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America's Entry
100
alliances
When two or more countries agree to help each other in event of war or attack.
100
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Who's assassination was the immediate cause of the war?
100
long systems of "ditches" that spread for hundreds of miles in France and Russia, where most of the fighting occured
What are trenches?
100
This is the day that armistice was declared
What is November 11th?
100
The position that America took at the start of the war
What is neutral?
200
Imperialism
What is the building of an empire
200
Woodrow Wilson
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
200
new weapon of WWI, gun that could shoot many shots very rapidly, causes thousands of deaths and injuries
What is that machine gun?
200
Treaty that ended the war
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
the British ship that was sunk in 1915 by German U-Boats, killing 128 Americans
What is the Lusitania?
300
Nationalism
What is the feeling of pride in one's ethnic group and wishing for it to rule itself not be ruled by outsiders
300
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Who was the leader of Germany during WWI?
300
Large vehicles built to drive through no man's land and over the enemy trenches
What is the tank?
300
In the treaty, this country assumed blame for the war in the "war guilt clause."
What is Germany?
300
telegram from Germany to Mexico that attempted to create an alliance to fight the US in case the US entered the war
What is the Zimmermann Note?
400
militarism
What is the building up of an army and navy and stockpiling of weapons of war
400
Russia and England
Which countries' monarchs were the cousins of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany?
400
this yellow poison used during WWI would cause blisters to appear on skin and inside of the lungs if breathed in
What is mustard gas
400
Payments to allied countries that Germany had to pay
What are reparations?
400
will to continue to fight--was increased when American troops arrived in Fall 1917
What is morale?
500
Sarajevo, Bosnia
What is the city OR country that Franz Ferdinand was visiting when he was assassinated?
500
Gen. John Pershing
Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force?
500
the nick name for the large german artillery guns that launched shells at the enemy
What is "Big Bertha?"
500
The country that left the war early due to a civil war occurring within its borders
What is Russia?
500
The name of the American Army in Europe during WWI
What is the American Expeditionary Force?