Question: May 1, 1915 at pier 54 one of the fastest passenger ships is boarded what is its name? How many people?

Answer: Lusitania, 2000

Question: As it approaches the Irish Coast on its last day of travel what happens?

Answer: It was attacked by German U-boats w/ torpedos

Question: What happened in June of 1914?

Answer: Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary was assassinated (next in line for throne)

Question: People were eager to join this war believing it would be over by when?

Answer: Christmas

Question: By the end of 1914 how did the Germans attack?

Answer: first swept through Belgium and into France

Question: by the end of 1914 how many men did the french lose?

Answer: 1 million

Question: What type of people did German send to the battlefronts?

Answer: Flower of its youth, well-educated and middle class (only to be slaughtered by the tens of thousands)

Question: The event of the youth battling is called?

Answer: Massacre of the innocents

Question: What was America’s early position of the war?

Answer: officially neutral

Question: What did Woodrow Wilson do New Year’s Day in 1915 that no President today dreams of doing?

Answer: Opened White House