Causes
Which World War I cause dealt with people having immense pride in their countries no matter what it did, good or bad?
What is nationalism?
What are trenches?
What group stayed home and took the jobs vacated by men who left to fight the war?
Who are women?
This war was the first instance of this weapon being used in combat and can be credited to the Wright Brothers' genius.
Who was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Serbian nationalists and sparked the war in Europe?
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Which World War I cause involved countries having an arms race to assert superiority?
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
What made the first U.S. draft official?
This weapon was used by Germans to sink enemy ships.
What are u-boats?
The belief that America should stay out of the affairs of other countries.
What is isolationism?
Which World War I cause dealt with countries making agreements to come to the aid of each other in times of trouble?
What are alliances?
What continent did European countries have a lot of imperialistic land claims on?
What is Africa?
What group primarily had to take the labor intensive jobs on the western front?
Who are African American soldiers?
This weapon moved across the western front and could traverse no man's land.
What are tanks?
What was President Wilson's reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania?
What World War I cause involved countries taking over weaker ones for resources, wealth, and power?
What is imperialism?
This country had to demilitarize, pay war reparations, and give up colonies abroad at the end of the war.
Who was Germany?
What local N.C. college did African American doctors study and train at before going to war?
What is Shaw University?
This weapon was commonly used on the western front and could asphyxiate, burn, or blind soldiers who did not have the proper equipment to fight against it.
What is poison gas?
This official document ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What country aligned themselves with Germany in 1879 to protect themselves from Russia?
What is Austria-Hungary?
This was the name of Wilson's idea for a peace keeping organization post WWI.
What is the League of Nations?
What was the name of the group that went to fight in Europe under the command of Major General John J. Pershing?
Who were the American Expeditionary Forces?
These weapons were gas filled balloons introduced by the Germans.
hint: there is a famous rock band named after them.
What are Zeppelins?
What tactic did the American government use to sell the war to the public and get people involved in mobilizing the U.S. for war?
What is propaganda?