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Causes of WWI
U.S. Joins WWI
New Technology/Weapons
U.S. Homefront
Results of WWI
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What year did WWI begin?
1914
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What year did the U.S. join WWI?
1917
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This invention made it so that soldiers could get blood transfusions.
blood banks
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This was the movement of African American men and women from the South to the northern U.S. They took over jobs soldiers left behind.
Great Migration
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What year did WWI end? Who won the war?
1918; the Allies won when the Central Powers surrendered.
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Who was assassinated in Austria-Hungary in 1914?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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What was the name of the civilian ship that was attacked by a German U-Boat in 1915?
Lusitania
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What was no-man's-land?
Land in between enemy trenches not controlled by either side. Filled with barbed wire and land mines.
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Name 3 jobs women had on the Homefront. Name 1 job they had on the battle front.
Homefront: factory workers, auto mechanics, conductors, builders Battle front: nurses, map makers, pilots, messengers
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What is the difference between a strike and a labor union?
Strike- stopping work to protest working conditions Labor Union- organization of workers whose goal is to improve working conditions.
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Which 2 countries started WWI?
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
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Who was president of the U.S. during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
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Name 2 new inventions used for transportation in WWI.
Tanks, airplanes/aircraft carriers, Jeeps.
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The U.S. Food Administration encouraged people to consume less....give 2 specific examples.
Food like wheat, meat, vegetables. Also asked to drive less to use less fuel.
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What was the goal of the League of Nations?
To solve problems peacefully-avoid another war.
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Name the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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What was the Zimmerman Note?
The telegram from Germany to Mexico asking Mexico to join the war on the side of the Central Powers. Germany promised to help Mexico get land back from the southwestern U.S. Mexico declined the offer.
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Compare Allied trenches vs. German trenches.
Allied trenches: muddy, wet, cold, unsafe, diseases spread German trenches: some had running water/electricity, concrete walls- a little more comfy and dry.
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Define propaganda and give an example of a propaganda poster.
Propaganda is information designed to help or hurt a cause. War posters encouraged people to eat less, join the military, and feel negatively about Germany.
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Describe 2 conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.
Germany blamed for the war, told to pay the Allies billions of dollars, not allowed to have a strong military, lost its colonies. League of Nations formed, Palestine (present day Israel) protected by Great Britain.
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Why was Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
Serbian nationalists wanted to free Bosnia from Austria-Hungary.
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Describe Germany's main strategy in WWI.
Unrestricted submarine warfare- German U-Boats would attack any ship that passed through their waters-this is why the Lusitania was sunk.
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Which country had the least amount of tanks? Which country had the most?
Germany had the least-20. France had the most- over 3,000.
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Who was the person in charge of the U.S. Food Administration?
Herbert Hoover
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Why did Russia leave WWI? What kind of government took over Russia?
Civil War/revolution in 1917. Communist government.