, Italy |
| Which country was not one of the three original countries in the Triple Entente? | United States |
| How many provisions were involved in the Treaty of Versailles? | five |
| What were the provisions in the Treaty of Versailles? | Germany stripped of armed forces(army set at 100,000 members), France recover Alsace-Lorraine, Poland was created out of Russia & Austria-Hungary, created countries of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Yugoslavia, & Czechoslovakia, Germany lost all overseas empires, Germany pay $33 billion in reparations, and take sole responsibilty for starting war |
| What were the agencies supporting the US war effort? | War Industries Board, Food Administration, Railroad Administration, Committee on Public Information |
| Which agency stimulated the production of war goods and cut down on citizen goods(regulated American Industry)? | War Industries Board |
| Which agency coordinated railways for moving war goods? | Railroad Administration |
| Which agency increased food production and cut down waste? | Food Administration |
| Which agency provided news about the war? | Committee on Public Information |
| How was WWI financed? | taxation, Liberty bonds, Victory bonds |
| What American groups favored the Central Powers? | people of German and Irish descent |
| What were the reasons Americans favored the Allied powers? | traditions & language were English, Germany's invasion of Belgium, British propaganda showing German atrocities |
| Why did the United States enter WWI? | unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman Telegram |
| Why did European countries form alliances? | protect their country if a war started |
| What was the Zimmerman Telegram? | Arthur Zimmerman(a German official) sent a telegram to the German Ambassador to offer Mexico a chance to regain the lost territories of Texas, New Mexico, & Arizona-if Mexico went to war with the US |
| What type of chemical warfare was used in WWI? | poison gas |
| What were tanks used for in WWI? | roll over barbed wire and trenches |
| What was the US's reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? | disappointment |
| What is a dogfight during WWI? | a battle between two WWI airplanes |
| What French oceanliner was sunk by a German submarine? | Sussex |
| When the US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations it showed that the US wanted this type of foreign policy? | Isolationism |
| Who was the Prime Minister of Italy and represented Italy at Peace Conference? | Vittorio Orlando |
| How were troops and supplies transported to Europe? | in convoys of ships |
| What new war technologies were introduced in WWI? | machine guns, poison gas, tanks, planes, dog fights |
| What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? | ended war on the Eastern Front-seperate peace treaty signed between Russia and Germany |
| What was the first major American attack on Germany that prevented the Germans from taking Paris? | Battle of Chateau Thierry |
| Who is the French General Ferdinand Fochs? | the Supreme commander of the Allies |
| Where did the American troops drive the Germans back? | San Miguel & Meuse River |
| Where did American troops shatter German defenses after a two month battle? | Argonne Forest |
| How was Kaiser Wilhelm forced to adicate(give up) his throne? | rebellion of German civilians |
| Who represented the US at the Peace Conference? | President Woodrow Wilson(elected in 1912 & 1916) |
| Who represented France at the Peace Conference | Premier George Clemenceau |
| Who represented Britain at the Peace Conference? | Prime Minister David Lloyd George |
| What is the policy where government stays out of business affairs? | laissez-faire |
| What German General led a major offensive in WWI? | Hindenberg |
| What country claimed Lorraine-Alsace before WWI? | Germany |
| What country switched from the Central Powers to the Allies before WWI broke out? | Italy |
| What caused the Red Scare in the United States? | strikes, bombings & Palmer Raids, fear of Communists seizing power |
| How did the Palmer raids deprive some citizens of their civil rights? | searching without a warrant, jailing suspects indefinitely, and limiting lawyer-client communication |
| What were the Palmer raids? | raids of various organizations to round up suspects to deport or imprison |
| How did the FBI originate? | because of the Red Scare this special division in the Justice Department was established by the US Attorney General(Palmer) |
| What areas made up the Balkans? | Serbia, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, & Romania whom wanted to be independent nations |
