| A | B |
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| Where and when World War I started | 1914 in Europe |
| Allied Nations during World War I | Great Britain France Russia and U.S. |
| Central Powers during World War I | Germany and Austria-Hungary |
| When the U.S. entered World War I | April 6 1917 |
| Number of Texans killed in World War I | More than 5,000 |
| Do Your Bit | Texans bought war bonds gave to the Red Cross Conserved food |
| Why foreign relations between the U.S. and Mexico improved during World War I | Mexico needed food and money and the U.S. needed oil and minerals |
| Reasons life in Texas became easier in the 1920s | electricity refrigerators automobiles radios and movies |
| Four monarchies overthrown by World War I | Russia Austria Germany and Turkey |
| Cause/Triggering event that started World War I | Assination of the heir to the Austria throne by Serbian nations |
| Why the U.S. entered World War I | Zimmerman note; sinking of civilian ships; to guarantee repayment of loans to France and England (Great Britain);to be able to dictate the peace |
| Effect World War I had on the U.S. | U.S. became a guarantor of the peace and Europe no longer dominated the world |
| World War II | the largest war in history |
| Number of people killed in World War II | 50 million |
| Number of people killed in World War I | 9 million |
| Number of Texans killed in World War II | More than 5000 |
| Number of people killed in the Holocaust | 12 million |
| Allies in World War II | England (Great Britain) France Russia and the United States |
| Axis Nations in World War II | Japan Germany and Italy |
| Triggering Event causing the U.S. to enter World War II | The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese |
| Who the Allies fought in the European Theater of Operations | Germany and Italy |
| Who the Allies fought in the Pacific Theater of Operations | Japan |
| Causes of World War II | Treaty ending World War I too harsh against Germany; a world depression caused people to distrust current political leaders and to select new leaders; U.S. placed an oil embargo against Japan |
| What Russia was given control of after World War II | Eastern Europe which became Communist |
| The War that started at the end of World War II | Cold War-tension between Communist countries and the free countries |
