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Causes
US Involvement
Preparations
Technology
Peace
100
Intense pride in your Homeland
What is Nationalism?
100
Communication from Germany to Mexico, promising to return Mexican territory.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
100
Over $20 billion was raised by borrowing money from Americans.
What are War Bonds?
100
Dogfights between these machines happens for the 1st time in a war.
What are airplanes?
100
Germany was required to pay back $33 billion to England and France.
What is Reparations?
200
Countries such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, and Russia join forces.
What is the Alliance System?
200
1200 civilians, including 128 Americans, are killed by a German U-boat.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania by German submarines?
200
Controlled the flow of raw materials, ordered the construction of new factories, and set prices.
What is the War Industries Board?
200
These poisons were first used in 1915, and masks were standard issue for Doughboys.
What is Poison Gas?
200
“Big Four” of England, France, Italy, and America worked without Germany on this plan.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
Nations are expanding their colonial territories for political gain and resources.
What is Imperialism?
300
Required all men, between 21-30 years old, register for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
300
Penalties and prison time could be given to anyone speaking against the war or giving secrets to the enemy.
What is the Espionage Act?
300
Big Bertha and hand-held weaponry created a “No Man's Land” between enemy lines.
What are Machine Guns?
300
Was designed to preserve peace and prevent further war by pledging respect and protection of each members territory and independence.
What is the League of Nations?
400
Build up of Naval forces, including warships, mines, and U-boats.
What is Militarism?
400
President Wilson's plan to restore and rebuild the European economy, and to aid in peace between countries.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
400
Given the task of “selling” the war to Americans, often times using propoganda.
What is the Committee on Public Information (CPI)?
400
Deep embattlements dug on either war front to protect soldiers from machine gun fire.
What is Trench Warfare?
400
Eight major nations meet to discuss ending an arms race between members.
What is the Washington Naval Conference?
500
The “Black Hand,” a Serbian Nationalist group, conspired this action in retaliation of Austrian occupation of Bosnia.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
500
42,000 overseas troops suffered prejudice, but fought in major battles with some being awarded the French “War Cross.”
Who are African Americans?
500
Supreme Court ruled that Free Speech could be taken when words become “clear and present danger.”
What is Schenk v. the United States?
500
Heavy, slow, and cumbersome vehicles used to transport troops.
What are tanks?
500
An agreement in which members agreed to abandon war and settle disputes peacefully.
What is the Kellog-Briand pact?