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Question | Answer |
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What alliance did Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria make? | Central Powers |
What alliance did Serbia, United Kingdom, France, Belgium belong to? | Allied Powers |
Why did the US want Alaska? | gold, fur trade, and salmon industry |
Why did the US want Hawaii? | trade agreement at Pearl Harbor, warm climate, and the sugarcane/pineapple crops |
Why did the US go to war with Spain? | economic interest, concerns for people, and desire to demonstrate power |
What 2 countries, that were aquired during Spanish-American war, does the US still own? | Guam and Puerto Rico |
What was the Zimmerman Telegram? | a telegram from Germany to Mexico offering to get US land in exchange for support |
What was unrestricted submarine warfare? | when Germany attacked allied ships |
What is isolationism? | the desire to stay out of foreign affairs |
Why was the League of Nations formed? | to keep the peace so that another war did not happen |
How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? | forced Germany to give up overseas colonies, give land to France and pay money to allied nations |
When did the US enter World War I? | in 1917 |
What were buffalo soldiers? | Afiran American soldiers who fought in the war |
What was yellow journalism? | false, exaggerated statements that influenced readers |
Why was the Panama canal built? | so that it would create an easier and faster route to the Pacific ocean |
How was most of the war fought? | trench warfare |