Changing Role of Women in WWI
Women’s involvement in the war effort ultimately pushed women’s suffrage. What amendment resulted from this?
Answer: The 19th amendment resulted from this.
What was the gas weapon used by the Germans called?
Answer: Mustard gas or chlorine gas
The hope of saving food for military use was called what? (official name NOT rationing)
Answer: Hooverizing
What was the letter from Germany to Mexico asking them to join them in war efforts called?
Answer: The Zimmerman telegram
What took place on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11 month in 1918?
Answer: the Armistice
The Armistice was the official end of the war.
Many women also found jobs in industries that had been what beforehand?
Answer: Women ended up finding jobs in industries that had previously been male only.
What was done with dead bodies in the trenches?
Answer: they weren't disposed of and were instead walked on or used to build up walls.
Which amendment established a federal income tax?
Answer: 16th amendment.
What names was WWI referred to as? (At least two)
Answers: The Great War, The World War, The War to end all Wars, The war in Europe, The Kaiser's War, The war of the nations, or The War to Make the World Safe for Democracy.
Andwer: The treaty of Versailles.
How many women supported the war by serving in the military or other organizations? (within 3000)
Answer: 30,000 women
30,000 women supported the war effort by serving in military organizations as military nurses as well as telephone operators in France.
What was the cause of Trench foot in WWI?
Answer: cold temperatures and poor hygiene
In WWI the lack of good hygiene as well as the horrible living conditions in the trenches resulted in Trench Foot
What did liberty Bonds allow Americans to lend to the government?
Answer: money.
Liberty Bonds allowed US citizens to lend money to the government and in return earn eventual interest.
How was America connected to Europe?
Answer: They were connected to Great Britain both economically and culturally.
What was Wilsons plan for what the world would look like after WWI called?
Answer:The plan was called the Fourteen Points.
How many American women served as Red Cross nurses in the war? (within 2000)
Answer: 18,000 women
18,000 American women served as red Cross nurses in the war and they provided much of the medical support available to American troops.
How many eligible Americans refused to go to war? (within 50,000. Answer is less than 500,000)
Answer: 350,000 Americans
350,000 eligible Americans refused to go to war. And while most people got away without punishment, courts also handed out over two hundred prison sentences and seventeen death sentences.
What year was the Sedition Act passed? (somewhere between 1900-1920)
Answer: 1918
The Sedition Act prohibited any criticism or disloyal language against the federal government and its policies.
Which country was Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of?
Answer: Austria Hungary
What was the thing that Wilson called for to promote the new world order through open discussion called?
Answer: The league of Nations
how many total woman would end up entering the workforce for the first time and getting higher paying jobs in factories? (Within 2 million)
Answer: 9 million women
1 million women joined the workforce for the first time and more than 8 million women found higher paying jobs in factories due to the war.
How many men entered the draft for the war? (within 2 million)
Answer: 22 million men
22 million men entered the draft for the war. However, only about 5 million actually ended up getting drafted for the war.
The Committee of Public Information spread what in America?
Answer: propaganda
The Wilson administration created the Committee of Public Information under director George Creel to spread "America First" propaganda during WWI
What countries made up the Central powers? (name 2)
Or what countries made up the allied powers? (name 3)
Answer: countries making up the Central Powers were Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
Answer: countries making up the Allied Powers Serbia, Russia, Britain, Italy, and France.
America ultimately did not accept the Treaty of Versailles and instead negotiated its own agreement. what was this agreement called?
Answer: The Knox-Porter Resolution
The Knox-Porter Resolution was an official end to the war between America and Germany and Austria-Hungary. It was made due to the fact that America didn't sign the Treaty of Versailles but they still wanted peace with Germany and Austria-Hungary.