M.A.I.N
What does the A in M.A.I.N. stand for?
Alliances
The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by which country?
France
WWI became the deadliest war in history up to that point due to:
New types of weapons
A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should America enter the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group before WW1 started?
Who were the Triple Entente?
What did Americans conserve or ration during WW1
Food, natural resources, gas etc
The treaty that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What vitamin does the sun’s ultraviolet rays help the skin produce?
Vitamin D
What does the N in M.A.I.N. stand for?
Nationalism
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
Why was it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare?
The machine gun made it nearly impossible for troops to advance.
British ship sunk by a German submarine
What is Lusitania
The assassination of this man led to the start of WW1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which of the following was a result of the Selective Service Act?
Men were required to register for the draft.
Statement of principles for world peace that was used for peace negotiations to end the war
What is Wilson's 14 points
What is the plural of sheep?
Sheep
What does the I in M.A.I.N. stand for?
Imperialism
Which painter reputedly cut off his own ear?
Van Gogh
Who were the Allied Powers
Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States
What was in the Zimmerman Telegraph?
Germany wanted Mexico to attack the US
Germany would provide finacial support
Mexico if successful would get back Texas, Arizona and New Mexico
Germany was correct in their insistence that
the Lusitania carried arms on board as its cargo.
What two groups kept their nations’ economies going during the war by entering the workforce.
Women and African-Americans
Wilson's plan to unite foreign countries under one organization to promote global peace after the Great War.
What is the League of Nations?
What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
Harrisburg
New military technologies, arms race between countries and the glorification of war are all part of
What is Militarism
What boxer is known as the Greatest of All Time?
Muhammad Ali
Who were the central powers?
Germany, Italy, Austria Hungary
Two reasons why the US entered the war
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmeran Telegraph (Note)
A note from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
How did Americans help fund the war
Buying Liberty Bonds
How was Germany punished after the war?
Germany had to give up land, pay reparations, and disarm a large portion of their military
What is the human body's largest organ?
Skin
These are agreements between countries to protect each other
What is Alliances
What two primary colors make the color green?
Blue and Yellow
The country that created the Schlieffen Plan to stage a 2-front attack with France on the West and Russia on the East?
Germany
What is American isolationism?
America wanted to isolate themselves from any Europeon conflict and wanted to stay out of WW1
What were the two alliances formed in Europe PRIOR to World War I?
The Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungry, Germany, Italy
and the Triple Entente
Great Britian, France, Russia
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions.
What is propaganda?
The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they
allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
What are the plastic pieces on the end of a shoe string called?
Aglet