Causes of WWI
What is Militarism?
This was the official position of the United States at the outset of World War I.
What is neutral?
Several weapons of WWI fall into this category due to the fact they hadn't been used before in war.
What is new technology?
Caused by having wet feet for an extended period of time.
What is trench foot?
Posters and advertisements created by the US Gov't during WWI to encourage people to join the armed forces, grow their own food, and demonize the enemy.
What is propaganda?
Mutual defense agreements between nations.
What are alliances?
This luxury ocean liner was sunk on May 7, 1915 by German u-boats.
What is the Lusitania?
This weapon, used for the first time during WWI, was actually banned from warfare in the future.
What is poison gas?
These caused blindness, choking, blisters and burns.
What are poison gasses?
These were promoted by the US Gov't as a way to "do your part" and pay for the war.
What are War Bonds or Liberty Bonds?
The practice of taking over a weaker nation for economic and strategic advantage.
What is imperialism?
This naval strategy employed by the British against the German coast ensured the Allies would be able to trade with the United States while the Central Powers were not.
What is a naval blockade?
World War I was the direct cause of this future conflict just twenty years after the conclusion of the War to End All Wars.
What is World War II?
These large aircraft were lifted by hydrogen and initially used to bomb the enemy, including the first time on May 31, 1915 over London.
What are blimps (zeppelins)?
This person was the assassin who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie in Sarajevo.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
This is a strong sense of patriotism mixed with feelings of cultural pride.
What is nationalism?
The practice by the German navy was halted in 1915 after the sinking of the British Luxury Ocean Liner.
The 14th and final point of Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace which was adopted into the Treaty of Versailles but because the US did not ratify the treaty, the US did not join this international body.
What is the League of Nations?
Term used to describe the battle action between two planes during the first world war.
What are dog-fights?
The document that officially ended World War I and forced Germany to pay large amounts of reparations.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The assassination of this man and his wife, Sofie, was the "spark" that ignited the European Powder Keg.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary?
This note sent to Mexico from the German government implored the Mexicans to join the Germans in a against the United States.
What is the Zimmerman Note or Telegraph?
Nationalism, which was one of the MAIN causes of WWI, led to this for many smaller countries after the war's conclusion.
What is self-determination?
This new weapon of war required the user to wear a large tank of flammable liquid on their backs before spraying an ignited flame forward at the enemy.
What is a flame-thrower?
German plan that called for the quick defeat of France before turning back east to face the Russians on the Eastern Front.
What is the Von Schlieffen Plan?