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

“______________”), a for a

“better life” in the years during

and after WWI?

• African Americans

• Great Migration

• What country had to make

reparations (____________) to

the victorious countries after

WWI?

• German

• (Payments)

• What are some of the reasons the

group (from #1) moved to other areas

of the U.S. in the Great Migration?

• Sussex Pledge (being dismissed by G)

• Lusitania (sinking of)

• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

• Telegram from Zimmerman (G to M)

• 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

at the beginning of WWI? Who joins later?

Why do they join this group?

• Great Britain

• France

• Russia

• U.S.

• They are more “like” our country

• Who were the main members of the Central Powers during WWI?

• Germany

• Austria Hungry

• Italy

• Turkey

• What action caused WWI to start?

What do some historians liken it to

being?

• Assassination of the Archduke of

Austria Hungry (and his wife)

• A powder keg of Europe, waiting for

the spark (event) to set it off.

• What was the name of the British

luxury liner that was sunk during

WWI? (Know the movie from

Thursday)

• Lusitania

• What was the U.S. President’s

campaign slogan for his

second term (1916) in office?

• “He kept us out of war”

• What was the name of the

“proposal” made by the U.S.

President (at the end of the war)

that was made to avoid another

World War?

• Fourteen Points

• What portion of Wilson’s

“proposal” becomes reality

after WWI?

• League of Nations

• Why did Russia withdraw

(leave) from WWI? Which

front was theirs?

• They had a Revolution

• Eastern Front

• What were the main issues that caused the U.S. to become involved in WWI?

• Repeat

• Sussex Pledge

• Lusitania

• U-boats (unrestricted Sub Warfare)

• Telegram to Zimmerman

• What was the U.S. policy

on the start of WWI?

• Neutrality (stay out of the

war!)

• Who was the Archduke of

Austria Hungary in 1914?

Where was he killed?

• Franz Ferdinand

• Bosnia

• What are the causes of World

War I (1914)? (4)

• Alliances

• Rivalries

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• What newly evolved tactic

caused WWI to be longer than

previously fought wars?

(stalemates)

• Trench Warfare

• What was the name of the

treaty that ended WWI?

When was this passed

(year)?

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)

• What is the name of the peace

keeping body that was formed

after WWI? Why did the “peace

keeping body” not succeed?

• League of Nations

• The U.S. was not involved (world

power)

• What date was the cease fire? What

was this cease known as in 1918?

What is this date known as now?

• November 11, 1918 (at 11 O’clock)

• Armistice Day

• Veteran’s Day

• What year did the U.S. enter

World War I? What year did

WWI end?

• April 6, 1917

• November 11, 1918

• What is the amendment that

gave women the right to vote?

What year?

• 19th Amendment

• 1920

• What is propaganda?

• Why were countries trying to use it on the U.S.?

• Persuasive Ads that tried to influence opinions about a country.

• Because the U.S. was neutral and each side wanted U.S. to stay our or be on their side.

• What country was the U.S.

secretly supporting?

(financially and militarily)

• Great Britain

• What established penalties and prison time for aiding the enemy (disloyalty or interference with the war effort was barred under this)? Expanded in 1918 to include what?

• Espionage Act

• Made it illegal for any public opposition to the war

• What was the case where a man

wrote pamphlets against the draft in

WWI? Was he found guilty or

innocent?

• Schenck v. U.S.

• Guilty (the Espionage Act was upheld)

• Which amendment is pulled

into question for #25?

• First Amendment (Speech)

• Which amendment was created

to stop the sale, manufacture or

distribution of alcohol? What was

this time period known as?

• 18th

• Prohibition

• What is a socialist?

• A person who believes that the

government should own industries

(railroads, utilities)

• A nation’s wealth should be more

evenly distributed in order to alleviate

suffering

• Why were all the other points of

Wilson’s proposal not agreed

upon by other Allied Countries?

• Many countries viewed the

Fourteen Points as being too

lenient on Germany

• What amendment repealed the

prohibition laws? What year

was this?

• 21st

• 1933

• What cause was tied to the

women’s suffrage that gave

them credibility to get the

vote?

• to that of African-American

suffrage

• What happened in individual states

that caused a need for a

constitutional amendment on

women’s suffrage?

• They began giving women the right to

vote, gaining support for a

Constitutional Amendment

• What are some of the reasons that

people wanted to end the distribution,

sale, and manufacture of alcohol?

What group was supported this?

• it would reduce unemployment,

domestic violence, and poverty.

• Women

• What peace keeping

organization of TODAY is

similar to the League of

Nations?

• United Nations (UN)

• Who is the only man to run

for president from jail?

• Eugene V. Debs

• Under the final peace treaty, what were the three things that were placed on Germany to do?

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)

– dismantle their army and navy-

– pay war reparations of $33 billion (which they did not have) -

– Admit guilt for causing the war

• Why did Congress vote down

the League of Nations?

• worried that it made the U.S.

too involved in European

affairs

• Who was the leader of the

Suffragettes for the women’s

right to vote when it was

passed?

• Carrie Chapman Catt

• What happened to Russia during

WWI?

• They became Communist

(Bolsheviks took over and

assassinated the monarchy)

• Soviet Union (USSR) was formed.