What is the acronym you need to know to remember the causes of WWI?
What is MAIN.
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What is militarism?
What is European nations felt they must have the strongest armies.
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What countries were involved in WWI?
What is Britain, France, Russia, and the United States on one side and Hungary, Germany and....
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Why did WWI start?
What is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist.
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What does MAIN stand for?
What is militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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What is an Arms Race?
When one country tries to keep up or surpass another country when it came to making weapons.
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How long did the US stay neutral in WWI?
What is until 1917. The war lasted from 1914 to 1918. They got involved for three reasons--because the Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, the Zimmerman telegraph angered Americans and the Russians left the war.
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Why is the cruise ship the Luistana important in history?
What is it was a cruise ship that not only carried people, but weapons and it was bombed by the Germans so it looked as though Germany killed innocent people.
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What is an armistice?
What is a halt i fighting that allows peace talks to begin
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What is nationalism?
What is pride in ones country.
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What is nationalism?
What is pride in one's nation or ethnic group--this increases tension.
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Who worked in factories when the men went to war?
What are women and blacks.
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What does ration mean?
What is a fixed portion of a food item.
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What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
What is a telegram intercepted by the British where Germany promised to help Mexico reconquer territory lost in the Mexican American War--this angered people in US and was one of the reasons why US entered the war.
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What is the Treaty of Versailes?
What is the treaty that ended WWI. It dealt with Germany in a very harsh way. It took away Germany's borders. Germany was forced to pay war damages or reparations, limit their size of the army and forced to demilitarize.
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What is propaganda?
What is the spread of information designed to win support for a cause.
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What happened to Germany after they sought out an armistice.
What is Kaiser Wilhelm II o Germany was forced to give up his throne, and Germany became a republic.
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What was the goal of President Wilson's 14 points?
What is to end the war with peace without victory, and prevent future wars. It called for reducing the world's military forces, instill the right of groups to decide its own form of goverment and form the League of Nations.
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What were the other two reasons for the US to enter the war?
What is the russias left the war and Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.