Name: U.S. History I
Date: Mr. Melhorn
Period:
Chapter 20 World War I Review
1. Define which side the countries were on: France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, United States, Russia, Turkey/Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Belgium, Serbia
Allied Powers / Central PowersBulgaria
2. What caused Austria Hungary to declare war on Serbia?
3. What caused countries like Russia and Germany to join in this war?
4. What was World War I called during that time period?
5. Name the main (most powerful) three original countries that were part of the Allied Powers. - - -
6. What sorts of technology led to the massive devastation of human life at the beginning of World War I?
7. What real reasoning can be given to the United States declaring neutrality- what was in it for us?
8. What British passenger ship held 128 Americans and was sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915?
9. Name two German actions that caused the U.S. to enter into World War I.
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10. What year did Woodrow Wilson declare war and join the Great War?
11. What are 4 of the topics included in the propaganda posters?
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12. What did the Selective Service Act do?
13. What new invention helped cross trenches and break barbed wire?
14. Define the term armistice.
15. When did the guns stop firing in World War I?
16. The total death in World War I was an immense amount of around million.
17. What did Americans buy to help fund the war?
18. What did the Espionage Act outlaw?
19. Name three of the provisions that were part of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
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20. What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
21. How large was the sum of reparations that Germany had to pay the Allies because of World War I?
22. Who then came to power as the dictator in Germany?
23. Did the U.S. ever sign the Versailles Treaty or join the League of Nations?
24. Within the war, what roles did women take or what did they do in order to help them men overseas?