Wilson and WWI

Poised for War

100

Gavrilo Princip was a nationalist from which Balkan country?

Serbia

200

His assassination was the trigger for alliances to declare war on one another 

Archduke Franz Ferdinand 

300

This cause leading to war meant a country believed they should build a stronger military than their neighbors 

militarism 

400

Russia, Great Britian, and France were known as the ____ Powers

Allied (s) 

500

Austria - Hungary and these other two countries were known as the Central Powers

Ottoman Empire, Germany

A New Kind of War

100

Soldiers in WWI fought on ____ fronts

two

200

While trenches provided cover from enemy fire, they were not effective in protecting troops from tanks or this substance 

poison gas

300

German submaries were known as this and one famously sunk the Lusitania in 1915

U-boats

400

Russia dropped out of the war due to this

Revolution at home/rebellion/Bolsheviks

500

People became more aware of this political ideology during/after the war

communism 

America and WWI

100

America joined the war in Europe in this year

1917

200

Many Americans bought these to help pay for the war

Liberty Bonds

300

The arrival of American troops on this front helped turn the tide in the Allies favor

Western 

400

The Selective Service Act required all men ages 21-30 to register for this 

draft 

500

Wilson established this to produce the supplies necessary for America to fight in the war

War Industries Board

The Great War

100

The US emerged as a _____ power after the war 

world 

200

This was used to reinforce Amercan's negative view of Germany

propaganda 

300

A widespread outbreak of ______ affected much of the world in 1918

influenza 

400

The name of the mass movement of African Americans into the North for jobs in various industries 

Great Migration 

500

Competition in the job market/riots in cites led to the summer of 1919 being a period of violence known as this 

"red summer"

Peace?

100

This was signed on June 28th, 1919 and blamed Germany for the starting the war 

Treaty of Versailles 

200

Wilson's international peacekeeping organization (that the US did not join) 

League of Nations

300

Wilson's 14 points were criticized because they didn't punish this country severely

Germany

400

The term for the $33 billion Germany had to pay to the Allies for the damage caused by the war 

reparations 

500

These rates increased as industries went back to peacetime production 

unemployment