Technology
A German submarine
What is a u-boat?
Mass movement of Mexicans and African Americans to the North
What is the Great Migration?
An intercepted message from Germany to Mexico to propose an alliance... if the US declared war on Germany, Mexico should declare was on the US.
What is the Zimmerman note?
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
President of the US during WWI
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Group who took power in Russia and established a communist government
Who are the Bolsheviks?
Used for reconnaissance, bombing, and fighting, but did not prove decisive
What are airplanes?
Glorification of the military
What is militarism?
What is the Lusitania?
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
Next in line to lead Austria-Hungary in 1914; was assassinated alongside his wife
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Country controlled by Austria-Hungary, which angered Serbians
Style of warfare in which troops rush out of ditches into no-man's-land and enemy fire
What is trench warfare?
Woodrow Wilson's peace plan at the end of WWI
What is "Fourteen Points"?
The legal document signifying the end of WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Emperor of Germany during WWI
Causes of WWI
(Must list all 4)
What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
Must get all four
This style of weapons were far better and more devastating at the time.
What are defensive weapons?
Authorized a draft of young men for military service in Europe
What was the Selective Service Act?
The event that set off WWI
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
The two types of jobs that women performed in the armed services during WWI
What are nursing and clerical work?
What are nurses and clerks?
Technology that encouraged a stalemate between opposing armies (list 3)
What are poison gas, machine guns, and tanks?
Other potential answers: airplanes, flamethrowers, artillery field guns, tanks and armored cars
Job was to educate the public about the causes and nature of war to boost support
What is the Committee on Public Information?
What is CPI?
Supreme Court ruling in which the freedom of speech could be curbed in wartime to keep public order
(_____________v. the ____________ _____________)
What is Schenck v. the United States?
A progressive who saw WWI as an excellent opportunity to show all Americans the loyalty and patriotism of African Americans
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Americans whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars
Who are conscientious objectors?