Events & Places
This document officially ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These four nations together made up the Triple Entente/Allied Powers. (Name all four, not including Italy.)
What are the United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia?
This "-ism" means "extreme loyalty to your country."
What is nationalism?
One of the greatest weapons of WWI was this, a term for media that attempts to sway opinions or influence beliefs.
What is propaganda?
This term refers to long, narrow ditches that soldiers lived in and fought from in WWI.
What are trenches?
Woodrow Wilson proposed this list of ideas to achieve peace after the war.
What is the 14 Points?
These three nations together made up the Triple Alliance. (Name all three, not including Italy.)
What are Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?
This important cause of the war means "agreements between nations to protect each other in case of attack."
What are alliances?
Growing your vegetables at home in these was a great way to support the war effort.
What are Victory Gardens?
These German submarines brought the war under the sea.
What are U-boats?
This passenger ship being sunk in 1915 caused outrage in America.
What is the Lusitania?
This President of the U.S. reluctantly brought us into the war in 1917.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This "-ism" means "the desire to build and maintain a strong military in order to prove superiority and protect colonies."
What is militarism?
This law required all men aged 21-30 to register for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
November 11th was first known as Armistice Day, but is now observed as this federal holiday.
What is Veterans Day?
Germany sent this to Mexico, urging them to join the war on the side of the Triple Alliance.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This group was created in an attempt to avoid future wars.
What is the League of Nations?
This "ism" is the policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force and often includes taking colonies.
What is imperialism?
The government issued loans to civilians and called them this two-word term.
What are liberty/war bonds?
This was both the bloodiest battle of WWI and the first time tanks were used on the battlefield.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
This city is where the "Big Four" met to negotiate peace after the war.
What is Paris?
This group of African-American soldiers were given the highest possible honor, the Croix de Guerre, from the French military.
Who are the Harlem Hellfighters?
The assassination of this leader is the "spark" that began the war.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
We listened to three popular WWI songs/poems in class. Name at least one.
"Long Way to Tipperary", "Over There", "Green Fields of France"
Snoopy's "WWI Flying Ace" persona finds his mortal enemy in this real-life German fighter pilot.
Who is the Red Baron?