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What could destroy a soldier's lungs and kill them almost instantly if they did not have proper protection?
Poison gas
100
What tactic was used for the most part of WW1?
Trench warfare.
100
What is the term for a situation in which a clear winner cannot be distinguished?
Stalemate.
100
The US was "officially" neutral for the start of WW1, but which side did most citizens support?
Allied Powers (Allies).
100
Did Congress resist Woodrow Wilson's request to enter WW1?
No.
200
What was used in WW1: tanks, poison gasses, bombs, or all of them?
All of them were used.
200
What were airplanes mostly used for in the beginning of the war?
Scouting
200
What country did most of the WW1 fighting take place?
Germany.
200
What president tried to keep the US neutral during the early stages of WW1?
Woodrow Wilson
200
Did Germany ever break the Sussex Pledge?
Yes
300
What was Germany's fleet of Submarines called?
U-boats.
300
True or False: Trench networks in WW1 could reach 400 miles long.
True
300
When was the Sussex passenger boat torpedoed by Germany?
March, 1916
300
What pledge did the US make with Germany that stated that the German Navy could not attack passenger boats?
The Sussex Pledge.
300
What country did Germany try to make an alliance with (against the US)?
Mexico
400
What invention completely changed warfare in WW1, and who invented it?
The airplane, the Wright Brothers.
400
Where was Germany's fleet of submarines mostly stationed?
Around N/W Europe, above Germany and France.
400
What famous statement did General Philippe Pétain declare when German forces tried to seize the French city of Verdun?
"They shall not pass."
400
Was Woodrow Wilson Reelected after his first term?
Yes.
400
What was the transmission called that Germany made to another country, to propose an alliance against the US?
The Zimmerman Note.
500
Which side utilized tanks to help in warfare?
Allies, specifically France and England.
500
In what area did most fighting take place?
No-man's land.
500
Did Germany ever take the French city of Verdun?
No.
500
Did the Allied powers support Woodrow Wilson's idea for "peace without victory"?
No
500
Name one of the two passenger liners that the German navy sunk that caused the US to enter the war.
Sussex or Lustitania