World War I (Halfway)

All of the following are causes of World War I, EXCEPT

• Alliances

• Neutrality

• Militarism

• Nationalism

Select all of the countries below that belonged to the ALLIED powers.

• France

• Great Britain

• Uruguay

• Russia

• Austria-Hungary

Select all of the countries below that belonged to the CENTRAL powers.

• Russia

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Ottoman Empire

• Austria-Hungary

The United States did not enter World War I until...

• 1914

• 1915

• 1917

• 1918

What are the two main events that drew the U.S. into World War I?

• The Battle of Marne

• The sinking of the Lusitania

• The British and German blockades

• The Zimmerman Telegram

All of the following are true of the Zimmerman Telegram, EXCEPT..

• Germany was asking Mexico to attack the U.S. if the U.S. declared war on Germany.

• The telegram was in code, but the British intercepted it and decoded it.

• Germany promised Mexico that it would give its former land back that it lost to the U.S.

• Mexico apologized to the U.S. for the telegram and publicly declared neutrality.

What was the SPARK that started World War I?

• The sinking of the Lusitania.

• An official alliance between Russia and Serbia.

• The Zimmerman Telegram.

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Who was President of the United States during World War I (last name only)?

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True or False: The U.S. remained neutral for the first 3 years of WWI.

• True

• False

True or False: At the start of WWI, the U.S. traded goods with the Central Powers AND the Allied Powers.

• True

• False