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| Why did the British enter WWI? | when German troops crossed into neutral Belgium(was the first country attacked by Germany) |
| What happened to Russia after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? | lost substantial territory & ended war on eastern front |
| What does the Treaty of Versailles involve? | 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 countries did the Triple Entente include? | Britain, France, Russia |
| What countries made up the Triple Alliance? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy |
| What countries were Central powers? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
| What countries were Allies? | France, Italy, Britain, Russia, US |
| Which country was the first to use submarines? | Germany |
| 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 |
| What were Dogfights and were they significant in Allied victories? | a battle between two WWI airplanes |
| What areas made up the Balkans? | Serbia, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, & Romania whom wanted to be independent nations |
| The Fuel Administration introduced what during WWI to conserve energy? | daylight savings time |
| Who were the "Big Four" that attended the peace conference at the end of WWI? | United States, Britain, France, & Italy |
| 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 is meant by "Hooverize" in WWI? | the Food Administration encouraged American families to reduce their food consumption(Wheatless Mondays, Meatless Tuesdays, & Porkless Thursdays) |
| What were airplanes first used for in WWI? | first used to observe enemy activity-later drop small bombs & attached machine guns |
| What did the Lusitania carry? | carrying arms & ammunition in its hold & American passengers that was sunk in May 1915 by a German submarine |
| Who led the democratic revolution against the Czar of Russia? | Alexander Kerensky(belonged to the Mensheviks) |
| 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 is the Selective Service Act? | required all men between 21 & 30 to register for the draft with a lottery randomly determining who got called before the local draft board |
| How did the FBI originate? | because of the Red Scare(Communism) this special division in the Justice Department was established by the US Attorney General(Palmer) |
