Odds and Ends of WW1
Mandatory military service picked in a lottery fashion.
Draft
The Lusitania was a passenger ship of what nation?
British
Used as slow-moving shields, they got stuck and broke down often.
Tanks
This country was the first to make a declaration of war in 1914?
Austria
How much did Germany owe to the winning nations of WW1 according to the peace treaty?
$31 Billion
The use of spying to gather information about an enemy.
Espionage
Name for a German submarine.
U-boat
When a pilot shot down 5 enemy planes, he gained this new title.
Ace
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended WW1 between what two countries?
Russia and Germany
What two countries did NOT join the League of Nations?
Russia and the United States
What law required men to register for military service?
Selective Service Act
Why did the Germans choose to sink the Lusitania?
It was secretly shipping weapons.
He was the German pilot with the highest number of aerial kills.
The Red Baron
The Zimmerman Telegram was a message from Germany to what other country?
Mexico
This term means to use media to influence the public to support certain viewpoints.
Propaganda
What two ways did the United States use to pay for World War 1?
Raised taxes
Sold Warbonds
This is what you call submarine warfare where no warnings are given, but it is a "shoot-on-site" mentality.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
When two or more planes are fighting in the air, it is called by this phrase
Dog-fighting
This country was "split-up" after WW1 into two separate countries.
Austria and Hungary
Known as the "Mad Monk", he became a close advisor to the Russian royal family before he was murdered.
Gergori Rasputin
This group was set up after WW1 to act as a "world court". It only lasted until World War 2.
League of Nations
This is an underwater "missile" used by submarines as their primary weapon.
torpedo
Used by the German army for bombing and as an observation platform. Slow and large but hard to bring down.
The Black Hand was a nationalist gang from what country?
Serbia
Health-wise, what happened to Woodrow Wilson after World War 1 when he returned to the US after signing the peace treaty.
He had a stroke