WWI Battlefront and Homefront

WWI Battlefront and Homefront

SS.912.A.4.7 Examine the impact of airplanes, battleships, new weaponry, and chemical warfare in creating new war strategies   

SS.912.A.4.8 Compare the experiences Americans had while serving in Europe. 

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Check all answers that apply to mobilization for WWI

• solders were drafted

• child labor laws were suspended

• propaganda was produced

• media was censored

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Which of the following was not a new weapon/technology during WWI?

• airplanes
• machine guns
• atomic bomb
• poison gas

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What is a trench as it relates to WWI?

• A border around the garden

• A ditch dug by soldiers to shelter them from enemy bullets

• The name for the officers billets

• A platform providing a secret lookout for soldiers

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Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists)?

• Lenin

• Putin

• Hitler

• Franco

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What type of government did Russia form after the Russian Revolution.

• Communism

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

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Which was most influential in the US joining WWI?

• Attacks in Serbia

• Attacks at sea which interrupted free trade

• pity for those who were suffering in Europe

• to gain world power

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During WWI, men from ages 21-30 to register for the military draft the was called ___________.

• Sedition Act

• Selective Service Act

• Liberty Bonds

• Service Selection

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Why did the government begin rationing food and products?

• To keep prices low

• To feed and equip soldiers for war

• To avoid union strikes

• To take over the farming industry

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Why did the government issue war bonds?

• To pay for the war effort
• To keep banks from closing
• to keep the stock market high
• To decrease unemployment

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The Committee on Public Information was created . . . .

• to sell as many war bonds as possible.

• to make people against the war.

• to inform the U.S. public on a daily basis on the war in Europe.

• to make people support the war.

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The War industries Board (WIB)

• Wanted to create a group of highly trained generals to help strategize the war.

• Aimed to stop the waste of materials which could be used to make war goods.

• Encouraged companies to use mass-production to increase efficiency.

• A type of machine used to make war bonds.

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How did the convoy systems work?

• Lent money to the allies

• Protected cargo ships with cruisers (naval ships) to get supplies to allies.

• Started the Selective Service Act (Draft)

• Sank ships in open seas with submarines

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When did fighting of WWI cease?

• November 31, 1998

• November 1, 1914

• November 11, 1918

• June 28, 1919

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Which of the following best describes the changes WWI gave to women?

• Many woman lost their positions after WWI when men returned.

• Many societies extended the right to vote to woman shortly after the war.

• The war lead to great social freedoms for woman.

• The war saw a change in women's fashion including shorter haircut and wearing of pants.

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Which of the following are roles woman full filled in WWI?

• Munitionettes (workers in Munition factories)

• Nurses

• Ambulance drivers

• Front line soldiers (in large numbers)

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Which of the following best describes a reason that African Americans would have moved from the South to the North and Midwest between 1910 and 1930?

• The climate was better.
• There were more jobs.
• The housing was free.
• There were fewer taxes.

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When did most of the Great Migration take place?

• during and after the Civil War
• during and after the Revolutionary War
• During and after WWI
• During and after WWII

Exit Ticket

Complete the short quiz

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What are the name of the acts that made it illegal to criticize the U.S. involvement in the war or encourage draft resisters

• Espionage and Sedition Acts
• Treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen Points
• the Yalta Agreement and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Espionage Act and the Fourteen Points

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Which of the following best explains why the United States entered the first World War?

• German submarines engaged in unrestricted warfare
• Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
• Germany invaded the neutral nation of Belgium
• Britain enforced a defense treaty the US signed

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This propaganda posting wants you to do what?

• Sign up for the war by enlisting in the Army.

• Sign up for the war by enlisting in the Navy.

• Buy Liberty bonds.

• Buy a Papa Johns Pizza

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Which of the following are examples of propaganda?

• Art posters, movies, cartoons.

• Pro war speeches (4 minute men).

• Shaming campaigns (white feather).

• All of the above

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What are some ways countries maintained the demands of industrial warfare in WWI?

• Mobilized to support for the war on the home front.

• Used Propaganda.

• Restrictions of civil liberties.

• All of the above

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Speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected by the 1st Amendment

• Schenck v. United States

• Roe v. Wade

• United States v. Lopez

• Engel v. Vitale