Causes of WWI
This man was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose death sparked the outbreak of World War I.
Who is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Deep ditches dug in the earth to defend territory from opposing forces and stretched 400 miles.
What are trenches?
Not supporting or helping either side in a conflict.
What is neutrality?
Neither side can win a decisive victory
What is a stalemate?
An agreement made at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1917 to stop fighting that is still celebrated today as Veteran's Day.
What is the armistice?
The military alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
What are the Central Powers?
The portion of the war that took place along the Belgian-German borders and across France.
What is the Western Front?
A British passenger liner that in May, 1915 was sunk by a the Germans leading to 128 American deaths.
What is the Lusitania?
A nasty condition on the foot which was caused by the wet, muddy, and filthy conditions in the trenches.
What is trench foot?
The committee of countries meant to work to settle international disputes and encourage democracy.
What is the League of Nations?
The mass strengthening of arms that took place across Europe and its colonies in fear of war with other European nations.
What is militarism?
The empty patch of ground between enemy trenches.
What is no-man's-land.
A secret telegram sent by the German foreign minister to Mexico (but intercepted) that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico, with Mexico invading the United States.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The American troops that were sent to Europe to fight alongside the Allies and were lead by General John Pershing.
What is the American Expeditionary Force?
The peace treaty made to end World War I that was made by the Big Four (The United States Britain, France, and Italy) and saw Germany severely punished and held responsible for starting the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
People have strong sense of pride and loyalty to one’s nation or culture and where people of the same ethnicity, language, culture, want to unite politically. Those who do not fit in with these similarities are shunned.
What is nationalism?
Poisonous gas that destroyed lungs if one was not wearing a gasmask.
What is chemical warfare?
These acts restricted free speech and allowed the government to arrest opponents of war. 900 people were jailed for breaking these laws.
What is the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918?
What is the Russian Revolution?
A list of specific proposals for postwar peace made by President Woodrow Wilson, but never accepted by the United States government.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
The nation blamed for the death of the Austro-Hungarian Heir and was declared war on by the empire, sparking World War I.
What is Serbia?
German submarines that launched torpedoes against Allied (and neutral) supply ships.
What are U-boats?
This committee helped workers and management avoid strikes and reach agreements. Established minimum wage, limited work hours, and fair pay for women.
What is the National War Labor Board?
A massive battle that took place 50 miles from Paris that introduced new technology into the war and ended with both sides resorting to Trench Warfare
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
The epidemic that originated in Kansas in 1918 that spread across the world and killed 30 million people.
What is the influenza?