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Wars Note Packet
World War I
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Turmoil and Change
WWI
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Changes in American Life
is about
the reasons the United States became involved in World War I and its leadership role at the war’s end
observing
I. The Dividing World
 Allies
Great Britain
France
Russia
Serbia
Belgium
U.S. 1917
 Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
experiencing
clarifying
II. The Reasons for U.S.
Entry
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Inability to remain neutral

Sinking of the Lusitania
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United States' political and economic
ties to Great Britain
III. The Results of the
Great War

Wilson’s peace plan, the Fourteen
Points, called for a League of Nations, a
peace keeping organization

U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of
Versailles and never joined the League
of Nations
SELF-TEST QUESTIONS:
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Give three reasons why the United States entered WWI.
What countries joined the Allies? Central Powers?
In what ways did the United States provide leadership at war’s end?
Compare the reasons the United States entered the SpanishAmerican War with its reasons for entering World War I. How were
the reasons similar? Different?
Adapted from The Unit Organizer Routine. Copyright Lenz, 1994. www.contentenhancement.org
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TERMS, PEOPLE AND PLACES
Archduke Ferdinand
Lusitania
Wilson, Woodrow
alliances
emerge
Fourteen Points
global superpower
involvement
Allies
isolation
Central Powers
League of Nations
neutral
Treaty of Versailles
unrestricted warfare
Zimmermann telegram
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Journal/Diary Entry
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You are either Woodrow Wilson the leader of the U.S. or Kaiser Wilhelm the leader of
Germany; it is April 3, 1917. You must write a Journal/Diary entry on what you think
about America Declaring War!!!
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World War I
Is about…
How the political role of the U.S. evolved from isolationism to a world power.
Main
Formation
Ideaof Alliances
Essential
Allied Powers
Details
Main
Idea
Reasons for U.S. Entry
Essential Details
Unable to remain neutral
Great Britain, France, Russia,
Serbia, Belgium
U.S. in 1917
Sinking of the Lusitania
An example of Unrestricted Submarine
warfare
Central Powers
Political and economic issues
tied the United States to
Great Britain
Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria, Turkey (Ottoman
Empire)
Main
U.S. Leadership
at the End of the
Idea
Great War
Essential Details
Woodrow Wilson’s plans for
peace, the Fourteen Points
14th point called for the
League of Nations
ZimmermanTelegram
World War I changed the role of the U.S. in
the world for the rest of the 20th century.
So what? What is important to understand
about this?
Treaty of Versailles severely
punished Germany
Treaty of Versailles
 Rejected by United States
Senate
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 U.S. unable to join L of N
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World War One: Propaganda Scavenger Hunt U.S. II 5c; 1h
Use the PowerPoint “World War I – America on the Home front: ‘The Poster War’” to
answer the following questions.
1. List two symbols used in recruitment posters. What did each symbol
represent?
2. What was the name of a popular patriotic song from World War One?
3. How many American soldiers participated in combat during the war?
4. What were three kinds of assignments that Native American soldiers
often received?
5. What was one way in which children could help the war effort?
6. Name one government wartime agency (group), and identify one thing
that it encouraged Americans on the home front to do.
7. Identify two positive results of U.S. government expansion during the
war.
8. Identify two negative results of U.S. government expansion during the
war.
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9. Explain two ways in which women could support the war effort.
10. Find a poster that focused on African Americans. What is one
specific way that this poster tried to increase African Americans’
support for the war?
11. Find a poster that focused on immigrants. What is one specific way
that this poster tried to increase immigrants’ support for the war?
12. What did the government want Americans to think about the
Germans? Why?
13. What name did Americans call the Germans during the war?
14. Identify three main purposes of government propaganda posters
during the war.
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World War I Video Review Anticipation Guide U.S. II 5c
Directions: Before watching the video, make some predictions about World War I
Put a ☺next to the ones you see in the video.
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Letters and Articles Activity
1. Read the 3 letters
Which Cause of War is it talking about?
Letter One
Letter Two
Letter Three
2. Pick 3 Letters to Read
What is the Letter Taking About? 3-5 sentences
Letter One
Letter Two
Letter Three
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3. Pick one Article to Read. Then using what you have read, make up 10 questions
and answer them.
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