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US Role in World War I Guide

The unit guide provides an overview of the key topics to be covered in a unit about the US role in World War I. It includes an essential question about what role the US played and lists several sub-questions covering the major causes of unrest in Europe, why the war reached a stalemate, challenges to US neutrality, events leading to US entry in 1917, and contributions to the war effort from labor, women and African Americans. It also lists important terms, people, events and concepts to be covered related to World War I such as militarism, alliances, imperialism, trench warfare, the Lusitania, and Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.

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US Role in World War I Guide

The unit guide provides an overview of the key topics to be covered in a unit about the US role in World War I. It includes an essential question about what role the US played and lists several sub-questions covering the major causes of unrest in Europe, why the war reached a stalemate, challenges to US neutrality, events leading to US entry in 1917, and contributions to the war effort from labor, women and African Americans. It also lists important terms, people, events and concepts to be covered related to World War I such as militarism, alliances, imperialism, trench warfare, the Lusitania, and Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.

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USII Unit Guide

World War I
Unit Guide

Essential Question:
What was the role of the United States in World War I?

Key Questions:
 What were the major causes of unrest in Europe? What role did
(MAIN)Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, play in the build up of war?
 Why did the war come to a stalemate? How did trench warfare affect the
fighting?
 What challenges did the U.S. face while trying to stay neutral?
 What events led to the US entry into the war and for declaration of war
against Germany in 1917?
 What role did organized labor, volunteer organizations, and women play in
contributing to the war effort?
 What motivated African Americans to migrate to the northern United States
during this time?
 What domestic conflict caused Russia to surrender?
 How did the government create support for and limit opposition to the war?
 Did Woodrow Wilson provide effective leadership during World War I?
 What did Wilson's Fourteen Points hope to accomplish?
 Why was the Treaty of Versailles considered to be particularly punitive and
vindictive?

Terms/People/Events

Acronym: Zimmerman Note Fourteen Points


 Militarism Schlieffen Plan Big Four
 Alliances Lusitania Treaty of Versailles
 Imperialism Sussex Pledge David Lloyd George
 Nationalism National Defense Act George Clemenceau
Franz-Ferdinand Selective Service Act Kaiser Wilhelm
The Balkans Food Administration Abdication
Austro-Hungarian War Industries Board League of Nations
Empire Great Migration Reparations
Ottoman Empire Battle of Gallipoli
Armenia(ns), Genocide Committee on Public
of. . . Information
Young Turks Espionage Acts
Central Powers Sedition Act
Allied Powers Bolsheviks
Statemate Russian Revolution:
Trench warfare Trotsky, Lenin
Eastern Front Battle of Argonne
Western Front Forest
Battle of Somme Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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