People
Battles
Technology/Weapons
vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

The President of the United States during the war

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

100

Stopped the Germans from advancing into Paris

The Battle of the Marne

100

First used by the Germans at Ypres in 1915

What is poisonous gas?

100

A deep rooted sense of pride on one's country

What is nationalism?

100

These were trained and used to carry messages to troops in battle.

What are pigeons?

200

The commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force?

Who is General John J. Pershing?

200

Battle where American Harry Butters lost his life while fighting for the British.

What is the Somme?

200

Used to help troops get across No Man's Land because they could mow over the barbed-wire fortifications

What are tanks?

200

to get the military ready

What is mobilize?

200

American soldiers were called this

What are doughboys?

300

Become active members of the workforce on the home front

Who are women?

300

Otto Frank and Adolf Hitler were both in this battle against the British.

What is the Somme?

300

Used in air to air combat

What are planes?

300

payment for war damages

What are reparations?

300

message to Mexico offering an alliance and the return of lands in the US

What is the Zimmerman telegram or note?

400

Won the medal of honor for shooting over 20 Germans and capturing 132.  He was once a conscientious objector.

Who is Alvin York?

400

The longest and deadliest American offensive during the war

What is the Muse-Argonne?

400

Used to spread terror to British towns

What is the Zeppelin?

400

a truce

What is an armistice?

400

This flower became a symbol for those lost in the war.

Poppy

500

America's top flying ace of the war

Who is Eddie Rickenbacker?

500

Longest battle of the war.  It pitted the French against the Germans and was where American Alan Seeger lost his life.

What is Verdun?

500

Preyed on allied ships at sea

What are submarines?

500

Limited free speech and the civil rights of Americans during the war

What is the sedition act?

500

Whiskey and Soda

What are the lion cub mascots of the Lafayette Escadrille?