Chapter 14 the Great War or World War One (WWI) Study Guide
Objectives:
1. Explain the underlying causes/factors of World War I, the reasons for American
to remain neutral and the eventual entry into the war and America’s role in
shaping the course of the war.
2. Analyze the domestic impact of WWI on the growth of the government (War
Industries Board) the expansion of the economy and the restrictions on civil
liberties.
3. Explain how President Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” differed from
proposals by others, including French and British leaders and domestic opponents,
in the debate over the Treaty of Versailles.
4. Analyze the Unites states participation in the League of Nations, the redrawing of
European political boundaries, and the resulting geopolitical tensions that
continued to affect Europe.
Concepts, Ideas, Events:
1. Alliance2. Armenian Genocide3. Blockade4. Central Powers5. Convoy6. Domestic7. Doughboy8. Front9. Gas Mask10. Genocide11. Great War12. Isolationism13. Lusitania14. Machine Gun15. Militarism16. Neutrality17. No-Man’s land18. Poison Gas19. Propaganda20. Rationing21. Reparations22. Sedition23. Stalemate24. Trench Warfare25. Triple Alliance26. Triple Entente
27. U-Boat28. Victory Gardens29. Liberty/Victory or War Bond30. Zimmerman Telegram-
Government policy/Legislative Acts:
1. League of nations2. Monroe Doctrine3. Selective Service Act of 19174. Sedition Act of 19185. Schenck v. the United States 19196. Treaty of Versailles7. Fourteen Points8. Palmer RaidsEssential Questions:
1. What was the primary cause of World War I, and what was the United
States Response?
2. Explain the affect the War Industries Board and the growth of the
government, economy and the restrictions on the US citizen’s civil liberties.
3. The President, Woodrow Wilson created “Fourteen Points.” Explain how
that was different than the French and British ideas for Germany after the
war.
4. How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany?
5. The US created the League of Nations, what was it and explain the result of
the league and why if failed.