The Road to War
Battles & Fronts
Technology & Warfare
Key Figures
The Home Front
100

The alliance system, imperialism, militarism, and this "N" word, which means intense pride in one's country

Nationalism

100

The type of warfare that dominated the Western Front was characterized by static, muddy lines

Trench Warfare

100

This new, deadly gas was first used by the Germans in 1915

Chlorine/Mustard Gas

100

The President of the United States, who declared, "The world must be made safe for democracy

Woodrow Wilson

100

Government-controlled information shaped public opinion about the war.

Propaganda

200

The assassination of this Archduke sparked the war

 Franz Ferdinand

200

This 1914 battle stopped the German advance on Paris and ruined the Schlieffen Plan

Battle of the Marne

200

Introduced by the British at the Somme, these armored vehicles broke the stalemate

Tanks

200

 The German Kaiser who led Germany into World War I

Kaiser Wilhelm II

200

The mandatory military enlistment (draft) was initiated by many nations

Conscription

300

This triple entente alliance originally included France, Britain, and this country

Russia

300

The longest battle of the war was known for high casualties and little territorial gain.

Battle of Verdun

300

This type of aircraft was often used for reconnaissance and "dogfighting¨

Planes/Airplanes

300

The British nurse executed by the Germans for helping Allied soldiers escape

Edith Cavell

300

This group filled factory jobs left vacant by men fighting in the war

Women

400

This specific German policy of attacking any ship near Britain brought the U.S. closer to war

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

400

This country's exit from the war in 1917 allowed Germany to focus on the Western Front.

Russia

400

 This weapon caused the majority of combat deaths in the trenches

Artillery

400

The "Red Baron," the top flying ace of the war

Manfred von Richthofen

400

The agency was created to regulate industry and increase U.S. war production.

The War Industries Board

500

The specific, intercepted telegram proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico

Zimmerman Telegram

500

The 1915 failed Allied amphibious campaign was intended to control the Dardanelles

Gallipoli

500

This term describes the area between opposing trench lines

(What is No Man's Land

500

The commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe

John J. Pershing

500

The 1917 act made it illegal to interfere with the draft or speak against the government.

The Espionage Act

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