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| What policy calls for a strong build up of a nation's defense? | Miltarism |
| What is the agreements between nations to aid and protect one another called? | Alliances |
| What is pride and devotion to ones country called? | Nationalism |
| What is gaining power and or wealth by a country acquiring or taking territory or taking advantage of a weaker nation called? | Imperialism |
| The five causes of WWI were Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism and what other historical event? | Assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| What ship was sunk that killed 128 American passengers and led to the U.S. closer to getting involved in WWI called? | Lusitania |
| Why did the United States become involved in WWI? | Zimmerman Telegram, Russian Revolution, and the sinking of U.S. ships by German U-Boats |
| What were the 5 Main causes of WWI? | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, Assassination |
| Which country was isolationist at the start of WWI but finally joined the Allied Powers in 1917? | United States |
| What were the 3 main Allied powers to start WWI? | Great Britain, France, and Russia |
| At the start of the war, the Central Powers consisted of an alliance between | Austria- Hungary. Germany, and Ottoman Empire |
| In the Zimmerman Telegram, what did Germany promise? | To help gain lands lost in the Mexican-American War if Mexico joined the Central Powers |
| To whom did Germany send the Zimmerman Telegram? | Mexico |
| A country that supports another country and joins the war because the country that they support joins is a good example of : | Alliances |
| In Europe there was many different nationalities and each was proud of their nationality. What would this best describe? | Nationalism |
| What did Pan- Germanism and Pan-Slavism signify before WWI | Nationalism |
| What were the German Submarines that waited in the Atlantic to sink enemy ships called? | U-Boats |
| Which area of the battlefield was dangerous to be on or around which had barbed wire, craters from previous explosions, and was used for an to attack the oppositions trench? | No- Man's Land |
| What was one of the diseases that the soldiers faced in the trenches? | Trench Foot |
| What new war technology was used to kill and or injure a large amount of men at one time, forced many to wear masks, and forced soldiers out of safety of the trench into no mans land? | Poison Gas |
| What was the most common type of fighting that was used during WWI? | Trench Warfare |
| Which of the following were new weapons that made WWI so deadly? | Gas, Machine Guns, Tanks, Airplanes, U- Boats |
| Decribe life in the trenches: | Dangerous, dirty, unsanitary, unsafe |
| What two countries had the most casualties during WWI? | Russia and Germany |
| How did the U.S. help end the war? | Less trench warfare, more airplaines and tanks |
| What was America's involvement during the first three years of WWI? | Remained Neutral |
| What year does the United States get involved in WWI? | 1917 |
| Along with the Selective Service Act, how did Americans at home help the war effort | Patriotic songs, food rationing, participation in manufacturing (labor) |
| What was the Selective Service Act? | An act that required all men ages 21-30 to register for the military draft |
| Who took many factory jobs in place of men who were fighting during the U.S. Involvement in WWI? | Women |
| What did Americans grow in order to conserve food for the war effort? | Victory Gardens |
| What overall economic interest did America have in Europe during WWI? | Trade |
| An economic system in which businesses and production are largely or entirely privately owned and operated for profit is called what? | Capitalism |
| A theory that supports the elimination of private property and the equal distribution of goods under a one party dictatorship is called what? | Communisim |
| What result came from the Russian Revolution in Russia besides a Russian withdrawal from the war? | Communisim |
| What did the Russian Revolution start? | The Spread of communisim for the next 50+ years around the world. |
| Because of the Russian Revolution, the Soviet Union did what? | Stopped fighting in WWI |
| After the Russian Revolution, the country of Russia was transformed and called the new nation of: | Soviet Union |
| What were President Wilson's goals for peace called? | Fourteen Points |
| Post WWI peace talks took place in what city close to Paris? | Versailles |
| Which of the following were factors from the Treaty of Versailles that contributed to WWII? | Germany was forced to take full blame for the war, Germany had to pay big money to the allies, had to completely disarm, give up colonies and territories. |
| What was the U.S. response to the Treaty of Versalles? | They did not accept it. |
| When did Germany officially agree to Armistice ending WWI? | November 11 1918 |
| What new nations were formed as a result of the Treaty of Versailles? | Poland, Finland, Estonia, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Lithuainia, Latvia |
| Were all of Wilson's 14 points accepted in the Treaty of Versailles? | No. Some of them were accepted, but not all of them. |
