The First World War
Across
- 4. Germany’s promise not to sink merchant ships without warning and without saving lives
- 8. policy of military preparedness and building up weapons
- 10. situation which nations or alliances have equal rights
- 12. organization to settle disputes between workers and management during the war
- 15. a form of loan to the government to pay for the war
- 16. organization of nations that would work together to settle disputes, protect democracy and prevent future wars
- 19. U.S law requiring young men to register for the military draft
- 20. small German submarines
- 21. passenger ship sunk by German U-boats during WW1
- 22. strategy of surrounding troop-transport ships with destroyer or cruisers for protection
- 23. Great Britain, France and Russia
- 25. payments for damages and expenses caused by the war
- 27. alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia
- 29. French premier at the Paris Peace Conference
- 30. German telegram proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico
- 31. head of the War Industries Board during WW1
- 32. president Wilson’s plan for peace following WW1
- 33. archduke of Austria whose assassination triggered WW1
Down
- 1. organization to promote American support for the war
- 2. a policy of not being involved in the affairs of other nations
- 3. Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
- 5. treaty ending WW1
- 6. leaders of the U.S, Britain, France, and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference
- 7. head of the Committee on Public Opinion
- 9. Supreme Court decision explaining limits of free speech
- 11. alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
- 13. head of the Senate Foreign Relations committee and leader of the group who wanted changes in the Treaty of Versailles
- 14. fighting from trenches
- 17. people who seek the equal distribution of wealth and the end of all private property
- 18. the right of people to decide their own political status
- 24. German emperor during WW1
- 26. posters, newspaper stories, and other materials designed to influence people’s opinions
- 28. British prime minister at the Paris Peace Conference