America Enters WWI

Archduke Ferdinand was shot by a group from --

• Germany

• Russia

• Serbia

• Britain

The invasion of what country caused Britain to join WWI?

• Luxembourg 
• France
• Spain
• Belgium

Who was president during WWI?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

Why did the U.S choose to ally with Great Britain and the Allied Powers? [choose all that apply]

• The British spoke English and shared a more common culture

• Germany brutally attacked Belgium, burning cities and murdering innocents

• All of these

• Previously established financial ties/support

Europe is divided into which two alliances?

• Triple Entente (Allied Powers) & Triple Alliance (Central Powers)

• Warsaw Pact & NATO

• Axis Powers & Allied Powers

• Roundheads & Caviliers

What was the goal of the Zimmerman Telegram?

• A German offer to Mexico to form an alliance against the US

• An offer to split up colonized land in Africa

• A letter declaring war between Germany and France

• The telegram that spread news that WWI has begun

Selective Service Act of 1917

• Process of obtaining volunteer women and children to perform non-threatening wartime functions.

• Forced military service, or conscription.

• Passed by Congress in 1917 to legitimately choose best candidates for promotion to officer corp.

• The fairest way possible to allocate scarce materials during military build up.

What caused the shift from neutrality to involvement in the war?

• The German Kaiser called President Wilson a Blockhead

• President Wilson fell in love with a British woman

• Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare and sank 4 unarmed ships

• Mexico became a German Ally and launched an assault on Texas

Fighting in long ditches during WWI-- new technology was more dangerous. Old style of fighting did not work any more.

• Trench Warfare

• Foxhole Fighting

• Isolationism

• Intervention

Occurred when unrestricted submarine warfare led to sinking of a passenger ship. Killed 128 Americans, the government claimed it was an attack.

• Trench Warfare

• Zimmerman Telegram

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Isolationism