Fighting the War
-isms and other terms to know
America and the War
WWI
Hodge Podge
100
The German use of this technology made the seas dangerous and threatened the US's ability to get supplies across the ocean.
What are U-boats?
100
The belief that one's country is superior to all others and deserves more than any other country.
What is nationalism?
100

Loans the US citizens made to the government during the war.  Citizens were repaid their money after the war with interest.

What was a liberty bond?

100

Two reasons that the United States eventually entered WWI.

What are the aggression of German U-boats at sea (the sinking of the Lusitania and other ships) and the Zimmermann telegram?

100
Two ways in which American citizens helped meet the needs of American and foreign soldiers during WWI?
What are purchasing liberty bonds, saving food, eating less bread and meat, serving in the military, farmers increased production of crops, observing daylight savings (saving electricity), working in shipyards and factories to produce war supplies
200
The introduction of this technology in WWI caused the burning of skin, eyes, and lungs on the battlefield.
What is poison gas?
200
The attitude of not becoming involved in or engaged in issues beyond one's own borders.
What is isolationism?
200
These American citizens were called upon to increase production during the war in order to provide more food for soldiers and America's allies.
Who are American farmers?
200
The assassination of this heir to the throne of Austria Hungary resulted in the beginning of WWI in 1914.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
200
** Daily Double **As American men joined the armed forces during WWI, these two groups of Americans found work in factories and other positions that had previously not been available to them.
Who are women and African Americans?
300
The introduction of these weapons in WWI, made the fighting more deadly than ever because soldiers were able to fire thousands of rounds of ammunition in just a few minutes.
What are machine guns/automatic weapons?
300
The desire to expand one's country by taking over smaller countries or colonies.
What is imperialism?
300
One reason that the US did not sign the Treaty of Versailles.
The US Senate did not want to join the League of Nations because they worried it would result in the United States becoming involved in other foreign wars.
300
The two major alliances of WWI.
What are the Central Powers and the Allied Powers?
300
A method of fighting introduced in WWI in which soldiers lived and fought in long narrow ditches on the battlefield.
What is trench warfare?
400
The President of the United States during WWI, he insisted that America remain neutral as the war began.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
An agreement between countries to support and defend one another in case of war.
What is an alliance?
400
One idea, besides the League of Nations, included in President Wilson's 14 Points speech.
What are reduction in weapons and military sizes, no more secret agreements (alliances) between nations, allowing people of the same nationality to govern themselves?
400
Two countries included in the Allied Powers.
What are Great Britain, France, United States, Serbia, Russia, Italy
400
A peace keeping organization conceived by Woodrow Wilson and created by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the League of Nations?
500
First used in WWI, these large machines made out of steel protected the soldiers inside and allowed them to cross no-man's land and into enemy territory.
What are tanks?
500
The building up of a strong military and collection of weapons in order to intimidate or take over other countries.
What is militarism?
500
To limit or reduce the amount of resources (such as fuel, food, steel) used.
What is ration?
500
Two members of the Central Powers.
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire
500
Three terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
What are: Germany had to accept blame for WWI, Germany had to pay fines, Germany's military was limited in size, Germany gave up its territories and land in Europe, the League of Nations was formed.
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