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Causes of WWI
American Involvement
Prejudice at Home
America Gives the Allies the Edge
Effects of the war
100
This is the term for the glorification of the military
What is militarism?
100
The German invasion of this neutral country turned American public opinion against Germany
What is Belgium?
100
This language had stopped being taught in public schools during WWI
What is German?
100
This is the old naval tactic of sending merchant ships together while protecting them with warships
What is convoying?
100
This was a strain of a bird virus that mutated and spread to humans all across the globe in 1918
What is the influenza virus (or the flu)?
200
If one country goes to war, another will go with them if they have this connecting them
What is an alliance?
200
These German submarines were responsible for sinking 11 million tons of allied shipping
What are U-boats?
200
This is the name given to hamburgers during WWI
What are "liberty steaks"?
200
This is the name of the leader of the Communist Revolution in Russia in 1917 (Not the Man of Steel)
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
This is the term for rising prices, found in the farming and industrial industries after the war
What is inflation?
300
The term for the devotion to one's nation, often starting international and domestic tension
What is nationalism?
300
This is the British passenger liner sunk by the Germans off the coast of Ireland carrying American neutrals
What is the Lusitania?
300
This is the name of the Illinois town where a German coal miner was hanged for his "disloyalty"
What is Collinsville?
300
This was the most decorated war hero of WWI, earning the Congressional Medal of Honor (Think of a Chipmunk and a Peppermint Patty)
Who is Alvin York?
300
This was the term given to a wave of widespread fear of suspected communists and radicals thought to be plotting revolution within the US
What is the Red Scare?
400
This is the Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated on June 28, 1914
What is Francis Ferdinand
400
This is the telegram sent to the ambassador of Mexico, asking them to wage war on the US in return for US lands
What is the Zimmerman Note?
400
The angry mob responsible for the hanging of a German in Illinois took the man from here to be hanged
What is the police station?
400
This was Wilson's plan for peace after WWI, although not everyone agreed with it
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
400
This is the name of the man who replaced Wilson as the next president of the US
Who is Warren G. Harding?
500
This is the area of fighting that drew a deadly stalemate between the German and French frontier (not the back)
What is the Western Front?
500
This is the full name of the German Foreign Minister responsible for the telegram sent to Mexico (first and last name, please)
Who is Arthur Zimmerman?
500
This was the name of the German hanged in Illinois for his "disloyal" beliefs
Who is Robert Prager?
500
This is the idea held most dear to Wilson's peace plan and precursor to the present-day U.N.
What is the League of Nations?
500
For what country does the lead character in "All Quiet on the Western Front" fight?
Who is Germany?