Across
- 2. ties and trade increasingly linked the United States to the Allied Powers
- 3. was more fluid than the Western Front with fewer trenches and more movement
- 6. began in Europe in 1914 after rising nationalism militarism imperialism and the formation of alliances
- 7. the United States declared war on Germany
- 10. including machine guns poison gas submarines and airplanes made the war especially deadly
- 12. lived in harsh conditions in trenches facing disease mud and constant danger
- 14. the United States declared neutrality
- 15. proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States
- 16. increased tensions between the United States and Germany
Down
- 1. was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary
- 4. was divided into two major alliences
- 5. temporarily limited submarine warfare after the Sussex Pledge
- 8. submarine attacks including unrestricted submarine warfare threatened American ships and lives
- 9. became common on the Western Front leading to a long and brutal stalemate
- 11. were known as the American Expeditionary Force
- 13. favored neutrality due to tradition trade interests, and a desire to avoid European conflicts
