Inventions
The thing mostly found on pants and jackets
What are zippers?
After WWI ended, this peace treaty placed blame on Germany for the overall war and inflicted heavy penalties on it.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The assassination that led to World War 1.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
What is the Triple Entende (Allied Powers) vs The Triple Alliance (Axis Powers)
A product most still use today to blow their noses
What is Kleenex?
This multinational group was constructed following the war to try to put a stop to potential wars, but the U.S. never joined it.
What is the League of Nations?
Alliance that began World War 1.
What is the Russia-Serbia alliance?
Most people assume WWI started because of the prolonged tensions, but in all actuality this event is usually argued as the initial trigger of the war.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
First 2 nations to declare war on each other.
What is Serbia and Austria-Hungary?
Type of steel that is commonly found in most modern silverware
What is stainless steel?
This war resulted in the harsh economic slump and debt throughout Europe, contributing to the worldwide decline in the late 1920s.
What is the Great Depression?
Cause of tension between nations.
What is Militarism?
A common incorrect belief is that only Europeans fighters/soldiers battled in the war, but soldiers really came from many parts of the world because of these political settlements.
What are colonial empires of allied nations?
Famous truce during the war.
What is The Christmas Truce?
A period between November where most Americans gain an extra hour and then lose that same hour following march
Daylight savings time
This severe and detrimental epidemic spread across the world towards the end of World War One, killing millions, estimatingly more than the war itself.
What is the Spanish flu?
Man that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
What is four years?
Turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of the Somme (1916)
These were developed to destroy U-boats by dropping explosives to a specific depth, where they detonated.
What are depth charges?
What is World War II?
Reason why Germany declared war on Russia.
What is the fear of Russian expansion?
Many think Germany was easily taken down and never recovered, but in truth irritation over WWI settlements added to the rise of this leader.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Reason why the USA joined the war for the Allied Powers.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania by Germany?