Now you're just some countries that I used to own.
Austria started WWI because it had no Franz.
He Said, She Said, We All Said - Who Said?
Irishmen! Avenge the Lusitania!
I feel like I've learned this stuff before..
Déjà knew..
Déjà knew..
100
This is the policy by which larger countries assert their economic, political, and military influence on much smaller countries.
100
This act created a lottery system by which men were drafted into the armed forces and sent to fight in Europe during World War I.
100
"The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in name, during these days that are to try men's souls. We must be impartial in thought, as well as action."
In what year was the excerpted speech delivered? What was the significance of it?
In what year was the excerpted speech delivered? What was the significance of it?
The speech is Woodrow Wilson's plea for neutrality in 1914 in which he asks the American people to remain neutral both in what they stand for as well as what they do.
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100
What United States committee was responsible for this poster? What was the purpose of it?
Who is the Committee on Public Information? The purpose was to enlist soldiers into the American Army by illustrating the opposition (Germany) as heinous or monstrous.
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100
Name the federal law this poster was published in response to.
200
This war, fought between Spain and America everywhere else but in Spain and America, resulted in American annexations of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
200
These laws prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States.
200
"Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind."
According to these excerpts from Woodrow Wilson's War Message, what were the reasons for the United States' entry into World War I?
According to these excerpts from Woodrow Wilson's War Message, what were the reasons for the United States' entry into World War I?
What is unrestricted submarine warfare and to make the world safe for democracy?
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200
Women who wanted to help in the war effort largely served in what capacities?
200
What concept prevalent during the latter half of the 19th century is depicted by this political cartoon?
300
DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Convinced the Explosion of the War Ship Was Not an Accident. The Journal Offers $50,000 Reward for the Conviction of the Criminals Who Sent 258 American Sailors to Their Death. Naval Officers All Agree That the Ship Was Destroyed on Purpose.NAVAL OFFICERS THINK THE MAINE WAS DESTROYED BY A SPANISH MINE.
Newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories to promote sales and readership.
300
The Sinking of the Lusitania, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, the Zimmerman Telegram.
300
"Holding:
OPINION BY JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting “Fire!” in a theatre and causing a panic. . .
The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. . ."
What is the historical significance of this Supreme Court ruling?
OPINION BY JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting “Fire!” in a theatre and causing a panic. . .
The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. . ."
What is the historical significance of this Supreme Court ruling?
What is the holding of the Schenck v. United States (1918) ruling in which the constitutionality of the Espionage and Sedition Acts was upheld?
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300
This peace treaty, signed in 1919, placed all of the blame for the war on Germany and required that they repay a total of $3 billion in damages.
300
"Holding:
Sec. I: Persons of African descent cannot be citizens under the U.S. Const.
Sec. II: Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories. Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional.
Sec. III: Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the federal government from freeing slaves brought into federal territories."
Sec. I: Persons of African descent cannot be citizens under the U.S. Const.
Sec. II: Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories. Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional.
Sec. III: Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the federal government from freeing slaves brought into federal territories."
400
"And shall our country let it pass, this deed of foul intent?
And shall our country dare believe it was an accident?
Come arm, we all, and let us teach a lesson to bold Spain.
We will avenge, by more than speech the ___________ __ ___ _____!"
What event are the lyrics above in response to? What was a direct consequence of that event?
And shall our country dare believe it was an accident?
Come arm, we all, and let us teach a lesson to bold Spain.
We will avenge, by more than speech the ___________ __ ___ _____!"
What event are the lyrics above in response to? What was a direct consequence of that event?
What is the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in 1898? What is the Spanish American War?
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400
This administration was responsible for 'selling' the war to the American people through the use of propaganda.
400
MYSTERY DOCUMENT
What is the significance of this document?
What is the Zimmerman Telegram in which Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico?
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400
What law was Eugene Debs guilty of violating? What was the purpose of that law?
What is the Sedition Act of 1918 which prevented people from making disloyal, disparaging, or abusive remarks about the United States government.
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400
This famous Gilded Age/Progressive Era photographer captured the crowded and unsanitary conditions in cities.
500
What and whose foreign policy is depicted in the cartoon above?
500
Describe one new technology introduced during World War I and the impact it had on the war.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
"XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike."What was the dissenting opinion proffered in response to the above primary source?
What is Republican opposition to the League of Nations for fear that it would lead to entanglement in foreign conflicts (isolationism)?
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500
"Perhaps it will not be long before we will read each day long lists of American boys killed or wounded in the trenches of France. There will be boys in those lists that you know, boys that I know. And as our eyes film over with tears, it will be at least some comfort to us to be able to say, ‘I am helping too. I am saving food for the boys who are fighting.’
- Committee on Public Information bulletin, July, 1917"
What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information? Provide one example of how they accomplished their objective.
- Committee on Public Information bulletin, July, 1917"
What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information? Provide one example of how they accomplished their objective.
The purpose of the Committee on Public Information was to sell the war to the American people. The CPI used a variety of methods, including the printing of over 75 million pamphlets, four minute men, and most famously, propaganda posters, in order to accomplish that goal.
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500
"To those of my race I would say: “Cast down your bucket where you are”— cast it down in making friends with the Southern white man, who is your next-door neighbor. Cast it down in agriculture, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service. . . . No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top."
Who is the speaker and describe the context from which he is speaking.
Who is the speaker and describe the context from which he is speaking.
Who is Booker T. Washington, a freed man, speaking before a mostly white crowd in Atlanta on the issues of segregation and reforms for African Americans?
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