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The United States Enters World War I
Notes from The Century, America’s Time- Shell Shock
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Video Questions
Critical Thinking Questions
1. What was the Lusitania?
1. Write a thesis of America's foreign
policy before WWI.
a. What happened to it?
b. How many Americans died?
2. What prompted the start of WWI in June of 1914?
2. Write a thesis of America's foreign
policy after the outset of WWI.
3. Who was in each alliance?
a. Central Powers: Germany,
___________________________________________
b. Allied Powers:
4. What position did the United States take at the
beginning of the war?
5. How did propaganda affect Americans?
6. How did the war affect the United States economically?
3. What do you already know about
Wilson's opinion about America's
role in international politics? What
were his top priorities concerning
foreign policy?
7. How did the war change the American labor force and
why?
4. Who did we sympathize with in
the war and why? (Include reasons
that were in existence before the
war began)
8. What was the Great Migration?
9. Describe the warfare of the Western Front.
10. Define stalemate:
5. What effects would WWI have on
the US socially, politically, and
economically?
11. What weapons were key to WWI warfare?
12. What was shell shock?
13. What happened to the Russia in the midst of WWI?
6. Contrast the reasons the United
States entered WWI with the
reasons European nations entered
WWI.
14. What events shifted Wilson’s determination to remain
neutral?
15. What was Wilson’s goal for the war?
7. Analyze the validity of this
statement: The Treaty of Versailles
was what Wilson wanted, a "just
and lasting peace".
16. When did American troops arrive in France?
17. Describe the American soldiers upon arrival in Europe.
18. When did the Germans formally surrender?
19. What were President Wilson’s 14 points?
20. Who were the “Big Three” of the Paris Peace
Conference?
21. The Treaty of Versailles was more about
______________________ than peacemaking.
8. If you had to choose the #1 reason
the US went to war what would it
be?
WWI: Global Conflict and the Home Front
I. Total War.
A. A total war is one where a nation devoted ____________________________________________.
B. The government takes ______________________________________.
C. Crucial supplies are ___________________ to civilians so that more can be used for the war.
II. The Home Front – An Overview
A. Mobilization & Conscription
1. ______________________________________of 1917
2. 24,000,000 men ______________________________________by the end of 1918.
3. ______________________________________men served in WWI (2,000,000 saw active combat).
4. Segregation in the AEF
a. 400,000 African-Americans served in ______________________________________.
b. 15,000 ______________________________________served as scouts, messengers, and snipers in
non-segregated units.
B. Control of Industry – ______________________________________
1. ___________________Board –
2. ___________________ –
3. Railroad Administration –
4. National War Labor Board 5. _____________________________ C. Financing the War
1. Total cost for the US: ___________________
2. Federal Reserve System
3. 2/3 from loans (______________________________________!)
a. Heavily ___________________
4. War Revenue Bills (1917, 1918): increase in ___________________
5. Excess-profit tax
D. Opportunities and Reform
1. Unemployment virtually ______________________________________.
2. Expansion of “______________________________________.”
3. Close cooperation between ______________________________________.
4. New opportunities for ______________________________________ groups.
5. Women
a. Took over ______________________________________during the course of the war
b. Intensified efforts for women’s ___________________
c. August 26, 1920: ______________________________________
6. ____________________________________
a.
b.
E. Promoting National Unity
1. ______________________________________
a. Forbade actions that obstructed recruitment or efforts to promote insubordination in the military.
b. Ordered the Postmaster General to remove ___________________from the mail
c. Fines of up to $10,000 and/or up to ______________________________________.
2. ______________________________________of 1918
3. ______________________________________, 1919
a. Schenck was mailing ______________________________________ leaflets.
The Roaring 20s – Video Questions
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1. In!the!first!month!of!the!new!decade,!the!______________________________!became!the!law!of!the!land7!
____________________________________________!was!no!illegal.!
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2. Liquor!was!now!sold!behind!closed!doors!in!places!called!_____________________________________.!
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3. Prohibition’s!aim!was!to!sweep!_______________________!off!the!city!streets!but!now!they!were!flooded!
with!gangsters!and!guns.!
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4. The!1920s!were!about!_________________________!the!line,!______________________!tradition,!and!
_________________________!boundaries.!
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5. It!was!in!America’s!_______________,!especially!_______________________!that!the!_______________________!was!
born.!
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6. In!1920!for!the!first!time!more!Americans!lived!___________________________!than!
___________________________________________.!
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7. The!number!of!____________________!in!the!1920s!jumped!__________________!from!the!previous!decade.!
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8. The!capital!of!jazz!in!the!1920s!was!in!____________________________.!
