U.S. Top. 5 World War I

His assassination sparked World War I

• Adolf Hitler

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Gavrilo Princip

• Prince Wilhelm II

This British liner was sunk by a German U-boat

• Titanic

• Lusitania

• Wilhelm Gustof

• U.S.S. Maine

These people opposed World War I because they perceive all wars as evil.

• Imperialists

• Nationalists

• Nazis

• Pacifists

What was the “spark” that started the war?

• German Empire invaded Russian territory.

• France attacked the German Empire.

• A Bosnian Serb assassinated the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

Fighting between fortified ditches

• Trench warfare.

• Germany’s defeat.

• Peace talks in early 1914.

What was Germany’s first provocation of the U.S?

• Sinking of a dozen U.S. merchant ships.

• Submarine bombardment of the U.S. east coast.

• Sinking of the H.M.S. Lusitania.

What did the Selective Service Act require?

• Men to volunteer for military service.

• Men to register with the government in order to volunteer for military service.

• Men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.

What did the U.S. devise for Britain to fight the German U-boat attacks on merchant ships?

• The Naval system.

• The Convoy system.

• The Conelrad system.

What were two of Wilson’s proposals for peace?

• The Treaty of Versailles & the United Nations.

• The Treaty of Versailles & the League of Nations.

• The Fourteen Points & the League of Nations.

Which country received blame for the war?

• Russia.

• Bulgaria.

• Germany.