WW1 Test

1. What were the 4 MAIN contributing factors that led to WWI?

MAIN - Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism. Many countries increased their militaries which pushed them into war. Created a defensive atmosphere and encouraged countries to seek conflict during high tensions.  Some countries extended their territory and increased tension and competition between countries. Many countries felt hostile and superior to other countries and desired to expand their influence creating escalated tensions.

2. Who was Henry Cabot Lodge? What did he oppose and why? 

Conservative senator who wanted to keep the US out of the League of Nations because he thought it would infringe upon American authority.

3. Why did the United States enter WWI

The Zimmermann Note/Telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania.

4. Why did the sinking of the Lusitania anger Americans?

It killed a large number of civilian passengers, including 128 Americans.

5. What was the immediate cause for the United States to enter WWI

The Zimmermann Note

6. Who was John J. Pershing? What did he do?

The leader of the American Expeditionary Forces. Believed in aggressive combat and stopped the German advance. 

7. What weapon kept soldiers hiding in the trenches?

Machine Guns

8. Which weapon was mostly used to investigate the other side rather than a weapon? 

Reconnaissance balloon

9. What was poison gas and how did soldiers protect themselves from it?

Toxic chemical vapors are used as weapons to harm or kill enemy soldiers. Soldiers used gas masks to protect themselves.

10. The combination of machine guns and trenches led to?

Led to stalemates

11. What was the major goal of Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points?

To ensure lasting peace following World War 1.

12. After WWI, the United States demonstrated its return to a policy of isolationism by?

Not joining the League of Nations

13. At the start of WWI, Woodrow Wilson tried his best to do what for the United States?

Stay out of the war and remain neutral (isolationism)

14. Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

They worried that the League of Nations would rob Congress of power deciding when and where the American military would fight.

15. How did Isolationism impact the United States?

It significantly delayed the US’s entry into WW1. 

16. During WWI why did many African Americans move north?

The Great Migration.  There was a labor shortage in northern factories, offering them a chance to escape the oppressive Jim Crow laws & racial violence of the South while pursuing better economic opportunities with higher-paying jobs.

17. Who was Alvin York and why was he special?

Opposed warfare on moral grounds, but eventually decided it was morally ok to fight if the cause was just. Was in the AEF that killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners.

18. What was the Battle of Argonne and why was it important? How did the Allies weaken the German Army?

A major battle fought during the final stages of WW1, involving American troops against the German army in France. It's considered crucial because it marked a decisive turning point in the war, significantly weakening the German forces. The Allies weakened the German army with constant pressure and were always on the offense.

19. How did the United States government react to people who tried to express their speech freedom or freedom of the press? 

Making the Sedition Act and punishing people under that law.