Vocabulary
Steps to War
WWI Warfare
The Homefront
End of the War
100
Material produced to influence others
What is propaganda?
100
Building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
What is militarism?
100
Clouds of this weapon caused choking and blindness.
What is mustard gas?
100
Civilians did not eat meat so they could send it to the soldiers.
What are "Meatless Mondays"?
100
Killed 500,000 Americans even though schools and public places were closed.
What is the flu epidemic?
200
A formal pact or union between nations.
What is an alliance?
200
Extreme feelings of pride, loyalty and protectiveness towards one's country.
What is nationalism?
200
German submarines.
What are U-boats?
200
Civilians grew their own vegetables.
What are victory gardens?
200
Date the armistice was signed.
What is the 11th day of the 11month at 11 a.m. 1918?
300
Required all men to register for the military draft if they were between the ages of 21-30.
What is The Selective Service Act?
300
German U-boat sinks a passenger ship.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
300
Caused the war to remain stagnant with either side unable to gain ground.
What is trench warfare?
300
Worked in factories, drove cabs, and were operators overseas.
Who are the American women?
300
Movement of African Americans North which eventually caused racial tensions to come to a head.
What is the Great Migration?
400
When Russia withdrew from WWI, Germany no longer had to fight here.
What is the Western Front?
400
If U.S. declared war on Germany, it urged Mexico to attack the U.S. and fight for the Central Powers.
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
400
individual battles between enemy planes
What are dogfights?
400
civilian loans to the government
What are liberty bonds?
400
Wilson's plan for peace.
What are the Fourteen Points?
500
The German emperor's title.
What is Kaiser?
500
His assassination was the spark that started WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
500
Weapon invented by the British that moved only 3.7 miles per hour, but did not get stuck in the mud
What is a tank?
500
infantrymen who went to France in 1917
What are doughboys?
500
Wilson's idea for the nations of the world to form an association to help keep world peace.
What is the League of Nations?
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