Review for Test

SSUSH15

World War I

• What group of people moved from the South

in large numbers to other portions of the U.S.,(

Known as the “Great Migration”), a for a

“better life” in the years during and after

WWI?

• African Americans

• What country had to make reparations

(payments) to the victorious countries after

WWI?

• Germany

• What are some of the reason African

Americans moved to other areas of the

U.S. in the Great Migration?

• Escape Racism

• Employment Opportunities

• Better Education for children

• Better Life

• Who was the radical socialist that ran for

president during WWI, who was also the

leader of the International Workers of the

World?

• Eugene V. Debs

• Who were the main members of the Allies

during WWI?

• Great Britain

• France

• Russia

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• Who were the main members of the

Central Powers during WWI?

• Germany

• Austria Hungary

• Italy

• Turkey

• What action caused WWI to start?

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• Assassination of the Archduke of Austria

Hungry

• What was the name of the British luxury

liner that was sunk during WWI?

• Lusitania

• was Woodrow Wilson’s campaign slogan

for his second term in office?

• “He Kept us Out of the War”

• What was the name of the proposal made

by Woodrow Wilson that was made to

avoid another World War?

• Fourteen Points

• What portion of Wilson’s proposal become

reality after WWI?

• League of Nations

• Why did Russia withdraw from WWI?

• The Russian Revolution

• What was the main issue that caused the

U.S. to become involved in WWI?

• (What side was more “like” the U.S.?)

• Because the Allies were similar to the

majority of the U.S. population.

• What was the U.S. stance (position) on the

first portion of WWI?

• Neutrality

• Who was the Archduke of Austria Hungary

in 1914 ?

• Franz Ferdinand

• What are the long term causes of World

War I? (4)

• Alliances

• Nationalism

• Militarism

• Rivalries

• What newly evolved tactic caused WWI to

be longer than previously fought wars?

(stalemates)

• Trench Warfare

• What is another term for payment ?

• Reparations

• What is the name of the peace keeping

body that was formed after WWI?

• League of Nations

• Why didn’t the “peace keeping body” from

#19 not succeed?

• The U.S. didn’t join (World Power)

• What are some of the new war weaponry

that was used in WWI?

• Airplanes

• Machine Guns

• Tanks

• Barbed Wire

• Poison Gas

• What was the name of the treaty that

ended WWI?

• Treaty of Versaillies

• What date was the cease fire?

• November 11, 1918 (11AM)

• What was this day known as in 1918?

What is this date known as now?

• Armistice Day

• Veteran’s Day

• What was the name of the situation that

had a message that was intercepted by

Britain that offered U.S. and to Mexico if

they attacked the United States?

• Zimmerman Telegram/Telegraph

• What made it a crime for a person to

convey information with intent to interfere

with the operation or success of the armed

forces of the United States or to promote

the success of its enemies?

• Espionage Act

• What is the name given to the period of

strong anti-Communism in United States

history: first from 1917 to 1920?

• Red Scare

• Why did the United States chose not to

join the league of nations after WWI?

• They did not want to get involved in

European Affairs

• (George Washington)

• What type of policy did the U.S. take after

WWI?

• Isolationism

• What court case served as an example of

how the U.S. fell into a paranoid anti

communist period after WWI?

• Schenck v. U.S.

• Who did Woodrow Wilson ask for

permission to enter the war in April 1917?

• Congress

• What is propaganda?

• Persuasive Ads that tried

• to influence opinions about a country.

• What did Germany offer to Mexico in

exchange for attacking the U.S.?

• Land they lost to the U.S. in the Mexican

War

• Who was a disgruntled German private in

WWI that would later rise to the chancellor

of Germany?

• Adolf Hitler

• Cancel #35