Summer 2024 US WW I

Causes of World War I

• Militarism, Alliances,

  Imperialism, Nationalism

• Militarism, Abolitionism, Imperialism, and Nationalism

• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Neutrality

• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism

New military technologies, an arms race between countries, and the glorification of war are all part of--  

• diplomacy
• nationalism
• militarism
• pacifism

An “alliance” is a(n) - ?  

• disagreement between two parties
• solo endeavor
• competition between multiple parties
• partnership or agreement between two or more parties for mutual benefit

What were the two alliances formed in Europe PRIOR to World War I?

• Axis Powers and Allied Powers
• Central Powers and Allied Powers
• Allied Powers and Axis Powers
• Triple Entente and Triple Alliance

What were the two alliances that PARTICIPATED in World War I?  

• Axis and Entente
• Allies and Central Powers

• Allies and Axis
• Allies and Triple Entente

The events that were the IMMEDIATE cause of World War I were--

• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, Austria declares war on Serbia, all of the allies join in

• Czar Nicholas is assassinated, Russia declares war on France, all of the allies join in.

• c. Woodrow Wilson is assassinated, America declares war on Germany, Russia joins in

• Signing the Treaty of Versailles

this is an excerpt from?

• German naval orders during the Battle of Marne

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• President Wilson's plan for neutrality

• The last communication from the U-boat that sank the Lusitania

The poster is an example of

• Advertising

• Neutrality

• Nativism

• Propaganda

New weapons developed during WW I 

• led to the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima

• there were very few new weapons developed during WWI

• led to massive casualties and a long brutal conflict

• brought a speedy end to the war due to the technological advances

Mortars were effective weapons 

• because they were poison gas used to incapacitate soldiers

• because they could be used underwater to destroy vessels

• because they could be strapped to airplanes

• because they were oversized bullets with huge explosions that were fired into enemy trenches