Convoys | | The entanglement of these was the main cause for WWI. |
Imperialism | | This "telegram" was intercepted by the British and shared with US officials. In it, Germany attempted to persuade Mexico to attack the United States. |
Central Powers | | This was one of the underlying causes for WWI. It is used to describe when one nation dominates another politically, economically, and culturally. |
Zimmerman | | This means "an end to fighting." In WWI, it was signed on 11/11/1918 at 11am. |
Sedition | | This new military technology was originally developed to break through no-man's land and into an enemy trench. |
Rationing | | Though the US was officially neutral at the beginning of the war, this "movement" called for the building of camps to train soldiers. |
Air Plane | | The country blamed by Austria Hungary for harboring members of the Black Hand after the assassination of the Archduke. |
Sussex | | These grew as big as the size of cats in the trenches because they feasted on the bodies of dead men. |
Liberty Bonds | | This "act" called for a manditory draft of 3 million Americans during WWI. |
Alliances | | This country pulled out of the War in 1917 because of a pair of revolutions. |
Triple Alliance | | This "act" was used to prosecute those deemed as being against the war effort. |
Franz Ferdinand | | The name of the alliance of Germany, Austia-Hungary, and Italy prior to WWI. |
Schlieffen | | An defensive system by which goods and soldiers were transported to Europe to damage from German submarines. |
Serbia | | A disease that plagued soldiers on the front lines because of the wet conditions in trenches. |
Preparedness | | The name of the alliance of Russia, France, and Great Britain prior to WWI. |
Russia | | The name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, and their allies after WWI officially begins. |
Lusitania | | 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. |
Day-light Savings Time | | The name of the Austrian Archduke whose assassination was the spark that ignited WWI. |
Trench Foot | | This was one of the underlying causes of WWI. It is an inflated sense of pride for one's country. |
Allies | | Ordinary Americans could help the war effort by _________ food and fuel. |
Rats | | Germany invaded France though _______, which caused Great Britain to enter the War. |
U Boat | | This "plan" was put into affect by Germany to avoid a two-front war with France and Russia. |
Tank | | This was one of the underlying causes for WWI. It is described as the build-up of arms around the world. |
Belgium | | The name for France, Great Britain, and Russia after WWI begins. |
Triple Entente | | Ordinary Americans could help the war effort by buying these. |
Armistice | | This new technology was developed by the Germans to break the British blockade in the North Atlantic. |
Militarism | | Though used for combat in WWII, this new military technology was used mostly for spying on the other side's location during WWI. |
Trenches | | This boat sank in 1917 with 128 Americans on board. The "Yellow Press" circulated the story, which caused many Americans to want war with Germany. |
Nationalism | | This "pledge" was a promise by the Germans not to sink US ships without warning. It was later broken. |
Selective Service | | These were defensive ditches dug by soldiers on the front lines during WWI. |