Important Dates
What year did the United States enter World War I?
1917
What are the 4 underlying causes of World War I?
Militarism
Alliance Systems
Imperialism
Nationalism
This is a low-interest loan by civilians to the government that is meant to be re-paid in a number of years.
What are War Bonds?
(Liberty Bonds)
This disease was common in soldiers who fought in trenches. It was caused by muddy, flooded trench floors.
What was Trench Foot?
President Wilson's plans for peace following World War I.
What were Wilson's Fourteen Points?
What year did World War I begin?
1914
This was the SPARK that caused World War I to begin in Europe.
Event, Name & Country
What was the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This 1917 law set heavy fines and long prison terms for anti-war activities.
What is the Espionage Act?
This new technology was used for the first time in World War I. At the start of the war, it was used for reconnaissance (spy) missions only, but by the end of the war it was equipped with a gun.
What is the airplane?
This peace keeping organization was proposed by Woodrow Wilson as his final point.
What was the League of Nations?
What year did World War I end?
1918
Two events that forced the US into the war.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania (unrestricted submarine warfare)?
List 3 ways Americans helped the war effort at home.
Collected cherry pits to use in gas masks
Recycled paper and tin cans
Purchased war bonds
Planted Victory Gardens
Rolled Bandages
Knit sweaters, socks, and hospital gowns
Conserved gas
Wheatless/Meatless Days to conserve food
Limited use of steel and other metals
This term means to cease fighting.
What is an armistice?
This officially ended the war and was signed by all nations except the United States.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
When did Germany agree to an armistice?
Date, Month, Time
November 11, 1918 at 11:00am
(The 11th day, of the 11th month, at the 11th hour)
List 4 Countries that fought on the Allied Powers side.
The United States
Russia
Great Britain
Serbia
Italy
France
This law required that all men between the ages of 21 and 30 register for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
During this time period many African Americans moved to northern cities to escape discrimination in the south and to find job opportunities.
What was the Great Migration?
The leaders of theses 3 nations did not agree with President Wilson's views in his Fourteen Points.
Who were France, Britain, and Italy?
This public holiday (held on the anniversary of the end of World War I) honors US veterans and victims of all wars. What is the date and name of this holiday?
Veteran's Day
November 11th
List 4 countries that fought on the Central Powers side.
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
These were the territories that Germany promised to Mexico in the Zimmermann Telegram.
What were Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas?
After WWI people feared a communist revolution similar to the one that happened in Russia. This man ordered raids of suspected radicals.
Who is Mitchell Palmer?
List 4 conditions placed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.
Germany had to take full blame for the war
Germany had to pay $33 Billion in reparations
Germany lost all of its colonies
Germany had to reduce the size of their military to 100,000