What was the Selective Service Act?

Drafted all men of a certain age into the armed forces

What is a general strike?

Involves all workers in a community

What was the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany was responsible and had to pay reparations ($$$)

What were some new technologies used during the war?

tanks, poisonous gas, gas masks

What were two of the reasons the US got involved in WWI?

Zimmerman Note and Sinking of the Lustitania

What was Woodrow Wilson's 14 pts?

Plan to keep existing peace throughout the world

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

What was trench warfare?

Soldiers dug trenches to fight in

What was the Great Migration?

African Americans moved North in large amounts to the cities

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Brief quiz over the events of WWI

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Questions 15

Answers

1
Why did the USSR leave the war?
They decided to switch sides
Communist uprising with Lenin
It was too poor to support the war
They decided to be neutral
2
What was the Selective Service Act?
Encouraged support for the war
Drafted all men of a certain age into the armed forces
Chose the best men to fight
Made it so no one had to be a soldier
3
What is a general strike?
Everyone still works
Involves all workers in a community
Directly to management
Only the low class
4
What was the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles?
Italy was deemed responsible for the war
USSR was democratic and helped out Germany
France got control of Europe
Germany was responsible and had to pay reparations ($$$)
5
What were some new technologies used during the war?
horses, barb wire, trenches
soldiers, calvary
Bombs, grenades, rifled bullets
tanks, poisonous gas, gas masks
6
What was propaganda used for?
Sway public opinion
Selective Service Act
Help raise awareness
Help tourism
7
What were two of the reasons the US got involved in WWI?
We were allied with Britain and Britain with Belgium
Zimmerman Note and Sinking of the Lustitania
Outrage over Germany invading Belgium and France
France needed our money and soldiers
8
How did the government fund the war in the US?
borrowed it from China
Encouraged people to buy bonds
Took it from businesses
raised taxes
9
What was Woodrow Wilson's 14 pts?
Peace Treaty
Plan to keep existing peace throughout the world
Letter to his wife
Large scale munitions supply
10
How did WWI begin?
Serbian hostilities
Sinking of passenger ships
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Hitler
11
When did the US enter WWI?
April 1944
May 1922
June 1917
April 1917
12
What was trench warfare?
Soldiers dug trenches to fight in
Paths that tanks used
poisonous gas
tunnels under the ground to travel through
13
What was the Great Migration?
African Americans moved North in large amounts to the cities
People fleeing USSR
Large scale immigration to the US
Canadian Geese flew south in large numbers ruining RADAR
14
What did the government do to encourage people to support the war?
They didn't care
Created Agencies to help
Brainwashed everyone
Became socialists.
15
Who was the President of the US during WWI?
Bill Clinton
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Teddy Roosevelt

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WWI

15 termsStudBud Administration787 plays

Brief quiz over the events of WWI

Flashcards15 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 15

Answers

1
Why did the USSR leave the war?
They decided to switch sides
Communist uprising with Lenin
It was too poor to support the war
They decided to be neutral
2
What was the Selective Service Act?
Encouraged support for the war
Drafted all men of a certain age into the armed forces
Chose the best men to fight
Made it so no one had to be a soldier
3
What is a general strike?
Everyone still works
Involves all workers in a community
Directly to management
Only the low class
4
What was the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles?
Italy was deemed responsible for the war
USSR was democratic and helped out Germany
France got control of Europe
Germany was responsible and had to pay reparations ($$$)
5
What were some new technologies used during the war?
horses, barb wire, trenches
soldiers, calvary
Bombs, grenades, rifled bullets
tanks, poisonous gas, gas masks
6
What was propaganda used for?
Sway public opinion
Selective Service Act
Help raise awareness
Help tourism
7
What were two of the reasons the US got involved in WWI?
We were allied with Britain and Britain with Belgium
Zimmerman Note and Sinking of the Lustitania
Outrage over Germany invading Belgium and France
France needed our money and soldiers
8
How did the government fund the war in the US?
borrowed it from China
Encouraged people to buy bonds
Took it from businesses
raised taxes
9
What was Woodrow Wilson's 14 pts?
Peace Treaty
Plan to keep existing peace throughout the world
Letter to his wife
Large scale munitions supply
10
How did WWI begin?
Serbian hostilities
Sinking of passenger ships
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Hitler
11
When did the US enter WWI?
April 1944
May 1922
June 1917
April 1917
12
What was trench warfare?
Soldiers dug trenches to fight in
Paths that tanks used
poisonous gas
tunnels under the ground to travel through
13
What was the Great Migration?
African Americans moved North in large amounts to the cities
People fleeing USSR
Large scale immigration to the US
Canadian Geese flew south in large numbers ruining RADAR
14
What did the government do to encourage people to support the war?
They didn't care
Created Agencies to help
Brainwashed everyone
Became socialists.
15
Who was the President of the US during WWI?
Bill Clinton
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Teddy Roosevelt