U.S. WWI

Why were Americans upset when the RMS

Lusitania was sunk?

• 128 Americans lost their lives in the attack

• It was sunk after Germany signed a pledge

  promising not to sink American ships.

• The Lusitania was an American ship that cost a lot of money

• The ship was full of food for American soldiers

What did the Zimmerman Telegram promise?

• To give Mexico U-Boats and submarines if they helped Germany

• That Germany would surrender to the United States

• That Germany would give some U.S. territory to Mexico if they helped Germany win the war

• That Germany would give parts of Mexico to the United States after the war

Which of the following is NOT a reason the United States entered WWI?

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• United States ties to Great Britain

• The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

• German submarine warfare

Which of the following countries was part of the Allied Powers?

• France

• Ottoman Empire

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary

Which of the following countries was part of the Central Powers?

• France

• Great Britain

• United States

• Germany

The United States joined the war after...

• The Zimmerman Telegram was sent

• The Treaty of Versailles was signed

• Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia

• Germans bombed the United States

What was the impact of the United States' involvement in WWI?

• The Central Powers surrendered immediately

• The Allied Powers surrendered a year later

• The two sides stopped fighting a year and a half later

• The Treaty of Versailles was signed five years later

What price did the United States pay for its involvement in WWI?

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

• The United States lost territory to Mexico

• The United States could no longer send supplies to Great Britain

• The United States was forced to join the League of Nations

Both Germany and Austria-Hungary _____ territory after WWI.

• gained

• lost

In the Treaty of Versailles, world leaders made

_________ accept responsibility for the war and pay

countries hurt by the war.

• The United States

• France

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary