U.S. Enters the War
German submarines used this type of warfare.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
His assassination ignited WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This rapid-fire weapon forced armies into trenches.
What is the machine gun?
Area between the trenches.
What is No Man’s Land?
President who kept the U.S. neutral at first.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
German message asking Mexico to attack the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Country blamed for the assassination.
What is Serbia?
The first chemical weapon used widely in WWI.
What is poison gas?
Describe living conditions in the trenches.
Mud, rats, disease, cold, shells constantly exploding.
The U.S. traded mostly with this side.
Who are the Allies?
Ship whose sinking killed 128 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
Which empire declared war first?
What is Austria-Hungary?
Heavy artillery caused huge craters and made this area deadly.
What is No Man’s Land?
Trenches caused this outcome on the Western Front.
What is stalemate?
Germany’s promise to stop sinking ships without warning.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
When the U.S. entered WWI.
April 6, 1917
This invasion brought Britain into the war.
What is the invasion of Belgium?
Name two technologies that changed warfare.
Machine guns, poison gas, tanks, submarines, airplanes (any two).
What was one danger besides enemy fire?
Disease, trench foot, lice, starvation (any correct answer).
The slogan Wilson used in the 1916 election.
What is “He kept us out of war”?
M.A.I.N. stands for ____________.
Militarism,Alliances Imperialism,Nationalism
Explain how alliances created a chain reaction.
One declaration triggered many others because nations had promised to defend each other.
Explain “Tech = Stalemate” in one sentence.
Weapons made it easier to defend than attack, causing little movement.
One advantage of trench systems.
Provided protection from machine-gun fire & artillery.
One reason the U.S. wanted to remain neutral.
Ethnic divisions, economic concerns, isolationist beliefs (any).