Day 20 USH Do Now: Homefront WWI

What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania have on World War I?

• Germany joined the Central Powers

• it turned US public opinion against Germany

• Germany refused to join the League of Nations

• US leaders proposed a military alliance with Germany

Why was the Zimmerman Note significant?

• It resulted in America joining World War I.

• It resulted in American remaining neutral in World War I.

• It started the Mexican-American War.

• It resulted in the annexation of Texas.

This American soldier won the Medal of Honor for killing 25 German soldiers and capturing another 132 soldiers by himself.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Alvin York

• Donald Trump

• Woodrow Wilson

What year did the US join WWI?

• 1898 - after the sinking of the USS Maine

• 1914 - after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

• 1917 - after years of German unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Note

• 1939 - after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This was the name given to the US troops in World War I - whose entry helped break the stalemate on the Western Front and lead to an Allied victory:

• AEF (American Expeditionary Force)

• President Wilson's Wise Weapon Weilders

• Rough Riders

• Notorious B.I.G. (Better Imperial Gangstas)