Transcript 100 pts - Wappingers Central School District

The Road to Supporting the Americans at
Vocabulary
War effort
war
War
Shaping the
Peace
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What is
Nationalism
?
Pride in one’s
nation or ethnic
group
What is trench
warfare?
Soldiers fire on
one another
from opposite
lines of dug out
trenches
What does
illiterate
mean?
Being unable to read or
write
What are
reparations?
Payments to
cover war
damages
What is
propaganda?
Spread of information
designed to win support
for a cause
What was the
area called
where there
were many
tensions in
Europe?
The “Powder
Keg” of
Europe
Who was
assassinated which
started the war?
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
Who was part
of the Allied
powers?
Russia,
England and
France
Who made up
the Central
powers?
Germany,
Ottoman
Empire,
Austria
Hungry,
Bulgaria
Name two
weapons
that made
this war
lethal.
Machine guns,
poison gas
What is the
Selective
Service Act?
A draft
What did the
War
Industries
Board do?
Controlled what
industries created
during the war
Name two
types of
propaganda
used in for the
war?
“Four Minute Men”,
Uncle Sam, Posters,
Liberty Bonds
How were
German
Americans
treated?
Shunned, harassed,
assaulted, Tarred
and feathered, the
German language
was no longer
taught in schools.
What did
women do to
help the war
effort?
Served as Nurses and did
clerical work
Who led the
American
Expeditionary
Force?
John Pershing
What type of
Government
did Russia get
after their
Revolution?
Communism
What ship was
blown up by the
Germans that
angered the
Americans?
The Lusitania
What type of
weapon did
the Germans
use on the
seas?
The U-Boat or
Unterseeboot
What happened
to many people
who didn’t die
in the war?
They suffered
blindness, lost
limbs, lung
damage and
psychological
problems
What was
Woodrow
Wilson’s plan
to prevent
another war?
The Fourteen
Points
What was the
last point of the
Fourteen
Points?
It would
create the
League of
Nations
What killed
500,000 US
citizens
after WWI?
A flu
epidemic
Did the Senate
approve or
deny the treaty
to end the war?
Deny
What was the
name of the
treaty that
ended the
war?
The Treaty
of Versailles