Run up to the war
First attacks, early battles
Exit the Bear, Enter the Eagle
Versailles
After the War
100

France and Britain allied with this large, Orthodox Country to form the Triple Entente

Russia

100

Gavrilo Princip killed this empire's Archduke, prompting conflict between said empire and Serbia

Austria-Hungary

100

This term refers to the area between trenches during WWI, and was symbolic of America's view of the war's futility

"No Man's Land"
100

This American general, leader of the "doughboys", played a major role in reversing the German advance into France

John Pershing

100

Germany lost all of her ______________ in Asia, Africa and the Pacific after the war

Colonies

200

France, Britain and Germany competed with each other for _________________, which provided them with markets, raw materials, and indigenous allies

Colonies
200

This demographic in the USA was one of the only to (initially) support US intervention on behalf of the Central Powers (hint: Many of them live in Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas)

German-Americans

200

American contractors sent explosives, blasting caps etc. to support this country in the war effort

British Empire

200

The German navy did this following Austria-Hungary's surrender, further leaving Germany incapable of fighting

It mutinied

200

This Muslim empire was broken up after the Treaty of Versailles

Ottoman Empire

300

This Asian country, like many western states, began building up their navy in response to the German and British military buildups

Japan

300

The German military invaded this small, neutral nation under the Schlieffen Plan

Belgium

300

Russia withdrew from WWI when the Russian government was taken over by followers of this political ideology

Communism

300

George Clemenceau, the president of this country, was instrumental in the harsh terms inflicted on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles

France

300

American Senators such as Henry Cabot Lodge voted against the USA joining this organization, despite it being proposed by American Pres. Woodrow Wilson

The League of Nations
400

This Catholic country left the Triple Alliance and later joined the Allies during the war

Italy

400

One of the earliest battles of World War I was fought at this French river; a second battle at this river happened when the Americans helped push the Germans back

Marne River

400

After the Russian withdrawal, German soldiers came this close to Paris

Fifty miles

400

This Catholic country in Eastern Europe, one of several created by the Treaty of Versailles, still exists today

Poland

400

This Turkish government sentenced this Turkish politician to death in absentia for his role in the Armenian genocide

Talaat Pasha

500

Gavrilo Princip, a Serb, claimed to act on behalf of Serbian minority in this country (which in 1914 was occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire)

Bosnia

500

The Germans' most powerful naval weapon was this small, efficient, and deadly submarine

U-boat
500

This telegram, designed to lure Mexico into the war, played a role in the USA declaring war on the German Empire

Zimmerman telegram

500

The Treaty called for the German government to pay this amount in reparations, which they could not possibly have afforded

$33 billion

500

Inspired by their service in WWI, President Calvin Coolidge successfully pushed to extend American citizenship to this group

American Indians