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These rat-infested human-sized ditches were a miserable and traumatizing home for soldiers on both sides of the Western front.
What were trenches?
The assassination of this Austro-Hungarian man triggered the outbreak of WW1.
Who is Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
Passed by Congress on May 18, 1917, this required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register with the government for possible military service.
What was the Selective Service Act?
This was the slogan of President Woodrow Wilson's 1916 re-election campaign.
What was "He Has Kept Us Out of War?"
This was the nickname for Britain, the U.S., France, and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919.
What is "The Big Four?"
This was the term for the land between two opposing trenches. You were very likely to die here if you were ordered to enter.
What was "No Man's Land?"
He was the President during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
On May 16, 1918, Congress passes this act. It outlawed public speech against the war.
What was the Sedition Act?
A rather silly expression of anti-German sentiment - the renaming of a Dachshund...
What is a "liberty pup?"
What is Russia?
During Woodrow Wilson's first term as president, this would be the official policy of the U.S. toward the war. It meant that the U.S. wouldn't officially take sides.
What is "strict neutrality?"
This man earned the nickname "Black Death" for singlehandedly saving his unit from a surprise raid of ~30 German soldiers.
Who is Henry Johnson?
Future U.S. President Herbert Hoover was called the "Food Dictator" for his role as head of this regulatory body that advised Americans to conserve food - especially meat, wheat, and sugar - to help with the war effort.
What was the U.S. Food Administration?
1,198 people died (128 were American) when a German U-boat sank this ship on May 7, 1915.
What was the Lusitania?
One of this country's primary concerns in drafting a treaty to end the war was preserving its naval supremacy and global empire.
What is Britain?
A word for money paid as compensation for war damage by the defeated nation(s) to the victor(s).
What are reparations?
This "Ace of Aces" was a race car driver before becoming a fighter pilot.
Who was Eddie Rickenbacker?
George Creel was the chairman of this government committee that turned out over 75 million copies of pro-war propaganda during the war.
What was the Committee on Public Information (CPI)?
The only combat regiment of African-Americans. They were assigned to fight under French rather than American command.
Who were the Harlem Hellfighters (or 369th Infantry Regiment)?
During the Paris Peace Conference, this country was determined to exact revenge on Germany and prevent Germany from having means to attack again in the future.
What is France?
This is another word for a truce - an agreement to end a war.
What is an armistice?
This man ran for U.S. president five times and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking publicly against WWI.
Who was Eugene V. Debs?
A man named Bernard M. Baruch led this regulatory body. It was tasked with shifting the U.S. economy to prepare for the war.
What was the War Industries Board (WIB)?
More Americans wanted to go war when they learned of this secret document sent from Germany to Mexico - Germany promised to give Mexico Arizona, Mexico, and Texas if they declared war on the U.S.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
This part of the Treaty of Versailles would be a cause for the outbreak of WWII - it forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting WW1.
What is the War-Guilt Clause?