Causes
The alliance that includes Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
What are the Central Powers?
In order to support the Allies during the war, the U.S. government encouraged American citizens to buy these.
What are Liberty bonds?
Originally used as a reconnaissance tool, this invention taught Europe to fear the sky.
What is the airplane?
This nation was the last to surrender to the Allies.
What is Germany?
Germany no longer had to worry about a two front war because this Allied country signed a treaty and left the war in 1917.
What is Russia?
This cause is best described as a larger country taking over a smaller one.
What is Imperialism?
This telegram, intercepted by the British, was sent from Germany to Mexico. In it, Germany asked Mexico to declare war on the U.S. if the U.S. entered the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Originally operated by a team of men on the ground, this weapon would eventually be attached to cars, armored vehicles, and aeroplanes.
What is the machine gun?
The armistice that ended the fighting went into affect on this date.
November 11th
Americans were encouraged to grow these as a way to conserve food for our soldiers.
What are Victory Gardens?
A strong sense of unity, or national loyalty, that is based on common language and culture.
What is Nationalism?
The sinking of this British passenger liner was the first step toward the United States entering World War 1.
What is the Lusitania?
This weapon, used to clear out trenches, was highly dependent on the weather as high winds could spread it quickly.
What is poison gas?
This international organization was formed after the war. Its purpose was to settle disputes between countries peacefully so another war wouldn't start.
What is the League of Nations?
This U.S. agency was created to make sure workers would not go on strike, thus halting production of war materials.
What is the National War Labor Board?
What is militarism?
The Allies used this system to try and protect merchant ships leaving the United States for Europe from German U-Boats.
What is the convoy system?
This new invention was first introduced at the Battle of the Somme and was intended to end the stalemate of trench warfare.
What is the tank?
What is the 14 Points?
Name 4 jobs women held during the war?
This event is considered to be the "Spark" that started World War 1.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This law passed by Congress allowed the United States to draft 21-30 year old men into the U.S. military.
What is the Selective Service Act?
Germany's prize invention of the war that gave them an advantage over the British at sea.
What is the submarine, or U-Boat?
Name 2 countries that were formed as the result of the Treaty of Versailles.
What are Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Finland.
This law, although later repealed, tried to limit and restrict any negative speech about the war.
What is the Sedition Act?