Reasons for US Entry
The 4 reasons for US entry into World War 1
What are cultural ties, propaganda, economic reasons, and submarine warfare?
This tactic was used by the US government to promote the war and encourage Americans to support the war.
What is Propaganda?
This amount of women joined the workforce.
What is 1 million?
Soldiers dug these to protect themselves from the new war technology.
What are trenches?
African American women were not allowed to do this during World War 1.
What is working overseas?
The US helped France for this reason.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This person encouraged people to cut down on food to save for military use, creating the term "Hooverizing".
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The telephone operators had to be fluent in this language.
What is French?
This disease was found on most soldiers' feet due to water in trenches.
What is trench foot?
This event consisted of nearly 350,000 African Americans moving North for better opportunities.
What was the Great Migration?
This message was sent from Germany to Mexico, to try and convince them to invade the US.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
These allowed US citizens to loan the government money and earn interest in return, to help pay for the war.
What are Liberty Bonds?
This organization of women was created to help wounded or sick soldiers medically.
What is the Red Cross?
Trench warfare caused soldiers to go insane from the traumatic events. This is known as...
What is shell shock?
Due to these laws, African Americans still suffered from racism and segregation, especially in the South.
What were the Jim Crow laws?
This British passenger ship was attacked by Germany while on its way to Liverpool from New York.
What is the Lusitania?
This group of writers, artists, filmmakers, speakers, etc. came together to create propaganda, under the leadership of George Creel.
What is the Committee of Public Information?
This job allowed white women to work overseas.
What are ambulance drivers?
Germans invented this weapon, which was known as the first form of chemical warfare.
What is poisonous gas?
This American unit consisting of all African American men spent more time in combat than any other American unit and was one of the most successful.
What were the Harlem Hellfighters?
This pledge was made by Germany to restrict their use of submarine warfare.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
This act required all men ages 21-30 to register for the draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This woman created the American Red Cross organization.
Who was Clara Barton?
Clara Barton was a nurse, who was self-educated due to not being able to attend nursing school.
These three main weapons could be found between two trenches, or "no man's land." Name two of the tree weapons.
What are mines, barbed wire, and machine guns?
This man was the highest-ranking African-American Officer to serve in World War 1 and received the Croix de Guerre award.
Who was Colonel Otis B. Duncan?
The Croix De Guerre is a French Military Award.