Congress voted declare war on Germany for several reasons. Which of these did not contribute to Congress's decision to declare war on Germany? *
Shared German ancestry
The Zimmerman Note was a secret telegram sent by Germany to the leaders of Mexico. Why did the Zimmerman Note cause outrage among Americans? *
It promised Mexico that Germany would help it reclaim territory in the United States if the United States entered the war against Germany
The international organization created to preserve the peace after World War I was the *
League of Nations
A major cause of World War I was *
The existence of opposing alliances
Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug in the earth *
Trench Warfare
The demand of German war reparations by European Allies helps to explain the failure of the peace settlement following
World War I
One cause of World War I was the nations had aligned into two alliance systems. Which of the following combination of nations comprised the Triple Alliance? *
Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy
One of Woodrow Wilson's most important goals after World War I was to establish a League of Nations. What was to be the main job of the League?
Provide a way for countries to resolve disputes between them without going to war
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 set events in
motion that led to World War I. However, no major war is ever caused
by a single event. Another factor that
contributed to the
outbreak of World War I was *
Intense nationalism
Which term is defined largely by feelings of intense patriotism?
Nationalism
New warship introduced by the Germans that used underwater missles
U-boats
This is the policy of glorifying national power by keeping an army prepared for war
Militarism
True or False: Germany was the first country to declare war. *
False
The entry of the United States into World War I *
added hundred of thousands of troops to the Allied cause
New weapons that caused blindness, blisters, and choking *
Poison gas
World War I was from . . .
1914-1918
What was the area in between the trenches called during World War I? *
No Man's land
"Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks,
machine-guns, hand-grenades -- words, words, but they hold the horror
of the world." -- Erich Remarque, All Quiet on
the Western
Front *This quotation best describes the effects of the
technological developments used during World War I
What was the immediate cause of World War I in Europe?
assassination of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles? *
Germany
The League of Nations was President Wilson's plan for an international organization that would work to maintain world peace. What was the role of the United States in the League of Nations? *
The United States was key to building the League of Nations, but chose not to join
How did imperialism lead to World War I ? *
European nations were eager to gain the colonial territories owned by their rivals.
Which is the MAIN causes would be linked to Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand? *
Nationalism
World War I was more destructive than earlier wars for what reason? *
Modern 20th century weapons were more deadly
Who was President of the United States during World War I ? *
Woodrow Wilson