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World War I Assignment answers

Answers for World War I Crossword Puzzle
 * militarism build up of military strength in response to rivals
 * Central Powers Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire (2 words)
 * Allied Powers Great Britain, France, Russia (2 words)
 * Trench warfare 2 words for troops huddled at bottom of trenches firing at enemies
 * U boats used to block and interrupt trade with allies
 * Neutrality refusing to take sides
 * Zimmerman telegram Mexico would regain the Southwest because of this 2 words
 * Imperialism rivalry for raw materials and customers
 * Nationalism interests of your country above other countries
 * Alliances agreements to protect your partner if attacked
 * Serbia place where Archduke was assassinated
 * neutral not taking sides
 * convoydisrupted U-boat attacks
 * armistice agreement to end fighting
 * War bonds 2 words for low interest loans to the government by citizens
 * propaganda information designed to change public opinion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Espionage Act2 words for law meant to prevent anti war activities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sedition Act 2 words for law meant to prevent anti-war activities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Great Migration 2 words for over 500,000 African Americans moving north for jobs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Treaty of Versailles 3 words for the end of war, carved up Russian Empire, not signed by U.S.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">league of nations 3 words for the dream of Wilson for a cooperative world, most important of 14 Points
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Fourteen points 2 words for Wilson's plans for the post war world
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">9d reparations Germany's requirement to pay for the war
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Red Scare 2 words for a fear of Communism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">airplane most dramatic new weapon of World War I
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">mobilization Americans did this after declaring War on Germany
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">socialists believe industry should be publicly owned
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">entente understanding between nations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">pacifists people opposed to use of violence
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">ethnic group 2 words for people sharing common language and traditions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Belgium When Germany invaded here, Great Britain entered the war
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">ottoman empire 2 words for group joining Central Powers from fear of Russia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Japan joined allies as a rival of Germany
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Treaty of Brest Litovsk 4 words for Russia surrendering Poland
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">National War Labor Board 4 words for agency to ensure production of vital war materials
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">32billion word and number for cost of war to United States
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lusitania sunk by u boat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Committee on public information 4 words produced American propaganda
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">selective service act 3 words for draft
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">triple alliance 2 words for Austria Hungary, Germany, Italy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Battle of Marne 3 words saved France from Germany
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">triple entente 2 words for Great Britain, France, Russia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jeannette Rankin 2 names for first woman in Congress
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Henry Cabot Lodge 3 names opposed the Treaty of Versailles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sussex torpedoed by U boat


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Black hand 2 words for Serbia nationalist group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">women’s peace party3 words for anti war group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">zeppelin blimp
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Vladimir Lenin leader of the Russian Bolsheviks who took over Russia from the Tsar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">neutrality refusing to take sides

<span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– To gain employment <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– To escape poverty and bigotry and racial violence <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– To gain jobs <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– Escape chaos and violence of Mexican Revolution **p. 694 #3a**
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 * Event #1: Germany Invade Belgium
 * Event #2: U Boat sinks the Lusitania
 * Event #3 Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare
 * Event #4 Zimmerman Telegram discovered
 * # 3a page 683 Event leading to WWI **
 * Besides the imperialism, militarism and nationalism
 * Serbian national assassinated Heir to the Austria-Hungarian empire
 * Germany invades Belgium
 * U-Boat Sinks Lusitania
 * Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare
 * Zimmerman telegram discovered
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 * Reasons Americans were divided over issue of remaining neutral
 * Americans did not want to go to war
 * But
 * German attacks on merchant ships and the Zimmerman telegram changed ther minds
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 * Russia’s withdrawal from the war in 1917 was a blow to the Allies because
 * It freed German troops to move to the western front where the allies were concentrated
 * Page 683 #4 Critical Thinking **
 * Imperialism, nationalism and militarism worked to reinforce each other
 * Nationalism led to imperialism. Protecting an empire and competing for more territory required militarism
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 * How American groups helped fight the war:
 * AEF ground troops helped push back the German line
 * Women served as nurses, clerical workers, ambulance drivers
 * US Naval forces escorted merchant ships and mined the North Sea
 * Sergeant York: killed 25 enemy machine gunner and took 132 prisoners
 * P 690 #3a **
 * Wilson wanted U.S. to fight as a separate combat force because having a separate fighting unit would insure the United States having a major role in the peace talks
 * Other wise, France or England would take the lead and the United States would have a minor role
 * P 690 # 3b **
 * The U.S. countered U boat threats by:
 * Using convoys to guard merchant ships and laying mines to keep u boats out of the North Atlantic
 * P 690#3c **
 * The Meuse Argonne offensive was a turning point in the war because:
 * Forced the Germans into retreat.
 * Page 690 #4 **
 * American entry into the War was very important to the Allies because
 * U.S. troops were fresh and had higher morale than the Allied Troops who had been fighting for several years.
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 * African Americans moved from the South to the North
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 * African Americans moved from the South to the North
 * African Americans moved from the South to the North
 * Mexicans moved to the American Southwest and Northern cities
 * Americans contributed to the war effort by:
 * Buying war bonds
 * Planting victory gardens
 * Sewing clothing for soldiers
 * p. 694 #3b **
 * Purpose of the Espionage and Sedition Act:
 * To prevent people from undermining the war effort
 * Groups most affected by the acts:
 * Pacifists
 * Socialists
 * Other war critics


 * p. 694 #3c **
 * The war created many job opportunities for women:
 * Jobs in factories that made war materials
 * Jobs formerly held by men
 * Page 694 #4 **
 * Positive and Negative consequences of American wartime Propaganda
 * Positive:
 * It caused people to support the war
 * Encouraged patriotism
 * Negative:
 * Led to hatred of Germans, foreigners and war critics


 * #2 page 698 ** Effects of World War I
 * United States:
 * Political division
 * Strikes
 * Red Scare
 * Palmer raids
 * Job opportunities for African Americans and Mexicans and women
 * Page 698 #3 a **
 * The Germans resented the Treaty of Versailles because if forced Germany to accept blame for the war and demanded that Germany pay reparations.
 * Page 698 #3b **
 * Lodge and other Republicans opposes joining the League of Nations because they thought joining the Leagues would force the United States to go to War
 * Page 698 #3 c **
 * The Red Scare was caused by fears that strikes and Mail bombs were signs of a coming Communist Revolution. Foreigners and radical thinkers were the most affected by the Red Scare
 * Page 698 #4 **
 * Wilson was unable to get other powers to accept his goals for the peace conference.
 * After all they had lost. And endured, “Peace without victory” seemed too generous and possibly dangerous to the other powers
 * After all they had lost. And endured, “Peace without victory” seemed too generous and possibly dangerous to the other powers