CAUSES OF WWI
This is a union formed between countries for a shared benefit
What is an alliance?
The area between the trenches is known as this
What is no man's land?
He was the president of the United States who ran for reelection in 1916, using the campaign slogan, "He kept us out of war"
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This was the name of the treaty that officially ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This is a situation in which neither side is able to make significant progress or gain an advantage
What is a stalemate?
This policy of building up and glorifying the military led to a competition between Britain and Germany for the strongest navy
What is militarism?
This weapon was first used on the western front in order to asphyxiate the enemy
What is poison gas?
These advertisements were aimed at convincing people to join and support the war effort
What are propaganda?
The "Big Four" met at Versailles for this international meeting to discuss the terms of peace after WWI
What is the Paris Peace Conference?
He was the last tsar (czar) of Russia
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
This was the nickname for the Balkans region (or the Balkan Peninsula) due to overlapping claims and conflict in the region
What is the "Powder Keg of Europe"?
This new technology was invented in order to overcome some of the defensive strategies of trench warfare and break the stalemate
What is the tank?
This British cruise liner was sunk by a German U-boat while carrying 128 American passengers, angering the American public
What is the RMS Lusitania?
In a speech to Congress, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presented his proposal for post-war peace, known as this
What are Wilson's Fourteen Points?
This battle was the first significant Allied victory of the war, as they stopped the Germans from advancing and prevented the Germans from conquering France
What is the Battle of the Marne?
These were the two major alliances in World War I
What are the Triple Alliance (Central Powers) and the Triple Entente (Allied Powers)?
The Germans practiced this when they were sinking military and civilian vessels without warning
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This secret communication was sent proposing a military alliance between Germany and Mexico, with the former promising the latter the return of territory in the American southwest
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
What is the armistice?
This was the international peacekeeping organization that was founded by Woodrow Wilson after WWI. Ironically, the U.S. did not join
What is the League of Nations?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand due to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia illustrated intense this cause
What is nationalism?
This battle was an Allied attack on entrenched German forces that deteriorated into a battle of attrition, resulting in over 1.2 million casualties
What is the Battle of the Somme?
In order to raise troops for the war, U.S. Congress passed this in 1917
What is the Selective Service Act?
This key industrial region of Germany was to be demilitarized at the conclusion of the war
What is the Rhineland?
This was the location of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination (need the city and country)
What is Sarajevo, Bosnia?