Causes of World War I
This event is considered the spark that started World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Germany used these submarines to attack ships in the Atlantic Ocean.
What are U-boats?
Many women took these types of jobs during WWI.
What are factory, industrial, or nursing jobs?
President Wilson’s peace plan after WWI.
What are the Fourteen Points?
Buying products by paying a little at a time.
What is installment buying?
This term refers to building up armed forces and weapons in Europe before WWI.
What is militarism?
The British system of protecting ships by sailing together.
What is the convoy system?
This law required men to register for military service.
What is the Selective Service Act?
Wilson’s most ambitious proposal meant to prevent future wars.
What is the League of Nations?
The production method made famous by Henry Ford.
What is mass production or assembly lines?
Name of the three main forces that created tension in Europe before WWI.
What are militarism, alliances, and nationalism?
The sinking of this British passenger ship angered Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
African Americans moving north for jobs during the war was called this.
What is the Great Migration?
The treaty that officially ended WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The affordable car that changed American life.
What is the Model T?
This belief that a nation’s interests are more important than others helped fuel competition and conflict in Europe before WWI.
What is nationalism?
This telegram promised Mexico U.S. land if they joined Germany.
What is the Zimmermann Note?
This act limited free speech during WWI.
What is the Espionage Act?
Money Germany was forced to pay to the Allies.
What are reparations?
The U.S. became this type of nation after WWI by lending money overseas.
What is a creditor nation?
This disputed region between France and Germany increased tensions before WWI.
What is Alsace-Lorraine?
The U.S. military force sent to Europe under General Pershing.
What is the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)?
The government agency that used posters and films to “sell the war.”
What is the Committee on Public Information (CPI)?
This group in the U.S. Senate completely opposed the Treaty of Versailles.
Who are the Irreconcilables?
Buying stocks with borrowed money.
What is buying on margin?