Causes of WWI
This event is widely considered the spark that triggered World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This type of warfare involved fighting from fortified ditches to protect soldiers.
What is trench warfare?
This general led the American Expeditionary Force during WWI.
Who is General John J. Pershing?
This message invited Mexico to join the war against the U.S., contributing to America entering WWI.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
These gardens were planted at home and in communities to increase the food supply during the war.
What are Victory Gardens?
This alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the start of WWI
What is the Triple Alliance or Central Powers?
This new technology led to trench warfare and high casualties during WWI.
What are machine guns and chemical weapons?
The U.S. encouraged this on the home front to support the war effort, including food conservation and war bond sales.
What is mobilization?
The main purpose of the Triple Alliance was this.
What is to guarantee mutual military support if any member went to war?
Propaganda during WWI had this effect on U.S. public opinion.
What is uniting public opinion behind the war effort?
This ideology encouraged ethnic groups to seek independence, increasing tensions before WWI.
What is nationalism?
This effect of chemical warfare caused death, lung damage, and required gas masks.
What is the impact of poison gas?
During WWI, women in America took on jobs traditionally held by men in these sectors.
What are manufacturing, transportation, and agriculture?
This 1904 agreement ended colonial disputes and improved relations between Britain and France.
What is the Entente Cordiale?
One of the main ways the U.S. financed the war was through the sale of these to citizens.
What are war bonds?
This strategy led to an arms race and increased tensions before WWI.
What is militarism?
Life in the trenches was often described as this.
What is unsanitary, wet, and dangerous?
This movement describes African Americans relocating from the rural South to Northern cities for jobs.
What is the Great Migration?
Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 to prevent this from happening.
What is their return to Ottoman control or becoming independent?
This group of people experienced significant migration from the rural South to Northern cities for wartime jobs.
Who are African Americans?
Russia's general mobilization on this date made war inevitable in 1914.
What is July 30, 1914?
he U.S. Navy helped the Allies by introducing this system to protect merchant ships.
What is the convoy system?
The lasting impact of WWI on American society included this advancement for women and changes in racial demographics.
What are advanced women's roles and changed racial demographics?
The outcome of the Moroccan crises brought Britain and France closer and gave Germany a small territory here.
What is the Congo?
During WWI, women in America took on these types of jobs, shifting traditional social roles.
What are jobs traditionally held by men in manufacturing, transportation, and agriculture?