Terms and People
What were the German submarines called?
U-Boats
Which side won WWI?
The Allies
Factories stopped making consumer goods to make_______________________.
war supplies
"Secret" note from Germany to Mexico released to U.S. newspapers in 1917.
Zimmerman note.
This policy was adopted by the U.S. as they tried to remain isolated from WWI initially.
Isolationism
This type of warfare utilizes ditches that soldiers fought from on the Western Front.
Trenches or trench warfare
What was the name of the treaty that ended WWI? (Daily Double dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun)
Treaty of Versailles
Nickname for young and "new" American soldiers fighting in Europe.
doughboys
This type of music was becoming extremely popular to listen to on the radio in the U.S.
Jazz
The sinking of the ______killed 128 Americans which compelled the U.S. to get involved in WWI
Lusitania
Soldiers would use these to protect themselves from chemical warfare.
Gas Masks
This new organization created after WWI would aim to settle disputes between countries to avoid all out war. (Countries could join as member nations at the time)
League of Nations
Items sold by the United States government to raise money.
Liberty bonds
This sport was becoming increasingly popular especially due the invention of the radio.
Baseball
Name 3 countries that were part of the Allies in WWI
U.K. , U.S. , France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Romania, Japan, Romania, Serbia.
World War I was the first time these were used as a weapon. They saw their role change greatly throughout the war for recon and dropping surprises from above for the enemy.
Airplanes
What Germany was required to pay as a result of losing the war?
Reparations
Practice of requiring people to serve in the armed forces. And the name of the act
draft / Selective Service Act
This major pandemic caused the deaths of millions world wide during the span of WWI: (Daily double! Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun)
The Spanish Flu
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Bulgaria
This weapon revolutionized small arms warfare by being able to fire hundreds of rounds per minute.
Maxim's Machine Gun
Which country was forced to take the blame for starting WWI?
Germany
List 2 reasons why the U.S. became an industrial powerhouse after WWI:
Infrastructure not damaged by war, booming production, U.S. was not in debt/we became a credit nation, resources and population, U.S. became primary supplier for rebuilding Europe.
Ford