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In 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Who were the Central Powers?
Of the the Allied countries of France, England, Russia and the US, this country suffered the least amount of casualties.
Who was the United States?
This was the nickname given to the area between the opposing trenches during WWI.
What was "no-man's land?"
This country, that fought to the side of the Allies, was not a member of the "Big Four," who wrote the Treaty of Versailles.
Who was Russia?
This was the cause of widespread starvation in Germany.
What was the British Blockade?
Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, his assassination essentially led the start of WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The sinking of this passenger ship was one of the reasons the US joined the war.
What was the Lusitania?
In addition to the death toll from the war, historians believe another 30 million people died worldwide at the time, because of this?
What was Spanish Flu or influenza?
The drive for revenge on Germany was driven by French Premier George Clemenceau, and this British Prime Minister.
Who was David Lloyd George?
This legislation allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
What were The Espionage and Sedition Acts?
The Great Migration, the movement of this demographic out of the Jim Crow South to the industrial North, was based mainly on the sudden availability of jobs at the start of WWI.
Who were African Americans?
In the Battle of the Somme, this resulted in the exchange of seven miles of territory at the cost of 1.2 million casualties.
What is trench warfare?
This term describes a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds.
What was a conscientious objector?
Though it was Wilson's idea, the United States never joined this diplomatic group, formed to prevent another world war from happening.
What was the League of Nations?
This scheme devised by the Germans allowed Germany to drive quickly toward the French capital.
What was The Schlieffen Plan?
Having shot down at least 29 enemy planes, he was America's leading ace pilot in the war.
Who was Captain Eddie Rickenbacker?
The Zimmerman Telegram was a communication between which two countries, discussing a plan to attack the United States.
Who were Mexico and Germany?
This involved merchant vessels traveling in large groups with naval ships acting as guards.
What was the convoy system?
The most humiliating part of the treaty for Germany to accept was this term which forced them to admit sole responsibility for starting World War One.
What was the war guilt clause?
Pilot Manfred Von Richthofen, earned this nickname, leading the German Flying Circus, a lethal German air squadron.
What as The Red Baron?
Armed only with a rifle and a revolver, he killed 25 Germans, silenced 35 enemy machines guns, and, with 6 other soldiers, captured 132 prisoners.
Who was Alvin York?
This cause of WWI involved the development of weapons and their use as a tool of diplomacy.
What was militarism?
This required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
What was the Selective Service Act?
This term mean the money used to pay for war damages.
What are reparations?
Gavrilo Princip, the assassin who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was a member of this Serbian gang.
What was the Black Hand?