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What does stalemate mean?
A situation in a conflict in which neither side can make progress against the other.
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What was used to counteract poisonous gas?
Gas masks.
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Who was the president during this time?
President Wilson.
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What was World War I originally called?
The "Great War".
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What happened to the Treaty of Versailles?
It was rejected.
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What does nationalism mean?
A feeling of intense loyalty to a country or group.
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What were German submarines called?
U-boats.
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Who was Franz Ferdinand?
The archduke of Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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The Battle of Marne stopped what?
Stopped the German advance.
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What were women doing during the war.
Some were nurses and worked in factories.
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What does militarism mean?
Celebration of military ideals, and a rapid buildup of military power.
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Who was the first to use poison gas?
Germany.
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Who was John J. Pershing?
Supreme commander of the American Expeditionary Force.
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What battle did Germans launch in northeastern France in February?
The Battle of Verdun.
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What was the Selective Service Act?
A military draft.
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What does convoy mean?
A group of ships that escort and protect other ships.
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Tanks were designed to do what?
To break the stalemate of trench warfare.
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Who was the "Red Baron"?
Baron von Richtofen, a famous German pilot.
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What battles "turned the tide of war"?
Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood.
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What caused the U.S. to join the war?
The Zimmermann Note.
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What does autocracy mean?
A government in which one person with unlimited power rules.
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What was the most dramatic new weapon during the war?
The airplane.
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Who was Gavrilo Princip?
Member of Serbian nationalist group. Murdered the Austro-Hungarian Empire's archduke and his wife.
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What battle nearly lasted 7 weeks?
The Battle of Argonne Forest.
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What was the Sussex Pledge?
A pledge for Germany to compensate for United States' losses and to say that they would attack a ship before it happened.
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