World War I
This is the main form of warfare that took place on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
This individual was President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
What is Cuba?
The smallest state.
What is Rhode Island?
President of the United States during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
What are U-boats?
This individual was a top Union general and later went on to serve as President.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This glasses-wearing tough guy fought in the Spanish American war before eventually becoming Vice-President and then President. He shares a name with a later President.
Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt?
The biggest state.
What is Alaska?
He was the leader of the Russian Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Chemical Warfare resulted in the mass production of these defense mechanisms. Even dogs had them!
What are gas masks?
This fort in South Carolina was the place where the war began.
What is Ft. Sumter?
The Dred Scott decision declared __________ legal, which is where African-Americans were not permitted to use the same facilities as whites.
What is segregation?
The biggest ocean in the world.
What is the Pacific ocean?
Name a member of the Allied Powers.
France, Britain, Russia, Serbia or USA.
A new type of treaded military vehicle put into use during World War I.
What are tanks?
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address freed the slaves in the South, but they weren't all free until the ___ Amendment was passed.
What is 13th?
This "color" of journalism often had sensational stories and would help lead the US into the Spanish-American war.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This state has the lowest population.
What is Wyoming?
Name a member of the Central Powers.
This was the nickname for US soldiers, because of their baggy uniforms.
What are doughboys?
One key cause of the Civil War was the _________ Compromise, where states north of it would be free and those south of it would have slavery.
What is Missouri?
The early 20th century economy had many very large businesses. When a business controls almost all of a particular industry, we call it a ________.
(Hint: also the name of a board game.)
What is a monopoly?
The closest country to the US, besides Mexico and Canada (check the map!).
What is Russia?