cause of wwi
$100 – One of the “isms” that refers to intense pride and loyalty to one’s nation.
Nationalism
The city where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
Sarajevo
The dominant form of fighting on the Western Front.
Trench Warfare
The U.S. policy during the early years of World War I.
Neutrality
The U.S. president during World War I.
Woodrow Wilson
The belief that countries must build strong militaries and be ready to use them.
Militarism
The country that declared war on Serbia after the assassination.
Austria-Hungary
Poison gas was first widely used at this battle site.
Ypres
The British passenger ship sunk by Germany in 1915.
Lusitania
Wilson’s plan to promote peace after the war.
14 points
The competition among European nations to control colonies, especially in Africa.
Imperialism
The conference that formalized European control of Africa in 1884.
Berlin Conference
The weapon first used in modern warfare at the Battle of the Somme.
Tanks
The secret German message promising U.S. land to this country.
Mexico
The organization created to prevent future wars.
League of Nations
The system in which countries promised to defend one another if war broke out.
Web of alliances
The alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Central Powers
This weapon caused mass casualties and made battles deadlier and faster.
Machine gun
The year the United States officially entered World War I.
1917
The idea that ethnic groups should govern themselves.
Self Determination
The long-term causes of World War I are often summarized by this acronym.
MAIN
Germany’s invasion of this neutral country pulled Britain into the war.
Belgium
Chemical weapons were outlawed after the war in this agreement.
Geneva protocol
The reason Wilson said the U.S. entered the war.
to make the world “safe for democracy”?
Wilson’s biggest failure after the war.
the U.S. refusal to join the League of Nations?