M.A.I.N. Causes
The M in M.A.I.N.
What is militarism?
The spark that started WWI.
What is the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
New Weapons in World War I. (name 4)
What are airplanes, submarines, machine guns, long range artillery, poison gases, gas masks, tanks, and flamethrowers?
The year the US entered World War I.
What is 1917?
Organization created to prevent future wars.
This cause created competition between countries trying to assert power.
What is Nationalism?
German plan to defeat France quickly.
These made WWI more deadly than previous wars.
Name of the note from Germany to Mexico asking them to attack the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Key goal of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is punishing Germany?
The A and I in M.A.I.N.
What are alliances and imperialism?
Type of warfare used to defend troops from new weapons.
What is trench warfare?
The deadly area between opposing trenches.
What is "no man's land?"
Other than adding soldiers and supplies, this was a major impact the US had after entering the war.
What is raising morale/boosting energy?
Treaty of Versailles term/condition regarding Germany's military.
What is military reduction?
What is imperialism?
Sinking enemy and neutral ships without warning is an example of this.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
Major disadvantage of trench warfare for soldiers.
What is exposure to disease, trench foot, and stalemate?
Three reasons the US entered the war.
1. Unrestricted submarine warfare/Lusitania
2. Zimmerman Telegraph
3. Sympathy for the Allies
Major economic punishment Germany faced.
What is paying billions in reparations?
This cause involved countries promising to support each other.
What is alliances?
The idea that soldiers "rode in on horseback and left in airplanes" demonstrates the impact of this.
Strategy that involved Germany attacking France before Russia could mobilize.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
True or False: The two fronts of WWI were the Allied and Central Fronts.
What is false?
Unfortunate consequence of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is it left Germany angry, economically devastated, and seeking revenge? (WWII?)