Causes
Glorified growing militaries making countries eager to show off their power
What is Militarism?
Authorized the U.S. government to force U.S. citizens into military service and established the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
Posters, speeches, billboards, pamphlets, and films released by the government to raise public support for the war
What is Propaganda?
The sinking of this British passanger ship killed 128 Americans
What is the Lusitania?
This kind of battle tactic almost directly resulted in a stalemate characterized by "No Man's Land"
What is Trench Warfare.
Public limited consumption of goods such as wheat, meat, and sugar
What is rationing?
Post WWI alliance focused on keeping peace and avoiding another world war.
What is the League of Nations?
Message sent from Germany to Mexico promising to help them regain lost territory from the U.S. if they joined WWI against the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram.
Chemical Warfare used to invade trenches
What is poison gas?
Public bought these to help fund the war.
What are war bonds?
Economic plan created to help Germany repay their reparations to the Allies so that the Allies could pay back their loans to the U.S.
What is the Dawes Plan?
Germany's alliance with Austria Hungary
Who is the Central Powers?
Germany violated this promise when they continued sinking merchant ships, endangering American lives.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
Armored fighting vehicle designed to combat machine guns and trench warfare
What are tanks?
Allowed the government to censored mail and imprison anyone suspected of aiding the enemy or interfering with military recruitment.
What is the Espionage Act?
A peace agreement between the U.S. and France outlawing war that they later invited all other nations to sign.
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
The assassination of this man started WWI
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The use of these weapons made traditional warfare unrealistic and caused soldiers to dig large trenches.
What are machine guns?
Made it illegal to criticize the government, the flag, or the military.
What is the Sedition Act?
Protective tariff passed by the U.S. raising the import taxes after WWI.
What is the Fordney-McCumber Tariff