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100
President of the United States who initially kept us out of the war, but eventually sided with the Allies.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
100
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918
What is the armistice (truce that ended the fighting)?
100
Major battle that ended up being Germany's last major offensive in the war.
What is the 2nd Battle of the Marne?
100
One sided information (posters, movies, speeches, songs, etc.) that tries to sway people's opinions; usually based on emotion, not reason.
What is propaganda?
100
This organization was formed after the war to help prevent future world wars.
What is the League of Nations?
200
This man was assassinated to begin WWI?
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne)?
200
Payments imposed on a country for damages/expenses caused by a war.
What are reparations?
200
Two reasons the United States entered the war in 1917.
What are the Zimmermann note, Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare, economic assistance to the Allies, save democracy, etc.?
200
Entertainer who wrote many patriotic songs to support the war, including “Over There.”
Who is George M. Cohan?
200
The MAIN causes of WWI.
What are militarism, alliance system, imperialism, nationalism?
300
Commanding officer of the American Expeditionary Force.
Who is General John "Black Jack" Pershing?
300
When average Americans were asked to contribute to the war by cutting back on food and other materials needed for the war effort.
What is rationing?
300
America's official position at the beginning of the war in 1914.
What is neutrality (not taking sides)?
300
Head of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who oversaw efforts to rally public support for the war.
Who is George Creel?
300
Three ways that the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany after the war.
What are reparations, war guilt clause, loss of territory (occupied by Allies), loss of overseas colonies, reduction of their military?
400
Leader of Russia during WWI.
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
400
The common name for the Selective Service Act of 1917.
What is the draft?
400
This revolution in 1917 toppled the Czar and took Russia out of WWI.
What is the Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution?
400
The U.S. sold these documents to the public in order to raise cash for war expenses; they were the major source of funding for the war.
What are Liberty Bonds?
400
Four examples of new war technology.
What are planes, tanks, machine guns, U-Boats, gas/gas masks, etc.?
500
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWI, who sought to impose harsh reparations on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.
Who is David Lloyd George?
500
One of the MAIN causes of the war that helped keep Europe out of war for a long time, but when WWI started actually made the conflict much larger and more devastating. Name two examples of this system. Name the three member countries for each example you listed.
What is the alliance system? Triple Entente (Russia, Great Britain, France). Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy).
500
Three key principles that were part of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points.
What are no secret treaties, freedom of the seas, reduced trade barriers, reduced armaments, self-determination, League of Nations, etc.?
500
Author of Dulce Et Decorum Est...and his main point in writing the poem.
Who is Wilfred Owen? He claims that the belief that it is "sweet and right to die for ones country" is a lie perpetuated by the state to continue to get young men to enlist in the war when all they're really doing is throwing their lives away.
500
Three ways WWI changed America.
What are...deaths, increased isolationism, women in the workforce/rt. to vote, increased economic output during the war, US becomes THE world power, power of the federal government increases, labor unions gain strength and members, influenza epidemic of 1919, etc.?