A to Z by Decade: 1910s

Country which declared war on Serbia following the assassination of its royal heir, setting off a chain reaction which started WWI

Youth organization incorporated in the United States in 1910

Military alliance A was a part of, alongside Germany, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and, for a time, Italy

Signed into law in the US by Woodrow Wilson on March 19, 1918, designed to conserve energy by extending the day into the evening

The Dover Barrage was constructed to protect this body of water during WWI, blocking it off from the North Sea

German anti-tank weapon used in WWI

Generation born in the 1910s

US overseas territory which saw its first Olympic gold medalist in the 1912 Olympics

What caused the Titanic to sink on April 15, 1912

Country which took German colonies in China and the Pacific following WWI

Title of German leader, stemming from “Caesar”

British ocean liner torpedoed in 1915, part of which prompted the United States to enter the war

Chemical weapon designed for trench warfare which suffocated soldiers and caused disfiguring chemical burns

Organization formed by W.E.B. DuBois in 1909, with its official journal, The Crisis, first released the following year

Popular cookie brand which was first sold in 1912

What “shell shock” is known as today

One of these in 1910 would be about $8.76 USD in today’s money

Event which caused the Russian Empire to leave WWI in 1917

Disease which caused an estimated 50 million deaths in the 1918 pandemic

Site of a 1911 fire which killed 146 people, most of whom were women and girls

German submarines which sunk L

Term for sultry, manipulative, femme fatales of the silent film era who lured men into dangerous situations with their charm and beauty, stemming from “vampire”

Government-issued debt securities designed to fund the military, as seen with the United States and Canada during World War I

How individuals who were illiterate signed on the 1910 census, coining the term “signed with a kiss”

Who Uncle Sam wanted for the US Army in his iconic poster

Interlocking mechanism on clothing patented in 1913