The Players
Warfare
How the War started?
American Involvement in the War
Miscellaneous
100
England, France and Russia
Who are the Allied Powers?
100
Military strategy of Defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches.
What is trench warfare?
100
The year World War I started?
What is 1914?
100
The Zimmerman note was a German message to this western hemisphere country, prompting an attack on the United States.
What is Mexico?
100
Ended the war and out extreme limitations on Germany;'s ability to build up a navy or military.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
Who was the American President when World War I began?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
World War I became the first war were this type of weapon was used.
What is chemical weapons?
200
The country Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in.
What is Serbia?
200
America favored these countries, despite not being in the war, by lending them money and weapons.
Who are the Allied Powers (England and France)?
200
Partnering up with other countries, this strategy helped spread the war, not prevent it.
What are alliances?
300
The members of the Central Powers.
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire?
300
The battle saw the British Expeditionary Force mount a joint offensive, with the French Army against the German Army, which had occupied large areas of France since its invasion of the country in August 1914. The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the war; the forces involved had suffered more than 1 million casualties, making it one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded.
What is the Battle of Somme?
300
He was the heir to the throne in Austria-Hungary, assassinated by a Bosnian nationalist. Leading to the outbreak of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
300
The initial American stance on the war in Europe.
What is isolationism, or staying uninvolved?
300
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through conscription by adding all abled body men as soldiers.
What is the selective service act or draft?
400
The leading American General, who helped the Allied powers defeat the Central Powers.
Who is John Pershing?
400
The open field field that soldiers had to cross in an attempt to advance ground. This was a very dangerous area where many soldiers died.
What is "no-man's land"?
400
Glorification of military strength by countries as they added soldiers and advanced weapon technology.
What is Militarism?
400
It originally prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations, to support U.S. enemies during wartime, to promote insubordination in the military, or to interfere with military recruitment.
What is the espionage act?
400
This was one of the causes of World War I, where countries wanted to add to their empire by adding land for more raw materials and new markets.
What is imperialism?
500
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a person of this ethnic background.
What is Bosnian?
500
Allied forces pushed German forces back miles, but realized that the war be long and costly, and that there was no clear path to Victory.
What is the Battle of Marne?
500
Extreme ethnic pride in one's culture, sometimes leading to feelings of anger towards other cultures.
What is nationalism?
500
A cruise ship containing American civilians that was sunk by German submarines, pushing America closer to involvement in the war.
What is the Lusitania?
500
These two groups took over many of the jobs that were vacated by men who became American soldiers.
Who are African Americans and Women?
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