America Wants None of That
True or False: The majority of Americans wanted to stay neutral at the outbreak of World War I.
True
True/False: The Great Migration was when Black Americans migrated from the South to Northern cities for job opportunities during WW1.
True.
True or False: The America's involvement in World War I lasted for 19 months and the majority of American soldiers experienced real fighting for only 6 months.
True
President Wilson’s peace plan at the end of World War 1 was known as what?
The Fourteen Points
Category: Human Anatomy
This big muscle runs from your shoulder to your radius.
biceps
This event touched off the first declaration of war leading to World War I.
Assassination of Arch-Duke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
This innovation was the single biggest reason why WW1 turned into trench warfare.
rapid-fire machine gun
Germany
Category: Movie Antagonists
1986:
Chicago-area high school dean of students Ed Rooney
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The passenger ship Lusitania was sunk by German U-Boats because it was believed to be carrying what?
Ammunition and war supplies.
What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?
To produce and distribute pro-war propaganda.
The Harlem Hellfighters were a National Guards regiment comprised of who?
African Americans
To avoid another war in the future.
Category: Planetary Science
15 years before its official discovery, it was photographed in 1915 by Lowell Observatory, which didn't know what it was
Pluto
The Zimmerman Telegram was a telegram sent to which country from German offering an alliance in case the the United States entered the war.
Mexico
The Espionage Act sought to limit what sort of speech during the War?
Anti-War Speech.
Why did many Americans not want the Treaty of Versailles to be ratified? (Two possible answers)
1) They did not want to join the League of Nations because they did not want to be dragged into another war.
2) Many ethnic immigrants were unsatisfied with the territorial changes.
Category: TV Moms
Lauren Graham was 30-something single mom Lorelai on this series
Gillmore Girls
What was the single biggest event that resulted in US entry into World War I?
Germany's announcement of continuing unrestricted submarine warfare.
This board was responsible for transitioning the US economy from civilian production to military production.
War Industries Board
What were the most important things Americans contributed to the battlefield?
2) Manpower
3) Enthusiasm
What ultimately led to the failure of the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles in the Senate?
Wilson's refusal to compromise with Senator Lodges's amendment to the Treaty.
Category: Islands and Peninsulas
The headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet has been on this island since February 1941
Oahu