Lead up to the War
The building tension in Europe led to many nations constructing these in order to bolster their navies.
What are warships and/or u-boats?
These countries formed the Triple Entente.
Who are France, Britain, and Russia?
This style of fighting was seen along the Western Front for years on end as neither side could gain an advantage.
What is Trench Warfare?
A loan given to the Government, this product helped ensure the US had the funds necessary to pay for the war.
What are liberty bonds?
Negotiated in Paris, this treaty greatly punished Germany and resulted in years of debt, among other things.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This man's assassination led to the start of WW1.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Along with Zeppelins, this new invention would dramatically change how militaries fought battles.
What are planes?
These were the nations in the Triple Alliance.
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy?
Fought in Russia, this battle showcased the importance of the Radio and encoding communications.
What is the Battle of Tannenberg?
Causing a massive outrage in the US over the number of dead Americans, this helped turn many in the US anti-Germany.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
Most likely an under-estimate, this many soldiers died during the fighting of WW1.
What is 8.5 million?
As President of the US, he argued in favor of his 14 Points plan for lasting World Peace.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
These are the MAIN causes of the war.
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism?
Early in the war, this nation switched sides to the Allies.
What is Italy?
Halting the German advance, this battle resulted in a prolonged stalemate along the Western Front.
What is the Battle of the Marne?
This program was implemented to ensure the military had enough soldiers.
What is the Selective Service?
This treaty ended the conflict for Austria-Hungary, and also led to the dissolution of the Empire itself.
What is the Treaty of Saint-Germain?
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
Sent to Mexico, this led directly to the entry of the US into WW1.
What is the Zimmerman Telegraph?
This nation, not originally a member of any alliance, would join the Central Powers soon after the outbreak of the war.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This event led to a nation withdrawing from the war and eventually the formation of the USSR.
What is the Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution?
This helped ensure that support for the war remained high throughout the conflict.
What is propaganda?
In the aftermath of the War, these new European nations were established. (name 3)
What is Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Turkey?
This leader of the Russian Revolution would help establish Communism in the USSR.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
What is Serbia?
This nation was invaded by the Germans in order to go around the French defenses.
What is Belgium?
Showing the potential of the tank, this battle was one of the bloodiest in WW1 with over 1 million casualties.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
The Spanish Flu wreaked havoc on the world in 1917 as the war raged, which is an example of this.
What is an epidemic?
After the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, this was implemented to divide the Middle East between France and the UK, in order to ensure the region was "prepared for self-governance".
What is the Mandate System?
His abdication of the throne led to the implementation of a socialist government that was forced to sign a peace deal negotiated by the Allied Powers.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
This region, known as a powderkeg, was often pointed to as a potential birthplace of war in the early 1900s.
What is the Balkans?
This nation joined the war in 1915, allying with the Central powers in order to reclaim land it had lost in earlier conflicts, particularly Macedonia.
What is Bulgaria?
On this day, the last day of fighting in WW1, there were just under 3000 deaths despite the pending Armistice.
What is November 11th, 1918?
This is the number of US service members estimated to have died in WW1.
What is around 116,000?
In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, this treaty was negotiated between the newly formed USSR and Germany.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Overthrown by force, this man was a leader in the Russian Empire but was ultimately assassinated in 1918.
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?