Key terms
This is a fancy term for a truce.
What is armistice?
Stronger economic ties with this side of the war was one reason the United States joined WWI.
Who were the Allied Powers?
The perfection of this military technology was a key reason that WWI was fought with trench warfare.
What is the machine gun?
This clause written into the Treaty of Versailles lead to the humiliation of the German people.
The last of Wilson's 14 Points called for the creation of this international organization.
What is the League of Nations?
This kind of warfare resulted in a stalemate with very little ground being exchanged.
What is trench warfare?
This was was President Wilson's plan for righting the wrongs of WWI.
What are the 14 Points?
The creation of this, especially by the British, led to the eventual end of trench warfare.
What is the tank?
The Treaty of Versailles was the result of this meeting between countries after WWI/
What is the Paris Peace Conference?
This was the name of the area between the two trenches during WWI.
What is no man's land?
This means a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation.
What is nationalism?
This man lead the American Expeditionary Force in WWI.
Who is John J. Pershing?
This was the name of Germany's plan for the Western Front of WWI.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
The treaty forced Germany to pay war damages to the Allied powers, which are also known as this term.
What are reparations?
The United States, Great Britain, France, and this country made up the "big 4".
What is Italy?
This was a government action that required men to register with the U.S. government for random military service.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This German made submarine was responsible for sinking American merchant ships in the Atlantic during WWI.
What is the U-Boat?
The implementation of this in the North Sea by Allied Forces led to massive famine in Germany.
What is a blockade?
This country lost the most territory as a result of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is Russia?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and this other now non-existent country made up the Central Powers during WWI.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This was a German telegram to Mexico, asking them to invade the United States.
What is the Zimmerman Note?
The U.S. Senate didn't want to ratify the Treaty of Versailles because it would threaten this American foreign policy.
What is isolationism?
In order to get to France, the German army first had to push through this European country.
What is Belgium?
Signing the treaty would mean the U.S. congress would lose this power granted to it by the Constitution.
What is the power to declare war?
The assassination of this Austrian arch-duke was the main cause of WWI.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?