Download World War I Review World War I greatly influenced the direction of

World War I Review
World War I greatly influenced the direction of American foreign policy. The
United States truly started following an ________________ foreign policy when it
entered World War I. Internationalism is a foreign policy based on heavy involvement in
___________ affairs.
World War I began in Europe in _______ (date). The two sides, which fought
against each other during World War I, were the ___________ Powers and the
___________. The Central Powers included _____________, __________-__________,
and the _____________ Empire. The Allies included __________ ____________,
____________, and ___________.
During the first three years of World War I, the United States remained
____________. However, in 1917 the United States entered World War I on the side of
the __________. Two reasons existed for the United States’ decision to enter the war.
First, despite America’s neutrality between 1914 and 1917, ___________ submarine
warfare had continued against American merchant shipping. Second, the United States
had close cultural and historical ties with _________ ___________.
____________ ____________ was president during World War I. When the
United States entered the war, President Wilson said the nation’s goal was to “make the
__________ safe for ________________.” As a result of America’s entrance into the
war, ______________ was defeated in 1918.
Before the war ended, President _____________ announced the Fourteen Points.
The ______________ ____________ were Wilson’s statement of plans for peace after
World War I, including plans to eliminate the causes of war. The Fourteen Points
contained three key ideas: 1) _____________ self-determination, 2) freedom of the
________, 3) the ____________ of ___________. National self-determination was the
idea that each _____________ group should be in charge of its own destiny. Freedom of
the seas was the idea that ______ nations’ ships would be able to sail in
_______________ waters without threat of ___________ by another country’s ships.
The League of Nations was an organization of nations established at the end of World
War ____ to maintain ___________ stability and ____________.
The Treaty of _________________ ended World War I. The Treaty of Versailles
included five major principles: 1) national ______-______________, 2) ____________
of the seas, 3) the ____________ of ___________, 4) the _____________ system, and
5) ______________ responsibility for World War I. Under the terms of the Treaty of
Versailles, a mandate was a region administered (run) by another country until it was
judged ready for ______________. For example, the Versailles Treaty divided the
Ottoman Empire (_________) into mandates or lands, which the __________ would
supervise or govern under the direction of the ___________ of __________.
___________ received Syria as a mandate, while _________ __________ received
Palestine and Iraq as mandates. In addition, Great Britain and France insisted that the
Versailles Treaty hold _______________ responsible for starting World War I. As a
result, under the terms of the treaty, Germany had to pay reparations or ______
__________ to the Allies. The treaty of Versailles implemented (put into effect) the
principle of national self-determination, by creating the European countries of
____________, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and _________. However, the treaty was
inconsistent on the issue of national self-determination, because it recognized this
principle in ___________, but not in the ___________ _________, __________, or
_________.
President Wilson sent the Treaty of Versailles to the United States Senate for
_________________ or approval. Under the United States Constitution, the
______________, or executive branch, has the sole power to make treaties with foreign
countries, while the United States ___________ must approve them in order for the
treaties to become American law. Moreover, the Constitution requires a _______ vote of
the Senate to ratify a treaty with a foreign country. The ______________ party
controlled the United States Senate after the 1918 congressional elections. Republican
leaders objected to Senate ratification of the Versailles Treaty, because they did not want
an international organization, like the ___________ of ________, to make American
__________ policy decisions. The Senate did / did not approve the Treaty of Versailles,
and consequently the United States did / did not join the League of Nations. The
Senate’s rejection of the Versailles Treaty showed the lingering (lasting) influence of
_________________.