World War I
Review
Nickname of American soldiers in
WWI.
What are Doughboys?
President of the U.S. during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Battles in the air between aircraft with
attached machine guns.
What are dogfights?
Serbian nationalist group behind the
assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
What is the Blackhand?
Bolshevik leader.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Promise not to sink more merchant
ships without warning.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
Spying to acquire government secrets.
What is Espionage?
A nationwide panic that arose from
the fear that Communists might seize
power in the United States.
What was the Red Scare?
It involves all workers living in a certain
location, not just workers in a
particular industry.
What is a general strike?
The young man responsible for the
assassination of the archduke and his
wife.
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
This group took power in Russia and
established a Communist government.
What are the Bolsheviks?
This German kingdom had united
various German states into one nation.
What is Prussia?
The Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, and
Slovenes all lived in this region in
southeastern Europe.
What are the Balkans?
German submarines that attacked
ships bound for Britain.
What are u-boats?
The Triple Entente included
a.
b.
c.
d.
Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy
Germany, Turkey, and Russia
Britain, France, and Russia
Britain, France, and the U.S.
Answer: C
Britain, France, and Russia
The Triple Alliance included
a.
b.
c.
d.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.
Britain, France, and Russia.
Britain, France, and the United States.
Answer: A
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
The “Big Four” who attended the
peace conference at the end of WWI
were the leaders from the U.S., Britain,
France, and
a.
b.
c.
d.
Russia
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Answer: C
Italy
African Americans moving from the
South to Northern cities.
What was the Great Migration?
To conserve energy during WWI, the
Fuel Administration introduced this.
What is daylight savings time?
In the case of Schenck v. the United
States, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. Immigrants from countries at war with
the U.S. could be excluded from
positions of power.
b. Freedom of speech could be curbed in
wartime.
c. The right to bear arms could be limited
for immigrants.
d. The Sedition Act was unconstitutional.
Answer: B
The right of speech could be curbed in
wartime.
According to this telegram, if Mexico
allied with Germany, Germany would
help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico,
and Arizona.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Sussex Pledge
The Zimmerman Note
The Lusitania
None of the above
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
This law required all young men
register for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
Method of loaning money to the
government to pay for the war.
What are Liberty Bonds?
Any persuasive communication that
aims to influence people’s attitudes or
opinions.
What is propaganda?
Four “MAIN” causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and
Nationalism
This group felt an obligation to support
the Slavic people of southeastern
Europe against Austria-Hungary.
Who are the Russians?
This country’s neutrality was violated
when the German army marched
through in order to encircle the
French.
Who is Belgium?
True or False?
The introduction of the tank in WWI
revolutionized warfare.
False.
Prohibited materials.
What is contraband?
Russian czar that abdicated the throne
and later executed.
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
Wilson’s plan for peace.
What are the Fourteen Points?
Treaty that ended WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
International peacekeeping
organization created after WWI.
What is the League of Nations?
He developed a convoy system to
protect merchant ships and troop
transports as they crossed the Atlantic.
Who is William S. Sims?
Nickname given to the land between
the trenches.
What is “No Man’s Land”?
Commander of the U.S. army during
WWI, called Blackjack.
Who is John Pershing?
Nickname of the German cannon that
hurled an 1800-pound shell a distance
of nine miles.
What is Big Bertha?
When an army has to fight with the men and
supplies it has at hand until it runs out. If one
nation has more than the other, the outcome
of the war will be in his favor
What is this called?
A war of attrition.