Dates
What year did WWI start?
July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
Definition of Isolationism?
Isolationists advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics.
Who was President of the United States during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
What term was used to describe the large ditches where soldiers lived and fought during the war?
trenches
WWI is the first time _________ were used in battle.
chemical weapons
What year did the fight break out in Europe?
1914
Define U-boats.
Who was sitting next to Archduke Franz Ferdinand and was also killed in Sarajevo?
His wife, Sophie.
Trenches were built because WWI was mainly a __________ war.
Why did the Ottman EMpoire and Bulgaria side with Germany?
The Ottoman had run out of financial resources.
What year did the Lusitania sink?
May 1915
Define The Zimmerman Telegram.
This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the leader of what country?
Austria-Hungary
Why weren't the British and French trenches as nice as the German ones?
GB and France did not think they would be in the war very long, so they didn't put a lot of time or effort into building trenches.
What was the name of the treaty that was written to end World War I and prevent future wars (even though it didn't)
Treaty of Versailles
American join forces with Britain & France in what year?
April 1917
What is the meaning of the Allied Powers?
Why were Americans afraid to join World War I?
Possible Answers:
1) Many of them immigrated to the U.S. to escape war in Europe
2) They did not want to get involved in a foreign war
TRUE or FALSE: the German trenches were dry, comfortable, safe, and some even had electricity and/or running water?
TRUE
One way to summarize the development of technology during WWI is: soldiers rode in on ___________ and left in ______________.
horses, airplanes
What year the WWI ended?
July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
Definition of central powers?
Allied powers, also called Allies, those countries allied in opposition to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) in World War I or to the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) in World War II. World War I: Allied troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Date: 1915 - 1918 1939 - 1945.
What campaign slogan did President Woodrow Wilson use when he ran for reelection in 1916?
"He Kept Us Out of War"
The area of land between the Allies' trenches and the Central Powers' trenches was called "_____ ______ _______."
"No Man's Land"
How did World War I eventually lead to World War II?
(teacher will determine if the answer is correct)