Lesson 1 The United States Enters Ww1

Question: What nations formed the Triple Alliance? (Central Powers/Axis Powers)

Answer: Germany, Italy and Austria- Hungary. Italy jumped ship and join the allies in 1915.

Question: What European nations formed the Triple Entente? (Allies)

Answer: Britain, France and Russia. Italy joined the Allies in 1915.

Question: What is militarism?

Answer: Militarism is the strong build up of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations.

Question: What caused a rise in tensions between European nations?

Answer: Nationalism for Germany. National groups with and empires wanted to be autonomous (independent).

Question: What triggered the war in Europe?

Answer: In 1914, and assassination of Archduke, who's the heir to the throne, and his wife, Sophie, from Austria Hungarian by a Bosnian revolutionary.

Question: Who were the Allies and who were the Central Powers?

Answer: The Allies fight for triple entente. The Triple Alliance are the Central Powers.

Question: Why did many Americans support the British?

Answer: Propaganda and Allies win investments, Britain paid back, control telegram lines and preserve international power.

Question: Which side did American businesses support?

Answer: They supported the Allies because many of their investments were in Britain.

Question: Why did a German U-boat sink the passenger ship Lusitania?

Answer: Because they found it in the waters around Britain. 128 Americans died.

Question: Why did Germany promised to stop syncing merchant ships without warning?

Answer: They didn't want to strengthen the Allies by drawing the US into war.

Question: What events caused the United States to declare war?

Answer: The sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram and Germany U-boats began sinking US ships.

Question: What factors contributed to World War I?

Answer: Many factors contributed in World War I but none more than militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism. They were the main causes of World War I.