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When did WW1 start? - correct answer ✔✔August 1914
When did the US join WW1? - correct answer ✔✔1917
What were some nicknames given to WW1? - correct answer ✔✔"The Great War" or "The War to End
All Wars"
What made WW1 a different experience for the US? - correct answer ✔✔It was the first war that the US
could focus all aspects of society towards
How many US soldiers died in WW1? - correct answer ✔✔112,000 men
How did WW1 affect the US economy? - correct answer ✔✔It created a move in the economy
Why was WW1 so devastating? - correct answer ✔✔It was a war tha was suppose to make the world a
safer place, but actually made it a more broken place
What nations primarily made the Triple Entente? - correct answer ✔✔Great Britain, France, Russia, and
the US
What nations primarialy made the Triple Alliance? - correct answer ✔✔Austria-Hungary, Italy, and
Germany
What were the four problems in Europe before WW1? - correct answer ✔✔1.Extreme Nationalism
2.An Arms Race
3.A Series of Secret Alliances
,4.Imperialism
What was the main event that started WW1? - correct answer ✔✔When the Archduke of Austria Franes
Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian.
What day did WW1 officially begin? - correct answer ✔✔August 4, 1914
What does President Woodrow Wilson announce that the United States will do? - correct answer
✔✔Remain neutral
Do the vast majority of Ameicans suport the Entente or the Alliance? - correct answer ✔✔Entente
What major event at the beginning of WW1 outrages Americans? - correct answer ✔✔The sinking of the
Lusitania
What happened with the sinking of the Lusitania? - correct answer ✔✔It was a British passenger ship
that was carying Americans. Germany blew the ship up and killed everyone aboard, including the 128
Americans. Gemany believed that any ship was fair game to attack
Who wins the Presidential Election in 1916? - correct answer ✔✔Woodrow Wilson gets reelected
What was the Zimmerman Telegram? - correct answer ✔✔In April 1917, Arthur Zimmerman, german
diplomat in the US , writes a telegraph that is intercepted and made public. The telegraph was suppose
to be sent to the Mexican government proposing that for Mexico to attack the southern border of the
U.S. so that the US military could be occupied and not make it to Europe. Germany also offered Mexico
that land after the war.
What was trench warfare? - correct answer ✔✔a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from
trenches facing each other. It was a war of stalemate until the US joins
What was "no man's land"? - correct answer ✔✔The space between opposing trenches.Anyone who
enters no man's land almost instantly dies. Very high rates of death.
, When did Germany begin unrestricted submarine warfare? - correct answer ✔✔April of 1917
What happened right afte Gemany announce its unrestricted Submarine Warfare? - correct answer
✔✔Gemany sunk 3 American ships
How did the US react to the 3 ships being sunk by Germany? - correct answer ✔✔On April 16, 1917,
Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war. Congress grants the declaration. The U.S. joins the
Entente.
Who left the Entente when the US joined and why? - correct answer ✔✔Russia left the Entente because
a revolution was happening.
What was the make up of the men that fought for the US? - correct answer ✔✔2 million volunteer, 3
million drafted. This all happened in a span of 6 months.
What's the AEF? - correct answer ✔✔American Expedition Force
Who was John Pershing? - correct answer ✔✔AEF commander and General of armed forces in the
Wesern front. His nickname was Black Jack. Under his leadership, his men went through training, being
organized, and were shipped to Europe.
What's an armistice and when was it signed? - correct answer ✔✔ceasefire to allow for negotiations to
occur. An Armistice was signed on November 11th, the day that we call Veteran's Day.
What did the US contribute to WW1? - correct answer ✔✔Large quantities of food, fresh and highly
trained men, money, leadership, and strategy.
What was the Treaty of Versailles? - correct answer ✔✔Treaty that ended WWI
Who was the Great Britain Prime Minister at the Treaty of Versailles? - correct answer ✔✔David Lloyd
George
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