Chapter 11 Test: the First World War

Chapter 11 Study Guide

1. The original name of World War I was the:

2. What years did World War I take place?

3. What year did the United States enter World War I?

4. Name the MAIN causes of World War I?

5. The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were formed to:

6. The immediate cause, or spark, that started World War I was:

7. Why did Gavrilo Princip murder Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

8. After Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, a complex system of ______pulled more European nations into the war.

9. Great Britain, France, and Russia were the main ______at the beginning of the war.

10. Explain Germany’s Schlieffen Plan:

11. After the German troops swept across Belgium they pushed to within 26 miles of Paris. The French, inspired by the taxi cab drivers, halted the German advance at: 12. What turned the fighting on the Western Front into a stalemate that lasted several? years?

13. What made World War 1 the bloodiest war in history up to that point?

14. “No man’s land” refers to the area between:

15. When the United States was in World War 1, this former race car driver became one of America’s most famous pilots.

16. Why did the German use of submarines during World War I violate the rights of? neutral nations under international law?

17. What did the United States do when World War I first began?

18. Because of historical, cultural, and economic ties, most Americans had a general feeling of sympathy for the ______at the beginning of the war.

19. President Wilson told Germany that they were “______” for their actions.

20. A major reason that Woodrow Wilson was re-elected as President was because During his first term in office he kept the United States out of______

21. The Germans violated the ______because they hoped they could knock Great Britain out of the war before the U.S. was able to send troops over to Europe. 22. In the Zimmerman Note, what was Germany going to propose to Mexico?

23. In March of 1917 what happened in Russia that made it more acceptable to President Wilson for the United States to be one of Russia’s allies?

24. What did President Wilson give as the motive for asking for a declaration of war against Germany?

25. Why was President Wilson willing to lead the American people into “the most terrible and disastrous of all wars”?

26. In order to get enough men to fight in Europe, Congress passed the draft, or the:

27. If you fought in combat during World War I, what were the odds that you would either be wounded or killed?

28. Although women were not drafted during World War I, they:

29. Describe the African American soldiers during World War I?

30. The United States was able to guard troop carriers and merchant ships across the Atlantic Ocean by using:

31. The American troops in World War I were under the direct command of General: 32. The American troops in World War I were officially called:

33. When Americans soldiers first fought in France, they were used as ______for British and French soldiers who had died.

34. In 1918 why was Germany able to begin an all-out assault on the western front?

35. The Germans were only 50 miles away from Paris in June 1918. The Americans played a key role in saving the city in what battle?

36. In which offensive battle did Alvin York emerge as an American hero and the Lost Battalion was surrounded by Germans but refused to surrender?

37. Why did Germany agree to surrender to the Allies?

38. Which current U.S. holiday is the official month and day that World War I ended?

39. The War Industries Board under Bernard Baruch was created to:

40. President Wilson’s National War Labor Board was created to:

41. Who was the head of the Food Administration during World War I who encouraged Americans to voluntarily conserve food for the war effort?

42. The United States paid for World War I by:

43. George Creel, head of the______, used propaganda to try to convince Americans to support the war?

44. Because of anti-immigrant hysteria, list some phrases that Americans would be against during World War I?

45. Because of the ______, Americans during World War 1 could be fined or put in jail if they said anything against the government or the war effort.

46. Although African Americans were discriminated against in the United States during World War I, most African Americans ______American involvement in the war.

47. In the Great Migration, why did hundreds of Southern blacks move to Northern cities during World War I?

48. During World War I, who filled the manufacturing jobs that were left vacant by men who were serving in the U.S. military during World War I?

49. Women’s contributions to the nation’s war effort ultimately led to: 50. More Americans actually died from the ______than were killed in battle during World War I.

51. President Wilson’s peace plan, the 14 Points, did NOT:

52. The Treaty of Versailles was different that President Wilson’s 14 Points because it required that:

53. The Treaty of Versailles included a war-guilt clause. What country was forced to acknowledge that it alone was responsible for World War I?

54. The Treaty of Versailles’s treatment of Germany ______its ability to serve as a foundation of peace in Europe.

55. The United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles because it:

56. The League of Nations was weak without what country joining the organization?

57. How did the participation in World War 1 influence Americans’ sense of idealism that technology would make the world a better place to live.

58. World War I left the United States:

59. Which flower is used to remember the soldiers who served and died in World War 1?