High level of devotion toward your home country - Created competition among countries - had been building for decades
What is nationalism?
100
This invention was intended to break enemy trenches. Even though it played a small role in World War I, it will have a major influence on World War II
What is the tank
100
This country had to accept blame for starting World War I according to the Treaty of Versailles.
What is Germany?
100
This telegram, from Germany to Mexico asking for their help in World War I, greatly angered America
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
100
Northern U.S. cities see a huge amount of southern blacks move there for job opportunities
What is the Great Migration?
200
An aggressive build up of an army and navy to intimidate neighboring countries
What is militarism?
200
This dangerous weapon, first used by the Germans, killed soldiers in such a sickly manner that it was banned from warfare afterwards.
What is gas warfare - chemical warfare
200
This organization was created out of the Treaty of Versailles to make sure no more major wars were started.
What is League of Nations
200
To help increase food production, the U.S. government urged families to create one of these
What is a "victory garden"
200
American union workers do this to try and and avoid giving up the high wages they were being paid during the war.
What is strikes?
300
Stronger countries control weaker countries politically, economically, and militarily - all for the benefit of your own country
What is imperialism?
300
These weapons were nicknamed U-boats, and their use by Germany in the Atlantic Ocean helped draw America into World War I
What is the submarine
300
Germany had many penalties placed on them by the Treaty of Versailles. Name two of them.
What is Germany paying reparations of 33 billion dollars?
Germany is limited to a small army/navy
Germany is not allowed an air force
Germany has to give up land
Germany is not allowed to place troops on French border
Germany has to accept war guilt
300
German submarines sank this ship claiming it was full of weapons. It was, but 128 Americans died adding to our dislike of Germany
What is the Lusitainia
300
The name of the 1920 nationwide panic that spread over America that workers would try and overthrow the government and demand more equality of wealth
What is the Red Scare?
400
The grouping together of countries to protect one another from outside threats
What is an alliance?
400
This is another example of a weapon that played a small role in World War I, but a major role in World War II. It was used to spy on enemies as well as rain machine gun fire down on trenches
What is the airplane
400
This country was not invited to the peace conference even though they had fought with the Allied Powers for much of the war.
What is Russia?
400
To ensure we had enough soldiers to fight in World War I the U.S. set up this system.
What is selective service - the draft
400
In the summer of 1919, over 25 of these occur throughout American cities as tempers flare over jobs and neighborhoods
What is race riots?
500
This spark (assassination) set in motion the major European countries declaring war on each other in 1914
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
500
Even though this weapon already existed, it was in World War I that it became famous. Known to be too heavy to carry by individual soldiers this weapon was said to be worth over 100 rifles.
What is the machine gun
500
The long term result of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the rise of Germany and the start of World War II?
500
Heatless Mondays and daylight savings time were both established to save this.
What is energy?
500
This type of government, where everyone shares wealth equally, was gaining popularity among workers in America, so the FBI attempted to stamp it out