Unit 3: World War I and its Aftermath

How did Texans financially help the during WWI?

• The donated money to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other groups that helped war victims

• They grew their own gardens

• They ate meat and bread every day

• They protested the Zimmerman Telegram

The sinking of what ship helped cause the United States to enter WWI?

• Lusitania

• Titanic

• SS Minnow

• Mayflower

Women's suffrage is

• Women who are suffering injustice
• Women who enjoy life in the Rural areas
• The right of women to vote
• People determined to make women more united

What two reasons caused the U.S. to enter World War I?

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor and German aggression

• President Wilson's desire for power and wealth

• The Great Depression and German U-Boats

• Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram

Many of the Texan soldiers who died in World War I died of the disease influenza.

• True

• False

Mexican Americans and Mexicans living in Texas who were not U.S. citizens served in the military during World War I.

• True

• False

Why did Germany’s telegram to the Mexican president outrage Americans?

• Germany asked Mexico to spy on the United States.

• Germany asked Mexico to remain neutral.

• Germany revealed its plan to attack American ships.

• Germany promised to help Mexico regain lands lost in the U.S.-Mexican War.

Why was Kelly Field near San Antonio important to the American war effort?

• Nearly all of America’s military pilots were trained there.

• Mexican American troops were trained there.

• General John J. Pershing trained Texan National Guard troops there

• German Texans were detained there during the war.

In the 1920s, installment plans and the spread of electricity contributed to growing demand for what products?

• advertising

• appliances

• cars and trucks

• movie tickets

Which of the following population trends occurred in Texas in the 1920s?

• Texas’s farm population grew greatly

• Most population growth occurred in Texas’s rural areas.

• Texas’s cities grew in size as urbanization increased.

• Texas’s cities became smaller as urbanization decreased.