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100

This man was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist

Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

Who was president of the US?

Woodrow Wilson

100

This weapon can fire over one hundred rounds (bullets) in less than a minute

What is a machine gun

100

The year WWI started.

1914

100

Who led the US forces in WW1?

John J. Pershing

200

These are the countries of the Central Powers:

Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy

200

What was the ship called that got sunk and killed 123 Americans?

Lusitania

200

This kind of tactic almost directly resulted in a stalemate. Neither side could move and hunkered down for a long war.

What is Trench Warfare.

200

The year WWI ended?

1918

200

The name of the treaty that officially ended World War 1

Treaty of Versailles

300

What does each letter in MAIN stand for?

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

300

What was the telegram sent by Germany to Mexico? It ultimately brought the US into the war.

Zimmerman Note

300

This dangerous gas was created by something you might also find on your hot dog

Mustard gas

300

The US entered the war this year.

1917

300

According to the treaty that ended the war, Germany was going to make serious territorial concessions and pay war _________.

What are reparations

400

These are the countries of the Triple Entente aka the Allies

France, Great Britain, Russia (Serbia, US, etc.)

400

Who was the leader of the Boleshvik/Russian Revolution

Vladimir Lenin

400

Tracked, armored fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and tactical offensive and defensive capabilities first used by the British in World War I

Tanks

400

This country left the war as the United States was getting in.

Russia

400

This was used to whip-up support for the war effort on all sides

Propaganda

500

What was the name of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin?

Gavrilo Princip

500

Who was the American at first a conscientous objector and then became the most decorated American for his kills?

Alvin York

500

Secret German weapon that brought the US into the war.

U-Boat

500

The war officially ended on this day of this month in 1918. (Also known as Armistace or Veterans Day)

Nov. 11, 1918- 11/11/18

500

Policy of the US against getting involved in the war

Isolationist/Neutrality

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