Reading Guide Answer these questions as you read the chapter. Chapter 11, Section 1
1.What
were the four long–term causes of World War I?
2.How
did problems in the Balkans and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to
the outbreak of World War I?
3.When
World War I began, what was the position of the U. S. government regarding entry to
the war?
4.What
happened on May 7, 1915, leading to a shift in American public opinion against Germany?
5.In
the “Zimmerman note,” Germany
tried to convince a country to join them in a war against the United States –
what country?
Chapter 11, Section 2
6.What
act of Congress established a military draft in 1917?
7.What
naval tactic reduced Allied ship losses to German submarines as ships crossed
the Atlantic to deliver critical war supplies?
8.What
was the American Expeditionary Force?
9.What
two weapons introduced during World War I began the age of mechanized warfare?
10.About
how many people died as a result of World War I?
Chapter 11, Section 3
11.What
role did the War Industries Board and the Committee on Public Information play
in helping the USA
fight World War I?
12.Define
PROPAGANDA:
13.What
laws were passed by Congress in 1917 and 1918 to limit criticism of the federal
government’s war efforts?
14.What
was “the Great Migration?”
15.In
the case of Schenck v. United
States (1919), the Supreme Court ruled in
whose favor?
Chapter 11, Section 4
16.What
were the second, fourth, and fourteenth points of President Wilson’s “Fourteen
Points” peace plan?
17.Why
did Wilson want
to create a League of Nations?
18.What
four countries dominated the Paris Peace Conference following WW I?
19.In
what way was Germany
“humiliated” by the Treaty of Versailles?
38.While
there were many Congressional criticisms of the Treaty of Versailles, what
issue caused the most domestic opposition?
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS FOR UNIT 3 10 - 11
Unit 3, Foreign Policy and World War I is comprised of chapters 10 and 11 from the text.
Chapter 10 pages 340 to 369 Chapter 11 pages 370 to 407
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