The U.S. & World War I

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Across
  1. 1. - this was sent to Mexico hoping it would ally itself with Germany against the U.S.
  2. 7. - one-sided information used by the government to persuade the public
  3. 9. - the region of France that became a bloody stalemate.
  4. 10. - a new weapon that caused choking, blindness, and death.
  5. 11. - battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth.
  6. 12. - an agreement to stop fighting
  7. 13. - America's president who kept us out of the war until 1917
  8. 14. - armored combat vehicle used for the first time in WWI
  9. 17. - this country belonged to the Allied Powers in WWI
  10. 18. - Germany's battle strategy called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the east
  11. 19. - the policy of keeping a large army and glorifying war
Down
  1. 2. - an alliance that included Great Britain, France, and Russia
  2. 3. - new warship introduced by Germany that used undersea torpedoes
  3. 4. - this country belonged to the Central Powers in WWI
  4. 5. - leader of Russia up until 1917.
  5. 6. - a stretch of the battlefield along the German and Russian border.
  6. 8. - the alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
  7. 14. - the region of Europe called a "powder keg" because it was so volatile.
  8. 15. I - ruler of Germany during WWI
  9. 16. - the government system of allowing only small amounts of items to be brought