AMERICA ENTERS WWI 🇺🇸
Question:
What policy did President Woodrow Wilson initially follow toward the war in Europe?
Neutrality. Wilson wanted the United States to stay out of the European conflict, worried getting too involved in forigen affairs would cause more involvement in the future.
Question:
What 1917 law created the military draft in the United States?
Answer:
The Selective Service Act.
Question:
What organization provided many nurses and other forms of medical support during WWI?
The American Red Cross.
Question:
What was the area between opposing trenches called?
Answer:
No Man's Land
Question:
WWI propaganda posters were designed to influence people's opinions. What modern technology is commonly used to spread persuasive messages extremely quickly?
Answer:
Social media/the internet.
Question:
What British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing 128 Americans?
The Lusitania. The sinking increased American anger toward Germany, although the United States did not immediately enter the war.
What government organization controlled materials, production, and contracts for war supplies? who was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to lead it?
The War Industries Board, Bernard Baruch.
Question:
What nickname was given to American women telephone operators who served in France?
The "Hello Girls."
Question:
Name two weapons or technologies that made WWI especially deadly
Answer:
Any two:
Machine guns
Artillery (heavy weapons ex. cannons)
Poison gas
Barbed wire
Question:
WWI introduced or expanded the use of technologies such as tanks, airplanes, machine guns, and poison gas. What is one way modern warfare has continued to change because of technology?
Possible answers include drones, advanced aircraft, missiles, cyberwarfare, satellites, or other modern military technologies etc.
Question:
What type of German weapon attacked ships without warning and became a major reason for American involvement?
U-boats/submarines. Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare to attack ships supplying the Allies.
Question:
What was "Hooverizing"? Who was Herbert Hoover and what were some ways he helped encourage Americans to participate?
Conserving food and resources for the war effort.
Herbert Hoover encouraged Americans to participate through things such as Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays.
Question:
During WWI, women entered traditionally male dominated jobs, including working on railroads what railroad company employed Eva Abbott in 1918?
The Erie Railroad
Question:
Name 4 problems soldiers could face while living in the trenches.
Answer:
Possible answers:
Mud (trench foot)
Flooding
Disease
Rats/lice
Poor sanitation
Constant artillery
Lack of sleep
Fear and stress
Injuries
Extreme weather
Question:
A WWI propaganda poster might use fear, patriotism, or emotional images to persuade people. Name one modern example where similar techniques are used.
Possible answers (vary):
Advertising
Political campaigns
Social media
Public-service announcements
Fundraising campaigns
Question:
Name four reasons the United States found it increasingly difficult to remain neutral.
Answer:
Any two:
German unrestricted submarine warfare
American ships being attacked
The Lusitania
Economic ties with the Allies
American loans to the Allies
Zimmermann Telegram
Question:
Why did the U.S. government need to use massive advertising and celebrity campaigns to get Americans to buy Liberty Bonds during World War I?
Answer:
Loans that Americans gave to the government to help pay for the war. To get citizens to invest, the government had to make buying bonds feel like a patriotic duty instead of a financial decision. They used propaganda etc.
Question:
Two groups of American women served overseas during WWI: the Hello Girls and Red Cross nurses. What did the Hello Girls do, and what important difference existed between their military service and that of nurses?
The Hello Girls worked as bilingual telephone operators in France, while military nurses served without military rank.
Question:
WWI soldiers experienced constant bombardment, fear, exhaustion, and horrific battlefield conditions. What was shell shock, and what does it teach us about the effects of war on soldiers?
Shell shock was the term used during WWI for psychological symptoms experienced by some soldiers after combat and prolonged bombardment. It shows that war can cause serious psychological injuries in addition to physical injuries.
Question:
Women entered factories and other jobs during WWI. What is one major way women's participation in the workforce today is different from the situation during WWI?
Women today participate in a much wider range of careers and are not generally expected to leave their jobs simply because men have returned from war.
Question:
Germany had already promised to restrict its submarine warfare after the sinking of the Lusitania. What was this promise called, and what did Germany do in February 1917 that broke from this approach?
The Sussex Pledge; Germany increased its use of submarines and resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.
Question:
The U.S. government used both the Committee of Public Information and the Espionage Act to build support for the war. What was the main difference between what these two efforts did?
The Committee of Public Information used propaganda to persuade Americans to support the war, while the Espionage Act punished people for aiding the enemy or opposing the American war effort.
Question:
WWI gave many women new employment opportunities, but many women lost those opportunities when soldiers returned home. How could the war have both expanded women's opportunities AND failed to create full equality?
The war challenged traditional gender roles by proving women could perform many different jobs, but discrimination and unequal pay continued, and many women were expected to return to traditional roles after the war.
Question:
Why did trench warfare create a stalemate on the Western Front, and what was the dangerous area between the opposing trench systems called?
New defensive technologies made attacking extremely difficult, creating a stalemate; the area between the trenches was called No Man’s Land.
Question:
Wilson's Fourteen Points called for a League of Nations, but the United States ultimately did not become part of it. What happened to the Treaty of Versailles in the United States that prevented this?
The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and instead negotiated its own agreement with Germany, the Knox-Porter Resolution.