WWI Home Front

The sinking of this ship is one of the reasons the United States prepares for entry into WWI

• Lusitania
• SS. America
• Titanic
• Zimmerman

This telegram is intercepted by the British and shown to the United States, making the U.S even more Anti-German

• Lusitania
• Zimmerman telegram
• Wilson Telegram
• Fourteen Points

He was the president that "kept us out of war", but his second term the U.S. joined the war.

• William McKinley
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson

Germany's willingness to attack any ship it deems a possible threat

• lusitania
• sunken ship
• unrestricted submarine warfare
• u-boat

What was the United States attitude towards the war at the beginning?

• Join
• Stay Neutral

Why were jobs open to women and minorities during WWI?

• The men working the jobs left to go fight in the war.
• New jobs were created that had not been there before.
• People became more accepting of these groups working factory type jobs.
• Many people quit their jobs because they were tired of the working conditions.

When WWI ended, what happened to the jobs that women and African Americans had gained during the war?

• They were promoted for how good of job they did.
• They were allowed to keep working but were not promoted.
• Many were fired from their jobs to make room for the men returning from war.
• None of the above.

What government agency regulated and maintained war production schedules?

• War Industry Board
• ICC
• American Federation of Labor
• War Inspection Committee

Biased communication intended to influence people’s thoughts and actions is known as ____________________.

• Propaganda
• Espionage
• Sedition
• Dissent

The Selective Service Act was passed to:

• encourage conservation of select resources
• establish a formal quota system on immigrants
• increase troop numbers through a lottery system draft
• encourage home front support