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9. The!_______________________!was!one!of!the!most!famous!jazz!club’s!and!_________________________!was!one!
of!the!most!famous!performers.!
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10. The!political,!social,!and!cultural!activity!in!Harlem!came!to!be!known!as!the!
_____________________________________________.!
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11. In!Harlem!was!born!this!idea!of!the!New!Negro7!someone!who!was!_____________________!to!be!black.!
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12. __________________!was!centered!in!the!cities7!business,!industry,!and!culture.!
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13. America!was!electrified!in!the!1920s7!electric!lights!____________________________________!and!opened!up!
____________________________________!for!work!and!play.!
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14. The!car!would!give!Americans!a!sense!of!_______________________!and!__________________________.!
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15. By!mid!decade!the!government!was!spending!more!_____________________________!on!the!construction!
in!government.!
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16. Roadsides!were!soon!dotted!with!the!new!phenomenon!________________________.!
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17. Along!with!advertisement!came!the!expansion!of!a!new!consumer!concept!7!
_____________________________________.!!“________________________________________”!became!the!motto!of!the!
day.!
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18. In!the!last!years!of!the!decade!the!item!desired!most!was!the!______________________.!
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19. In!1920,!after!81!years!of!agitation,!women!won!__________________________________________!
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20. Women!thought!they!had!the!right!to!live!_________________________________________,!not!just!her!family.!
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21. The!more!daring!women!of!the!day!were!known!as!_________________________________________!or!
_____________________________________!
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22. T!or!F!!All!of!these!changes!originated!in!rural!settings!
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23. Traditional!religion!and!modern!science!clashed!in!the!trial!against!
_________________________________________!in!Tennessee!!
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24. _____________________________________________!prosecuted!the!case!in!favor!of!the!state.!
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25. __________________________________________________!defended!Scopes.!
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26. T!or!F!!The!Scopes!Trial!was!reported!on!an!international!scale!
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27. Scopes!was!found!___________________________!and!fined!__________________________!
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28. Changes!in!the!world!and!fears!arising!from!that!resulted!in!hatred!for!
__________________________________!___________________________________________________________!
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29. T!or!F!!The!KKK!was!restricted!to!the!South.!
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30. Throughout!the!decade!(20s)!an!estimated!_______________!people!were!lynched!by!the!Klan.!
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31. The!Klan!took!political!control!of!_____________!states.!
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32. The!most!famous!sportsman!of!the!age!was:!!
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33. In!1927!this!pilot!put!aviation!on!the!front!page:!____________________________________________!
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34. He!was!the!first!to!successfully:!!
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35. The!parade!down!Broadway!for!Lindbergh!was!the!biggest!national!celebration!since!
_____________________________________________________________________________!
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36. Admiral!Bird!set!out!to!conquer!the!new!frontier!of!___________________________________________!
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37. The!jazz!song!__________________________________________________!summed!up!the!positive!viewpoint!of!the!
age.!
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38. In!October!of!______________________!investors!started!cashing!in!on!their!_______________________________!
stock.!
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39. More!than!___________________________________!in!paper!value!simply!vanished!that!day!
The Great Depression: Video Notes
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1. The!thousands!of!men!who!marched!on!the!Capitol!were!_______________________________!who!wanted!
their!bonus!for!service!in!_______________________!
2. The!bonus!was!due!to!be!paid!in!_____________________________.!!
3. This!group!was!called!the!______________________________________!
4. What!year!did!the!Stock!Market!crash?_________________________________________!
5. True!or!False:!The!Stock!Market!crash!was!the!only!manifestation!of!the!bad!economy!
6. What!major!US!company!laid!off!all!of!its!fullJtime!workers?!__________________________________!
7. What!jarring!truth!were!people!faced!with!when!they!got!to!their!bank?!!!
8. How!did!some!people!respond!to!the!loss!of!their!savings?!
9. Before!long!__________________!of!the!nation’s!mortgages!were!in!default.!
10. Who!did!the!American!people!blame!for!their!struggles?!
11. True!or!False:!Right!before!the!Depression,!the!government!had!a!large!degree!of!control!over!the!
lives!of!average!Americans!
12. What!were!some!social!programs!that!exist!today!that!did!not!exist!then?!
13. Where!did!the!downJandJouters!go!to!forget!their!troubles?!
14. What!appliance!could!people!not!live!without?!
15. 25K!square!miles!of!farmland!became!known!as!the!_______________________________!
16. Where!did!these!farmers!flee:!!!!
17. What!did!the!government!fear!discontent!could!lead!to?!
18. How!many!Americans!moved!to!the!Soviet!Union!to!help!build!communism?!
19. This!was!the!first!time!in!history!that!more!people!were!_____________________________!America!than!
_________________________________________!
20. In!Germany!the!Depression!made!the!people!feel!like!they!needed!a!_____________________________________!
to!get!them!out!of!depression!!!!!
