Describe 2 reasons why trench life would be difficult.
What is trench foot, lice, rats, death, boredom, etc?
100
Describe one way that families showed their support for World War I.
What is saved tin, toothpaste tubes, peach pits, joined the Red Cross, and financed the war?
100
This agency was responsible for "selling" the war to the public through movies, songs, art, and posters.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
100
Describe how partisanship killed the Treaty of Versailles.
What is Republicans and Democrats could not negotiate and so the U.S. never ratified the Treaty of Versailles? Also, the U.S. never joined the League of Nations.
200
The region between Asia and Europe that faced conflict and played a role in the start of World War I.
What is the Balkans?
200
Describe why World War I is considered the first modern war.
What is because it was far more deadly and impersonal than any previous war (due to new technology)?
200
A person who opposes all war (the Women's Peace Party and Conscientious Objectors are examples).
What is a pacifist?
200
These men would make short speeches each week about war-related topics.
Who were the four-minute men?
200
This group consisted of Republicans who were reluctant to ratify the Treaty of Versailles unless some changes were made.
Who were the reservationists?
300
Describe the following things about the Zimmermann note: who wrote it said, who was its intended audience and what did it say.
What is Germany to Mexico? What is it said that if Mexico would fight against the U.S. in World War I, then Germany would help them regain lost territory?
300
This weaponry is responsible for the creation of trenches because old school fighting tactics were no longer possible.
What is the machine gun?
300
This African American leader said that the U.S. government should solve problems at home before sending people abroad.
Who is William Monroe Trotter?
300
Describe two of the catchy slogans used by the Food and Fuel Administration to get Americans to conserve resources.
What is Meatless Monday, Wheatless Wednesday, Porkless Thursday, Victory Gardens, Gasless Sunday, Heatless Monday, etc?
300
This stated that the Germans must pay reparations to the Allies for damage suffered during the war.
What is the war-guilt clause?
400
The name of the boat that was sunk by a German u-boat and made President Wilson very angry.
What is the Lusitania?
400
This weaponry is responsible for half of the war's casualties. It could blast through barbed wire and knock out entire machine gun "nests."
What is artillery?
400
Name one unfortunate effect of World War I.
What is anti-immigrant and anti-German hysteria and unconstitutional legislation?
400
Tell me 3 of the 5 common objectives of wartime propaganda.
What is recruit soldiers, conserve resources, finance the war, eliminate dissent, and get people involved in organizations?
400
What were 2 of the 3 main goals of Wilson's 14 Points?
What is self-determination, eliminate the causes of war, and the League of Nations?
500
Name both sides of the conflict. Then tell me two countries that particpated on each side.
What are the Central Powers and Allies? What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire? What is Italy, France, U.K., U.S., and Serbia?
500
The role of the airplane changed from the start of the war to the war's end. Describe this change.
What is airplanes were originally used to scout enemy territory but by the end of the war, they were used to shoot bullets?
500
This piece of legislation made it illegal to say anything disloyal about the government.
What is the Sedition Act?
500
List 4 of the propaganda tools used in wartime propaganda.
What is demonization, emotional appeals, name-calling, patriotic appeals, half-truths, catchy slogans, evocative visual symbols, and humor?
500
Describe how the Treaty of Versailles contributes to the start of World War II.
What is the war-guilt clause made Germans angry and allowed for the election of Adolf Hitler?