WWI Jeopardy

Causes

100

The man whose assassination sparked the outbreak of war

Franz Ferdinand

200

The war quickly grew in scale once it was revealed that many countries in Europe had secret _________ with one another. 

Alliances

300

This ship was sunk by a German submarine, killing 128 Americans and bringing the U.S. closer to joining the war.

Lusitania

400

The Zimmerman Telegram was Germany's attempt to get what country involved in the war?

Mexico

500

Name all four of the primary causes of the war.

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Warfare

100

The flat terrain (with little place to hide) of Western Europe led to what new kind of warfare?

Trench Warfare

200

Which country is credited with developing the first submarine?

Germany

300

Name at least three conditions soldiers faced as a result of trench warfare.

Answers vary 

400

Which country was the first to use chemical weapons in battle?

Germany

500

Name two pieces of technology that were used for the first time during the First World War

Tanks, Submarines, Barbed Wire, Machine Guns, Airplanes, Chemical Weapons, etc.

Homefront

100

What do we call advertisements, posters, and other messages that are designed to make us feel a certain way about something?

Propaganda

200

When men were sent to war, who, for the first time in history, was often used to fill their job vacancies in factories and other places of employment?

Women

300

What did African Americans hope that fighting in the war would achieve for them once they returned home?

Equality/Better treatment/etc

400

Name the all-Black Army unit that fought heroically in the First World War.

Harlem Hellfighters

500

Wilson is often criticized for violating the Constitution with his enforcement of the __________ and _________ Acts.

Espionage and Sedition

Wilson

100

Which political party did Wilson belong to?

Democratic

200

Before Wilson was President, he was Governor of what state?

New Jersey

300

Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace was known as?

The 14 Points

400

Woodrow Wilson ran for reelection on the premise that he _________________.

Kept us out of the War

500

True/False: Wilson Specialized in Domestic Policy

False

Peace

100

The treaty that officially ended the First World War

Treaty of Versailles

200

In what city if Versailles?

Paris

300

The Treaty of Versailles deeply upset the German people, and eventually led to the rise of what historical figure?

Adolf Hitler

400

The end of the war is now celebrated as what holiday?

Veterans Day

500

Article 231 punished Germany for the war, and was known as ___________________.

War Guilt Clause