1914-1919 Shell Shock Video Questions



1914-1919 Shell Shock Video Questions

As you watch the video, answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper. All the questions go in order according to the video.

1. What was the Lusitania?

2. What happened to it? When?

3. What was the result?

4. How many Americans died?

5. Who was the Archduke Ferdinand? What happened to him?

6. What was the general spirit of the soldiers as the war began?

7. What was the significance of the assembly line (specifically Henry Ford’s)?

8. Describe how movie theaters promoted the war movement.

9. What happened to immigration during this time? How did that affect the American workforce?

10. What were trenches?

11. What was the industrialization of war?

12. How did new artillery (ex. machine guns, tanks, and poison gas) affect the course of the war?

13. What is “shell shock”?

14. What happened at the Battle of the Somme? How many British Tommies were killed? How far did the allies advance?

15. What was going on in Russia at this time?

16. Who was Lenin? Who were the Bolsheviks?

17. What happened October of 1917? Who won?

18. Who was the American President at the time?

19. “Right is more precious than __________”

20. In what ways were the Americans completely unprepared for war (at least two)?

21. What happened at Paris?

22. What happened to the Kaiser?

23. What happened November 11, 1918 at 11:11am?

24. What kind of welcome did the American veterans receive?

25. What was happening to the economy by the time the veterans got home?

26. What was the condition of Europe at the end of the war?

27. How many men died in all?

28. What happened at Versailles? What was the general attitude?

29. Did you like the video?

30. What one or two things struck you the most?

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