How did we get here?
This man was killed on June 28th, 1914, starting the war.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
These machines could send hundreds of bullets a minute at the enemy; a new technology in this war.
What are machine guns?
The first major battle of the war, fought in the trenches on the banks of a river.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
The day and time of the first armistice of the war.
What is 11:00 a.m. on the eleventh of November, 1918?
A reason why America did NOT join the war.
They had no personal reason to send troops besides helping their allies.
Didn’t trust Russia and didn’t want to be on their side.
They could support the war financially without having to send American troops.
Didn’t want to send our troops to die for other nations.
These three nations are the members of the Triple Entente before the war starts.
Who are France, Russia, and the British Empire?
Initially used only for scouting from above, these machines were eventually fitted with machine guns for dogfighting.
What are airplanes?
Known for its high casualties on the first day, this battle was fought alongside the Battle of Verdun.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
~ $30 Billion.
What is the amount of money that Germany was ordered to pay to the rest of Europe?
A reason why America DID want to join the war.
Solidarity with the British people.
News of German atrocities in Belgium angered citizens.
Desire to protect our allies.
These three nations make up the Central Powers before the war started?
Who are the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy?
These stretched hundreds of miles on the Western Front and were used to hide soldiers and equipment.
What are trenches?
The longest battle in the war, and the battle with the most casualties in human history up to that point.
What is the Battle of Verdun?
Parts of France originally taken during the Franco-Prussian War and restored to them through the Treaty of Versailles.
What are the Territorial Changes of the Treaty of Versailles?
The number of soldiers mobilized by the American Government after it entered the war.
5 Million
This nation is allied with Russia, and Russia enters the war when it is attacked by Austria-Hungary.
What is Serbia?
These machines, first mass-produced by the British Empire were used to counter trenches.
What are tanks?
A disastrous campaign over the Dardanelles Straights in 1915.
What is the Galipoli Campaign?
Later called The United Nations.
What is the League of Nations?
The Lusitania
What was the American vessel sunk by a German submarine in 1917?
This Empire joined the war by taking a few German warships and attacking Russian docks in the Black Sea.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
A new type of chemical warfare used in World War I.
What is poison gas?
The final major battle of the war, won with the help of the American soldiers.
What is the Second Battle of the Marne?
"This is not peace; this is an armistice for twenty years."
What is the quote on the Treaty of Versailles by Ferdinand Foch?
April 6th, 1917.
The date that President Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States declared war on Germany.