World War I Overview: Causes, Events & Impact

Question 1 - 10 • The triggering event that sparked the beginning of World War I was

Answer 1 – 10 • The assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.

Question 1 - 20 • A stalemate developed along the Western Front early in the war because

Answer 1 – 20 • Trench warfare made it difficult for either side to win an advantage.

Question 1 - 30 • Germany

Answer 1 – 30 • D

Question 1 - 40 • Russia

Answer 1 – 40 • H

Question 1 - 50 • England

Answer 1 – 50 • A

Question 2 - 10 • Austria-Hungary

Answer 2 – 10 • E

Question 2 - 20 • France

Answer 2 – 20 • B

Question 2 - 30 • The Ottoman Empire

Answer 2 – 30 • G

Question 2 - 40 • Allies

Answer 2 – 40 • A,B,H

Question 2 - 50 • Central Powers

Answer 2 – 50 • D,E,G

Question 3 - 10 • Which member of the Allies is not pictured on this map?

Answer 3 – 10 • The United States

Question 3 - 20 • Which event caused Russia to drop out of World War I?

Answer 3 – 20 • The Communist Revolution

Question 3 - 30 • This act made it illegal to speak out against the war (or the government) publicly?

Answer 3 – 30 • Sedition Act

Question 3 - 40 • This act made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort?

Answer 3 – 40 • Espionage Act

Question 3 - 50 • This act established a draft in the United States for World War I?

Answer 3 – 50 • Selective-Service Act

Question 4 - 10 • In the Supreme Court case, Schenck vs. United States, Schenck argued that the war time draft was the same as what?

Answer 4 – 10 • Involuntary Servitude, or slavery.

Question 4 - 20 • What was the “Great Migration”?

Answer 4 – 20 • The movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities looking for work in wartime jobs.

Question 4 - 30 • This government agency worked to increase farm production and reduce civilian consumption (Hooverizing)?

Answer 4 – 30 • Food Administration

Question 4 - 40 • This government agency attempted to mediate between businesses and workers to avoid strikes that would hurt the war effort?

Answer 4 – 40 • National War Labor Board

Question 4 - 50 • This government agency coordinated the production of war materials, telling businesses what to produce and allocating raw materials?

Answer 4 – 50 • War Industries Board

Question 5 - 10 • This poster is example of what?

Answer 5 – 10 • Propaganda

Question 5 - 20 • Woodrow Wilson’s “14 points plan” called for the creation/forming of what in order to settle international disputes and avoid war. The Treaty of Versailles included this also.

Answer 5 – 20 • A “League of Nations”

Question 5 - 30 • What was the biggest difference between Woodrow Wilson’s “14 points plan” and the “Treaty of Versailles”?

Answer 5 – 30 • Wilson did not want any punishment or reparations for Germany so that Europe could heal after the war. • The other Allies, who got what they wanted in the “Treaty of Versailles”, made Germany accept the blame for the war and pay large reparations to the Allies.

Question 5 - 40 • Payments for damages caused to someone else are called?

Answer 5 – 40 • Reparations

World War I Overview: Causes, Events & Impact