This was the event that touched off the first declaration of war (WWI).
What is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
100
Information designed to influence public opinion is called this.
What is propaganda?
100
The government paid for the war by selling these.
What are Liberty Bonds and Victory Bonds?
100
The flow of African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities was known as this.
What is the Great Migration?
100
To conserve energy during WWI, the Fuel Administration introduced this.
What is daylight savings time?
200
These countries made up the Triple Entente.
What are Britain, France, and Russia?
200
Believed to be carrying contraband, this British passenger liner was sunk by a German U-boat.
What is the Lusitania?
200
This committee distributed pamphlets and arranged for short patriotic talks to encourage people to support the war.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
200
This group of people migrated north and provided labor for the farmers and ranchers of the Southwest.
What are Mexicans?
200
This agency was responsible for increasing food production while reducing civilian consumption.
What is the Food Administration?
300
These countries made up the Triple Alliance.
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
300
The German ambassador sent this to Mexico proposing that Mexico ally itself with Germany and in return Mexico would regain territory lost to the U.S. after the war.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
300
This was the name given to people who gave short talks and encouraged audiences to support the war.
What are the Four-Minute-Men?
300
This government agency mediated labor disputes to prevent strikes.
What is the National War Labor Board?
300
He was head of the Food Administration and advocated Wheatless Mondays, Meatless Tuesdays, & Porkless Thursdays.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
The idea that people who belong to a nation should have their own country and government is known as this.
What is self-determination?
400
Spying to acquire secret government information is called this.
What is espionage?
400
He was the journalists who headed the Committee on Public Information.
Who was George Creel?
400
Headed by Bernard Baruch, this government agency coordinated the production of war materials.
What is the War Industries Board?
400
Citizens were encouraged to plant these in order to allow more food for the troops.
What are victory gardens?
500
The Archduke Franz-Ferdinand was assassinated in this city.
What is Sarajevo?
500
This made any public expression of opposition to the war illegal.
What is the Sedition Act of 1918?
500
Because there was so much anti-German sentiment, sauerkraut was called this.
What is Liberty Cabbage?
500
This group filled industrial jobs vacated by men serving in the military.
What are women?
500
This agency, headed by Harry Garfield, encouraged Heatless Mondays.