Causes
This idea means building up strong armies and weapons.
What is militarism?
The group that included Great Britain, France, and Russia at the start.
Who were the Allied Powers?
Long ditches dug by soldiers for protection.
What are trenches?
Rapid-firing guns that caused heavy casualties.
What are machine guns?
The policy the U.S. followed at the start of the war.
What is neutrality?
Agreements that promised countries would help each other in war.
What are alliances?
The group that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Who were the Central Powers?
The dangerous area between enemy trenches.
What is No Man’s Land?
Armored vehicles used to cross trenches.
What are tanks?
A telegram from Germany that angered the United States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Strong pride and loyalty to one’s country.
What is nationalism?
This country joined the war in 1917 and helped the Allies win.
What is the United States?
A major problem in trenches that caused disease and illness.
What were poor conditions (mud, rats, disease)?
German submarines used to attack ships.
What are U-boats?
German attacks on U.S. and Allied ships.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
Competing to control land and resources around the world.
What is imperialism?
The agreement that officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Type of disease where the feet lose blood flow.
What is Trench Foot?
Flying machines first used for scouting and fighting.
What are airplanes?
Name of the British Passenger Ship that Germany sank killing 148 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
The event that directly started World War I in 1914.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Which country was punished the hardest by the Treaty of Versailles, and what were the main terms of the treaty?
Germany was punished the hardest by the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty forced Germany to accept blame for World War I, pay reparations, limit its military, and give up land and colonies.
The three type of trenches.
What is Communication Trench, Support Trench, and Reserves Trench?
Why were tanks unsuccessful in the beginning of WWI?
What is hard to steer and would get stuck on the battle field?
Who was the United States President during WWI?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?