Study Guide for World War I Test
Chapter 23
Essential Questions
What were the reasons for the United States becoming involved in World War I?
Who were the Allies?
Who were the Central Powers?
In what ways did the United States provide leadership at the conclusion of the war?
Essential Knowledge
Reasons for U. S. involvement in war
- Inability to remain neutral
- German submarine warfare- sinking of Lusitania
- U.S. economic and political ties to Great Britain
Allies
- Great Britain
- France
- Russia
- Serbia
- Belgium
Central Powers
- Germany
- Austria-Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
U.S. leadership as the war ended
- At the end of WWI, President Woodrow Wilson prepared a peace plan that called for the formation of the League of Nations, a peace-keeping organization.
- The United States decided not to join the League of Nations
Vocabulary
- Propaganda
- Kaiser
- Fourteen Points
- Versailles Treaty
- League of Nations
- Imperialism
- Militarism
- Nationalism
- Alliance system
Events
- Know which events happened first and the causes/effects of each
- Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
- Zimmermann Telegram
- Sinking of the Lusitania
- Neutrality of U.S. and its benefits
- Women and children helping out during WWI (factories, victory gardens, etc.)
- Russian Revolution
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Peace between Russia and Germany)
- Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points and his goals
- Battle of Belleau Wood
- Battle of Argonne
Geography
- Austria-Hungary
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Serbia
- France
- Russia
- Great Britain (England)
- Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
- Italy
Hodge Podge
- Ending date of WWI: November 11, 1918 (11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month)
- George Cohan’s song "Over There"
- Which countries were Allies, Central, or neutral
- Study WWI Quiz