World War 1

The Triple Entente included

• Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

• Russia, England, and France

• Britain, France, and the US

The Central Powers Alliance included

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia

• Britain, France, and Russia

• Britain, France, US

Germany agreed to this in order to keep the United States from entering the War.

• Peace Treaty

• An Armistice

• Zimmerman Note

• Sussex Pledge

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.

• Lusitania
• Maine
• Wilson
• America

Which statements best explain how the sinking of the Lusitania, affected relations between the United States and Germany? (Select the two correct answers)

• The United States established naval blockades along the German coast.

• The American people became hostile toward Germany and began to support U.S. involvement in the war.

• Woodrow Wilson began to change his position from isolationism to the possibility of war

• President Wilson viewed the act as an attack on the United States and immediately declared war on Germany.

• The German government paid reparations to the United States and Great Britain.

Which incident was considered the primary catalyst that began WWI?

• The sinking of a British passenger ship by the German navy.

• The Russian Revolution and formation of the U.S.S.R.

• The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

• The interception of a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico

What were the primary messages relayed in the Zimmerman Telegram during WWI? (select the correct two answers)

• German U-Boats would continue unrestricted warfare

• Kaiser Wilhelm II proposed a plan for the invasion of England

• The German official proposed an alliance with Mexico against the United States

• The Germans planned to sink the Lusitania.

• Britain asked Germany to help provoke the U.S. into entering WWI.

This is the policy of glorifying national power by keeping an army prepared for war during peace time.

• Nationalism

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Patriotism

President Woodrow Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy” can be defined by

• rejecting the ideologies of aggressive foreign policies of his predecessors

• intervening to help nations through peaceful negotiations and doing what is right for democracy

• encouraging justice and democracy in only the Western Hemisphere.

• using aggressive American military force in Latin American countries

Why did the U.S. want to remain neutral during WWI?

• Congress favored the opportunity for American expansion.

• The Wilson administration was sympathetic to the German cause.

• Mexico joined the war on the side of the Germans and Austrians.

• The US had particularly good trade relations with most of the countries fighting.