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The War
100
The space between armies fighting each other
What is no man's land?
100
One side in World War I: Great Britain, France, and Russia, later joined by the U.S.
Who are the Allies?
100
American war hero and conscientious objector
Who is Alvin York?
100
Firepower increased to 600 rounds per minute and easily mowed down charging enemy infantry
What is the machine gun?
100
term coined during World War I to describe a complete emotional collapse from which many never recovered
What is shell shock?
200
British passenger ship attacked and sunk by Germans
What is the Lusitania?
200
One side in World War I: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Central Powers?
200
Truce agreement
What is an armistice?
200
this horrific weapon sickened, suffocated, burned, and destroyed respiratory organs
What is Poison gas or chlorine gas?
200
caused by standing in cold wet trenches for long periods of time without changing into dry socks or boots
What is trench foot?
300
Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico
What is the Zimmerman note?
300
Building up armed forces to prepare for war
What is militarism?
300
Famous American fighter pilot
Who is Eddie Rickenbacker?
300
ran on caterpillar treads and were built of steel so that bullets bounced off
What are tanks?
300
Fighting between fortified ditches
What is trench warfare?
400
A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation
What is nationalism?
400
The commander of the American Expeditionary force
Who is General John J. Pershing?
400
Law requiring men to register for military service
What is the Selective Service Act?
400
by the end of the war these were built to travel faster and carry bomb loads
What are airplanes?
400
this is the year WWI came to an end
What is 1918?
500
Young heir whose assassination triggered the war
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
500
A person who believes fighting is wrong and therefore does not want to serve in the military
What is a conscientious objector?
500
Having merchant ships travel in groups protected by warships
What is a convoy system?
500
also referred to as U-boats
What are submarines?
500
an estimated _____ million people died in WWI
What is 22 million?
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