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WorksheetsWorld War I
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This means to have pride in your country
militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military.
militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
This meant a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
This term referred to stronger nations taking over weaker nations to make themselves even stronger.
militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
This luxary liner was sunk by Germany in 1915, nearly bringing the U.S. into World War I:
Carpathia
Andrea Dora
Lusitania
Titanic
The Pledge in which Germany promised to notify ships before sinking them.
Sussex
Plymouth
Berlin
Oslo
The new weapon of the German navy:
Aircraft Carrier
Radar
U-Boat
Destroyer
The idea that all ships had a right to travel freely even into a war zone.
Law of the Sea
Freedom of passage
Balflour Declaration
Right of conquest
Nickname of American soldiers in World War I:
G.I.
Doughboys
Renegades
Cowboys
This law gave the President the right to deport enemies of the U.S. or immigrants:
Sedition Act
Espionage Act
Patriot Act
Liberty Act
This law made it a crime to speak out against the government or the war effort:
Sedition Act
Espionage Act
Patriot Act
Liberty Act
The victorious leaders of World War I were known as the:
Magnificent Seven
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Big Four
Big Seven
This was a disease caused by water and cold in the trenches that was suffered by both sides in World War I:
Influenza
Trench foot
Shell Shock
Rabies
This pandemic started in the U.S. and killed 1/3 of the world's population from 1917-1920.
Influenza
Trench foot
Shell Shock
Rabies
Today it is known as PTSD, but many soldiers suffered permenantly from this:
Influenza
Trench foot
Shell Shock
Rabies
This weapon was the most feared. It could kill or permanently disable you if exposed to it:
Machine Gun
Poison Gas
Tank
Airplane
This weapon allowed for armies to cross muddy trenches quickly:
Machine Gun
Poison Gas
Tank
Airplane
This was used first to scout enemy position and later became a weapon to attack or bombard enemy positions.:
Machine Gun
Poison Gas
Tank
Airplane
Woodrow Wilson's plan to end World War I:
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Nantes
Treaty of Paris
The plan that concluded World War I:
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Nantes
Treaty of Paris
The Assassination of this Austro-Hungarian Monarch and his wife was the event that led to World War I:
Ferdinand
Gavarillo
Dornitz
Raphael
This side consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Triparite Pact
This side consisted of Great Britain, France and Russia:
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Triparite Pact
The United States joined the war in 1917 on this side:
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Triparite Pact
Mexico was offered to join the war in 1917 on this side:
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Triparite Pact
Germany's announced a new policy in January, 1917 which meant it was abandoing the Sussex Pledge.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note
Russian Revolution
Red Scare
Germany tried to recruit Mexico to join their side by promising them U.S. land to encourage them:
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note
Russian Revolution
Red Scare
The Bolsheviks took over following this event in March of 1917:
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note
Russian Revolution
Red Scare
Troop ships went to Europe using this tactic to avoid U-boats:
Convoy
Airlift
Ferry
Reparations
The Supreme Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe
George Creel
Woodrow Wilson
John Pershing
George Patton
The American Expeditionary Force established this practice that is still used by the American Military. They would work, fight and take orders from only:
French Officers
American Officers
British Officers
Italian Officers
This branch of the military became known for their heroics at Belleau Wood:
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
The word Tuefel Hunden in German translates to this term which is the nickname of the U.S. Marines to this day:
Time honored
Devil Dogs
Terrible Hounds
Dragon Slayers
Before the war he was a newspaperman. He was hired to head the Committee on Public Information which sold the war to the U.S. public:
Bernard Baruch
George Creel
John Pershing
Thomas Dewey
The Selective Service Act was used to build up the size of the military by making all men age 18-50 register for the:
Convoy
Combine
Draft
Influence
Created to help finance the war in the U.S.:
Draft
Income Tax
Liberty Bonds
Debt collection
When the war started in 1914, the U.S. declared it's allegience to this side:
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Neutral
This was cut which now allowed Great Britain to filter all news from Europe with their own bias or fake news:
Transatlantic Cable
Cell
Morse code
Wirless communications
During World War I, the teaching of this language was banned in schools:
German
English
Irish
Russian
This term means groups of people who take the law into their own hands and enforce it with brutal tactics
Vigilante
Reparations
Convoy
Home rule
When the war began in 1914, Germany planned to defeat France by end running their armies. This plan was known as the ______________ Plan:
Hindenberg
Kaiser
Von Moltke
Schliefen
This holiday celebrates the end of World War I:
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Memorial Day
Patriots Day
Later a President. He was put in charge of food relief for people in Belgium trapped in the battlefront:
Bernard Baruch
George Creel
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This body must approve all treaties and appointments made by a President:
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Cabinet
The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Versailles.
