Reasons for US entry
What year did the US join WW1
1917
What language did the Hello Girls speak?
French
What protective equipment did soilders wear over their faces to protect themselves from poison gas
Gas masks
What was another name for ww1 that came from the amount of propaganda?
The poster war
What was the name of the ship the ship traveling from New York to Liverpool that was sunk by German submarines?
Lusitania
What was the 19th amendment
Gave women the right to vote
Where did the Harlem Hellfighters fight
Frontline of France
What were German hot dogs referred to as
Liberty Dogs
What secret German message proposing an alliance with Mexico was intercepted by the British
What is the Zimmermann Telegram
What were the terms "Wheatless Wednesdays" and "Meatless Mondays" refered to as?
Hooverizing
The area between enemy trenches with barbed wire and dangerous mines
Who led the Committee on Public Information (CPI), the government agency that used propaganda to build public support for U.S. involvement in WWI?
George Creel
What government campaign encouraged Americans to buy bonds to help pay for the war
Liberty Bonds
What is shell shock known as today
What were the two acts called that made it illegal to speak negatively about the country or spy?
Espionage and Sedition Acts
What was the name of the promise that Germany made to reduce submarine warefare and stop harming civilians
How many women died while serving
300
How did poison gas work?
Caused peoples lungs to fill with water when breathed in, they drowned on land