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German U-boats sunk this British ship, angering the United States since many American civilians were killed
What is the Lusitania?
100
The 1917 announcement of this policy by the Germans threatened the neutrality of the United States.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
100
He was the two-term president of the US during the Great War.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
100
At the end of WWI, this country was punished for causing the fighting in Western Europe.
What is Germany?
100
This new weapon made it possible to kill hundreds within minutes.
What is the machine gun?
200
The assassination of this future leader of Austria-Hungary began World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
This secret message sent by Germany to Mexico helped to sway public opinion in the United States away from isolationism.
What is the Zimmerman Note?
200
During WWI, the U.S. government instituted this policy, placing limits on the amount of some goods that civilians could have.
What is rationing?
200
This treaty, signed in June 1919, ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
This weapon, with a distinctive yellow color, was greatly feared by the troops in the trenches.
What is mustard gas or poison gas?
300
This deep devotion to one’s own nation, fueled competition between European nations and eventually led to war.
What is nationalism?
300
In 1915 these three countries formed an alliance that would be known as the Allied Powers.
What are Great Britain, France, and Russia.
300
Americans across the country planted this two-word phrase to help save food for the troops.
What are victory gardens?
300
This country rejected the League of Nations because it felt that membership in the League could lead to future involvement in European wars.
What is the United States?
300
This group of Americans helped the war by working in factories and as nurses on the battlefields.
Who are women?
400
This policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war greatly contributed to the outbreak of WW I.
What is militarism?
400
This was a bloody stalemate that stretched nearly 600 miles along the border between Germany and France.
What is the Western Front?
400
The U.S. used this in the form of posters to appeal to civilians' sense of pride to join in the war effort.
What is propaganda?
400
This country is dissolved at the end of WW I, and four new nations are created from its land.
What is Austria-Hungary?
400
This was the main style of warfare used during WWI.
What is trench warfare?
500
This alliance system sought to create support for its allies – France, Great Britain, and Russia.
What is the Triple Entente?
500
This was the only real asset of the Russian troops, who were out-gunned by their German enemies.
What is their number of troops?
500
This act authorized the military draft in the U.S.
What is the Selective Service Act?
500
These countries were known as the “Big Four” at the treaty negotiations.
What are Great Britain, France, Italy, and the US?
500
This was President Wilson's plan for peace following the war.
What is the Fourteen Points?