Causes of the War
the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
What is Militarism
The American Representative at the Paris Peace Conference.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The deadliest gas used in chemical warfare during WWI.
What is Phosgene gas?
This battle led to the death of over 100,000 Americans, one American you did not die Alvin York was decorated for his bravery in combat.
What is the Battle of Argonne Forest?
The terrorist who shot Franz Ferdinand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
excessive pride in one’s nation.
What is Nationalism?
The English Representative at the Paris Peace conference.W
Who is David Llyod George?
This huge field gun did not need to be repositioned after shooting.
What is the French 75mm field gun.
This Congresswoman voted against the United States declaration of war, she was also the first woman elected to congress.
Who is Jeannette Rankin?
These three children saw the Virgin Mary in Portugal.
Who are Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco?
nation that works with another nation for a common purpose.
what is an alliance?
The Italian representative at the Paris Peace conference.
Who is Vittorio Orlando?
This weapon was responsible for shooting down 1,800 merchant ships and allied war ships.
What is the Type UCII Minelaying U-boat?
This battle was declared won by General James Harbord of the United States, who led his Marines into battle without trenches to retreat to.
What is the Battle of Belleau Wood?
This bureaucratic agency was seen as necessary to win the War. Posters urged Americans to "Waste nothing" because "food will win the war."
What is the Food Administration?
policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of other weaker countries or regions.
What is imperialism?
The Premier of France and representative at the Paris Peace conference.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
This weapon was designed by Hiram Maxim.
What is the Maxim Machine Gun?
This document ended the war and formally placed the responsibility on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
He was the Premier of Russia who made peace with Germany in order to focus on the communist revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Franz Ferdinand was shot because Austria-Hungary had control over this region.
What is Serbia?
This German foreign secretary sent a secret note to the German minister in Mexico, urging Mexico to build an alliance with Germany and to attack the U.S. if the U.S. should declare war on Germany.
Who is Arthur Zimmermann?
Many of the American troops were raised out of physical poverty and this mental poverty.
What is illiteracy?
This Massachusetts chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee opposed the Treaty of Versailles because it could lead to America getting involved in another European war.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
It was in this stretch of land between the Emyn Muil and the Black Gate of Mordor that Tolkien used his experience from WWI to build a landscape.
What are the Dead Marshes?