Some of the the primary causes of the war make up the acronym M A I N.
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism?
100
The U.S. sold weapons, supplies, etc. to __________ sides before joing the war.
What is both?
100
The sinking of this passenger ship angered many in the United States and influenced its decision to go to war.
What is the Lusitania?
100
This characterized fighting on the Western Front in WWI(Remember WARHORSE!)..
What is trench warfare?
100
This Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
He was an Austro-Hungarian Prince that was assassinated by a Serbian on June 28th 1914.
Who is Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
200
These prevented many U.S. goods from reaching Europe during WWI.
What are blockades/U-boats?
200
This telegram was sent from the German government to Mexico trying to entice them to join the Central Powers.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
200
This is the reason for so many deaths in WWI..
What is new weapons/technologies from the Industrial Revolution?
200
This international organization was proposed by President Woodrow Wilson as part of the peace treaty.
What is the League of Nations?
300
This was the U.S. policy at the beginning of WWI..(at least militarily)
What is neutrality/isolationist?
300
Especially after the sinking of the Lusitania, this country was villified in U.S. propaganda.
What is Germany?
300
The Germans used these new, special type of ships to conduct unrestricted warfare on ships bringing supplies to the Allied nations.
What are Unterseeboots, U-Boats, submarines?
300
This is how people on the homefront contributed to the war effort..
What is buying govt bonds, conserving resources, etc.?
300
This was a number of items that President Woodrow Wilson proposed to be included in the peace negotiations concluding the war.
What is the 14 Points?
400
This is why the assassination led to a World conflict instead of a regional one.
What is alliance system?
400
Give one example of anti-German sentiment during WWI?
What is boycotting German business, food, etc.?
400
Because of its location, Germany and its allies wer known as this in WWI.
What are the Central Powers?
400
Most countries used this during WWI to increase military size.
What is conscription/draft?
400
This was the name for the money, property and equipment that Germany had to pay the Allies after the war as part of the war guilt clause in the Treaty of Versailles.
What are Reparations?
500
This empire was the main ally of Germany before and during WWI.
What is the Austro-Hungarian?
500
U.S. neutrality officially ended in 1917 after the Germans re-instituted their policy of _________________ _______________ _______________.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
500
This country had a revolution during the war which overthrew their monarchy, after that they made a peace agreement with Germany at Brest-Litovsk.
What is Russia?
500
According to the Espionage and Sedition acts in the U.S. during WWI, this could get you arrested(THINK 1ST AMENDMENT)..
What is anti-war talk?
500
Name at least three of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference.
What is freedom of the seas, arms reductions, open peace talks, self determination, league of nations, etc.