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9 US History Student Name:_____________
Unit 9: World War One Period: ___________________
Time Period: 1914-1920
Unit Questions
(Prepare to answer these questions for unit exam)
1. What were the causes of World War One?
2. Why did the USA get involved in the war?
3. How did American assistance help tip the balance in the war?
4. How did the war effect life at home in the USA?
5. How did World War One end?
6. What were the effects of the war?
Thought Jots
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Name _______________________________ World War I Begins Chapter 19 Section 1 pages 578-586 1. What are the four long-term causes of World War I? Explain each
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2. What is the difference between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance?
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3. What were the European interests in the Balkan Peninsula?
Germany____________________________________________________________________
Russia______________________________________________________________________
Austria-Hungary______________________________________________________________
What is the Balkan Peninsula _______________________________________________
4. Who was shot and by whom? ___________________________ shot by ________________
5. The war begins: What is the year?____________
July 28______________________________________________________________
July 29______________________________________________________________
August 1______________________________________________________________
August 3______________________________________________________________
6. What was Germany’s plan of attack for World War I?
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7. World War I is remembered for its trench warfare and no man’s land?
A. What is their relationship?_____________________________________________________
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B. The First Battle of Somme lasted from July to __________________ of 1916.
Total casualties?_________________ But only _________________ of ground changed sides.
8. Where ( the country/ies) was no man’s land? ___________________________________
9. What is a front? (not the weather one!)__________________________________________ Where were the other fronts?
A. _______________________ B. _____________________C. ___________________
9. Why did Americans want to stay neutral? ____________________________________ 10. Why did Americans have more sympathy for the Allies than the Germans?
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11. A. Where did the British blockade the Germans? (don’t say in the water) ________________
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B. How did the British widen their definition of contraband?
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12. How effective was the blockade?
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B. ___________________________________________________________________________
13. Why were the Germans so short of nitrates for fertilizer? _________________________
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14. A. How was the German blockade different that the British blockade?
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B. Why were Americans more upset about the German blockade than the British blockade?
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15. What the role of the sinking of the Lusitania in World War I?
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16. Election of 1916: Democratic candidate____________________ platform:_____________
___________ Republican candidate __________________ platform_______________________
17. Why did the U.S. finally declare war?
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18. How was World War I a war of democracy versus monarchies?
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19. What was Wilson’s hope for entering the war? ____________________________________
World War One Map Activity
NAME:_____________________________________DATE:___________
A. Using your book (p. 578-581) and the map provided and color countries in:
a. Allied Powers.
b. Central Powers
c. Neutral Countries
Europe at the Start of World War I (1914)
WORKSHEET
B. Using the map provided, identify the corresponding location on the map. Then, using your
book (p. 578-581), answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
NUMBER LOCATION NUMBER LOCATION
1. 16. 2. 17. 3. 18. 4. 19. 5. 20. 6. 21. 7. 22. 8. 23. 9. 24. 10. 25. 11. 26. 12. 27. 13. 28. 14. 29. 15. 30.
1. Which three nations became known as the Triple Entente?
2. Which three nations became known as the Triple Alliance?
3. What did the Triple Entente become known as after the war started? List all nations on the map that joined as the war progressed.
4. What did the Triple Alliance become known as after the war started? List all nations on the map that joined as the war progressed.
5. What nation switched sides after the war started?
6. Which nations remained neutral?
7. What are the four main reasons or ideals that caused war to break out? (note these are not events such as submarine warfare, etc.)
Name _______________________________ American Power Tips the Balance Chapter 19 Section 2 pages 587-593 1. The U.S. needed to raise an army. Why were many members of Congress opposed to a draft? ______________________________________________________________________________
How was the WWI draft different from the Civil War draft? _____________________________
What were the average soldier’s characteristics? ______________________________________
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2. What were the four steps to ensure that troops reached Europe safely and quickly?
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B. ___________________________________________________________________________
C. ___________________________________________________________________________
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3. How did the convoy system cut shipping losses?
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What else did the U.S. Navy do to cut shipping losses?
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4. What was one of the main contributions of the Americans troops to the war?
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5. The Americans enter the war: List the battles they participated in:
A. _________________________________ D. ____________________________________
B. _________________________________ E. ____________________________________
C. _________________________________ F. ____________________________________
6. What were the new weapons of the war?
A. _________________________________ D. ____________________________________
B. _________________________________ E. ____________________________________
C. _________________________________
7. Why did they have to invent an interrupter for airplanes?
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8. Who was America’s most celebrated Ace? ______________________________________
9. Describe the end of the war and how/why it ended?
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10. Who abdicated? __________________________
11. The war ends at a very memorable time. It was at:
the_______________, on the __________________, in the _________________ of ________
The Facts:
12. Nickname of the American soldiers ____________________________________
13. U.S. commander of the American forces _________________________________
14. The number of men registered for the draft ________________________________
15. The number of men actually drafted__________________________________
16. The number of women who served ______________________________
17. Uniqueness of the 369th Infantry Regiment ________________________ and
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18. What is the message of this poster?
