World War I

Vocabulary

100

This form of warfare involved digging valleys into the field to avoid your body being vulnerable during battle

Trench warfare

200

These were promoted as a way for food production to go to soldiers rather than American households

Victory Gardens

300

These are advertisements and media that aimed at persuading Americans to continue the war

Propaganda 

400

This is a type of aircraft created by the Germans to use as scouting or to drop bombs

Zeppelins

500

This is a soldier in the war who refuses to fight based on moral grounds

Conscientious objector

Allied & Central Powers

100

This country was forced to join the war due to being invaded by Germany

Belgium

200

This nation joined after a German u-boat sunk one of its passenger ships

USA

300

This country formed a blockade on Germany that resulted in the starvation of the German population

Britain

400

This nation was initially fighting Germany on the Eastern Front during the War, before dropping out due to Civil War

Russia

500

This country was being colonized by Austria-Hungary, leading to the assassination of their heir apparent

Serbia

Causes for the War

100

This cause for the war relates to the stockpiling of weapons and buildup of armed forces across nations

Militarism 

200

This is the formation of mutual-defense unions to preserve the balance of power

Alliances

300

This reason refers to the competition among nations to gain more land and resources

Imperialism

400

This is the belief that a person's ethnic group is superior to other ethnic groups

Nationalism 

500

This man assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, effectively jumpstarting WWI

Gavrilo Princip

US Involvement

100

This was America's stance during the beginning of the war due to its citizens being sympathetic towards both sides

Neutrality 

200

This was the year America officially entered the war and the president in office at the time

1917; Woodrow Wilson

300

This law enabled the American government to use a lottery system to draft people into the war

The Selective Service Act

400

This industry saw an increase in production as a need for the war, leading to labor changes and promotion of unions in their field

Shipyard workers and ship builders

500

This was the reason the US did not include itself in the League of Nations, despite being created by its president

The US did not want to involve itself in European conflicts, citing Monroe Doctrine

Events

100

This was a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico, in which Germany asked them to keep America occupied during the war

The Zimmerman Note

200

This group of people earn suffrage in 1919, partially due to their aid during the war

White women

300

This is the main reason Russia dropped out of the war

The Bolshevik Revolution

400

These are the key points of the Treaty of Versailles

Germany is demilitarized, Germany must pay 33 million dollars in reparations, formation of the League of Nations

500

These are the three reasons Germany agreed to a ceasefire and surrender

Mutiny of its naval forces, civilian uprisings, lack of resources