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100
He got us into the war, even though he won re-election as "the President who kept us out of war."
What is Woodrow Wilson?
100
The treaty that ended the war is named after this palace in France.
What is Versailles?
100
Meaning "not taking sides," this is the U.S.' first position on World War I.
What is neutral/neutrality?
100
This terms refers to a German sub.
What is unterseeboot?
100
Organization formed to resolve problems before they escalated into wars; its creator, Woodrow Wilson, would have been disappointed to see that the U.S. would never join.
What is League of Nations?
200
This archduke's assassination was the "spark that lit the powderkeg" and started WWI.
What is Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary?
200
The Zimmermann Telegram was intercepted before it reached its intended destination, __.
What is Mexico?
200
This kind of war is one where the winner wears the enemy out, to the point that they are no longer able to fight.
What is war of attrition?
200
After World War I, the use of this weapon was made illegal due to the way it worked - painfully and slowly.
What is chemical weapons/gas/mustard/chlorine gas?
200
Many historians have said that World War I is the beginning of a chain of events leading to ?
What is World War II?
300
Having gotten thousands killed at Gallipoli, he rebuilt his career and reputation by joining the army.
What is Winston Churchill?
300
At the Congress of __ in 1819, the countries of Europe drew up boundaries to reorganize themselves after Napoleon's conquests.
What is Vienna?
300
For a nation to declare war, this has to happen:
What is Congress has to approve it?
300
Which country had the most powerful army at the beginning of WWI?
What is Germany?
300
The primary leader of the Russian Revolution; Stalin was his sidekick and followed him as dictator.
What is Lenin?
400
The people who live in the Balkan area of Europe (just above Greece) are part of a larger ethnic group called what?
What is Slavs?
400
People from this country were the most likely to be the target of harassment or discrimination during WWI.
What is Germany?
400
In this event, half a million African-Americans moved from the South to take factory jobs in the northern industrial cities.
What is Great Migration?
400
Out of 10, 25 or 60, how many bombs could a Stokes mortar fire off in one minute?
What is 25?
400
The American forces were called?
What is AEF (or doughboys).
500
German fellow who wrote on his theory of socialism, which said that the world can only be free and at peace when the workers have overthrown the owners.
What is Karl Marx?
500
This area, lying between France and Germany, is a good example of nationalistic French people wanting to be part of France, not Germany.
What is the Alsace-Lorrain region?
500
The people of Europe didn't call it World War I; they called it this:
What is the Great War?
500
This is the fraction of deployed U.S. troops who actually fought in the war:
What is 1/3?
500
In the treaty, Germany was forced to give up all of its __?
What is overseas territories?
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