FINAL EXAMINATION --TAKE HOME:
Take home examination. You will complete this examination using your text and lecture notes. It is due at 1 pm on Thursday, 4 August 2016
World War I
Final Examination
SECTION I: Short Answer/Identification. Choose, Identify and State the Historical Significance of four of the following terms. 20 points possible, each identification is worth five points.
SECTION II: Essay #1. Choose and answer in a complete essay one of the following. 40 points possible:
SECTION III: Essay #2. Choose and answer in a complete essay one of the following. 40 points possible:
World War I
Final Examination
SECTION I: Short Answer/Identification. Choose, Identify and State the Historical Significance of four of the following terms. 20 points possible, each identification is worth five points.
- Marshall Foch
- Georges Clemenceau
- General Pershing
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- V. I. Lenin
- Battle of Cambrai
- Spanish Influenza
- Argonne Operation
- Wilson’s 14 Points
- Prince Max of Baden
- Treaty of Versailles
SECTION II: Essay #1. Choose and answer in a complete essay one of the following. 40 points possible:
- Why did America enter the War in Europe when it did? Why did it not enter before? Could the United States have remained neutral?
- Discuss the two revolutions in Russia during 1917. Be sure to include in your answer the circumstances that led to the revolutions, the primary events and important players. Was revolution inevitable?
SECTION III: Essay #2. Choose and answer in a complete essay one of the following. 40 points possible:
- What led to the French Mutiny in 1917—the underlying and immediate causes? How did the French military respond and restore order? How did this affect the Western Front including the Germans, British and eventually the Americans?
- Discuss the Ludendorff Offensives in 1918. What was the German strategy? What were the immediate and long-term outcomes? How did it affect the war?
