Causes of WW1
This acronym summarizes the four main causes of World War I.
MANIA (Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination of Archduke
This policy kept the U.S. out of the war at the beginning.
Neutrality
This act required men to register for military service.
Selective Service Act
This type of warfare involved soldiers fighting from deep ditches.
Trench Warfare
This president created a plan for peace called the Fourteen Points.
Woodrow Wilson
This system of agreements pulled multiple countries into war after one conflict began.
alliance system
This German policy of attacking ships without warning angered the U.S.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
This government effort encouraged people to conserve food and supplies.
Rationing
This new weapon caused blindness and painful deaths on the battlefield.
Poison Gas
This treaty officially ended World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
This buildup of armies and weapons increased tensions in Europe.
militarism
This British passenger ship was sunk by Germany in 1915.
Lusitania
This movement saw many African Americans move from the rural South to industrial cities.
Great Migration
This recent invention was used for reconnaissance and spying
Airplanes
This international organization was created to maintain peace.
League of Nations
This event in 1914 sparked the beginning of World War I.
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This secret message proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the U.S.
Zimmerman Telegram
This act made it illegal to interfere with the draft or war effort.
The Espionage Act
This major American-led offensive helped turn the tide of the war.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
This clause blamed Germany for causing the war.
War Guilt Clause
This intense pride in one’s nation contributed to rivalries across Europe.
Nationalism
This 1917 event officially brought the United States into World War I.
Congress declaring war on Germany?
This Supreme Court case limited free speech during wartime.
Schenck v. United States
This 1918 agreement ended the fighting in World War I.
Armistice
This was one major long-term effect of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany
Economic hardship and resentment (leading to future conflict