Causes of the War
The assassination of This Austro-Hungarian heir triggered World War l.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This type of warfare dominated the Western Front and caused long stalemates.
What is trench warfare?
This weapon, used heavily by Germany, made the seas dangerous by passenger ships.
What are submaries?
Fighting ended on November 11,1918 with this agreement.
What is the Armistice?
This ship's sinking in 1915 helped turn American opinion against Germany
What is the Lusitania?
Germany gave Austria-Hungary this "carte blanche" pledge of full support before war began.
What is the "blank check" assurance.
This 1914 battle stopped the German advance just 30 miles from Paris
What is the first battle of the Marne?
This chemical weapon was first used by Germany at Ypres in 1915
What is chlorine gas?
This treaty, signed June 28,1919, imposed harsh terms on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This 1918-1919 pandemic killed more people than the war itself.
What is the Spanish Flu?
This Serbian nationalist killed the Archduke in Sarajevo
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
This battle lasted from February to December and caused nearly a million casualties.
What is the battle of Verdun
This French plane metal deflector wedges to prevent bullets from hitting its own propellor.
What is the Morane-Saulnier Type L?
What is the Russian Revolution?
This all Black U.S. regiment spent 191 days on the front lines earned the French Croix de Guerre.
Who are the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment)?
Austria-Hungary sent Siberia this document with terms so harsh they were nearly impossible to accept.
What is the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum/ ultimatum?
This 1914 German victory on the Eastern Front forces Germany to shift troops away from France.
What is the Battle of Tannenberg?
The German Inventor created the "interrupter gear" that synchronized machine-gun fire with the propeller.
Who is Anthony Fokker?
This American president proposed the "Fourteen Points" for a peace "without victory"
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This poem, written by John McCrea in 1915, inspired the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.
What is "in Flander Fields?
This German military strategy called for invading France through neutral Belgium.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
This 1914 battle in Italy, also called the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, was a decisive Central Powers
What is the Battle of Caporetto?
This massive German artillery piece, a 420mm howitzer, caused devastating destruction and earned a nickname.
What is "Big Bretha"
This empire collapsed due to internal nationalist movements and signed an armistice on November 4,1918
What is Austria- Hungary?
These animals were used extensively as messengers, rescuers, and even gas-mask wearers on the battlefield.
What are dogs?