Review for WWI Quiz

US President Woodrow Wilson argued at the Paris Peace Conference most strongly fora) Germany to pay reparations.b) Germany to keep it’s coloniesc) Russia to end communism.d) a League of Nations to prevent future wars

France was pleased to see that the Treaty of Versailles required a) Germany to build a wall in Berlinb) Germany to pay reparations.c) Germany to become communist.d) Germany to fix the Iron Curtain.

World War I was a _______________, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people.a) total warb) revolutionary warc) cold ward) civil war

The German government argued that sinking the Lusitania was justified because the ship had been carryinga) Allied troopsb) British citizensc) American citizensd) weapons to the Allies

The German military plan devised by General Von Schlieffena) relied on Germany’s air forceb) depended on help from Great Britainc) required use of atomic bombsd) called for war against France & Russia

What day was the armistice signed that marked the end of WWI hostilities?a) December 7, 1941b) July 4, 1914c) November 11, 1918d) June 6, 1917

All of the following describe trench warfare EXCEPTa) unrestricted use of submarines and

torpedoesb) a no man’s land in the middle where men risk

being shotc) rats in the trenches eating your foodd) constant artillery strikes and attacks

Necessary steps in mobilization for war include gathering volunteer troops, supplies and weapons. If enough men did not volunteer, then a country had to rely on _______.a) women to fightb) threatening deathc) Conscription (draft)d) cutting off immigration

Which country was not a member of the Central Powers during WWIa) Germanyb) Austria-Hungaryc) Franced) Ottoman Empire

Which country was not a member of the Allies during WWIa) Great Britainb) Spainc) Russiad) France

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points were intended toa) make the United States, Great Britain, and

France into leading world powersb) redistribute Germany’s colonies among the

Allied nationsc) serve as the basis of a peace settlementd) punish Germany for causing World War I

A major cause of the outbreak of World War I was a) a decline in the policy of imperialismb) an increase in acts of aggression by Englandc) the existence of opposing alliancesd) the spread of communism throughout

Europe

Which situation was a major reason for the United States entry into World War I? a) The League of Nations requested helpb) The Maine was blown up in Havana Harborc) Nazi tyranny threatened Western democracyd) Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine

warfare

Used during World War I to convince most citizens that their nation’s cause was just and to stir up national hatredsa) pop artb) Propagandac) planned economiesd) militarism

The inflammatory Zimmerman Telegram proposed that in the event of war between the U. S. and Germany:a) America would send troops to Cuba to assassinate

Fidel Castro.b) Mexico would join the Central Powers and attack

the United States. c) Germany would send missiles to Cuba.d) Germany would use unrestricted submarine

warfare against the Mexicans.