America Enters
This famous luxury ocean liner's sinking on May 7, 1915, killed 128 Americans and significantly increased tension between the U.S. and Germany.
What is the Lusitania?
This law Congress passed in 1917 to expand the military by requiring men to register for the draft for the first time since the Civil War.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This is why Germany primarily used U-Boats (submarines) to surround and blockade Great Britain throughout the war.
What is "to starve the island and force Great Britain to surrender?"
This major event in early 1918 finally allowed Germany to move most of its entire military to the Western Front for a final attempt to win the war.
What is "Russia making peace and leaving the war?"
The Treaty of Versailles was written during this period of time.
What is January to June 1919?
This risky financial strategy did the U.S. use during the early years of WWI that made it wealthy but also dangerous.
What is "selling weapons and supplies and funding both sides of the war?"
This was the minimum age range for men required to register for the draft under this Act?
What is 21 to 31 years old?
The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret offer from Germany to Mexico that was intercepted and shared with the U.S. by this country.
What is Great Britain?
This was the final major offensive series of attacks by the Allies that led to Germany's final collapse.
What is The Hundred Days Offensive?
These two Allied countries primarily wanted to severely punish Germany for the war.
What are Great Britain and France?
This is the year did the United States officially join the fighting in World War I?
What is 1917?
General John J. Pershing ultimately decided on 'amalgamation,' which meant combining U.S. forces with these two Allied countries.
What is Britain and France?
Germany's foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman, offered this U.S. land back to Mexico if Mexico agreed to invade the U.S.
What is Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona?
This German leader was forced to step down after a widespread mutiny and civil unrest in Germany in November 1918.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
The Allies chose to write the Treaty of Versailles at the Palace of Versailles, which was originally the whose home?
What are French kings?
This is what President Wilson stated in his declaration of war speech that his goal was to "make the world safe for..."
What is democracy?
This percentage of the U.S. military during WWI were drafted men, as opposed to those who volunteered.
What is 70 percent?
General Pershing's speech to the 1st Division officers, which emphasized the U.S. as a 'young and aggressive nation,' was given a few weeks before this major battle.
What is The Battle of Cantigny?
These events finally led to Germany agreeing to the armistice that ended the fighting in World War I on November 11, 1918.
What is the Hundred Days Offensive and Kaiser Wilhelm stepping down?
Besides punishing Germany, which of President Wilson's primary goals for the peace treaty ultimately failed?
What is ending colonialism and imperialism around the world?
This was America's main focus during the first three years of World War I, instead of joining the fighting in Europe.
What is a "third wave of immigration?"
This was President Wilson's initial opposition to amalgamation.
What is "American troops being sacrificed in hopeless attacks?"
This was combining U.S. forces with Britain and France to fight alongside them as a single force that General John J. Pershing ultimately decided to support.
What is amalgamation?
This caused between 400,000 and 700,000 German civilians to die from hunger and disease by 1918.
What is the British blockade stopping all trade, including food, from getting to Germany?
The Treaty of Versailles is often called 'The Worst Treaty of the 20th Century' because it is believed to have led directly to this major historical event.
What is World War II?