“1914-1919 Shell Shock”
“1914-1919 Shell Shock”
Answer the following questions as you view the video!
1. What happened to the Lusitania?
Why was this so shocking to America?
2. Why were the soldiers in Europe so optimistic?
3. How did Americans respond to the early years of World War 1?
4. How did movies entertain and inform Americans during this period?
5. Why was the war “good” for America?
How did it impact black workers?
6. Why were Germans surprised at on the Western Front?
7. Describe the conditions of fighting trench warfare:
8. How did this war exemplify the “industrialization of war”?
What new weapons helped kill more people than ever before?
9. Describe the Battle of the Somme:
10. How and why did Russia go about leaving the war?
11. Why did Wilson ask for a declaration of war in 1917?
12. Why did American soldiers proclaim: “Lafayette, we are here!”?
13. Why were the Americans unprepared to fight?
14. How did the German army counter the arrival of “the Yanks”?
15. When did Germany finally surrender?
16. How did veterans find America when they returned?
17. “Versailles was about punishment, not peacemaking.” Give examples of this statement from the Treaty:
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