M.A.I.N
What does the A in M.A.I.N. stand for?
Alliances
WWI became the deadliest war in history up to that point due to:
New types of weapons
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group before WW1 started?
Who were the Triple Entente?
What did Americans conserve or ration during WW1
Food, natural resources, gas etc
The treaty that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should America enter the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
What does the N in M.A.I.N. stand for?
Nationalism
Why was it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare?
The machine gun made it nearly impossible for troops to advance.
The assassination of this man led to the start of WW1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States
What is Sedition Act of 1918
Statement of principles for world peace that was used for peace negotiations to end the war
What is Wilson's 14 points
British ship sunk by a German submarine
What is Lusitania
What does the I in M.A.I.N. stand for?
Imperialism
Who were the Allied Powers
Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Germany was correct in their insistence that
the Lusitania carried arms on board as its cargo.
What two groups kept their nations’ economies going during the war by entering the workforce.
Women and African-Americans
Wilson's plan to unite foreign countries under one organization to promote global peace after the Great War.
What is the League of Nations?
What was a direct result of the Zimmerman Telegraph?
US declared war on Germany and joined the Allied forces
New military technologies, arms race between countries and the glorification of war are all part of
What is Militarism
Who were the central powers?
Germany, Italy, Austria Hungary
A note from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
How did Americans help fund the war
Buying Liberty Bonds
How was Germany punished after the war?
Germany had to give up land, pay reparations, and disarm a large portion of their military
Two reasons why the US entered the war
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmeran Telegraph (Note)
These are agreements between countries to protect each other
What is Alliances
The country that created the Schlieffen Plan to stage a 2-front attack with France on the West and Russia on the East?
Germany
What were the two alliances formed in Europe PRIOR to World War I?
The Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungry, Germany, Italy
and the Triple Entente
Great Britian, France, Russia
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions.
What is propaganda?
An agreement to cease hostilities and stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
What was Germany's proposal to Mexico in the Zimmerman note?
Financial Support to attack the US, if successful will gain territory back such as Texas, Arizona and New Mexico