WWI Review

Match the word or phrase with the explanation.

• Main form of fighting in WWI

• Zimmerman Note

• France, Great Britain, Russia

• trench warfare

• Germany note to Mexico to suggest ally

• Triple Entente

• A provision in the Treaty of Versailles placing blame on Germany

• war-guilt clause

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

• Triple Alliance

Match the following

• General John J. Pershing

• peace plan by President Wilson that called for the League of Nations

• Selective Service Act

• Agreement to stop fighting

• 14 Points

• When the United States entered the war, it lacked a powerful army. This solved that problem. It allowed the US to draft the troops needed to fight the war.

• Convoy System

• This American idea defeated the German U-boat campaign.

• armistice

• He commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

The purpose of the War industries Board was to

• build public support for the war

• increase the production of war supplies.

• encourage enlistment in the armed services

• solve problems between management and labor.

The U.S. Senate’s opposition to U.S. membership in the League of Nations centered on the belief that it would

• lead to international instability

• be a drain on American finances.

• drag the country into European conflicts

What country did Austria-Hungary blame for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

• Serbia

• Russia

• Great Britain

• France

Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts passed in 1917 and 1918, it was illegal to

• refuse to buy war bonds

• play music by German composers

• employ German Americans

• criticize U.S. involvement in the war

What were the four main causes of WWI?

• Marshall Law, Alliance, Immigration, Nationalism

• Militarism, Attitude, Imperialism, Nerds

• There were no main causes of the war, people just started fighting.

• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Why was the United States important to the war effort?

• They brought fresh troops

• They brought supplies and weapons to Europe

• They boosted morale.

• all of the above

Which countries made up the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference?

• the US. Britain, France, Germany

• The US, Britain, Germany Japan

• the US, Britain, France, Russia

• The US, Britain, France, Italy

What was the US President during WWI?

• F. Roosevelt

• T. Roosevelt

• W. Wilson

• G. Washington