Across
- 5. The war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace
- 8. Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all, one cause of WWI
- 12. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died of the over 1,200 overall deaths. . The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, but did not results in an immediate declaration of war by the US.
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- 1. A international organization for world peace created from the Treaty of Versailles. The US did not join though they proposed this solution to the end of WWI.
- 2. 1919 treaty that ended World War I and that essentially blamed Germany for all negative outcomes of the war. Its signing is pivotal in sparking German desire for revenge (ultimately WWII).
- 3. Germany's attempt to recruit Mexico into the war if the United States joined the Allies
- 4. the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation
- 6. ideas or information designed to spread or influence opinion
- 7. a buildup of military strength within a country, one of the causes of WWI
- 9. The official position of the US in WWI until 1917.
- 10. One of the ways the U.S. Government tried to stop opposition to the war. This law targeted "spies."
- 11. An agreement between two or more countries to aid each other in case of an attack, one cause of WWI