Causes of WW1
Name the 4 words MAIN stands for
MAIN stands for Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
What year did America enter WWI?
1917
What’s "no man’s land"?
Barren, heavily shelled area between opposing trenches, filled with barbed wire and craters.
Name 1 new WWI weapon
Poison gas (chlorine)
What law made Americans join the army?
Selective Service Act (1917).
What event started WWI on June 28, 1914?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What ship did the Germans sink that killed Americans?
RMS Lusitania.
Name 2 terrible things about trench life.
Trench foot from constant mud/water; rats spreading disease
How was a machine gun different from old rifles?
Fired 400-600 rounds per minute vs. rifles' 15; allowed sustained fire
Who told Americans to save food?
Herbert Hoover, Food Administration.
Name 1 example of militarism from your notes.
Germany's naval arms race with Britain (e.g., building dreadnought battleships); from slide 5
Who sent the Zimmermann Telegram? What did it tell Mexico to do?
Germany sent it and urged Mexico to attack the U.S. with promises of regaining Texas and Arizona.
Why couldn’t armies advance? Name 1 weapon from the notes that stopped them.
Machine guns mowed down attackers in open fields.
Why did they invent tanks? Quote your notes.
To cross no man's land over barbed wire/mud; notes: "Break the trench deadlock".
Name 1 group treated badly for not supporting the war.
German-Americans (lynched, renamed sauerkraut "liberty cabbage").
Name 1 example of imperialism involving Africa
European powers carving up Africa at the Berlin Conference
Name 2 reasons America joined the war from your notes.
Unrestricted submarine warfare sinking U.S. ships; Zimmermann Telegram intercepted.
Pick 1 scene from the 1917 movie about trenches. What happened? Why dangerous?
Schofield crosses no man's land amid flares and gunfire, exposed to snipers and shells.
Name 1 thing soldiers feared about poison gas. How did gas masks help?
Blinding burns/lung damage; masks filtered chemicals with urine-soaked cloths initially
Name 2 ideas from Wilson’s 14 Points.
No secret treaties; self-determination for nations.
Which letter in MAIN was the worst?
ALLIANCE since it turned a local conflict into a global war. Evidence: Triple Entente (France, Russia, Britain) vs. Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy); secret pacts forced automatic involvement.
Which pushed America to war more—Lusitania or Zimmermann?
Zimmermann pushed more. Lusitania: "128 Americans killed in 1915". Zimmermann: "Intercepted Jan 1917, proposed Mexico-Germany alliance".
Did trenches save lives or just make new miseries?
Created miseries.
Which weapon changed war the most? Prove it with 1 battle example.
Machine gun; at the Somme (1916), killed 60,000 British on day 1
Why did America reject the Treaty of Versailles? Quote your PPT slide.
The Senate feared the League of Nations would bind U.S. sovereignty.
slide: "Irreconcilables: No entangling alliances".