In World War I, the strategy of what was an effective way to defend a position by fighting from within deep ditches?
Trench Warfare
100
These are the German submarines used to attack Allied and neutral ships.
U-boats
100
Due to a shortage of labor during World War I, factories hired more than a million of what group of people?
Women
100
What act required men between the ages of 21-30 to be registered to be drafted?
Selective Service Act
100
When American soldiers arrived in Europe in 1917, who were dangerously near defeat?
Allied Powers
200
One cause of tension in Europe in the early 1900s was the rise of a sense of pride in one's country otherwise known as..?
Nationalism
200
What name was given to the US soldiers who were sent to fight in World War I?
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
200
What person won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in founding the League of Nations?
President Woodrow Wilson
200
Wilson created this, which was a list of specific proposals for postwar peace.
Fourteen Points
200
How many casualties did the Allied Powers have during World War I? How many casualties did the Central Powers have during World War I?
Allied: 5 million
Central: 3.5 Million
300
The United Staes sold war bonds, known as what, to support the Allied Powers?
Liberty Bonds
300
This is the name for a truce that ended active warfare and paved the way for a peace treaty.
Armistice
300
These people overthrew the czar which sparked a civil war and led to Russia's withdrawal from World War I.
Bolsheviks
300
If the Allied Powers had lost the First Battle of the Marne in 1914, what might have happened?
Germans would have captured Paris; forced France to surrender.
300
What chain of events led to World War I?
1. Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in June 1914
2. Austria-Hungary declared ware on Serbia
3. Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary
4. Germany declares war on Russia
5. Germany declares war on France
6. Germany marches through Belgium
7. Great Britain declares war on Germany
400
The aggressive strengthening of armed forces is known as what?
Militarism
400
This was the secret telegram in which Germany offered to help Mexico regain territory in the US if Mexico joined the Central Powers.
Zimmerman Note
400
This person was the leader of Republican opposition in the US Senate to the Treaty of Versailles.
Henry Cabot Lodge
400
This is the name of the Russian peace treaty with the Central Powers.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
400
Which nations was the last to surrender to the Allied Forces in 1918?
Germany
500
By 1916, World War I had become a situation in which neither side can win a decisive victory called what?
Stalemate
500
The payments for war damages are called what?
Reparations
500
The spark that started World War I occurred when this person, who was heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
500
What reasons did President Wilson give for bringing America into the war in 1917?
1. World had to be made safe for democracy
2. High amount of lives lost
3. Decrease in production (supply and demand)
4. U-boat attacks
5. Zimmerman Note
500
What chain of events led to Russia's withdrawal from World War I?
1. Bolshevik Revolution-Civil War
2. Too many dead soldiers-they desert their post
3. Russians are starving-food riots
4. Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Central Powers March 1918