What year did WWI start?
1918
1908
1914
1922
What event sparked the start of WWI?
Russian peasants deposing the czar
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The sinking of the Lusitania
Submarines blockading British ports
What was the Zimmerman note?
Note from German secretary promising US land to Mexico
Note from US ambassador acting as a spy to Germany
Note from US president to Elon Musk
Note from Russian ruler to Germany
How did the U.S. pay for the war effort for WWI?
Loans from Canada and tariffs.
Gold they already had from the gold rush.
Taxes, Liberty loans, and conserving food and fuel.
Who led the Bolshevik Revolution and what type of government did he want?
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Darwin
What is Espionage and what did the Espionage act of 1917 do?
spying on a nation/interfering with its security; it made people guilty of it have severe penalties!
What type of warfare was used in WWI?
trench warfare
March in a line warfare
Airsoft warfare
guerilla warfare
What were the 3 "fronts" in WWI?
Western front, Eastern Front, Mediterranean front
Paris front, Austrian front, Russian front
Allied front, Central front, and Italian front
Northern front, Southern Front, Atlantic front
What is an armistice and when was it for WWI?
a holiday marking the end of WWII, 1945
a place where arms are stored, Dec. 25, 1917
a cease fire, November 11, 1918
a special cast for soldiers with injured arms, used in 1914
What happened to Germany as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany was taken over by Britain
Germany had to give 75% of its land to France and pay $6 mil
Germany had to disarm and pay $33 billion in reparations
Germany gained more land and received payments from Allies
What are some other names for communists?
Fascists or punchable faces
Libertarians or Evolutionists
Social Democrats or Marxists
Republicans or Democrats
What did Lenin say was the goal of socialism (government-owned property & industry)?
Communism
Dictatorship
Fascism
Republicanism
In the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, what happened to the Tsar Nicholas and his family?
They were exiled to France.
They were sent to Siberia and then executed in 1918.
They were allowed to return to power after Communism failed.
They escaped and no one knows where.
In Lenin's New Economic Policy in Russia, what did he give back to appease peasants?
all freedom back to all Russians
some economic freedom to small businesses and farmers
a Christmas dinner for each family
money the tsar had taken from them
Why did Russia pull out of WWI and when?
Lenin signed an armistice & peace treaty with Germany in1918
They surrendered to Austria and Germany
The Allies weren't Communists; they didn't like them anymore
Their peasants refused to fight
What group in the U.S. sparked the creation of the General Intelligence Division, later known as the FBI?
The rise of the Independent Party/ riots across cities
Fear of bans on chocolate imports/ giant chocolate parties
Fear of spies/ sinking of ships in U.S. ports
Fear of Communist Revolution/ bombs exploding in June 1919