True
False
In the Presidential election of 1916, his slogan was "He Kept Us Out of War."
Charles Evans Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene V. Debs
Woodrow Wilson
The leader of the Socialist party. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking out against the war effort in 1918.
Charles Evans Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene V. Debs
Woodrow Wilson
This act led to rationing of food and fuel so it could be used for the military in the war effort.
Lever
Creel
War Industries
Carnegie
Passed as a war measure. We still use it today:
Rationing
Price Controls
Daylight Savings
Liberty Bonds
This nation today is the only nation that is debt free from World War I:
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
This agency worked with factories and workers to produce goods and pay workers well so they would do good work:
Lever Food and Fuel
Committee on Public Information
National War Labor Board
100% American
This agency worked to sell the U.S. public to support the war and provided money for people to make posters and music supporting the war:
Lever Food and Fuel
Committee on Public Information
National War Labor Board
100% American
This agency violated peoples rights and encouraged vigilantes to take actions against people who were suspected of being disloyal:
Lever Food and Fuel
Committee on Public Information
National War Labor Board
100% American
Most Americans symapathized with this side:
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
France
Woodrow Wilson dreamed of creating this organization to try to get nations to work together and settle problems peacefully:
League of Nations
House of Windsor
National War Labor Board
Progressive League
The U.S. Senate objected to being involved in this organization:
League of Nations
House of Windsor
National War Labor Board
Progressive League
This political party was against World War I and wanted economic and political reforms.
Democrats
Socialists
Progressives
Republicans
He was the President of the United States during World War I:
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
This political movement took over the Republican party. They wanted to stay out of foreign affairs and avoid military conflicts:
Reservationists
Wilsonians
Irreconcilables
Isolationists
They were Republican senators who wanted Woodrow Wilson to allow changes to his treaty, but Wilson refused.:
Reservationists
Wilsonians
Irreconcilables
Isolationists
The British naval tactic that caused mass starvation in Germany
Convoy
Blockade
Transatlantic Cable
Boycott
Revolution occured in this nation:
Germany
Russia
France
United States
After World War I, vigilantes did this to African-Americans:
Lynched them.
Granted African-Americans more rights.
Boycotted their businesses.
Fired them.
All of these were against U.S. entry into World War I EXCEPT:
Progressives
Socialists
Industrialists
Women
The leader of the Bolsheviks in Russia
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Alexander Kerensky
Nicolai Romanov
This term is defined as no advantage or gains made by any side.
Mobilization
Stalemate
Preparedness
Bombardment
In the Ottoman Empire there was a genocide committed against:
Jews
Armenians
Turks
Russians
The Great Migration was the movement of:
Women
Hispanics
African-Americans
White Americans
Another word for spoils would be:
prizes
punishment
removal
purchase
The Treaty of Versailles failed because Woodrow Wilson refused to:
compromise
sign
agree
finish
During World War I, they had the #1 navy in the world.
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
United States.
AFTER World War I, this nation had the #1 navy in the world:
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
United States
Which was NOT a new nation created by the Treaty of Versailles?
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
The head of the War Industries Board in the United States:
Bernard Baruch
George Creel
Eddie Rickenbacker
Herbert Hoover
He was the first air ace in the United States:
Bernard Baruch
George Creel
Eddie Rickenbacker
Herbert Hoover
He was the famous German air ace:
Bernard Baruch
George Creel
Eddie Rickenbacker
Red Baron
This group wanted to train Americans for war in case, the country had to enter World War I:
Preparedness
Pacifist
Interventionists
Reservationists.
This group wanted Americans to stay out of World War I:
Preparedness
Pacifist
Interventionists
Reservationists.
After World War I, the U.S. had a high:
Surplus
Debt
Casualty rate
Which of the following was NOT done during the Influenza epidemic?
Wearing masks
Closing theatres
Gargling soda water
Social Distancing
