Gains and Gaps
Name of the battalion formed from black volunteer soldiers
No 2 Construction Battalion
Felt betrayed by the terms, which included the War Guilt Clause, limiting the army to 100,000 soldiers, and approximately 6 billion in reparations payments
Germany
First use of chlorine gas
The second battle of Ypres
This country built U-boats to compete for naval superiority
Germany
Empress Alexandra believed he healed her son of hemophilia
Rasputin
Name of the hospital ship torpedoed by a German U-boat
Llandovery Castle
Wanted revenge for Alsace Lorraine, and wanted to crush Germany as a military and economic power
First use of the tank
The battle of the Somme
The competition for land and resources is called...
Imperialism
The Zimmerman telegram
Name of the ship that returned to Calcutta because Canada argued that the passagers violated the "Continuous Journey" rule
Komagata Maru
Argued that Canada should have its own seat at the Paris peace talks and the League of Nations
Robert Borden
The battle known for muddy, swampy conditions
Passchendaele
This country mobilized troops in 2 stages
Russia
Name of the event when Tsar Nicholas II's uncle fired on protesters
Bloody Sunday 1905
Name given to the women volunteering to work on farms
He wanted to create the League of Nations and he argued for national self-determination
Woodrow Wilson
This battle was considered unwinnable. Canadians also employed the strategy of the creeping barrage
The battle of Vimy Ridge
The name of the assurance that Germany would support Austria Hungary in a war with Serbia
The blank cheque
Bolsheviks
Name of the founder of the League of Indians
Frederick Loft
Upset that it did not get territories it was promised, particularly the strategic port city of Fiume and territories in Dalmatia
Italy
This man was known for his outdated military strategy that involves sending men over the top to charge against machine guns.
Douglas 'the Butcher' Haig
The name of the man who assassinated Franz Ferdinand
Gavrillo Princip
Treaty signed with Germany to remove Russia from the war
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk