European Involvement
What event officially started WWI?
What is assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The US would provide support for ______ because they felt as if they had a common ancestry, language, and democratic systems.
What is Britain
What acts were created to ensure the prohibition of unpatriotic actions or speech?
What is the Espionage and Sedition Acts
What was the name of the ship sunk by a torpedo strike from a German submarine in 1915
Name of the telegram from German foreign minister ambassador in Mexico intercepted by British agents, that mentioned forming an alliance between Germany and Mexico if war were to break out with the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
What case was a concrete example of the enforcement of the E and S Acts?
What is Schenk vs US
With the mandatory support of Germany, Austria-Hungary declared war on which two countries?
What is France and Russia
The reason that Germany had difficulty importing foodstuff and fertilizers from the US
What is the British Blockade
Name at least two factors of the WWI Home Front that took place in Britain.
What is change in roles of women, rationing, Germany bombing parts of Britain
The invasion of which country causes Great Britain to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary?
What is Belgium
What President Wilson did ask of Congress in April of 1917 after German U-Boats sunk four unarmed US ships?
What is declare war on Germany
What were the two major European alliances that threatened the balance of power?
What is the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
Name of the Pledge declaring that Germany had promised not to sink merchant vessels “without warning and without saving human lives
What is the Sussex Pledge
President Woodrow Wilson used the saying “Peace without _____" to encourage keeping the US out of the war
What is victory
Bonus Question: Name at least four forms of chemical warfare used/introduced in WWI. Amount of correct answers affects how much your points are multiplied.
What is toxic tear gas, mustard gas, chlorine, phosgene