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WWI Test
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11th Grade
04/09/2013

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Name the 2 sides in WWI. Countries involved and their names.
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This president wanted to get away from Imperialism and be moral focusing on democracy.
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This Mexican Revolutionary was sent into the U.S. to raid, burn, and kill Americans using guerrilla tactics.
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What was the terrorist group in the Balkans called?
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_____________ and _____________ were two new countries arising from nationalism in the 1860s and '70s.
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________ ___ _________ helped bring together the Prussian people by taking lands from France and other surrounding countries.
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Though Germans were shown to the be horrible for sinking non-military ships, what was their reason?
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Who was responsible for shooting the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, Bosnia?
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After Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot, the alliance system started and.......?
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_____________ was the boat that was sunk that carried 1200 passengers and 128 Americans who all died. In turn, making the U.S. angry.
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What was the agreement between the U.S. and Germany that kept us out of the war and stopped the sinking of non-military ships called?
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"The world must be made safe for Democracy," was our justification for going to war. What president said this?
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WWI started in _______.
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The U.S. joined the war in _________
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What were the 4 factors/reasons for the U.S. getting involved in WWI? Give a short bullet and a quick explanation of each.
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What was the name of German's plan at the start of WWI, how was it suppose to work, and how does it get Great Britain into the war?
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___________ and __________ Bonds were sold to Americans in order to pay for the war. After a certain number of years they would be repaid with interest
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The Fuel Administration tried to ration fuel using __________ ___________ ____________ which we still use today to get more time during the day
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This man was in charge of the Food Administration.
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This Act allowed for limiting our 1st Amendment rights. Couldn't say, write, print, publish, any disloyal or abusive thing about the government.
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This Act in 1918 expanded the powers of the previous Act passed the year before in 1917.
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This was instituted in order to randomly draft soldiers for the war even though millions volunteered.
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What was the name of the Board in charge of Labor and what was its goal? How did it accomplish this with unions? What did unions have to promise?
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What Board was in charge of deciding where materials were to be used, building new factories, and in some cases regulating prices.
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This Board was in charge of getting people in favor of the war and keeping them there.
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This Battle was one of the first major battles of the war and the first time trench warfare is seen.
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What was the nickname for American soldiers in WWI?
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Who is the Czar of Russia that gives up or abdicates his thrown?
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Zig-Zag was one thing we did to counter Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. What are the other two things we used and briefly describe them?
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List 2 old techniques or technology and list 3 new techniques or technologies used in WWI.
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This is the area between allied and the enemy's trenches.
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How did Americans help the Allied forces when they entered the war?
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Who was the leader of the group that took over Russia in 1917?
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What group took over the government in Russia in 1917?
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What was the last major battle of WWI that consisted of 600,000 men; 40,000 tons of supplies; and 4,000 rounds of artillery.
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_____________ _____, 1918 was the end of WWI.
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___ ______________ was President Wilson's plan for peace with Germany.
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What was the most important part of Wilson's plan?
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Under the Treaty of Versailles, what were its 4 parts and what do they lead to?
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____________ ______ killed 10 times more Americans than the war did.
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The ____ ________ was a time after WWI that was fueled by fear of Communists taking over the United States.
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"_____________ ___ ___________" was the phrase that Warren G. Harding used to win the 1920 election.
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What 2 things lead to rapid inflation and economic issues after WWI?
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The solution to this strike was firing all those on strike and hiring new employees. Calvin Coolidge supported the action saying, “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.”
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Who created the FBI in order to find Communists in the United States.
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Who was the first head of the FBI?
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This strike is when all unions in an area go on strike in support of a specific cause. This is seen in Seattle after WWI which paralyzed the city for 5 days.
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How does Congress react to the Treaty of Versailles?
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Who are Sacco and Vanzetti? What were they accused of and how does their story show how racist and anti-immigrant America was after WWI?
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