Causes of WWI
The system of agreements between countries that turned a regional conflict into a global war.
What are alliances?
Soldiers fought in this type of deep ditches, leading to a stalemate of the Western Front.
What are trenches?
The president of the United States during World War I.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
The year World War I ended.
The country that left the war early due to a revolution in 1917.
What is Russia?
The intense pride in one's nation that fueled tensions between European powers.
What is nationalism?
A deadly new weapon used in the war that caused severe injuries and blindness.
What is mustard gas?
The leader of Germany who abdicated at the end of the war.
Who was Kaiser Wilhelm II?
This worldwide economic crisis, beginning in 1929, was partially caused by war debt and economic instability.
What is the Great Depression?
The nickname for American soldiers in World War I.
What are Doughboys?
The assassination of this heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne triggered World War I.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
These messages encouraged citizens to support the war effort through posters, speeches, and films.
What is propaganda?
The British Prime Minister during World War I.
Who was David Lloyd George?
The treaty that officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing 128 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
Germany’s plan to avoid a two-front war by quickly defeating France before turning to Russia.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
In 1917, Germany resumed this type of warfare, targeting ships without warning, which led to the U.S. entering the war.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This country switched sides in 1915, joining the Allies.
What is Italy?
The organization created after the war to prevent future conflicts.
What is the League of Nations?
The coded message Germany sent to Mexico, asking them to attack the U.S.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This secret agreement between Germany and Austria-Hungary promised mutual support in case of war.
What is the Dual Alliance?
The movement of women into the workforce, replacing men who went to fight, led to this important political change.
What is women's suffrage (right to vote)?
The Russian Revolution in 1917 led to this leader withdrawing Russia from the war.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
The new countries created in Eastern Europe after World War I included Poland, Czechoslovakia, and this Baltic nation.
What is Latvia?
The name of the agreement that ended fighting on November 11, 1918.
What is the Armistice?