Causes of WWI
The assassination of this Arch Duke of Austria is the spark starting WWI.
Franz Ferdinand
This secrete message from Germany to Mexico, encouraged Mexico to declare war on the United States. This message was intercepted by the British, and turned over to the Americans.
Zimmermann Telegraph
A weapon used in WWI trench warfare which made it incredibly challenging to attack a trench.
Machine Gun
Treaty of Versailles
This plan created a cycle in which U.S. banks lent money to Germany, which then paid reparations to the Allies, who used the money to repay loans to the U.S.
Dawes Plan
This term means intense patriotism.
Nationalism
What Naval action by Germany provoked the United States?
Sinking the Lusitania and Unrestricted submarine warfare.
Tank
This organization was created after WWI, in hopes of preventing future wars.
League of Nations
Who are Muckrakers?
Investigative Journalists trying to expose corruption during the industrial revolution.
Belief in the aggressive use of military force for professional interests.
Militarism
this federal law required men ages 21–30 to register for the draft, helping the U.S. rapidly build its wartime army.
Selective Service Act
The most feared weapon in WWI by those in the Trenches. Now considered a war crime.
Chemical Warfare (poison gas)
What was the goal Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points?
Lasting peace after WWI
Why did U.S. military leaders want to acquire the Philippines?
Naval base in the Pacific
List 3 countries of the Allied Powers and the Central Powers, before America joins the war.
Allied: Britain, France, Russia, or Serbia
Central: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire.
Before WWI the U.S. Army had 200,000 troops. By the end of the war, the U.S. Army had grown to 4.5 million troops. What act, created this level of growth?
Selective Service Act (Draft)
WWI was the first "industrialized war" how did new technology and tactics change the foreseen outcome of the war?
Made the war much deadlier and longer than expected.
The United States congress rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Why?
Congress feared that the terms of the treaty and League of Nations would pull U.S. into another war.
Why did President McKinley ask Congress to declare war on Spain?
The American Public wanted war.
What are the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
What word describes: During WWI, the U.S. military created messages and posters, to popularize the war, and increase recruitment.
Propaganda
This was the most deadly weapon in WWI
Artillery
This agreement between 65 countries criminalized war after WWI, however it was ultimately unsuccessful.
Kellogg-Briand Pact
early labor union sought to unite all workers—skilled and unskilled—into one large organization.
Knights of Labor