1 Multiple-Choice
The Treaty of Versailles overlooked the importance of:
A. identifying the guilty party in a war.
B. treating all nations justly, including the losers of a war.
C. including powerful nations like the United States in international peacekeeping
D. organizations.
E. crippling any nations that might prove dangerous in the future.
Gains made by American women during World War I include
A. acceptance as full-fledged members of the U.S. Army.
B. the beginnings of a movement for women's suffrage.
C. equal pay for equal work in many war industries.
D. increased support for women's right to vote.
Because militarism had been a major cause of the war, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles
A. required Germany to pay reparations for war damages.
B. barred Germany from maintaining an army.
C. stripped Germany of its colonies in the Pacific.
D. forced Germany to accept sole responsibility for the war.
Which of the following nations suffered the fewest casualties?
A. France
B. Great Britain
C. Austria-Hungary
D. the United States
Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War I?
A. battlefront trenches
B. airplanes and tanks
C. hydrogen bombs
D. pistols and bayonets
Which of the following was not a cause of World War I?
A. American isolationism
B. imperialist competition
C. the stockpiling of weapons
D. European nationalism
What caused widespread starvation in Germany?
A. a severe drought
B. the devaluation of German currency
C. the British blockade

D. the Allied bombing of German farms
Where did the assassination that triggered World War I occur?
A. Bosnia
B. Belgium
C. Alsace-Lorraine
D. the Ottoman Empire
1. Compelling reasons for the United States to enter the war: German U-boats sank the
American liner Housatonic.
2. Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War I?:
The war might have involved only two nations, Austria-Hungary and Serbia, if not for: Russia backing Serbia and Germany backing Austria (AKA THE ALLIANCE SYSTEM)
The policy that kept the United States out of the war for three years was called:
The Policy is Neutrality, the policy or status of a nation that does not participate in a war between other nations.
3. What reason did Senators give for opposing U.S. membership in the League of
Nations?:
Results of the Selective Service Act; The Draft in which people are drawn to serve in times of need but signed up out of nationalism to serve for their country during WW1
What did the United States use to overcome the threat of German U-boats?
The allies used the convoy system. This system was designed with well-placed patrol boats and battleships.
MATCHING
Allies: Great Britain, The United States, China, and Soviet Union. Leaders of the allies were Franklin Roosevelt (United States), Winston Churchill(Great Britain), Joseph
Stalin(Soviet Union).
5. trench warfare: A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
Pacifists : a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable
Central Powers: T he Central Powers (red) consist of Austria-Hungary, Germany,
Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire

Socialists : a person who advocates or practices socialism.
"no man's land": term used by soldiers to describe the ground between the two opposing trenches.
22. Lusitania : RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat
23. Woodrow Wilson: the 28th U.S. president, advocate for democracy and world peace
24. Militarism: the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
25. Zimmermann note : a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German
Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between
Germany and Mexico.
26. Nationalism : identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
27. Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Was a member of the imperial Habsburg dynasty, and from 1896 until his death the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
28. Imperialism: a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
29. Count Alfred von Schlieffen: German field marshall and strategist who served as chief e of the imperial German staff. He also came up with the Schlieffen plan
6. Alvin York: one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of WWI. Received
Medal of Honor for leading attack on German machine gun nest.
7.Convoy system : a group of ships sailing together for protection, was designed to help protect cargo in passenger ships during the First and Second World War.
8. mechanized warfare: employment of modern mobile attack and defense tactics that depend upon machines

3. Selective Service Act:
authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
Conscientious objector: a person who for reasons of conscience (moral grounds) objects to complying with a particular requirement, especially serving in the armed forces or going to war.
9. General John J. Pershing :
10. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker: american fighter ace in WWI
17.