World War I

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

• A telegram sent by Germany to Mexico promising to fight to regain territory taken by U.S. (Texas, California, Etc.)

• A telegram between the British and French that called for an invasion of Germany

• A telegram congratulating Archduke Franz Ferdinand for bringing peace to Australia

What British ship was sunk by German U-boats that caused America to get involved in WWI?

• Lusitania

• Elodie

• Leonie

• Luciania

What event caused WWI to happen?

• A Serbian killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

• Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

• The sinking of the Lusitania

Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?

• Dennis H Mahan

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Alfred T Mahan

• John J Pershing

What is this vehicle, used for overcoming trench warfare?

Who was the U.S. Senator who led the fight against joining the League of Nations

• Woodrow Wilson

• John J Pershing

• Henry Cabot Lodge

Which of the following is part of Wilson's 14 Points after WWI (Peace treaty proposed by Woodrow Wilson)?

• League of Nations was created as a group of countries pledging to defend each other against aggression

• Freedom of the seas

• Break up of Austria-Hungary

• No secret treaties, open diplomacy

• Create new nation-states - including Poland

Henry Cabot Lodge spearheaded the resistance for the U.S. to join the League of Nations because

• The U.S. wanted to encourage more immigration

• The U.S. wanted to conquer the world

• the U.S. feared "entangling alliances"

Alvin York won his Congressional Medal of Honor at this battle, which ended WWI with Germany's defeat

• Verdun

• Argonne Forest

• Gallipoli

• Megiddo

Who was the President during WWI, and advocated for the U.S. to join the League of Nations?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Warren G. Harding

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Howard Taft