World War I
Across
- 6. Movement of 6 million African-Americans our of rural southern united states to urban cities northeast, midwest, and west.
- 8. A British luxury liner sunk by German submarine in the north Atlantic on May 7, 1915 one of the events leading to U.S. entry into world war I.
- 9. Government agency created during world war I to encourage Americans to support the war.
- 15. Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into world war I through the compulsory enlistment of people.
- 18. The process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
- 19. A German submarine used in world war I or world war II.
- 20. A group of ships or vehicles accompanied by armed troops, warships or other vehicles for protection.
Down
- 1. Telegram sent from German official in Germany to a German official in Mexico asking him to join an alliance with Germans.
- 2. 29th president serving from March 4, 1921 until death.
- 3. An association of countries established in 1919 by the treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security.
- 4. United states government agency established on July 28,1917 to coordinate the purchase of war supplies encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency.
- 5. A U.S. federal law passed on June 15, 1917 shortly after U.S. entry into world war I it allowed punishment to spying and other related crimes.
- 7. Rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by federal government.
- 10. The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should remain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
- 11. A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
- 12. Series of raids in late 1919 and early 1920 by U.S. department of justice intended to capture arrest and deport radical lettists, especially anarchists from U.S.
- 13. A person who for reasons of conscience objects to serving in the armed force.
- 14. The zone of fighting in western Europe in world war I in which the German army engaged the armies to its west, France, the UK, and its dominions.
- 16. A nation whose investments abroad exceed in value the investments made in it by foreign countries.
- 17. Blue print for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after world war I.