Causes
The desire to prepare for war and attack your enemy.
What was militarism?
Chemical weapon used first by the Germans against Allied troops.
What was poison gas?
Asian power that seized German colonies in China.
What was Japan?
Congress passed this law to increase the size of our armed forces.
What was the Selective Service Act?
Technique used to convince the civilian population to support the war effort with so-called truths.
What was propaganda?
Agreements that counties used to protect each other from invasion or attack.
What were alliances?
Deadly weapon used in trench warfare that could fire 600 rounds in one minute against enemy troops.
What was the machine gun?
This nation lost the least number of soldiers along the Western Front.
What was the United States?
What were War Bonds?
Legislation that curtailed anti-war activities and spying inside the United States.
What was the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
What was imperialism?
Armored plated mechanized vehicle used to attack enemy positions.
What was the tank?
This Allied Power ended their participation early because of the communist revolution.
What was Russia?
Because of women's participation in the war effort at home this constitutional amendment granted them suffrage.
What was the 19th Amendment?
The manufacturing of weapons and military equipment.
What was munitions?
Love of one's nation sharing common language and culture.
What was nationalism?
Had stealth capabilities to sink enemy ships.
What was the submarine?
Original member of the Triple Alliance but later switched sides to join the Allies.
What was Italy?
Civilian planted these gardens as part of the war effort.
What were Victory Gardens?
Type of defensive warfare along the Western Front characterized by barbwire, sandbags, machine gun nests and artillery.
What was Trench Warfare?
This event led to the immediate fighting between Austria-Hungary and Serbia.
Name for mid air combat between enemy planes.
What was the dog fight?
Allied power that experienced most of the war's devastation since the fighting occurred on its borders.
What was France?
Govt. administration that established price controls and mobilized industries for the war effort.
What was the War Industries Board?
The agreement which ended the fighting along the Western Front between the Central Powers and the Allies.
What was the Armistice?