Checkpoint 7: World War I

What is an alliance?

• An agreement between nations to defend one another.
• An agreement between nations to trade with one another.
• When nation's pick teams to fight against.
• Groups of countries that finished nationalism.

Which of the following were apart of the Allied Forces?

• Germany, Austria- Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria

• France, Britain, Russia, and the United States

• Japan, Russia, Germany, and Spain

• Europe, France, India, and Canada

Which countries were part of the Central Powers?

• Germany

  China

  Rusia

  Great Britain

• Austria-Hungary

  US

  France

  Mexico

• China

  US

  Great Britain

  Mexico

• Ottoman Empire

  Germany

  Austria-Hungary

  Bulgaria

What did the Zimmerman Telegram promise?

• Germany would give part of Mexico to the US if the US helped Germany win the war

• US would give part of Mexico to Germany if Germany helped the US win the war

• Germany would give part of the US to Mexico if Mexico helped Germany win the war

• US would give part of the US to Mexico if Mexico helped the US to win the war

Which of the following primary source used during the war that helped the United States decision in joining World War I?

• They had better weapons.

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• The Central Powers

• Hot Cheetos chip bag

Who was the President During World War 1?

• President Barack Obama

• President Joe Biden

• President George Washington

• President Woodrow Wilson

What major ship was sunk by Germany and influenced the United States decision to enter WW I?

• The U.S.S.R.

• The Mayflower

• The Lusitania

• The U.S. Submarine

Why were Americans upset when the RMS Lusitania was sunk?

• It was the first American ship to be sunk in WWI

• It was a passenger ship with Americans on board.

• It was a British ship that was sunk in American waters.

• It was sunk after Germany signed a pledge promising not to sink American ships.

Reasons for the United States Entering WWI

• German submarine warfare

• US ties to Great Britain

• Isolationism

• Zimmerman Telegram

What was the impact of the US's involvement in WWI

• both sides signed a treaty immediately but kept fighting for another year

• Both sides stopped fighting 5 years later

• Both sides stopped fighting 1.5 years later

• Both sides signed a treaty before the US could join the fight