Start of the War
In World War I, the Central Powers included.....
Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress created a new system of conscription called....
selective service
What was used to defend soldiers against the use of mustard gas and chlorine bombs during World War I?
Gas Masks
Who got blame for everything after the war?
Germany
In World War I, __________ were battles in the air between aircraft with attached machine guns.
Dogfights
The Triple Entente, later know as the Allies included...
Britain, France, and Russia.
The Great Migration during World War I was the flow of....
African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities.
The organization that became the Federal Bureau of Investigation was originally formed to.....
raid radical headquarters looking for evidence of a Communist conspiracy
President Wilson called for the creation of a “general association of nations” known as the.....
League of Nations
A garden planted by civilians during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more of other foods for the troops
Victory Gardens
One reason for the tension between the European powers was their intense pride in their homelands, called....
nationalism
To prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the....
National War Labor Board
What two new forms of warfare were introduced during World War I?
aerial combat and gas attacks
In addition to the soldiers returning from Europe who needed to find employment, many African Americans who had moved north were competing for jobs and housing, which resulted in......
Race riots
Method of loaning money to the government to pay for war.....
Liberty Bonds
The event that touched off the first declaration of war in World War I was.....
the assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
Criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by....
the Espionage and Sedition Acts
During World War I, women officially served in the armed forces for the first time in......
clerical and nursing positions
Who walked off the job in Boston in what was perhaps the most famous strike of 1919?
the police force
According to the Zimmermann telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would.....
Help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The British entered World War I when....
German troops crossed into Belgium
Selling” the war to the American people was the task of.....
the Committee on Public Information.
In November 1917, Vladimir Lenin's Party seized power in Russia and established a....
Communist government.
This was the agreement to end fighting in War to End All Wars
Treaty of Versailles or Armistice
What was the British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers ad 100 Americans?
Lusitania