Important Names
Important Terms
Important Terms
Central Powers
Allied Powers
100

Who was the group of Russian Communists led by Vladimir Lenin that took over the Russian government in 1917?

Bolsheviks

100

What is a cease-fire agreement?

armistice

100

What was the organization formed during World War I to provide food for U.S. troops, citizens, and Allied countries in Europe?

United States Food Administration

100

What did Germany promise Mexico in the Zimmerman Note?

American land that had been part of Mexico

100

What U.S. law required all men from age 21 to 30 to register for military service?

Selective Service Act

200

What was the world's first Communist state?

Soviet Union (USSR)

200

What was the influenza pandemic that spread worldwide from 1918 to 1919?

1918 flu pandemic

200

What U.S. holiday is celebrated on November 11 to honor American veterans who have served in the military?

Veterans Day

200

Name one country that was part of the Central Powers.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria

200

Name one country that was part of the Allied Powers.

Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Russia

300

What was the organization for the purpose of international peace?

League of Nations

300

What was the deadliest battle in U.S. history?

Battle of Argonne Forest

300

What was made in munitions factories?

weapons

300

Name one country that was part of the Central Powers.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria

300

Name one country that was part of the Allied Powers.

Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Russia

400

Who was the American flying ace who shot down over twenty enemy planes?

Eddie Rickenbacker

400

What was the treaty signed in France to officially end the Great War?

Treaty of Versailles
400

What were German submarines called?

U-boats

400

Who was the future ruler of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated by a Serbian teenager?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

400

Who was the United States commander during World War I?

General John Pershing

500

Who was the first Communist dictator of Russia and the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution?

Vladimir Lenin

500

What were the years that World War I was fought?

1914-1918

500

What was the name of the countries that decided not to take sides during the war?

neutral nations
500

Who was ruler of Germany in 1914?

Kaiser Wilhelm II

500

Which English passenger ship was fired upon by a German U-boat?

Lusitania

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