World War I

Who was the U.S. President during WWI? (U.S. Enters WWI)

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the United State's position at the beginning of WWI? (U.S. Enters WWI)

• Neutral

• Part of the Allied Powers

• Part of the Central Powers

• Part of the Axis Powers

The United States was forced to change its position of neutrality during WWI because of Germany's policy of ​ (a)   (U.S. Enters WWI)

• unrestricted submarine warfare
• aggressive land invasions
• diplomatic negotiations
• economic sanctions

Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare involved using ​ (a)   to sink any ships in the "war zone" without warning. (U.S. Enters WWI)

• U-Boats
• Battleships
• Aircraft carriers
• Destroyers

What was a "U-Boat?" (U.S. Enters WWI)

• A German submarine

• An American airplane

• A British aircraft carrier

• A French battleship

When a German U-Boat sank a cruise ship called the ​ (a)   and killed over 100 Americans onboard, the United States became very angry with Germany. (U.S. Enters WWI)

• Lusitania
• Titanic
• Queen Mary
• Andrea Doria

What other country did Germany send the Zimmerman telegram to?

• Mexico

• Britain

• France

• Spain

The Zimmerman Telegram was a message sent from Germany proposing that ​ (a)   attack the United States in return for the ​ (b)   that the Americans took from Mexico in the Mexican-American War. (U.S. Enters WWI)

• Mexico
• land
• France
• money

The Zimmerman Telegram caused the United States to... (U.S. Enters WWI)

• Enter WWI

• Stay neutral in WWI

• Stop fighting in WWI

Match each vocabulary term wit the correct definition (Mobilization for WWI)

• saving resources for soldiers to use

• Mobilize

• Encouraged Americans to support WWI

• Conserve

• To prepare to fight a war

• Draft

• To force citizens to fight in a war

• War Bonds

• Sold by the U.S. to raise $ for WWI

• Propaganda