Home Front
Cause & Effect
Battle Time
After the Fighting
Miscellaneous
100
How did the U.S. finance the war?
War bonds called "Liberty Loans"
100
Cause: Franz Ferdinand got assassinated
Effect: WWI (due to Alliances between European countries)
100
Soldiers from Austria-Hungary and Germany also fought with soldiers from:
Ottoman Empire
100
What was the name of the settlement between countries after WWI?
Treaty of Versailles.
100
Name a famous character that emerged on Army recruiting propaganda during WWI:
Uncle Sam
200
Name two sub-groups within American society who were new to the work force during WWI:
-blacks -women
200
Cause: Czar Nicholas was overthrown in Russia.
Effect: The U.S. could support the Allied powers now that Russia was not a dictatorship.
200
This country began as a member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary but ended fighting with the Central Powers:
Italy
200
President Wilson suggested this organization but the U.S. never joined it:
League of Nations
200
What were the terms of the Selective Service Act?
All men between the ages of 21-30 had to register for "the draft," (AND... 3 million men were forced to serve overseas).
300
This act prohibited disloyal, profane, or abusive language toward the U.S. Government.
What is the Sedition Act?
300
Cause: Vladimir Lenin lead the Bolshevik Revolution
Effect: Russia backed out of the war (for "peace, land, and bread").
300
Soldiers from the U.S. were known as the ________________________ (____) or the ________________________.
American Expeditionary Force (AEF) or Doughboys
300
Who had the world's strongest economy after WWI?
The U.S.
300
Which head of the Food Administration asked Americans for conservation efforts during WWI?
Herbert Hoover
400
What did the Espionage Act do?
punished anyone found guilty of helping the enemy, hindering recruitment, or reciting revolt.
400
Cause: Schenk vs. the U.S.
Effect: Supreme Court ruled that free speech (1st Amendment) can be limited during a state of emergency
400
When Germany practiced unrestricted submarine warfare, they violated what agreement they had made with the U.S.? What did that agreement entail?
Sussex Pledge - Germany had to warn ships before sinking them
400
Name 4 conditions of the Treaty of Versailles:
1) Germany claimed fault for WWI 2) Germany pays reparations - $33 billion 3) Germany's military is restricted 4) Germany loses their empire and coal mines 5) Central Powers loses control of large parts of land (Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary broken up)
400
Give the coinciding year for each: 1) Outbreak of WWI in Europe 2) U.S. joins WWI 3) Fighting ends
1) 1914 2)1917 3)1918
500
List 5 things U.S. Civilians can conserve on the home front to help the doughboys
Wheatless Mondays/Wednesdays, Meatless Tuesdays, No pork Thursdays/Saturdays, Victory Gardens, Heatless Mondays, Lightless Nights, Gasless Sundays, Liberty Loans
500
Effect: outbreak of war in Europe List the four causes that led to this.
Nationalism, Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism
500
Use your five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell) to describe trench warfare.
sight - dead bodies, barbed wire, rats, trenches, etc... sound - bombs, planes, screaming from pain, rats, etc... taste - blood, gas, dirt, bad food etc... touch/feel - muddy trenches, battle wounds, cold, etc... smell - bodies, ammunition, gas, fire, etc...
500
Name 5 countries that either emerged new or took on a new shape or name as a result of the Treaty of Versailles:
Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Palestine, etc...
500
Name the three main reasons the U.S. joined WWI:
1) sinking of Lusitania (and following maritime issues with Germany) 2) Zimmerman Note 3) Czar Nicholas overthrown
M
e
n
u