CH 11: World War I
Study Guide
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Date ________
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Identifying Terms: Choose the term or name that correctly matches each definition.
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Leader of the Food Administration
Leader of the Committee on Public Information
Leader of the Fuel Administration
Leader of the War Industries Board
Treasury Secretary
a. Harry Garfield
b. Bernard Baruch
c. Herbert Hoover
d. William McAdoo
e. George Creel
Understanding Main Ideas
1. Why were the Balkans described as a powder keg waiting to explode before WWI?
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2. What was preventing many Americans from remaining neutral at the outbreak of war in
Europe?
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3. How did the actions of European nations affect U.S. neutrality?
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4. What roles did women and African-Americans play in WWI?
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5. What actions did the Food Administration undertake to help the war effort?
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6. How was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk a positive event in the eyes of many Americans?
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7. Explain the Treaty of Versailles. What parts would eventually lead to WWII?
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8. Explain the following famous quotations from Woodrow Wilson:
“We must make the world safe for democracy”
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“peace without victory”
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“the war to end all wars”
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9. Why did the League of Nations fail?
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10. What could Woodrow Wilson have done differently that might have led to the Treaty of
Versailles eventually being ratified by the Senate?
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11. Knowing what you know about Woodrow Wilson, what do you think he would think of the
War in Iraq?
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