Alliances
Important Dates
Home Front
Influenza Epidemic
Vocabulary
100
This is a treaty that recognized the independence of Belgium as a neutral state.
What is the Treaty of London?
100
The official "end" of the War, but set the stage for World War II by harshly punishing Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
100
This act required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military.
What is the Selective Service Act?
100
The first influenza wave occurs at this time.
What is the spring of 1918?
100
A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy, and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
What is World War 1?
200
This country sent their army to the Austrian border after war was declared against Serbia
What is Russia?
200
The event that eventually brought the USA into the War.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
200
It banned the use of, selling of, and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th Amendment?
200
This caused the contraction of influenza to turn deadly.
What is pneumonia?
200
To produce immunity against a disease; inoculation; a shot given to prevent contracting that particular virus.
What is a vaccination?
300
The alliance that ended tension between England and France. It was not a military alliance.
What is the Entente Cordiale?
300
The largest of the small group of battles at sea.
What is the Battle of Jutland?
300
This organization which helped to prevent strikes during World War I, was recreated during World War II.
What is the National War Labor Board?
300
People wore this to prevent the contraction of influenza.
What is a mask?
300
An area in Eastern Belgium where the Germans took control starting in October 1914. 3 battles take place here and both the German and Allied forces’ goal was to reach the northern ports of France before the other one does.
What is Ypres?
400
The country separated from the Ottoman Empire and defended by Russia from Austria-Hungary's aggression.
What is Bulgaria?
400
The battle in which trench warfare started; the western front line was created.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
400
These four acts were used to sell war bonds to help the war effort.
What are the Liberty Loan Acts?
400
This percent of the U.S. army caught the flu.
What is 40%?
400
An act that stated that any information spread by people that was considered unpatriotic or used to interfere with US military would put that person in jail with a large fine.
What is the Espionage Act?
500
It took the United States this long to join the war after the public heard about the Zimmerman Telegram
What is five weeks?
500
General who led the Spring offensive (or series there of) and caused the Allies to start to taste victory.
Who is General Erich Ludendorff?
500
This organization was founded on March 30th, 1917, before the US joined the war and hosted unwarranted searches.
What is the American Protective League?
500
This range is how many people were killed in 1918 due to influenza.
What is 20-40 million?
500
a conservative Prussian statesman who created a series of wars, which unified German states, but excluded Austria, which made a powerful German Empire under Prussian leadership
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
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