Causes of the Great War
This acronym is used to describe the "long term" causes of World War 1
What is M.A.I.N.
Name of the alliance between Germany, Austria- Hungary, Italy(1914), and Turkey during World War 1
Who are the Central Powers
Style of fighting that was widely used along the western front, both sides would dig long narrow ditches to live in and fight out of during WWI
What is Trench Warfare
English passenger liner sunk by German submarines, led to US involvement in WWI
What is the Lusitania
President Woodrow Wilson's outline for peace after WW1, continually rejected by European Leaders
14 Points
Term used to describe a strong feeling of pride or devotion in a nation/race
What is Nationalism
Name for alliance between Russia, France, Great Britain, and United states during WWI
German submerged watercraft that used torpedoes to sink unsuspecting Allied ship
What are U-Boats
Secret message sent from German to Mexico, seeking an alliance if the US entered the Great War.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram
Peace treaty that brought an end to WWI and outlined punishments for Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles
What is militarism
This tactic used by the British Navy, meant to seal German ports to prevent supplies from getting in or out
What is a blockade
A new technology employed in WW1, the poisonous gases used by Germans to clear trenches, dropped by airplane or by long range artillery
What is Chemical Warfare
Belief that the US should remain neutral and stay out of the War in Europe
What is Isolationism
Payments to be made by Germany to Allies for damages during WW1
What are reparations
Economic, military, or political agreement between two or more nations.
Event that ultimately led to Russia pulling out of World War 1, overthrowing the final Russian Empire
What is the Bolsheviks Revolution
The stretch of land between the two front lines of the trenches, filled with barbed wire.
What is "No Man's Land"
Act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service
What is the Selective Service Act
Reducing troop numbers and returning a nation's military and industries to peacetime conditions
What is demobilization
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Russian revolutionary, leader of the Bolsheviks Revolution and eventual leader of Soviet Russia
Who is Vladimir Lenin
Long range weapon, used to bombard enemy trenches and communication lines
What is artillery
Government organization created to organize industries in the United States to efficiently maximize production of wartime materials
What is the War Industries Board
What is the War Guilt Clause