Dates
World War I ended on this date
November 11, 1918
A desire by a country or people to maintain a strong military capability
Militarism
The main proposition made by Germany in the Zimmermann Telegram was to create an alliance with this country.
Mexico
Congress passed this act to increase the size of the small U.S. military
Selective Service Act
World War I is unique because much of the fighting was conducted between hundreds of miles of man-made ditches, called these.
trenches
The sinking of the Lusitania occurred on this date.
May 7, 1915
Imperialism
How many people perished during the sinking of the Lusitania AND how many of them were Americans?
Roughly 1,197 people, 128 of which were American
Most Americans who served in WWI did so for the Allied Expeditionary Forces (AEF), led by this general.
General John Pershing
Name one of the many new inventions of war used for the first time during WWI
machine gun, tank, dreadnought (battleship), chemical weapons, airplanes, modern submarines, etc.
America declared war on Germany on this date.
April 6, 1917
A union or partnership formed for mutual benefit
alliance
In 1915, Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare meaning what?
Ships of Great Britain and her allies sailing through war zone waters could be sunk without warning
How many Americans served in World War I? How many perished?
Over 2 million served
50,000 died
What was Arthur Zimmermann's job for the German government?
German Foreign Secretary
(Secretary of State)
The Zimmermann Telegram was sent by Germany on this date.
January 19, 1917
Nationalism
Zimmermann believed that what was going to happen with England in the months following the delivery of the telegram?
The usage of the German submarines was going to force the surrender of the British
How many members of the U.S. military were there in 1917, BEFORE the Selective Service Act?
Only 200,000
The two "teams" of WWI were the ___ Powers and the ____ Powers.
Allied and Central
July 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, was the event that led to the start of World War I.
Franz Ferdinand was the archduke of which country/empire?
Austria-Hungary
Germany defended the sinking of the Lusitania for two reasons. What were they?
They warned the American people not to travel
They accused Britain and America of using passenger ships to transport military supplies (which we were)
One of President Wilson's most influential of his Fourteen Points called for the creation of this, which was a peace-keeping organization.
League of Nations
Name one of the two bodies of water surrounding Great Britain where unrestricted submarine warfare was practiced by the Germans.
(The Atlantic Ocean does not count!)
English Channel and the North Sea