Overall Causes
the glorification of the military and building a strong military =
Militarism
Germans sunk American ships carrying supplies to the allies using their __________________.
U-Boats
The type of fighting on the Western Front; where soldiers are in dugouts and go up over the top at times to run across a patch of land and fight the enemy
Trench Warfare
Who commanded the South in the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Which civilization did Julius Caesar belong to?
Ancient Rome
Building empires/competing with other countries to get colonies and more resources =
Imperialism
Which country's ruler was overthrown, allowing the US to join the war on the side of democracy?
Russia
The dangerous place in between the trenches =
No Man's Land
Which president believed in Gunboat Diplomacy / Big Stick Diplomacy?
Teddy/Theodore Roosevelt
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" was said during which major global event?
The moon landing
Gavrilo Princip said that he shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand to free the Serbian people from being ruled by Austria-Hungary. This is an example of which WWI cause?
Nationalism
British ______________, or persuasive media intended to get someone to feel a certain way politically, caused many Americans to want to join the war against the Central Powers
Propaganda
This German pilot was one of the most famous flying aces (80 confirmed kills) in WWI
The Red Baron
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Ireland had a famine that led to mass starvation. The famine is linked to this one crop (the Irish ______ Famine)
Potato
List two of the countries in the Triple Entente (Allies)
Britain, France, Russia, the US...
The ship that the Germans sank, resulting in the deaths of 128 Americans, in 1915. This did not directly lead to us declaring war but turned many Americans against Germany
The Lusitania
List two new inventions/technologies that made WWI dangerous
Poison gas, barbed wire, trenches, tanks, airplanes, heavy artillery/guns
What made building the Panama Canal so deadly for the workers?
Disease (Malaria/Yellow Fever, etc.)
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The original 13 colonies
List two countries that were in the Central Powers alliance:
Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire...
This was sent by a German diplomat to Mexico. It told them that if Mexico attacked the US, they would help the US get land back
This was the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe
John J. Pershing
Who was the first female American millionaire?
Madam CJ Walker
The ancient city of Pompeii had been destroyed by what?
A volcano (Mt. Vesuvius erupted)