M.A.I.N.I.A
Modern Warfare
US Joins the War
The Home Front
Post War
100
This "M" in M.A.I.N. refers to when countries aggressively build up their armies to show national strength.
What is Militarism?
100
What was the region between two opposing armies trenches referred to as?
What is No Man's Land?
100
This U.S. President was re-elected in 1916 under the slogan "He kept us out of war".
Who was the Woodrow Wilson?
100
During the war, Americans were asked to do this, which meant limiting the amount of food and supplies they bought.
What is rationing?
100
The Fourteen Points was a plan intended to maintain peace throughout the world. Who wrote/developed this plan?
Who was Woodrow Wilson
200
This 'M.A.I.N.' cause is represented by a deep love for one's flag and the belief that your country is superior to all others
What is Nationalism?
200
Germany used these dangerous "undersea" vessels to wreak havoc on the oceans
What are U-boats/submarines?
200
The sinking of this British passenger liner by a German U-boat killed 128 Americans and challenged U.S. neutrality.
What was the Luisitania?
200
With many men away at war, these people took over jobs in factories and served as nurses.
Who were Women?
200
This official peace treaty ended the war and forced Germany to accept total blame.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
300
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, served as the immediate "spark" that started the war. Which country was Archduke from?
What was Austro-Hungary?
300
Germany introduced this deadly form of chemical warfare, using chlorine and mustard versions against soldiers in trenches.
What is poison gas?
300
This intercepted message from Germany asked Mexico to attack the United States in exchange for lost territory.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
300
During the war, there were numerous methods of persuasion to join, limit, or influence Americans into doing something at the homefront. What is this method called?
What is Propaganda?
300
The unsuccessful resolutions following world war one led to which major world event in the years to come
What is World War 2?
400
During World War 1 there were two main alliance groups. The Triple Alliance was composed of what three countries ?
Who was Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy?
400
There were two main locations during the war, in Europe, where the fighting took place. What were the names of those regions and where did it take place?
What was the Eastern and Western Front?
Eastern = Russia/Germany Border
Western = France
400
Russia dropped out of the war in 1917 for two main reasons ?
What was food shortages and the country's communist revolution?
400
The government sold these to Americans to help raise money to pay for the war.
What are War Bonds / Liberty Bonds?
400
This international organization was designed to maintain world peace, though the U.S. never joined it.
What was the League of Nations?
500
This region was known as the "Powder Keg" of Europe due to intense ethnic tensions and competing interests.
What are the Balkans?
500
President Woodrow Wilson believed in the concept of "freedom of the seas". What is that best defined as?
What is "Americans should not be attacked while traveling on the open seas.
500
"The Zimmerman Telegram was particularly shocking to Americans because it promised that if Mexico joined the Central Powers, Germany would help them 'reconquer' these three specific U.S. states."
What is Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico?
500
What was so significant in the 1919 case, Schenck v United States?
Supreme court ruled that free speech could be limited in times of war.
500
Following the war, European countries boundaries changed tremendously. What happened to the countries within Europe?
What is broken into smaller, independent countries that represented ethnic regions?