Intro to WW1

2. What is it called when a country expands its influence and power into a large empire?

8. Which of the following was a cause that contributed to the start of World War I?

3. Which two countries had become wealthy through creating vast worldwide empires?

20. What was Thomas Edison's major invention?

10. What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

11. Why did New York City almost lose the Statue of Liberty?

9. World War I was mostly fought between the countries of what continent?

4. What single event triggered the start of World War I?

15. What other invention allowed buildings to grow so tall?

7. Which side was the United States on at the start of the war?

12. Where did most immigrants arrive as the entered the United States?

16. There were two problems growing cities faced by 1890. One was crime, the other was ____________?

5. Who was Archduke Ferdinand?

6. What country declared war on Serbia at the very start of World War I?

17. What did a Jacob Reese use to photograph the slums of the US?

14. How did Andrew Carnegie solve the problem of steel production?

1. What three European countries signed an alliance called the Triple Entente?

13. What critical ingredient was needed to build cities upward?

19. Which of these was a result of the citywide sanitation movements?

18. What is the largest cause of disease in New York and the rest of the US?