WWI

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Across
  1. 2. World War I alliance of Britain, France, and Russia, and later joined by Italy, the United States, and others.
  2. 6. a conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
  3. 8. 31st president of the United States.
  4. 9. Foot rot caused by long periods of time in wet boots.
  5. 13. an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations.
  6. 14. armed with only a rifle and a revolver; he killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners.
  7. 18. a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war.
  8. 19. Archduke Ferdinand and his wife assassinated by Serbian black hand in Bosnia, Serbia (date).
  9. 22. warfare reliant on the use of gas or diesel engines, tanks, airplanes.
  10. 23. a strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WWI
  11. 24. Medical condition caused by prolonged exposure to the distressing experiences of trench warfare.
  12. 27. German submarines; a new weapon of the war; convoys were used to stop them.
  13. 28. a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
  14. 29. Treaty negotiated with Germany; signed.
  15. 31. the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before and during WWI.
  16. 32. international epidemic that killed millions.
  17. 35. in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the allies
  18. 36. Political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations.
  19. 38. in Treaty of Versailles; Declared Germany and Austria responsible for WWI; ordered Germany to pay reparation to allied powers.
  20. 39. Great Britain, France, Italy, U.S.
Down
  1. 1. these weapons fire a very fast stream of bullets for a long time(500-600 bullets/min).
  2. 3. goods needed for war effort.
  3. 4. floating airships that the Germans used.
  4. 5. a series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.
  5. 7. payments for war damage.
  6. 10. ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
  7. 11. message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico; one of the reasons the U.S. joins the war.
  8. 12. 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan.
  9. 15. Emperor of Germany during World War I
  10. 16. a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds.
  11. 17. British Passenger boat with 128 americans on board sunk by German U-boats. It also secretly had ammunition in the hold; one of the reasons the U.S. joins the war.
  12. 20. Austria-Hungarian heir assassinated by a serbian nationalist; the spark of WWI.
  13. 21. the protection of merchant ships from U-boat German submarine attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships.
  14. 25. to refrain from taking a side.
  15. 26. opposed the league of nations, believed that the league threatened the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism.
  16. 29. the alliance of France, Russia, and Great Britain before and during WWI.
  17. 30. a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
  18. 33. Agreement to stop fighting.
  19. 34. Famous German long-range guns.
  20. 37. mutual defensive treaty; one of the MAIN causes of WWI.