Causes
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
What is militarism.
President of the United States during the war.
Who was Woodrow Wilson
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and others made up this Alliance.
What were the Central Powers or Triple Alliance
A large portion of the fighting took place dug into these.
What is (was) information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
What is propaganda.
Agreements between nations to aid and protect one another
What are alliances
This person's assassination caused the war.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
France, Great Britain, Russia and others made up this alliance.
This weapon's deadly rapid rate of fire changed tactics on the ground and in the air.
Machine gun
The meeting in Paris at the end of the war to decide which direction Europe would go and what terms of war would be.
What was the Treaty of Versailles
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is imperialism
This person was the assassin of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary.
Who was Gravilo Princip
The United States entered the war on this side or this alliance.
What were the Allied powers or Triple Entente
This new technology was being used in warfare for the first time flying high.
What was the airplane.
This country was blamed for WWI.
What was Germany.
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
What is nationalism
WWI soldier who later used the terms of Treaty of Versailles as propaganda for his rise to power in Germany.
Who was Adolf Hitler
Serbia was an ally of which larger power (neighboring country) causing the conflict to spread.
What was Russia
What were U-Boats or submarines.
The term used for soldiers who suffered from PTSD and other ailments, such as uncontrollable shaking as result of combat.
What was "shell shock"
The "spark" or event that started the war.
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
The prime minister of France during WWI who wanted to punish Germany.
Who was George Clemenceau
This theory of how the war escalated so quickly through alliances that means "a cumulative effect produced when one event initiates a succession of similar events"
This "revolution" led to advancements in manufacturing and production that helped mass produce new weapons.
What was the Industrial Revolution.
The act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service
What was the Selective Service Act.