Causes of WWI
The acronym “M.A.I.N” fully spelled out.
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
The type of warfare characterized the Western Front during WWI.
What is Trench Warfare?
The area between opposing trenches.
What is no-man's land?
The U.S. president during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The date that fighting in WWI officially ended on?
What is November 11, 1918?
The event that sparked the beginning of WWI.
What is The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
The British invention that was first used during the Battle of the Somme?
What is the tank?
A common disease caused by standing in cold, wet trenches for long periods of time.
What is Trench Foot?
The event involving a British passenger ship that angered Americans in 1915?
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
The name of President Wilson’s postwar peace plan.
What is The Fourteen Points?
The name of Germany’s plan to avoid a two-front war.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
The longest and one of the bloodiest battles of WWI
The Battle of Verdun
The psychological condition developed from constant bombardment and stress.
What is Shell Shock?
The secret message from Germany to Mexico pushed the U.S. closer to war?
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Which treaty officially ended WWI?
What is The Treaty of Versailles?
The region of Europe was known as the “Powder Keg of Europe”?
What is the Balkans region?
The battle that first used large-scale use of poison gas during WWI?
What is The Second Battle of Ypres?
Name two major problems soldiers faced daily in the trenches.
What are mud, rats, lice, disease, poor food, lack of sleep, or bombardment.
The law that required American men to register for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This organization was created by the Treaty of Versailles to promote peace.
What is the League of Nations?
The name of terrorist group was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
What is the Black Hand?
The battle that stopped the German advance into France and ended the Schlieffen Plan?
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
The three lines made up the trench system? (name all three)
What is Frontline, Support, and Reserve trenches.
The agency, led by George Creel, utilized propaganda to gain support for the war.
What is the Committee of Public Information (CPI)?
The clause within the Treaty of Versailles that forced Germany to take full responsibility for the war.
What is the War Guilt Clause?