WWI Review

Welcome back!

Be ready to review WWI & answer questions.

Open Ended

What was the best part of your week off?

Open Ended

What was the best food - savory or sweet - you ate over break?

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Best new show, throwback movie, or new music you enjoyed over break?

Unit Test

• 20 Questions

• Friday

• 8 ?s on Progressive Era

• 12 ?s on WWI

• 12/1 Quizlet covers all the facts you need to know & your screenshot counts as a QUIZ GRADE

Goal for Zoom Today

• Review causes of WWI

• Review tech of WWI

• Review trench warfare

• Review causes of US Entry into WWI

• Identify role of propaganda during WWI

• Identify importance of Alvin York & Battle of Argonne

Open Ended

What do you remember about WWI from before break?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best title for this list?

• Principal Reasons for US Entry into World War I

• Issues Contributing to the Outbreak of World War I

• Consequences of Twentieth-Century European Isolationism

• Economics Rivalries Between Cold War Superpowers

Multiple Choice

Which action was an immediate consequence of the event described in this headline?

• Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

• Great Britain intercepted the Zimmerman telegram.

• The United States refused to join the League of Nations.

• The Russian monarchy was overthrown.

Multiple Choice

The style of fighting pictured shows a military tactic that --

• made troops more vulnerable to long-range missiles, resulting in heavy casualties

• required highly skilled soldiers, resulting in lengthy training periods

• often resulted in stalemate because it was difficult for troops to gain ground.

• required the ability to attack quickly, resulting in a reliance on calvary forces

Open Ended

Why did so many Americans want the US to remain neutral during the First World War?

WWI & the US Economy

America is the supplier of all goods to Europe.

Trouble with Germany

• German submarines patrolled European waters to stop supply ships

• U-Boats torpedoed & sank ANY boats that entered the grey territory

• Unrestricted submarine warfare = sank military AND non-military ships

Impact of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare on the US

American people & goods continued to be lost to German u-boats.

Multiple Choice

What event inspired this image & caused the US to join World War I?

• the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor

• a proposed alliance with Canada to fight against the US

• the use of submarines against non-military ships by Germany

• economic and cultural ties to the Allied Powers

Open Ended

What did Americans likely do in the days following the official declaration of war & entry into WWI? Think about what happened in March with the 1st lockdown.

US Enters WWI: 1917

• President Wilson created 5,000 agencies to manage war efforts

• Passed the Selective Service Act to draft 2.8 million men ages 18-45

• General John Pershing leads American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Multiple Choice

What was the primary purpose of this World War I propaganda poster?

• to encourage Americans to grow their own food to support the war effort

• to encourage Americans to enlist to support the war effort

• to encourage Americans to financially support the war effort

• to encourage Americans to ration coal & light to support the war effort

Multiple Choice

What was the primary purpose of this World War I propaganda poster?

• to encourage Americans to grow their own food to support the war effort

• to encourage Americans to enlist to support the war effort

• to encourage Americans to financially support the war effort

• to encourage Americans to ration coal & light to support the war effort

Battle of Meuse-Argonne: 1918

• at 5:30 am on Sep 26th, 1918, Allied Troops advanced on German trenches

• after a 6 hour bombardment which deployed 800 mustard gas shells, 700 Allied tanks, 500 aircraft, & thousands of troops advance on German lines

The Heroic Alvin York

• after being denied conscientious-objector status, York enlisted in the 82nd Infantry Division

• with 17 men, charged German machine gun nests on a strategic hill

• killed 25 German soldiers, captured 25 machine guns, & took 132 prisons

• most decorated soldier in WWI & received Congressional Medal of Honor

Multiple Choice

Based on the image, how did the Allied victory at the Battle of the Argonne Forest impact the First World War?

• it provoked America's entry into the First World War

• it led Mexico to ally themselves with Germany against the US

• it led to fears of German invasion

• it led to an armistice & the end of fighting

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the most decorated WWI veteran who led a charge on a German machine gun nest?

• John Pershing

• Booker T Washington

• Woodrow Wilson

• Alvin York

Multiple Choice

How many questions will be on Thursday's Unit Test?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25

Multiple Choice

After logging off today, you should prep for Friday's test by --

• reviewing old notebooks in Google Classroom.

• studying Quizlet flashcards posted.

• writing out notes on WWI & the Progressive Era.