Causes of World War One
The "A" in M.A.I.N.
What is alliances?
The side that includes France, Britain, Italy, Russia, and the US
Who are the Allied Powers
The side of the war that won
Who are the Allied Powers?
President Wilson's Plan for peace
What are the Fourteen Points?
The "I" in M.A.I.N
What is imperialism?
The American president who tried to keep the US out of the Great War for as long as possible
President Woodrow Wilson
the front where most of the trench fighting happened
What is The Western Front?
Helped to persuade people to eat less food with "Meatless Monday" campaigns
What is the Food Administration?
Germany warned people not to board this boat as it might got shot down in the war zone
What is, the Lusitania?
The country that dropped out of the Allied Powers to concentrate on their Communist Revolution
Who is Russia?
When neither side really progresses. Both sides are sort of stuck in the same position
What is a stalemate?
This required men from the ages of 18-45 to register with the government. This would help create a draft later
Selective Service Act
The US was forced to declare war afer this. They could not risk losing more of their boats
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Gavrillo Princip shoots Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife as part of this organization
What is the Serbian Black Hand
The side of the war that includes Germany, Austria- Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Central Powers?
When one side went "over the top" they charged onto this
What is No Man's Land?
This law arrested people for speaking out against the war, or even just complaining about it
What is the Sedition Act?
In this, Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars. Germany lost land to Poland and France. Germany lost most of its military.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Another word for the arms race between Germany and Great Britain.
What is militarism?
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (and other Senators) hated this new international peace keeping organization
What is the Leagie of Nations?
Very deadly. Almost killed Hitler when he was in battle
What is poison gas?
Helped factories begin to make war goods instead of what they used to make
What is the War Industries Board?
In this the US discovers that Germany wants to team up with Mexico
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?