This nationalistic buildup of armed forces was a primary cause of WWI.
What is Militarism?
100
These German warships were used to break the British blockade and sink Allied ships, including the Lusitania.
What are U-Boats?
100
This large movement of African Americans to northern cities caused some conflict with residents who were already there.
What is the Great Migration?
100
This group were still segregated in the American armed forces, but were able to serve in other country's units with whites.
Who are African Americans?
100
This treaty ended WWI after being signed in France.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
These set of agreements allowed for a small conflict to become a world war very quickly.
What are Alliances?
200
This ocean liner was sunk by German U-Boats with 123 Americans on board and is considered the first offense leading to the US in the war.
What is the Lusitania?
200
This propaganda agency was created to convince Americans to buy war bonds and support the war effort.
What is the Committee of Public Information?
200
This was where Trench Warfare developed into a stalemate until the US entered the war in 1917.
What is the Western Front?
200
This plan by Woodrow Wilson laid out his ideas for world peace and cooperation.
What is the Fourteen Points?
300
This Austrian royal was assassinated in June 1914 which set off the chain of events that began WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
300
This act passed by Woodrow Wilson was an attempt to keep the US out of the war while still supporting its traditional allies.
What is the Neutrality Act?
300
Women, for the first time, were able to enter this in large numbers to support the war effort and replace the men who left.
What is the work/labor/job force?
300
This country's revolution created the Red Scare in the US and caused men like Sacco and Vanzetti to be persecuted.
What is Russia?
300
This cooperative group, the last of the Fourteen Points, was designed to allow countries to peacefully solve their issues.
What is the League of Nations?
400
This quest for colonies and resources caused competition between world powers, leading to WWI.
What is Imperialism?
400
This system was designed to protect Allied ships from German submarines while crossing the Atlantic.
What is the Convoy System
400
Daily Double!
The War Industries Board was responsible for ramping up this part of the US war effort.
400
This is the date when the war ended at 11 AM. It is now known as Veteran's Day in the US.
What is November 11th?
400
This US governing body decided not to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations, fearing it would take away American power in the world.
What is the Senate?
500
Daily Double!!!
This small country in the Austria-Hungary Empire produced the assassin who killed the archduke.
500
This message sent by Germany to Mexico was the final straw for the US before entering the war in 1917.
What is the Zimmerman Note/Telegram?
500
This act made it a crime to convey false information about the military or the war, and to interfere with military operations.
What is the Espionage Act?
500
This American soldier became a hero when he single-handedly captured and killed many German soldiers.
Who is Alvin York?
500
These payments forced on Germany by Great Britain and France went against Woodrow Wilson's plan for the treaty to create lasting peace.