Causes of the War
These commitments between nations transformed a Balkan crisis into a world war.
Alliances
President Woodrow Wilson campaigned in 1916 claiming he had kept the U.S. out of this major global conflict.
World War One.
The primary defensive fighting style of WWI fought from long dirt fortifications.
Trench Warfare
The U.S. government sold these to citizens to help finance World War I.
War Bonds
Directed movies such as Black Panther, Creed, and Sinners.
Ryan Coogler.
Pride and loyalty to one's nation above others.
Nationalism
The name of the passenger boat that was torpedoed by a German U-Boat (submarine).
Lusitania.
Land filled with barbed wire and shell holes in between the the trenches
No Man's Land
Women serving in the Navy in non-combat positions.
Yeoman
This person is also known as the King of Pop.
Michael Jackson.
Competition for colonies and global influence.
Imperialism
British intelligence intercepted and decoded this telegram before giving it to the United States.
Zimmermann Note.
This was the name of the U.S. military force sent overseas in World War I, led by General John J. Pershing.
AEF
These World War I–era laws punished Americans who spoke out against the war effort.
Espionage and Sedition Acts
She became the first hip‑hop artist to win Album of the Year at the Grammys.
Lauryn Hill.
The belief that building up armies and weapons increases diplomacy.
Militarism
Germany resumed this aggressive naval strategy in 1917, sinking ships without warning and threatening American lives and trade.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
The massive American offensive that would be the last battle of the war.
Meuse Argonne
This mass movement saw African Americans relocate to Northern cities in search of industrial jobs and better opportunities.
The Great Migration
This person is also known as the Queen of Jazz.
Ella Fitzgerald.
The assassin who killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
Gavrilo Princip.
After Russia’s monarchy fell in 1917, the U.S. framed World War I as a global struggle between these two forms of government.
Monarchy vs Democracy
The African American combat unit nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters.
369th Colored Infantry
In this 1919 case, the Supreme Court ruled that speech could be limited during wartime.
Schenck v. United States
The original creator of Black History Month in 1926.
Carter G. Woodson.