Download US History World War I test

Standard 11.4.5 Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I
on the home front.
Ch. 11 The First World War pages 370-403
US History World War I
Answer the following questions in outline form with bulleted information/notes from the
text.
1. How did the United States Participate in WWI before we actually started fighting?
2. How did the US get involved in WWI?
3. Whose side was the US on?
4. Identify: The Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram5. What is Unlimited Submarine Warfare and how did it push Americans into
war?
6. When the US finally entered the war, how did the Government organize for the
war? (be specific)
7. What role did money play in the decision for the US to enter the War?
8. How did the American Government try to control Public Opinion about the war?
9. How did African Americans status in Ameirca change due to the war?
10. What did Wilson want Americans to do in order to insure no other World War
would start again?
11. How did the American Republicans respond to Wilson’s peace plan?
12. Identify the 14 points- what parts did the US Senate disagree with?
Key Terms to Memorize
1. Nationalism
18. Convoy System
32. Espionage and Sedition
2. Militarism
19. American Expeditionary
Acts
3. Allies
Force
33. Flu Epidemic
4. Central Powers
20. John J. Pershing
34. Great Migration
5. Franz Ferdinand
21. Alvin York
35. Armistice
6. “No mans’ land”
22. Conscientious Objector
36. 14 Points
7. Trench Warfare
23. War Industries Board
37. League of Nations
8. Ethnic Ties
24. Bernard M. Baruch
38. George Clemenceau
9. Lusitania
25. Food Administration
39. David Lloyd George
10. Zimmerman Telegram
26. Suffrage
40. Treaty of Versailles
11. Woodrow Wilson
27. Committee on Public
41. Reparations
12. Election of 1916
Information
42. War Guilt Clause
13. Unrestricted Submarine
28. Propaganda
43. Henry Cabot Lodge
Warfare
29. George Creel
44. Eighteenth Amendment
14. “To make the world safe
30. Women and the War
45. Volstead Act
for democracy.”
31. Chateau Thierry (Belleau
15. Eddie Richenbacker
Wood, St. Miel, Argonne
16. Selective Service Act
Forrest)
17. General John J. Pershing
WWI and America Essay:
1. Mobilization for WWI altered the lives of millions of civilians. Describe the
impact on the American society to three of the following:
A. Women and the war effort (military, munitions manufacturing)
B. Black Americans (Great Migration, push-pull factors)
C. Curbing dissent (Civil Liberties- Espionage Act- Sedition Act)
D. Paying for the war (Income, Corporate, excise taxes, War Bonds, Loans)
E. Fuel and food administration (Food Administration, Wheat, sugar, meat)
World War I: Problem Based Learning
You are an advisor to President Wilson (28th President, 1913-1821).
War has broken out in Europe.
Background:
1. Identify the Causes of the war:
 International Rivalry or Competition
o Empire/Colonies
o Militarism/Military Strength
o Revenge/ French vs Germans for the Franco-Prussian War
o Alliance System
1. Triple Alliance
2. Triple Entente
o Economic Competition-Industrial power
2. The Process of the War:
 Assassination- Archduke Franz Ferdinand (of Austria) is killed in Sarajevo by
a terrorist.
 Austrian Ultimatum- to the Serbs
 Outbreak:
o Chain reaction:
Austria
Germany
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Serbia
Russia
France
Belgium
England
1914- 1917 Trench War / Stalemate-no one could win.
Millions Killed
Submarine Warfare- Germans try to choke off the Allied Supply lines using
Submarines.
As an advisor to the President.
 It’s 1915 the war in Europe is a stalemate on the Western Front. Central Powers
and the Allied Powers are stuck no one is winning.
 France and Great Britain need American help!
 Germany wants our help too!
 US has lots of descendents from Germans, British, some French and lots of Irish
(who don’t like Great Britain.)
 The Bankers, Rich, and the Industry leaders are all of British heritage.
1. How should the United States react to the War in Europe?
2. What would advisors to the president say or recommend to the following?
Write a detailed recommendation, be sure to include your reasons for your
recommendation and explain why your plan will work the best for American interests.
Explain Why you advise the president in these ways.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
How should business activity respond to the war in Europe? (Trade or not)
Should the president try to influence Public Opinion?
Neutrality: is this an issue that needs to be addressed?
Should the US prepare for War if the war is in Europe?
Should the US take sides Allied or Central Powers?
Wilson is a Democrat, what will the Republicans say about the War?
In Groups:
Create a detailed policy that addresses the needs of the country based on the above
criteria; be sure to discuss all aspects of your topic.