EUROPE INVOLVEMENT
What European country lost the most men, 13.3 % of the male population between the ages of 15 and 49?
France
Who was the president during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Name a new weapon used during WWI?
tanks, airplanes, poison gas
What empire did the war end?
Ottoman
Who did they try to Americanize during the war?
immigrants
What country did Germany join the war to support?
Austria
In the Zimmerman telegram what country was Germany trying to convince to form an alliance with them against the US?
Mexico
What was WWI's most efficient killer?
disease
What country's revolution was indirectly caused by WWI?
Russia
As never before the government used its power to shape what?
public opinion
What happened to Archduke Franz Ferdinand-the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne on June 28, 1914?
He was assasinated.
Our desire to help what country was part of why we joined the war?
Great Britain
How many miles of trenches were dug?
35,000
When did the war end?
November 11, 1918
What did the Selective Service Act do?
Created a national draft
Germany
What was the name for the statements Wilson wanted to base peace on?
Fourteen Points
What were the two deadliest inventions from America?
machine guns and barbed wire
What was wrong with the Treaty for Versailles?
It treated Germany too harshly
What amendment passed soon after the war?
the 19th, women's suffrage
When did World War I begin in Europe?
1914
What did we retreat into after WWI until we entered WWII?
Isolationism
What epidemic began during WWI?
What was the name of the treaty to end WWI?
The Treaty of Versailles
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