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Life at War
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Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose assassination is considered the "spark" of World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
100
cease-fire agreement
What is an armistice?
100
Organization promoted by Wilson that had the purpose of fostering cooperation among nations.
What is the League of Nations?
100
An act that solved the problem of low numbers of American troops.
What was the Selective Service Act?
100
Style of warfare during World War I on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
200
General put in charge of training the United States army for World War I.
Who is General John J. Pershing?
200
spreading of opinions that favor a cause or point of view
What is propaganda?
200
payments for damages
What are reparations?
200
Certificates that Americans could purchase to raise money for the war.
What were Liberty Bonds?
200
Area between the trenches filled with land mines and barbed wire fences.
What is No Man's Land?
300
President of the United States during World War I who tried to keep the United States neutral at first.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
300
a person who opposes war
What is a pacifist?
300
Phrase used by Woodrow Wilson to describe World War I
What is "the war to end all wars?"
300
Name given to plots of land that people grew vegetables in so that extra food could be sent to Europe.
What were Victory Gardens?
300
New style of weapon used in trench warfare that resulted in many deaths when people attempted to go "over the top"
What is the machine gun?
400
Prime Minister of Great Britain who is considered one of the "Big Four."
Who is David Lloyd George?
400
a group of ships surrounded and protected by naval destroyers and cruisers
What is a convoy?
400
Name of Wilson's proposed plan to create lasting peace.
What is the Fourteen Points?
400
Agency founded to regulate what products business would manufacture for the war.
What was the War Industries Board?
400
Type of weapon used in WWI that cause many deaths, but could backfire if the winds blew the wrong way.
What is poison gas or mustard gas?
500
Premier of France who is considered one of the "Big Four."
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
500
social and political system based on ideas of Karl Marx in which there is no private property
What is communism?
500
City where peace talks were held after World War I.
What is Versailles?
500
Agency that started in order to regulate wages and prevent strikes.
What was the War Labor Board?
500
New weapon of World War I that was large in size, but slow moving.
What is the tank?