Technology During WWI
What was the most significant negative effect of the U-boat attacks?
Destroyed vital supplies needed for the armies.
How many women and children took over agricultural duties of men in France?
3 million
Why did the United States join the Allies and not the Central Powers?
cultural ties with Britain and ties of democracy with France
Age group most affected from the pandemic?
20-40 year olds
Who was the leader of the socialist group, the Bolsheviks?
Vladimir Lenin
Why did trench warfare lead to a stalemate on the Western Front?
What was the main kind of job for women during the war in Italy?
Agricultural
What country did the US declare war on to join the war?
Germany
Why was this pandemic known as the forgotten pandemic?
Who were the Reds and the Whites?
Reds- communists, Whites- counterrevolutionaries
New artillery allowed troops to shell an enemy from how far away?
10 miles
What was women's employment rate in Britain by 1918?
47%
Describe the Fourteen Points.
list of terms for resolving WWI and to resolve the future wars, issued by President Wilson
What 3 areas of the world might have the Spanish Flu originated?
Austria, China, East Asia
Why did the people rebel, or cause a revolution in Russia?
What European country and in what year did it introduced the first armored tank?
Britain, 1916
Name at least 2 jobs many women had to take over during the war.
postal clerks, police officers, firefighters, tram operators, heavy industry, war nurse, switchboard operator
Why did Wilson wish to declare war on Germany?
Germany stated they would resume submarine attacks
What kind of workers were in shortage?
Nurses.
Name 2 causes that made the Czar abdicate.
food & fuel shortages, disasters on the battlefield, workers on strike, troops refusing to fire on demonstrators
Name two outcomes the use of poisonous gas had on affected victims.
Blinded, choked, burned skin, blistered skin
Name 3 countries that got women the right to vote after their war efforts in WWI.
Britain, Germany, United States
What is self-determination?
the right of people to choose their own form of government
Why was this pandemic called the Spanish Flu, if it had not been the worst there or even started there?
They had the most media coverage, which made it seem like they had been hit the worst.
Name two people who supported Marxist ideas.
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky