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WorksheetsAmerican Expansion and World War I
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Bosnian rebel who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914
John J. Pershing
Gavrilo Princip
Kaiser Wilhelm
Vittorio Orlando
Nickname for the African-American troops of the 369th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in World War I
Devil Dogs
Harlem Hellfighters
Blue Angels
Trench Tigers
Final German offensive on the Western Front that began on March 21, 1918
Spring Offensive
Schlieffen Plan
Evacuation from Dunkirk
March to Paris
Pre-World War I alliance of the United Kingdom, France, and Russia
Triple Entente
Triple Alliance
Allies
Central Powers
Allied victory in September 1914 that halted the German advance into France only thirty miles from Paris
Battle of the Marne
Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Chateau-Thierry
Battle of Sedan
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that stated the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary in order to maintain political stability in the Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt Corollary
Open Door Policy
Platt Amendment
McKinley Doctrine
Federal agency created in July 1917 to coordinate the production of war materials with American manufacturers
National War Labor Board
Committee on Public Information
War Industries Board
Liberty Bond
Battle in September 1918 that included an attack by 600,000 U.S. troops and resulted in a decisive Allied victory over German forces
Battle of Ypres
Battle of the Somme
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Argonne Forest
U.S. senators who supported the League of Nations but would only vote to ratify the Treaty of Versailles if amendments to protect U.S. sovereignty were added
Irreconcilables
Isolationists
Reservationists
Mugwumps
Nickname for U.S. servicemen who fought in World War I
G.I. Joes
Doughboys
Good Old Boys
Charlies
Filipino rebel leader who joined forces with the United States against Spain before fighting against American rule in the Philippine-American War
Jose Marti
Emilio Aguinaldo
Manuel Quezon
Valeriano Weyler
Major effect of the National War Labor Board's efforts on behalf of American workers during World War I
Greater profits for U.S. corporations
Guaranteed health insurance for all workers
Increase in labor union membership of over one million
Guaranteed "time and a half" overtime pay for all workers
Series of events in Southeastern Europe over the question of self-determination that led directly to World War I
Balkan Crisis
Serbian-Austrian War
Yugoslav Spring
July Ultimatum
Main reason Russia mobilized its armed forces following Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia
Russia saw an opportunity to conquer Serbia
Russia had a long-standing rivalry with Austria-Hungary
Russia feared an invasion by Austria-Hungary
Russia was in an alliance with Serbia
Mass movement of nearly 500,000 African-Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest that began during World War I
Underground Railroad
Northward Shift
Great Migration
March for Freedom
Revolt in which an anti-Western group in China seized several foreign embassies in Beijing and killed over 200 foreigners before being crushed by a multinational force of Western powers
Chinese Revolution
Boxer Rebellion
Guerrilla War
Russo-Japanese War
Ceasefire agreement between Germany and the Allies signed at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918
Surrender
Armistice
Truce
Treaty of Versailles
Famous American war tune written by George M. Cohan for the Committee of Public Information
"Billy Yank"
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"
"Give 'Em Hell, Boys!"
"Over There"
Controversial 1918 law that established criminal penalties for any public opposition to the U.S. war effort
Sedition Act
Espionage Act
Underwood Tariff
Volstead Act
Policy of displaying American military and economic might to the world in order to ensure global peace
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Imperial Diplomacy
Open Door Diplomacy
Message from Germany to Mexico offering an alliance in the event that the United States declared war on Germany
German Ultimatum
Zimmermann Telegram
Sussex Pledge
Gentlemen's Agreement
NOT a reason most Americans supported the Allies before U.S. entry into World War I
Historically negative opinion of Austria-Hungary among most Americans
Shared language, culture, and political heritage with the United Kingdom
Strong ties between American businesses and those in Allied nations
Cutting of the transatlantic telegraph cable that resulted in only pro-British news reports reaching the U.S.
President Wilson's plan for peace presented at the Paris Peace Conference
Wilsonian Progressivism
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
New Diplomacy
Event that served as the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War
Appointment of General Valeriano Weyler
Ambassador de Lome's insulting letter
Jose Marti's death in battle against the Spanish
Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor
NOT a result of the Treaty of Versailles
Establishment of the League of Nations
$33 billion in war reparations charged to Germany
President Wilson elected Chairman of the League of Nations
Several national borders in Europe changed
Main reason Russia exited World War I early in November 1917
Military defeat by German forces
Takeover of the Russian government by communist Bolsheviks
Military and political rivalry with the United States
Loss of manpower due to the millions of Russian casualties of war
Federal agency created to spread pro-war propaganda with the intention of uniting all Americans behind the war effort
National Recovery Administration
United States Department of War
War Industries Board
Committee on Public Information
Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during World War I
Triple Alliance
Quadruple Alliance
Allies
Central Powers
Policy introduced by the United States that would grant all Western powers equal trade access to China
Open Door policy
Free China policy
Boxer policy
Sphere of influence
Main reason the United Kingdom declared war on Germany
The British steamer Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat
Germany invaded neutral Belgium, a British ally
Germany invaded Serbia, a British ally
Germany threatened to invade the island of Great Britain
American naval officer who significantly influenced U.S. imperial policy by arguing that a nation's economic and political power was dependent on the size of its navy
Matthew C. Perry
Ernest J. King
Alfred T. Mahan
Leonard Wood
Central goal of the Schlieffen Plan
For Germany to invade and defeat Russia quickly so it could concentrate its forces against France
For Germany to invade Serbia from the north
For Germany to invade and defeat France quickly so it could concentrate its forces against Russia
For Germany to swing all of its forces to the Western Front to decisively defeat U.S. forces
Original member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary that entered World War I as a member of the Allies in 1915
United Kingdom
United States
Bulgaria
Italy
World War I was the first war in which _______________ were allowed to serve in the United States military, albeit in noncombat roles only.
African-Americans
Immigrants
Non-citizens
Women
Sensationalized reporting that heavily exaggerated many Spanish atrocities against the Cuban people to American readers during the leadup to the Spanish-American War
Muckraking
Blue journalism
Libel
Yellow journalism
Imperialist policy that focused on economic intervention in smaller, less powerful nations by American corporations instead of direct intervention by the U.S. government or military
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Capitalism
Corporatism
