PLUSH
World War I Unit
Reading Guide REVISED
Chapter 11
Section 1 - World War I Begins
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How did nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the alliance system each contribute to the cause of
World War I?
List the countries that composed the Triple Entente (Allies) and the Central Powers?
How did the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand’s assignation start World War I?
Why did the United States not immediately join the war?
How did Americans feel about the British Blockade?
How were the Lusitania and Zimmerman note important to America’s declaration of war?
List the dates of the WWI’s start and when the US joined the war.
How long was America Neutral?
Why did Wilson ultimately have America enter the war?
Section 2 – America Tips the Balance
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List three problems the United States faced when it entered the war?
How did America raise an army?
How were women involved in the military?
Why were ships important to the war effort and how did the US attempt to resolve the issue that they did
not have enough?
5. List three major military advancements introduced in WWI and how they changed the nature of the war.
6. How did disease play a role in the war?
7. Why did the United States turn the tide of the war
8. What did it America do during its period of neutrality?
9. Why did Russian drop out of the war?(May have to research outside of text or listen in class)
10. Why did the war grind to a halt in France?
11. What was the state of Europe after the armistice?
Section 3 – The War at Home
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How did the US economy change because of the war?
What role did the War Industries Board play in the role?
What was mass production? Why was it important to American during the war?
Why was there labor unrest during the war?
List three ways individuals at home contributed to the war effort?
How did the US attempt to pay for their involvement in the war?
How was the war popularized and why?
How were Americans of German background treated during the war?
Define the Espionage Act and the Alien and Sedition Acts.
How did these acts relate to the first amendment?
What caused the Great Migration?
What changed for women as a result of the war? Why did this happen?
How did the political role of the President change during WWI?
PLUSH
World War I Unit
Reading Guide REVISED
Section 4 – Wilson Fights for Peace
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Why was the treaty of Versailles necessary if there had already been an armistice?
What did Wilson want the treaty to be about?
List Wilson’s first five points and how each relates to the causes of WWI.
What did Clemenceau and George want from the treaty?
What was the League of Nations, who wanted it and why?
How did Wilson’s desire for the League of Nations weaken the treaty of Versailles?
What was isolationism and how did it affect the way the treaty was viewed in the United States?
What ultimately happened to the treaty and the League of Nations?
List and KNOW the four domestic consequences of WWI!
How did the war change the types of movies that were made?
Key Terms
Concepts
Nationalism
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Central Powers
Events
Lusitania
Militarism
Trench Warfare
No Man’s Land
Convoy System
Allies
U-boat
Selective Service Act
American Expeditionary
Force
Conscientious Objector
War Industry Board
Propaganda
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
War-guilt clause
Reparations
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Zimmermann note
Armistice
Great Migration
Espionage and Sedition Acts
M.A.N.I.A.
Machine Gun
Trench Warfare
Tanks
Poison Gas
People
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
General John Pershing
George Creel
Bernard M. Baruch
Georges Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Henry Cabot Lodge
Things you should be able to relate your learning to:
11.2. 6 Trace the economic development of the United States and its emergence as a major industrial power,
including its gains from trade and the advantages of its physical geography.
11.4.4 Explain Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy, William Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy, and Woodrow Wilson’s
Moral Diplomacy, drawing on relevant speeches.
11.4.5 Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I on the home front.
11.5.6 Trace the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the worldwide diffusion of popular
culture.
11.7.6 Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war’s impact on
the location of American industry and use of resources.
11.10.5 Discuss the diffusion of the civil rights movement of African Americans from the churches of the rural
South and the urban North, including the resistance to racial desegregation in Little Rock and Birmingham, and
how the advances influenced the agendas, strategies, and effectiveness of the quests of American Indians, Asian
Americans, and Hispanic Americans for civil rights and equal opportunities.
11.10.7 Analyze the women’s rights movement from the era of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony and the
passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the movement launched in the 1960s, including differing perspectives
on the roles of women.