Start of War
This policy under which nations built up their armed forces, was a major cause of World War I.
What is militarism?
For more than three years, this was the major form of fighting on the western front.
What is trench warfare?
The Zimmermann note suggested an alliance between Germany and this country.
What is Mexico?
In Wilson's famous Fourteen Points speech, his last point called for the creation of this.
What is the League of Nations?
This is the name for German submarines.
What are U-boats?
A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation is known as this.
What is nationalism?
This caused widespread starvation in Germany.
What is the British blockade?
This was the policy that kept the United States out of the war for three years.
What is neutrality?
This established nine new nations—including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia—and shifted the boundaries of other nations.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, and Orlando were referred to as this.
What is the Big Four?
Germany and Austria-Hungary, together with the Ottoman Empire were known as this.
What are the Central Powers?
After defeating this country on the eastern front, the Central Powers concentrated on fighting in France.
What is Russia?
To meet the government’s need for more fighting power, Congress passed this in May 1917.
What is the Selective Service Act?
On November 3, 1918, this country surrendered to the Allies.
What is Austria-Hungary?
The event known as the Great Migration increased the population of this group in Northern cities.
What are African-Americans?
The invasion of this country began the active fighting in the war.
What is Belgium?
American Vice Admiral William S. Sims convinced the British to try this to prevent loss of ships to German submarines.
What is the convoy system?
Established in 1917 and reorganized in 1918, this regulatory body had the power to fix prices and to regulate—even to nationalize—certain war-related industries.
What is the War Industries Board (WIB)?
This forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting World War I.
What is the war-guilt clause?
One of the worst disasters occurred on May 7, 1915, when a U-boat sank this British liner off the southern coast of Ireland.
What is the Lusitania?
The assassination that triggered World War I occurred in this country.
What is Bosnia?
This plan was effective because it allowed Germany to drive quickly toward the French capital.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
This famous fighter pilot of World War I, was well known as a racecar driver before the war
Who was Eddie Rickenbacker?
Germany was required to return the region of Alsace-Lorraine to France and to pay this, amounting to $33 billion, to the Allies.
What are reparations?
Daylight-savings time was instituted as a means of conserving this.
What is fuel?