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This U.S. president supported the Fourteen Points and the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This 1916 battle became a symbol of French resistance against Germany.
What is Verdun?
Britain, France, and Russia were part of this alliance.
What were the Allied Powers / Triple Entente?
This weapon made crossing open ground extremely deadly.
What is the machine gun?
This event in Sarajevo helped trigger WWI.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This archduke’s assassination helped spark World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
This 1916 battle on the Western Front caused massive casualties for Britain and Germany.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire fought for this side.
What were the Central Powers?
This poisonous weapon caused blindness, choking, and panic in the trenches.
What is poison gas?
These relationships between countries helped turn a regional conflict into a world war.
What are alliances?
This German kaiser ruled Germany during World War I.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
This early battle helped stop Germany from quickly defeating France.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
This country left WWI after the Communists overthrew the Tsar.
What is Russia?
These armored vehicles were introduced to cross trenches and barbed wire.
What are tanks?
This policy glorified military strength and helped increase tensions before WWI.
What is militarism?
This Russian revolutionary helped pull Russia out of WWI after taking power.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This campaign was an Allied failure against the Ottoman Empire.
What is Gallipoli?
This country joined the Allies in 1917 due to the effects of submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram
What is the United States?
These underwater vessels were used by Germany to attack Allied shipping.
What are U-boats / submarines?
This German message encouraged Mexico to attack the United States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This British nurse was executed by Germany and became a symbol of sacrifice.
Who is Edith Cavell?
This battle in 1914 showed that the war would not end quickly and helped create trench warfare.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
This empire fought with Germany and Austria-Hungary and controlled lands in the Middle East.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This weapon was responsible for the most combat deaths during WWI.
What is artillery?
This treaty officially ended WWI but punished Germany heavily.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?