WW1, Great Depression and WW2

Which of the following contributed to tensions in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century?

• socialism

• militarism

• capitalism

• colonialism

Which European nation formed an alliance with France in 1893 in which each nation promised to protect the other if it was attacked?

• Russia

• Austria-Hungary

• Germany

• Bosnia

U-boats were German

• submarines used against Allied supply ships and non-military ships from neutral nations.

• supply ships with armored hulls to protect them from underwater mines.

• submarines used to find and dismantle mines planted by the British in the North Sea.

• supply ships that blocked Allied ports as well as ports in neutral nations.

In the 1800s nationalism

• brought instability to Germany.

• inspired people who shared a language or culture to unite politically.

• prevented the First World War.

• allowed foreign leaders to directly influence American opinion.

The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand affected Europe

• keeping people from enlisting in the army.

• causing an economic crisis.

• leading Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.

• breaking the alliance between Russia and France.

A stalemate is a situation in which

• two countries must break their alliances.

• no side can win a decisive victory.

• a victor is declared.

• no side is able to launch an attack.

In the early 1900s, France, Russia, and Britain were known as the

• Central Powers.

• Southern Powers.

• Allied Powers.

• Northern Powers.

In World War I the new strategy of trench warfare was an effective way to

• exchange secret messages.

• camouflage the soldiers in the wilderness.

• isolate soldiers suffering from contagious diseases.

• defend a position by fighting from within deep ditches.

The spreading of ideas to boost someone’s opinion is what?

• Propaganda

• Liberty Bonds

• League of Nations

• Armistice

What finally brought the United States into World War I, ending its policy of neutrality?

• U.S. investment in Allied nations, which amounted to $2 billion, and which would be lost if the Central Powers won the war

• the German attack on the British passenger liner Lusitania, in which 128 Americans were killed

• the German attack on the French passenger ship Sussex, in which four Americans were killed

• discovery of the Zimmermann Note, in which Germany promised to give Mexico parts of the United States if Mexico allied itself with Germany