The First World War

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