World War I

These factors were causes for World War I EXCEPT:

• Nationalism

• Military strength

• Racial and ethnic discrimination

• Imperialism

The formation of alliances was also a cause for World War I. Which countries made up the Triple Entente?

• France, Great Britain, and Russia

• United States, France, and Italy

• Italy, Germany, and Belgium

Eventually, the Central Powers were formed by:

• United States, Germany, and France

• Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands

• Germany, Russia, and Italy

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

Both sides had an interest in which peninsula before World War I?

• The Balkan Peninsula

• The Crimean Peninsula

• The Malayan Peninsula

• The Horn of Africa

Fighting began in 1914 following the assassination of which Austrian Archduke?

• Franz Ferdinand

• Weimar

• Friedrich

• Wilhelm

World War I featured what type of infantry battles?

• Urban Warfare

• Guerilla Warfare

• Tunnels

• Trench Warfare

Which TWO military innovations were used for the first time in war during World War I?

• Planes/aerial warfare

• Submarines

• Nuclear bombs

• Tanks

What were reasons for why the United States did not initially enter World War I? (pick 2)

• It was a war being fought far away.

• There were not enough adult men to send to war.

• Immigrants to the US came from countries of both sides of the war, and the government did not want to appear to pick favorites.

• Germany and the US had a secret agreement.

What TWO events pushed the United States into joining World War I?

• An assassination attempt on President Wilson by German immigrants.

• Germany sinking the cruise liner Lusitania, killing over 120 Americans.

• The Zimmerman Note, which tried to get Mexico into a secret agreement to invade the US.

• German submarines (u-boats) invading New York City.

What major change happened in the labor workforce after America entered World War I?

• German immigrants were banned from working in America.

• More women took on factory jobs.

• Children became the majority of factory workers.

• The flu pandemic of 1918 killed half of America's factory workers.