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Causes
Key Figures &
Events
Weapons & Battle Tactics
Turning Points
Effects
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This man was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
100
President of the United States during this time.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
100
This weapon can fire over one hundred rounds (bullets) in less than a minute
What is a machine gun
100
Germany had to fight 2 offensive fronts called
What are the Eastern and Western Front
100
The name of the treaty that officially ended World War 1
What is the Treaty of Versailles
200
Germany had an alliance with this dual empire.
What is Austria-Hungary
200

Wrote a telegram to encourage Mexico's to attack the United States?

Zimmerman

200
This kind of battle tactic almost directly resulted in a stalemate.
What is Trench Warfare.
200

This was the U.S. position at the start of WW!

What is Neutrality

200
An intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War by Woodrow Wilson
What is the League of Nations
300
The intense pride in one's country and national interest
What is Nationalism
300

128 American lives lost

What is the sinking of the Lusitania

300
Chemical Warfare resulted in the mass production of these defense mechanisms.
What are gas masks
300
The war officially ended in this year
What is 1918
300
According to the treaty that ended the war, Germany was going to make serious territorial concessions and pay war _________.
What are reparations
400
First name for the alliance between France, Britain and Russia.
What is the Triple Entente
400

Germany's use of U-Boats in the WW1

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

400
Tracked, armored fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and tactical offensive and defensive capabilities first used by the British in World War I
What are tanks
400
Russia is overtaken by this form of government in 1917
What is Communism
400

Why did the U.S. president (executive), have to request from the Congress (legislative), to declare war?

He had to follow the U.S. Constitution (as a check & balance)
500

European countries continued to amass weapons in anticipation of war

Militarism

500

April 2, 1917

President Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany

500

What solved the stalemate problem?

The use of tanks.

500
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace was called
What is the Fourteen Points Plan
500

What effect did the Treaty of Versailles have on Germany?

They received harsh punishments, lost territory, paid reparations and were humiliated.