WWI 1914-1918 (B)

What event angered Austria-Hungary and led to WWI?

• Russia sent an assassin to kill King Josef

• the Ottoman Empire refused them independence

• Germany assassinated Winston Churchill

• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

What was the British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers, 128 being American citizens?

• USS Maine

• Titanic

• Lusitania

• Envoy

In the Zimmerman Telegram what was Germany willing to offer Mexico for their help in WWI?

• Immunity from German military occupation

• German francs

• the return of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas

• Access to European exports without paying tariffs

The idea that "my country is better than your country"

• Militarism
• Alliance System
• Nationalism
• Imperialism

This cause of WWI has to do with countries joining each other in hopes of not having to go to war.

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

He was the U.S. president during WWI.

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

President Wilson's fourteen points

• initiated U.S. involvement in World War I

• was a plan that was designed to ensure future peace for all nations

• ended World War I

• called for Germany to accept blame for the war

Why did US senators such as Henry Cabot Lodge, not support the Treaty of Versailles?

• They felt the Treaty of Versailles would only lead to the US involvement in foreign wars.

• The US felt Russia should have consequences for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Great Britain did not want to divide up the German Empire and its colonies equally

• Germany wanted to remain with all of its overseas colonies

Which of the following acts was passed by President Wilson in 1917 in order to draft Americans into WWI ?

• The Selective Service Act (draft)

• Treaty of Versailles

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Fourteen Points

What was the most important of all of WIlson's 14 Points?

• To impose punitive measures on Germany

• the creation of a League of Nations

• To win land for the US

• To implement a comprehensive reparations plan