World War I Review

Match the following

• Battle of Verdun

• French vs. Germans. Longest battle of WWI

• Battle of Belleau Wood

• A formal agreement that ended the WWI

• Treaty of Brest Litovsk

• First battle that the US fought in during WWI.

• Battle of the Somme

• A formal agreement that ended the war between Germany and Russia

• Treaty of Versailles

• British vs. Germans. One of the bloodiest battles in history.

Who led a Communist revolution in Russia in 1917.

• Czar Nicholas II

• Joseph Stalin

• Leon Trotsky

• Vladimir Lenin

WWI started when _______ _______ killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

(a)  

This person was a Socialist and an anti-war activist who was arrested under the Sedition Act. He was also a Presidential Candidate.

• Vittorio Orlando

• Woodrow Wilson

• Eugene V. Debs

• Henry Cabot Lodge

While the US claimed neutrality for much of WWI, the interception of the ​ (a)   and the ​ (b)   ultimately convinced the US government to enter World WWI.

• Zimmerman Telegram
• Russian Revolution
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Red Scare

What led more than 20 countries to join World War I after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia?

• Nationalism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Militarism

Which Act required young men to register for a military draft?

• The Selective Service Act

• The Sedition Act

• The Espionage Act

• The Military Draft Act

Match the following

• Red Scare

• A widespread fear of Communism in the USA

• Suffragists

• Led the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

• Henry Cabot Lodge

• Laws that made it illegal to express antiwar viewpoints

• The Espionage and Sedition Acts

• Supported the war effort with the goal of winning the right to vote.

• Vladimir Lenin

• Opposed the Treaty of Versailles because they disliked the USA's possible membership in the League of Nations

In his Fourteen points, President Woodrow Wilson was known for proposing the idea of the ______ __ _______, an international peacekeeping organization, to the American people.

(a)  

While developing the Treaty of Versailles, the three top European Allies wanted to ​ (a)   while Woodrow Wilson wanted (b)  

• punish Germany
• peace without victory
• Another war
• America to become a superpower