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Lesson 1 - US Enters the War
Lesson 2 - The Home Front
Lesson 3 - A Bloody Conflict
Lesson 4 - The War's Impact
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A policy aggressive military build up.

Militarism

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What event sparked the start of WWI?

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

100

Around 400,000 African Americans moving to the north to find jobs that were once filled by soldiers was known as what?

Great Migration

100

What are 2 examples of new technology being used in WWI

Tanks, Aircrafts, Trenches, Machine Guns, Poison Gas

100

What happened to the global economy after WWI?

Decreased

200

Strong loyalty and devotion to a nation.

Nationalism

200

What caused a regional conflict to become a world war?

Alliances

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Which wartime agency controlled the production of goods, ordered construction of factories, and set prices?

War Industry Board (WIB)

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How did ships travel at sea to protect themselves from German u-boats?

Convoy

200

“A period of general fear of communist scare, panic” this phrase describes what?

Red Scare

300

Gardens that were grown to reduce civilian food consumption.

Victory Gardens

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What 3 countries were in the Triple Entente?

Russia

France

Great Britain

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Which act required men to register for a draft, allowing the US to build its military for the war?

Selective Service Act of 1917

300

What caused the Russians to withdraw from the war?

Bolshevik Revolution

300

Racial unrest after the war in the summer of 1919 was known as what?

Red Summer

400

What were American soldiers known as?

Doughboys

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What were 3 countries in the triple alliance?

Italy

Austria-Hungary

Germany

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This administration was responsible for limiting the shortening work weeks for factories not producing war materials and the creation of daylight savings time.

Fuel Administration

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What was the name of Woodrow Wilson's peace plan for Europe?

14 points

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This strike included 75% of the workforce walking off of the job and eventually being fired.

Boston Police Strike

500

Government raised money through the sale of these.

Liberty Bonds or Victory Bonds

500

What were the 2 reasons that led the United States into WWI?

Zimmerman Telegram

Germany resuming its use a U-boat warfare

500

What act of congress made it illegal to speak negatively about the government and the US involvement in the war?

Sedition Act of 1918

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What are two things the Treaty of Versailles forced the Germans to do?

Par War reparations - $33 billion

Disband its military

Admit blame for WWI

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What caused the economy to crash after WWI?

Business raising prices on goods that were once price controlled