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Causes
The Trenches
Fronts
America &
Final Curtain
100
When the goal of a nation is to build and maintain a strong army.
What is militarism?
100
This was the area between the trenches.
What is no man's land?
100
These are two countries fought against Germany on the Western Front.
What are England, France or United States?
100
Since many Americans had ethnic ties to countries on both sides, America was this in the first years of the war.
What is neutral?
100
This country made peace with Germany before the rest of the Allies.
What is Russia?
200
The desire of a country to build an empire by controlling colonies and other countries.
What is imperialism?
200
Psychological trauma often found in troops fighting in the trenches.
What is shell shock?
200
This country fought against Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front.
What is Russia?
200
Though they traded with both sides, America traded more with this side.
What is the Allies?
200
US President Wilson proposed this many Points to settle the war.
What is fourteen?
300
This helped pull countries into the war even though they had no direct conflict with their enemies.
What is the alliance system?
300
Food and dead bodies attracted these to the trenches?
What are rats?
300
The Western Front existed mainly in this country.
What is France?
300
This is why Americans were upset about the sinking of the Lusitania.
What is many Americans were on board the ship when it was sunk?
300
This was the city where the treaty ending the war was signed.
What is Versailles?
400
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were the main ones.
What are the Central Powers?
400
The wet conditions in the bottom of the trenches often caused this disease in soldiers.
What is trench foot?
400
This was a famous battle on the Western Front in 1916.
What is Verdun?
400
The Zimmerman Telegraph was sent from Germany to this country.
What is Mexico?
400
This country's refusal to join weakened the League of Nations.
What is United States?
500
The assassination of the arch-duke of Austria-Hungary was carried out by a nationalist of this country.
What is Serbia?
500
Trench battles often dragged on for both sides, with neither side gaining an advantage, a condition known as this.
What is a stalemate?
500
The von Schlieffen Plan recommended that Germany do this quickly in the event of war.
What is capture Paris/cause France to surrender?
500
The main bulk of the American troops fought on this front in this year.
What is the Western Front in 1918?
500
Germany had to take responsibility and pay these for the war.
What are reparations?