Unit 3 1900-1920 and World War I

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Across
  1. 2. The international peacekeeping body formed after WWI that the U.S. did not join.
  2. 4. Policy that allowed the U.S. to act as the “policeman” of Latin America.
  3. 6. This war strategy consisted of miles of dug out lines in which soldiers lived and fought with a torn up area between known as “no man’s land.”
  4. 7. British passenger liner that was sunk by a German U-boat and was a cause for America’s entry into WWI.
  5. 8. The treaty that ended WWI between the Allied Powers and Germany. This treaty called for Germany to Germany lose all of its colonies, pay billions in war debts, and its army to only 100,000.
  6. 9. An act that prevented people from speaking out against the war effort, limiting their free speech with the threat of being fined.
  7. 10. Kept Europe from interfering in Latin America and America from interfering in European affairs.
  8. 11. The mass movement of southern African-Americans from the south to the north to work in war material factories.
  9. 13. The concern for affairs within the U.S. and little interest in affairs outside the U.S.
  10. 16. The term given for the purchase of Alaska from Russia
  11. 19. This required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected in a draft for military service.
  12. 20. The name of the battleship that exploded off the coast of Cuba that was the primary cause for the Spanish-American War.
  13. 22. This message contained a suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany that deeply angered the American people and caused America to enter WWI.
Down
  1. 1. Independence from foreign control and believe their country is best and the interests of their country most important.
  2. 3. News writers who made up sensational, sometimes false stories to arouse emotions.
  3. 5. A policy that protected the United State’s right to trade with China.
  4. 12. The building of an empire and the expansion of influence and trade in other countries.
  5. 14. This World War I alliance consisted of France, Britain, and Russia, the United States and all their colonies and allies.
  6. 15. ArchDuke of Austria Hungary whose assassination and death was a cause of WWI.
  7. 17. Large buildup of military equipment in industrialized nations prior to WWI.
  8. 18. European nations signed treaties of assistance committing them to support one another in case of attack.
  9. 21. This World War I alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and all their colonies and allies.