21. As!Herbert!Hoover!campaigned!for!president!in!1932,!he!found!that!his!name!had!become!
synonymous!with!_______________________.!!!
a. Shanty!towns!were!called!________________________.!!!
b. Newspapers!were!called!____________________________.!!!
c. Empty!pockets!were!_____________________.!
22. Most!people!weren’t!sure!what!Roosevelt!meant!when!he!promised!a!__________________!but!he!was!
_____________________,!confident,!and!he!wasn’t!______________________________.!
23. Roosevelt!won!in!the!greatest!_____________________________________!America!had!ever!seen!and!he!faced!
perhaps!the!________________________!ever!presented!to!an!American!leader.!
24. The!4!million!unemployed!of!1930!had!turned!into!___________!million!by!1933,!_______%!of!the!
American!workforce.!
25. The!most!famous!line!from!FDR’s!inauguration!was!“___________________________________________________”!
26. The!______________!allowed!people!to!feel!like!FDR!was!speaking!directly!to!them.!
27. Roosevelt!moved!decisively!to!restore!___________________!in!America’s!financial!.treasury!to!rush!them!
________________!dollars!in!new!currency.!
a. When!they!reopened,!deposits!easily!exceeded!_______________________.!
28. Roosevelt’s!first!____________!days!in!office!brought!the!most!massive!_____________________!into!the!lives!of!
the!American!people!the!country!had!ever!known.!
29. An!example!of!Roosevelt!placing!Americans!on!the!government!payroll!is!the!Civilian!
_____________________________________.!
30. “Here!was!the!federal!government!stepping!in!to!help!people.!!It!may!not!have!been!enough.!!In!some!
cases!it!didn’t!help.!!But!somebody!was!___________________!and!one!had!that!feeling!that!maybe!it!was!
going!to!work.”!
31. _______________!had!the!most!radical!mood!of!any!year!of!the!Great!Depression.!
32. President!Roosevelt!was!the!first!president!to!say!that!labor!____________________________,!but!business!
remained!______________________________________.!
33. How!many!people!attended!the!funeral!for!the!two!killed!strikers!in!San!Francisco?!
34. What!happened!in!San!Francisco!for!the!remainder!of!the!strike?!______________________________________!
35. How!did!the!strike!conclude?!______________________________________________________________!
36. In!1934,!there!were!more!than!__________________!strikes!for!Union!recognition.!
37. The!_______________________!of!some!New!Deal!programs!were!challenged!in!the!courts.!
38. Who!was!Father!Charles!Coughlin,!Dr.!Francis!Townshend,!and!Huey!Long?!
39. Long!promised!every!American!a!____________,!a!_______________,!and!a!___________________!and!in!return!he!
wanted!absolute!____________________.!
40. Long!demonstrated!__________________!for!democratic!processes.!
41. Long’s!program!was!called!___________________________________.!
42. Why!did!Huey!Long!never!get!the!chance!to!run!for!president?!
43. How!many!people!were!given!public!jobs?!___________________!
44. The!________________!Hundred!Days!brought!about!visible!recovery.!
45. “The!Roosevelt!era!revolutionized!the!perception!of!_____________________________________!and!what!its!role!
is”!
46. FDR!was!reelected!by!the!__________________________!in!American!politics.!
47. By!1937!the!depression!in!____________________!was!over.!!The!secret!of!Germany’s!new!prosperity!was!
______________________________.!
The New Deal: Alphabet Soup
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Directions: Sort and define each New Deal agency, as well as outlining the goal and effectiveness of
each of the 3 Rs:
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Bank Holiday
FERA
WPA
FCA
HOLC
FHA
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SSA
NRA
Soil Conservation Act
Wagner Act (NLRB)
SEC
RELIEF – Goal:
Effective?
RECOVERY – Goal:
Effective?
REFORM – Goal:
Effective?
Revenue Act
1st AAA
2nd AAA
PWA
Glass-Steagall (FDIC)
TVA
NYA
CCC
CWA
Emergency Banking Act
Directions: Fill in the following charts and answer the following questions
First One Hundred Days/First New Deal
Dates:
The Second New Deal
Dates:
Which agency/agencies were the MOST effective? Why?
Which agencies were job creators?
Which agency/agencies were the most controversial? Why?
Which agencies created infrastructure?
Which agency/agencies were the most significant for lasting change? Why?
What happened in 1937-1938 and why?
New Deal Supporters
New Deal Opponents
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On the back of your paper, write an introduction answering this question: “Assess
the validity of this statement – The New Deal was not an effective response to
the Great Depression.”