Western Front
Battles
War's End
Terms
America's Role
100
Most of the Western Front was in this country.
What is France?
100
Battle in 1918 in which American Marines played a major role.
What is Belleau Wood?
100
An organization of countries working together to solve future disputes between countries was known as this.
What is the League of Nations?
100
A German submarine.
What is a U-Boat?
100
The diversity of the American population was one reason the US took this stance early in the war.
What is neutrality?
200
The first stage of the war on the Western Front consisted of a German push towards this city.
What is Paris?
200
The 1914 battle in which French and German troops stopped the initial German push towards Paris.
What is 1st Marne?
200
A 14 point plan was proposed by this American president.
What was Wilson?
200
The area between the trenches of the opposing armies.
What is no man's land?
200
One way that the US benefited from the early days of the war was by conducting this, sometimes with both sides.
What is trade?
300
The middle stage of the war on the Western Front consisted of an extended stretch of this type of fighting.
What is trench warfare?
300
The 1916 battle which introduced flamethrowers as a weapon of war.
What is Verdun?
300
Russia worked out a peace treaty with Germany after this 1917 event.
What is the Russian Revolution?
300
Payments to cover war damages.
What are reparations?
300
This maritime disaster in May 1915 led to many American protests about German war practices.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
400
Allied forces on the Western Front were greatly strengthened by the arrival of these troops late in the war.
What is the United States Army or the American Expeditionary Force?
400
This 1916 battle included the single bloodiest day in the history of the British Army.
What is Somme?
400
The League of Nations was not joined by this prominent country.
What is the United States?
400
A ceasefire that allows opposing armies to work out a peace treaty.
What is an armistice?
400
The British interception of this communication between Germany and Mexico hastened America's entry into the war.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
500
War on the Western Front ended in this month and year.
What is November, 1918?
500
This 1914 battle actually took place in Blegium.
What is 1st Ypres?
500
Harsh treaty terms against Central Powers, especially Germany, were part of this war-ending agreement.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
500
A deadlock.
What is a stalemate?
500
The removal of this political leader in 1917 meant that America could join the war without being allies with a dictator.
Who is the Russian Tsar, Nicholas II?
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