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Causes of WWI Memory Aid: MAIN
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Allies (a.k.a. Triple Entente)
France, UK, Russia, US, Italy, Japan
Central Powers (a.k.a. Triple Alliance)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austrian throne who was assassinated during his visit to the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, this triggered WWI.
No Man’s Land
A barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire.
Trench Warfare
A type of land warfare in which armies fought for mere yards of ground.
Selective Service Act
May 1917, required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
What are the Four Elements of Mobilization?
Gathering troops, weapons, resources, and other preparations.
American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.)
Included men from widely separated parts of the country and led by General Pershing, helped countries like France and recovering land from German forces.
Armistice
A truce signed by Germany that ended the war.
War Industries Board
The main regulatory body established in 1917, encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency and also urged them to eliminate waste by standardizing products.
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Under these, a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.
Great Migration
The large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North.
Fourteen Points
A speech by Wilson that divided the points into three sections. 1-5 were issues Wilson believed had to be addressed to prevent another war, 6-13 dealt with boundary changes, the last called for the creation of The LoN.
League of Nations
An international organization to address diplomatic crises like those that had sparked the war.
Treaty of Versailles
Established nine new nations, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, and shifted the boundaries of other nations.
Reparations
War damages, Germany had to pay a lot of this.
War-Guilt Clause
This forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting World War I.
Lusitania
A British liner that was sunk by a U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland. 1,198 died on board with 128 of them being Americans.
