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The official position of the United States at the beginning of WWI
What is Neutrality?
100
The "straw that broke the camel's back" and led to the declaration of war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary?
100
A large armored vehicle invented in WWI to provide protection for the US forces.
What is a tank?
100
Women who worked for women's rights to vote?
What are suffragettes?
100
An agreement in which Germany promised to change their submarine warfare policy
What is the Sussex Pledge?
200
A nickname for American Soldiers during WWI
What is doughboy?
200
The event which caused the United States to enter the War.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
200
A chemical weapon used by both sides during WWI
What is poison gas?
200
A mass movement of African Americans out of the South
What is the Great Migration?
200
President Wilson's suggestions for world peace
What are Wilson's 14 Points?
300
Warfare tactic used by Germany against Britain to block selling and transportation of food
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
300
One of the underlying causes of WWI. It is the action of a stronger nation taking control of a weaker one.
What is Imperialism?
300
A mechanical weapon that shoots bullets more than 600 times per minute
What is a machine gun?
300
War bonds that are sold to help pay for the war
What are Liberty Loans?
300
The peace treaty that ended WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400
killing, wounding or capturing enemy soldiers. The goal is to leave no enemy to fight.
What is attrition?
400
The alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy
What is Triple Alliance?
400
An underwater ship used in war.
What is a submarine (U-boat, Unterseeboot)
400
A new tax based on the amount of money individuals make.
What is Income Tax?
400
An organization designed to promote world peace and keep the world away from wars in the future.
What is the League of Nations?
500
The alliance between England, France and Russia in WWI
What is Triple Entente?
500
The agreement signed between Germany and the Allies to end WWI. We celebrate the occasion on November 11.
What is Armistice?
500
places where armies hid from enemy fire.
What are trenches?
500
The Amendment made to the US Constitution which gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
500
The one major world power that refused to join the League of Nations
What is the United States?