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Name _______________________________ The War at Home Chapter 19 Section 3 pages 594-601 1. Why was it necessary to mobilize the entire economy? _________________________________________________________
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2. War Industries Board: What was its goal?_______________________________________
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What did it achieve?_____________________________________________________________
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How did it affect women’s fashions? ________________________________________________
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3. Railroad Administration: What were its goals? ___________________________________
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4. Fuel Administration: What were its goals? _______________________________________
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What are gasless Sundays? _______________________________________________________
What are lightless nights?________________________________________________________
What did the Fuel Administration introduce to America that is still used today?
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5. National War Labor Board: What were its accomplishments? _______________________
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6. Food Administration: What were its goals? ______________________________________
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What was the week like that Hoover declared? ________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Identify these changes to American life:
gospel of the clean plate__________________________________________________________
meatless days __________________________________________________________________
sweetless days _________________________________________________________________
wheatless days _________________________________________________________________
7. What were the two parts of the selling the war to the public? A. _______________________
and B._______________________________________
8. What was the cost of World War I to the United States? ______________________________
How did the U.S. finance the war? _________________________________________________
9. Committee on Public Information: What was its goal? _____________________________
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10. Who were the targets of being un-American? _____________________________________
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11. Espionage and Sedition Acts: What were their goals? _____________________________
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What were its outcomes? _________________________________________________________
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12. What changes did the war bring about for African-Americans? _______________________
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13. What changes did the war bring about for women? _________________________________
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14. What crisis hit the home front in 1918? __________________________________________
How many Americans died? ______________________________________________________ Compare that to the number of Americans killed in World War I: 116,516, which includes 53,402 battle deaths and 63,114 non-combat deaths.
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World wide, how many people died for the influenza? _________________________________ Compare that to the number killed in World War I: 9.7 million military personnel and about 6.8 million civilians.
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The heaviest loss of life for a single day occurred on July 1, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, when the British Army suffered 57,470 casualties. 15. What is are liberty measles? __________________________________________
Name _______________________________ Wilson Fights for Peace Chapter 19 Section 4 pages 604-609 1. A. What were Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
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6-13._____________________________________________________________
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B. Why were Wilson’s Fourteen Points rejected? ____________________________________
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2. Who or what is the Big Four? A. ________________B. _________________________
C.______________________D.______________________________________________
The Treat of Versailles:
3. What new European countries were created? A. _____________________________
B. ______________________________C. ________________________________
Extra Credit: The other six in Europe? _____________________________________________
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4. What terms of the treaty specifically affected Germany?
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B. ___________________________________________________________________________
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5. What were the weaknesses of the treaty?
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6. How did Wilson’s refusal to consider Ho Chi Minh’s request later haunt the United States?
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7. Why did Henry Cabot Lodge object to the treaty?
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8. How did Wilson help bring about the Senate’s rejection of the treaty?
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9. What circumstances at this time would eventually lead many Germans to support Adolf
Hitler? ______________________________________________________________________
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10. What were the domestic consequences of World War I?
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11. Wilson proposed that we enter the war to “make the world safe for democracy.” Did the Americans succeed? Explain your answer. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Unit 9 Study Guide: WWI Name: Per:
Define or describe the following terms and how they apply to WWI:
Nationalism
Imperialism
Neutrality
U-boat
Lusitania
Fourteen Points
League of Nations
Reparations
Treaty of Versailles
War-Guilt Clause
Spanish Influenza
Understand these concepts and how they apply to WWI:
List and describe the four causes of WWI.
Describe two reasons that the United States decided to enter WWI.
Describe Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI.
Why did Wilson’s plan fail?
Who were the Central Powers?
Who were the Allied Powers?
What were American soldiers in WWI called?
What are two new technologies that used to deadly effect in WWI?
Describe trench warfare.
Who were the “Big Four” that attended the peace conference?
What was the difference between the British and German blockades?
Describe the convoy system that the U.S. used to get supplies to the Allied Powers.
How did WWI end?
How did the Fuel Administration affect the lives of U.S. citizens during the war?
How did the Food Administration affect the lives of U.S. citizens during the war?
How did the Espionage and Sedition Acts violate the rights of U.S. citizens?
What changes did the war bring about for African Americans and women?
What happened to the empires of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Turkey after the
war?
What were the weaknesses of the Treaty of Versailles?