Vocabulary
A certificate sold to citizens by a government in order to help pay for a war.
What is a war bond?
During the war, anti--this nationality-- feelings increased.
What is anti-German feelings?
This mayor from New Ulm was considered a traitor because he asked the government to not send German troops to Germany to fight the war.
Who is Louis Fritsche?
World War 1 was supposed to be a glorious war. However, after joining the fight, many soldiers found it to be this kind of an experience.
What is dreary/horrible/dangerous?
This side won the war.
Who are the Allies?
Loyalty to one's country
What is patriotism?
The _____ does not exist in Minnesota today.
What is the Commission of Public Safety?
This public group questioned some government actions during the war and was even mobbed and bullied for speaking out publicly against the war.
What is the nonpartisan league?
Soldiers only had this amount of food and water to drink while in the trenches
What is minimal/limited?
Up until this point, this war was America's longest and bloodiest foreign war.
What was World War 1?
The organized spreading of information in order to persuade people to adopt a certain position
What is propaganda?
Minnesotans supported the war effort by raising money and buying these.
What are war bonds?
People who supported the war effort openly and frequently were considered to be showing this.
What is loyalty?
These were cold, wet, muddy places where soldiers spent much of their time while actively fighting the war.
What are trenches?
After the war, many questioned whether it was worth it to send so many of these people to their death.
Who were young men?
The combined work of those at home as well as those in the military to win a war.
What is war effort?
Germans in Minnesota were thought of as being disloyal during World War 1. The government discouraged these activities.
What is teaching the German language/ censoring German newspapers/German music/ Germans changing their last name?
Serbian Gavrilo Princip assassinated this man and his wife on June 28, 1914 while they were visiting Sarajevo
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
What is chemical gas?
Because the Central Powers lost the war, many Americans thought this many wars would happen in the future.
What are none/no wars?
A style of warfare commonly used during World War 1 required the digging of these.
What are trenches?
Young men, women, and children from this Minnesota county supported the war effort by purchasing war bonds, working in the fields, raising money for the Red Cross, and knitting socks and sweaters for soldiers.
What is Norman County?
The United States fought with this group during World War 1
Who are the Allies?
These helped soldiers keep toxic gas out of their eyes and faces.
What are gas masks?
The victory of the Allies made many Americans believe that this type of government would take over other countries, leading to the end of empire-building.
What is democratic?