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2. | This was originally created during WWI to allow farmers an extra hour of daylight to harvest crops and to conserve fuel used to light factories at night. |
4. | This "pledge" was a promise by the Germans not to sink US ships without warning. It was later broken. |
5. | This new military technology was originally developed to break through no-man's land and into an enemy trench. |
6. | Though used for combat in WWII, this new military technology was used mostly for spying on the other side's location during WWI. |
7. | This new technology was developed by the Germans to break the British blockade in the North Atlantic. |
8. | The name for France, Great Britain, and Russia after WWI begins. |
9. | This "telegram" was intercepted by the British and shared with US officials. In it, Germany attempted to persuade Mexico to attack the United States. |
13. | The name of the alliance of Germany, Austia-Hungary, and Italy prior to WWI. |
14. | This was one of the underlying causes for WWI. It is used to describe when one nation dominates another politically, economically, and culturally. |
15. | A disease that plagued soldiers on the front lines because of the wet conditions in trenches. |
16. | The name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, and their allies after WWI officially begins. |
19. | Ordinary Americans could help the war effort by _________ food and fuel. |
20. | The name of the Austrian Archduke whose assassination was the spark that ignited WWI. |
21. | These were defensive ditches dug by soldiers on the front lines during WWI. |
22. | This "act" was used to prosecute those deemed as being against the war effort. |
24. | This was one of the underlying causes for WWI. It is described as the build-up of arms around the world. |
25. | This country pulled out of the War in 1917 because of a pair of revolutions. |
27. | An defensive system by which goods and soldiers were transported to Europe to damage from German submarines. |