Causes!
A secret message sent from Germany to Mexico that proposed an alliance and Germany would then help Mexico regain land lost to America during the Mexican-American War?
The Zimmerman Telegram
This US President led the United States thru WW1 and has the distinction of being the only President to be born in a country that lost a war...
Woodrow Wilson
Tunnels and ditches dug into the land where the troops would fight and hide. These radically changed the way war was fought.
Trenches
These were purchased from the government at a set price and would be cashed in at a later time for that price plus interest
War Bonds
Monetary payment is used to right a wrong. (think repair)
Reparations
German practice of using submarines to sink merchant and civilian ships without warning during the early years of WW1?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
African-American Regiment that fought on the front lines of World War I with the French and received France's highest award for bravery.
The Harlem Hellfighters
(follow up: how did they begin?)
This device was created during WW1 to help soldiers survive chemical warfare attacks
Gas Mask
Images and slogans combined to try and convince people to believe in a certain idea by the government often on posters
Propaganda
Presented to Congress in January of 1918 by President Wilson that outlined his plan for peace after WWI.
The Fourteen Points
Another name for German submarines?
U-boats
World War I alliance of Countries that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey)
Central Powers
Armored vehicles that had mounted guns and cannons and made it possible to cross no-man's land between the trenches?
Tanks
True of False: Food production Increased in North Carolina during WW1?
True
Wilson's 14th Point was later adopted under the Treaty of Versailles and led to the formation of this formal organization of countries?
The League of Nations
(follow up: did the US ultimately join?)
It was this event that prompted President Wilson to demand an end to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare after a German sub sank a British passenger ship, killing 128 Americans on board
The Sinking of the Lusitania
World War I Alliance of Countries that included France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and later the United States.
The Allies
WW1 was the first war to use these. First for surveillance but they were soon armed with machine guns by both sides engaging in "dogfights" in the skies above Europe?
Airplanes
These women found a loophole in the Naval Enlistment Act of 1916 and found a way to enlist as non-commissioned officers and served in roles like telephone operator, mechanic, truck drivers and more
Female Yeomen
A document signed by the Allies and Germany that officially ended the war.
The Treaty of Versailles
One of the MAIN causes of World War 1, strong feelings of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward their own countries. They wanted to prove that their nations were the best.
Nationalism
The feelings of German resentment after WW1 led to this man's rise to power and ultimately to World War 2?
Adolf Hitler
This new gun popularized during WW1 allowed a soldier to shoot hundreds of rounds without reloading faster than ever before.
Machine Gun
This became a popular practice to conserve food during WW1, even prompting over 12,000 women in NC to join clubs dedicated to the activity?
Canning
In addition to having to pay money to repair the damage caused by WW1, Germany also had restrictions placed on what after the war was over?
Its Military