1. Becoming a World Power Review for Quiz #2 Notes 5-10

2. What is militarism? A belief that using military force was a good way to solve problems Click One Time for Answer

3. Who was General Pershing? Commander of the AEP in Europe Click One Time for Answer

4. What are Alliances? Partnerships with certain countries Click One Time for Answer

5. Which President asked Congress to declare war on Germany? Woodrow Wilson Click One Time for Answer

6. What is imperialism? Building a country’s empire by taking over land and/or controlling land Click One Time for Answer

7. What is an arms race? Nations trying to develop weapons more powerful than their neighbors Click One Time for Answer

8. What were U-boats German submarines Click One Time for Answer

9. What was the Great War? Another name for World War One Click One Time for Answer

10. What happened to Archduke Ferdinand? He was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist, creating the spark that began WW1 Click One Time for Answer

11. What does it mean to be neutral? Not to take sides Click One Time for Answer

12. What was the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) and what was their nickname? American forces who were sent to Europe and nicknamed the Doughboys Click One Time for Answer

13. What is nationalism? Extreme pride and loyalty to a nation Click One Time for Answer

14. What is no-man’s land? An area between two fighting sides, filled with barbed wire and land mines. Click One Time for Answer

15. What was the Lusitania? A ship torpedoed by German U-boats that had American soldiers on it who were killed Click One Time for Answer

16. During WWI, which countries were considered the Allies? Britain France Russia Italy Eventually the United States Click Five Times for Answers

17. During WWI, which countries were called the Central Powers? Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Click Four Times for Answers

18. What were the MAIN causes of WWI? Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Click Four Times for Answers

19. What was the Zimmerman note and how did it affect the United States? It was a telegram from Germany to Mexico saying that if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would help Mexico get back land from the United States It was one of the reasons the US got involved in WW1- it could have brought the war “closer to home” instead of a whole ocean away Click Two Times for Answers

20. Did the United States join the war immediately when it began, why or why not? No they wanted to remain neutral, but were eventually dragged into the war. Click One Time for Answer

21. Soldiers from this Native American tribe transmitted messages for the Allied Powers in their native language Choctaw Indians Click One Time for Answer

22. What was the name of the treaty that ended WW1 called? Treaty of Versailles (pronounced “ver-sigh”) Click One Time for Answer

23. What was the name of Wilson’s plan for peace after the war? 14 Points Click One Time for Answer

24. What were the names of the two main alliances or “teams” during WW1? Which one “won”? Allied Powers vs Central Powers Allied Powers won Click One Time for Answer

25. What is the name of the organization created after WW1 to look for peaceful ways to solve world problems ? Did the USA join this organization? Why or why not? The League of Nations The US did not join it- we didn’t want to be involved in other nations’ problems (isolationism) Click One Time for Answer

26. What did the Selective Service Act help provide? It created a draft as a way to get men to join the military’s armed forces and fight in the war Click One Time for Answer

27. When the men went off to war, who took over their jobs in the factories back in the US? Women Click One Time for Answer

28. In what kind of creations was most of the war fought? Describe them. Trenches 6.5 feet deep Cold, damp, dark Full of dead corpses, human wastes- attracted flies and other critters Click One Time for Answer

29. This type of warfare burned people’s skin/flesh, rotted the throat and lungs, and caused blindness Poisonous gas Click One Time for Answer

30. Why were days like “meatless Mondays” and “wheatless Wednesdays” created in the US during the war time? We wanted to conserve food so it could be sent overseas for the soldiers Click One Time for Answer

31. When the US entered the war, what effect did they have on the war? The Allied Powers quickly gained a military advantage Click One Time for Answer

32. Why did President Wilson redraw borders of some European countries after WW1? He wanted the borders to reflect the nations of people with the same culture, language, religion, etc. Click One Time for Answer

33. Where were most soldiers from the US sent during WW1? The western front Click One Time for Answer

34. Why did the US newspapers give so much attention to the sinking of the Lusitania? It was a ship that carried American passengers who were killed when Germany torpedoed it Newspapers and yellow journalism reported it Click One Time for Answer

35. How did the US react at the war’s outbreak (when war first started) in Europe? We wanted to remain neutral (not take sides) Click One Time for Answer

36. M-A-I-N: Which of these describes this statement: Nations wanted to control land outside of their borders to gain power and trade routes. I- imperialism Click One Time for Answer

37. M-A-I-N: Which of these describes this statement: European nations tried to add to their militaries and create weapons better than those of their neighboring countries. M- militarism Click One Time for Answer

38. M-A-I-N: Which of these describes this statement: The US gained Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Cuba, as well as many other islands in the Pacific. I- imperialism Click One Time for Answer

39. M-A-I-N: Which of this describes this statement: Germany used torpedoes to blow up any ship they viewed as a threat in the North Atlantic. M-militarism Click One Time for Answer

40. M-A-I-N: Which of this describes this statement: Countries decided to join together and help each other in the event they were attacked by another country. A- alliances Click One Time for Answer

41. M-A-I-N: Which of this describes this statement: Ethnic groups within a country wish to establish their own political identity and independence by freeing themselves from that country’s influence. N- nationalism Click One Time for Answer

42. Name four countries that formed the Central Powers. Austria-Hungary Germany Bulgaria Ottoman Empire (today’s Turkey) Click One Time for Answer

43. Name the five main countries that made up the Allied Powers. England (or Great Britain) France Italy Russia Eventually the USA Click One Time for Answer

44. Name 3 NEW weapons used in WW1 Poisonous gas Tanks Machine guns Airplanes – for dropping bombs (although not very accurate) Click One Time for Answer

45. Name at least 2 reasons that led the US to join the Great War:. Loyalties to our friends, the British Yellow journalism reports and propaganda on the war Sinking of merchant ships like the Lusitania Interception of the Zimmerman Note/telegraph Click One Time for Answer

46. When did the war end? Be specific!. On the 11 th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 th month…..so on November 11, 1918, at 11am. Click One Time for Answer