Causes
The first nation to declare war in the chain of events that resulted in WWI.
What is Austria-Hungary?
The sinking of this passenger ship upset many Americans and almost brought us into war.
What is the Lusitania?
In an effort to raise money for the war effort, the US government began promoting and selling thes
What are war bonds?
Secret note released to U.S. newspapers in 1917.
His assassination triggered World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
World War I was the first time these were used as a weapon.
The policy of Americans staying out of other nation's conflict.
What is isolationism?
This act required men ages 18 and older to register for military service.
What is the Selective Service Act?
Name by which Germany, Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were known.
What are the Central Powers?
These are pointed to as the "main" causes of WWI
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism,and Nationalism?
Ditches that soldiers fought from on the Western Front.
Name 2 reasons Wilson gave for proclaiming the United States neutral at the start of WWI?
What is they needed someone to be a mediator and there were so many immigrants there were divided loyalties among Americans?
Define the Great Migration.
What is the movement of African Americans from the South to the North during WWI?
This area was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe.
What are the Balkans?
Germany invaded this neutral nation which prompted Great Britain to declare war on Germany.
What is Belgium?
What 2 reasons did Wilson give for entering the war?
What is to make the world safe for democracy and the submarine warfare?
The Espionage and Sedition Acts violated this constitutional amendment.
What is the first?
The world peace organization that Wilson envisioned to keep peace after WWI.
Strategically, declaring war on both France and Russia within days of one another resulted in Germany having to do this.
What is fight a two front war on the East and West?
Three new technologies used in WWI
What is a machine gun, poison gas, tank or plane?
Americans were very anti-German during the war effort, give 2 examples of things that were changed because of their German name or affiliation.
What is hamburgers became salisbury steak? Saukerkraut became liberty cabbage? Orchestras would not play the music of Brahms or Beethoven, etc.
The assassin, whose shot triggered the events of WWI.
Who is Garvilo Princip?