What were the group of countries fighting against Germany and Austria-Hungary during WWI called?
What is The Allied Powers?
100
British passenger liner sunk by a U-Boat off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915.
What was the Lusitania?
100
Armored fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat.
What is a tank?
100
President during WWI
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
100
Group that attempted to coordinate production of war materials. Set prices on occasion, allocated raw materials and told manufacturers what to produce.
What was the War Industries Board?
200
One of the effects of this "act" was the limitation on freedom of speech
What is the Sedition Act of 1918?
200
The armies of both France and Germany more than doubled between 1870 and 1914 and there was a fierce competition between Britain and Germany for mastery of the seas...both of these are known as this WWI cause.
What is Militarism?
200
A fully automatic firearm, usually designed to fire bullets in quick succession.
What is a machine gun?
200
His assassination in August 1914 led to the outbreak of World War I.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
An organization which attempted to mediate labor disputes to insure that war production was not disrupted by strikes.
What was the National War Labor Board?
300
These were used to prevent submarine attacks on ships.
What are convoys?
300
Rivalry between Germany, Britain & France over a scramble to acquire colonies and overseas territories.
What is Imperialism?
300
Germany turned to this for what it hoped would be a decisive weapon to break the deadlock of trench warfare.
What is Poison Gas?
300
Russian leader at beginning of WWI.
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
300
Passed in 1917 which made it illegal to interfere with the war effort, and banned certain printed materials.
What was the Espionage Act of 1917?
400
Payment for war damages.
What are reparations?
400
A number of these had been signed by countries between the years 1879 and 1914. These were important because they meant that some countries had no option but to declare war if one of their allies declared war first.
What is an alliance?
400
Used to attack merchant ships.
What were U-Boats?
400
Assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
Who was Princip?
400
Authorized a military draft.
What was the Selective Service Act?
500
A country that owes less money than it is owed.
What is a creditor nation?
500
German telegram detailing an offer to assist Mexico in reclaiming Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
What was the Zimmermann Note?
500
Used above the trenches as stationary reconnaissance points on the front lines, reporting enemy troop positions and directing artillery fire.
What were observation balloons?
500
Anarchists who were convicted of murder and executed.
Who are Sacco & Vanzetti?
500
Number of American troops who served in combat during WWI.