MANIA: Causes of WWI
The "M" reason for WWI, involving building up weapons and armies to get ready for war.
What is militarism?
The U.S. foreign policy shift from isolationism to this, meaning becoming a major world power.
What is imperialism?
Information used to promote a political cause or point of view, heavily featured in war posters.
What is propaganda?
The name of President Woodrow Wilson's plan for achieving a fair and lasting peace, presented in January 1918.
What are the Fourteen Points?
The "A" that describes countries forming agreements to unite and support each other if one went to war.
What are alliances?
This status was the U.S. stance when WWI began in 1914, meaning it was not taking sides.
What is neutrality?
Selling these financial instruments to the public was a primary way the U.S. helped pay for the war.
What are bonds (or war bonds)?
This international peace-keeping group was proposed as part of the Fourteen Points.
What is the League of Nations?
The "N" factor, described as pride or loyalty to one's country or nation.
What is nationalism?
This German U-boat action, the sinking of a British passenger ship in 1915, helped push the U.S. toward war.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
The movement of African Americans from the Southern U.S. to the North between 1900 and 1929.
What is the Great Migration?
The official agreement that ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The "I" in the acronym, defined as a rich and powerful country taking control of another country for personal gain.
What is imperialism?
This secret message from Germany to Mexico in January 1917 proposed an alliance against the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Americans did this with their food and household supplies in order to send more to soldiers fighting overseas.
What is rations?
The U.S. legislative body that ultimately rejected the League of Nations.
What is the Senate?
This was the "spark" that started the war: the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914.
What is assassination?
The U.S. officially did this to Germany after the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.
What is declare war?
The example of the Uncle Sam "I Want You" Poster was used to help convince men to join the military.
What is the draft?
In the end, this country was blamed for starting World War I.
What is Germany?