WWI Causes

Who did Germany ask to attack the US in the Zimmerman Telegram?

• Canada

• Japan

• Mexico

• Spain

What was the name of the ship the Germans sank that belonged to the British Navy, where 128 Americans died?

• The Titanic
• The Lusitania
• The Minow
• The Lysol

Germany & Austria-Hungary were part of the:

• Royal Powers

• Allies

• American Embassy

• Central Powers

True or False: For much of WWI, the United States did NOT want to participate in the fight.

• True

• False

What German weapon proved challenging for Allied forces for much of WWI?

• machine gun

• tanks

• u-boat (submarine)

• airplanes

Which event helped cause the United States to declare war on Germany?

• The sinking of the Titanic

• The sinking of the Lusitania

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• The Reynolds Pamphlet

What was the name of the president during WW I?

• Hitler 
•  Theodore Roosevelt 
• Woodrow Wilson 
• William Mckinley 

Who killed Franz Ferdinand ?

• Frank Sinatra

• Madonna

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Gavrilo Princips

We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal or alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona...

— Zimmerman telegram, 1917

The disclosure of this document contributed to...

• a declaration of war against Mexico

• the entry of the United States into World War I

• the passage of the Treaty of Versailles

• a restriction on immigration from Latin America

What was President Woodrow Wilson's stated policy toward the warring nations of Europe prior to United States entry into World War I?

• neutrality

• containment

• internationalism

• dollar diplomacy