PBS Influenza Video 1918



PBS Influenza Video 1918 Name_____________________

The American Experience Date___________Period______

1. The 1918 flu killed more people than all the _________________________________________.

2. Where did the first case appear? ___________________________________In one week, how many soldiers were infected? _______

3. List two vaccines available at this time.

4. When we sent 1.5 million Americans overseas, some came from Kansas and now the American, English, French, and German soldiers got sick. As it spread, it ____________ becoming more and more deadly.

5. Each cough would carry __________________ of virus particles and it would not take long for one case to become ____________________.

6. The childhood rhyme “ I had a little ____________. It’s name was Enza. I opened up the ___________________, and in-flew-enza.”

7. Rumors circulated such as the __________________ planted germs or it was punishment for sins.

8. Some towns were quarantined, like Meadow, Utah, but the _____________________ brought it to this town.

9. Because hospitals were so crowed, emergency relief centers sprang up in ___________ and ________________________.

10. Laws required people to wear ___________ in public but it didn’t work because they were thin and ________________. It was like trying to keep out dust with chicken wire.

11. Why was the first vaccine (shipped to San Francisco by an express train) fail?

12. In September of 1918, __________ died in America but _____________ would be worse month.

13. Those who were aged ______ to ______ were most vulnerable to this flu.

14. 851 people died in one day in ___________________.

15. In 31 days __________________ Americans died in October.

16. Farms and factories shut down, _______________ and ______________ all closed.

17. Worldwide, at least_____________________ died of this flu pandemic.

PBS Influenza Video 1918 Name_____________________

The American Experience Date___________Period______

1. The 1918 flu killed more people than all the _________________________________________.

2. Where did the first case appear? ___________________________________In one week, how many soldiers were infected? _______

3. List two vaccines available at this time.

4. When we sent 1.5 million Americans overseas, some came from Kansas and now the American, English, French, and German soldiers got sick. As it spread, it ____________ becoming more and more deadly.

5. Each cough would carry __________________ of virus particles and it would not take long for one case to become ____________________.

6. The childhood rhyme “ I had a little ____________. It’s name was Enza. I opened up the ___________________, and in-flew-enza.”

7. Rumors circulated such as the __________________ planted germs or it was punishment for sins.

8. Some towns were quarantined, like Meadow, Utah, but the _____________________ brought it to this town.

9. Because hospitals were so crowed, emergency relief centers sprang up in ___________ and ________________________.

10. Laws required people to wear ___________ in public but it didn’t work because they were thin and ________________. It was like trying to keep out dust with chicken wire.

11. Why was the first vaccine (shipped to San Francisco by an express train) fail?

12. In September of 1918, __________ died in America but _____________ would be worse month.

13. Those who were aged ______ to ______ were most vulnerable to this flu.

14. 851 people died in one day in ___________________.

15. In 31 days __________________ Americans died in October.

16. Farms and factories shut down, _______________ and ______________ all closed.

17. Worldwide, at least_____________________ died of this flu pandemic.

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