Gallopade-Chapter 7 (World War I)

Why were Americans upset when the RMS Lusitania was sunk?

• It was sunk after Germany signed a pledge promising not to sink American ships.

• It was a British ship that was sunk in American waters.

• It was a passenger-ship with Americans on board.

• It was the first American ship to be sunk in World War I.

What did the Zimmerman Telegram promise?

• That Germany would give part of Mexico to the United States if the United States helped Germany win the war.

• That the United States would give part of Mexico to German if Germany helped the United States win the war.

• That Germany would give part of the United States to Mexico if Mexico helped Germany win the war.

• That the United States would give part of the United States to Mexico if Mexico helped the United States win the war.

What is the MOST accurate title for this list:

German submarine warfare

United States ties to Great Britain

The Zimmerman Telegram

• Reasons for the United States isolationism

• Reasons for the Treaty of Versailles

• Reasons for the Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

• Reasons the United States Entered World War I

The United States joined World War I after the ___________.

• Zimmerman Telegram was sent.

• Sussex Pledge was signed.

• Treat of Versailles was broken.

• Germans bombed the U.S.

The United States was part of the ____________.

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

What was the impact of the United States' involvement in World War I?

• The two sides signed a treaty immediately but kept fighting for another year.

• The two sides stopped fighting five years later.

• The two sides stopped fighting one and a half years later.

• The two sides signed a treaty before the United States could join the fight.

What price did the United States pay for its involvement in World War I?

• The United States lost many men and spent a lot of money.

• The United States lost the war and had to give up many of its territories.

• The United States lost the war and was no longer allowed to make or export weapons.

• The United States lost many men and some of its territory to Mexico.

Both Germany and Austria-Hungary ______________ territory after World War I.

• lost

• gained

In the Treat of Versailles, world leaders made ______________ accept responsibility for the war and pay countries hurt by the war.

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary

• the United States

The Treat of Versailles also called for ______________ to solve conflicts peacefully.

• fourteen points

• a League of Nations