USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
What event in early 1918 gave Germany new hope of winning the war?

(A) Food riots and deserting troops

(B) US military postponed the deadline for sending troops

(C) ** Russia signed a peace treaty with Central Powers and withdrew from the war

(D) The German army won a major victory

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Treaty of Brest-Litovsk : March 3, 1918.

Concept note-2: -Brest-Litovsk Treaty: 3 March 1918 Russia ends its participation in the First World War.

Concept note-3: -The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty’s so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. This meant a loss of territories, reduction in military forces, and reparation payments to Allied powers.

Concept note-4: -Under the treaty, Russia had to turn over several territories to Germany: Finland, Russian Poland, Estonia, Livonia, Courland (now part of Latvia), Lithuania, Ukraine, and Bessarabia. In addition, the Bolsheviks had to give much of the southern part of Russia to what was still the Ottoman Empire, controlled by Turkey.