Social Studies



Social Studies Mrs. Ingold

Video Series: The Century: Peter Jennings

Topic: Shell Shocked: WWI

Name:_____________________________________________________________

1a. What happened to the Lusitania?

1b. Why was it important?

2a. What are people’s perceptions of war in 1914?

2b. What were their expectations?

3a. What were the realities of WWI?

3b.Why was this true?

4. What is the “Massacre of the Innocence”?

5. Circle One:

America’s position at the beginning of the war was one of

( isolationism full involement ).

Cite evidence from the video to support your answer.

6. Circle One:

The American assembly line affected the war effort

( positively negatively).

Cite evidence from the video to support your answer.

7a. How do Americans become exposed to the war in Europe?

7b. Circle One:

The war is portrayed ( as good as bad ) to the American public.

Cite evidence from the video to support your answer.

8. Circle one:

The war in Europe was ( positive negative ) for Americans in the beginning.

Cite evidence from the video to support your answer.

9. Circle One:

World War I has a ( positive negative ) impact on immigration to the U.S.

Cite evidence from the video to support your answer.

10a. What is a “war of attrition”?

10b. Provide evidence below as to how World War I fits this definition.

11. World War I soldiers lived in _______________________________. Describe the conditions.

12. Explain what you think Peter Jennings means by “the industrialization of war”?

13a. List some of the new weapons of World War I below.

13b. Circle One:

The results produced by these new weapons of war were

( positive negative ).

Cite evidence from the video to support your answer.

14a. Describe the Battle of the Somme.

14b. How does the Battle of the Somme represent the futility of WWI?

15. Why was Russia ripe for revolution?

16a. What was Vladamir Lenin’s message to the Russians?

16b. Circle One:

Vladamir Lenin’s rise to power in Russia was ( easy difficult ).

Cite evidence from the video to support the above conclusion.

16c. Circle One:

The impact of Vladamir Lenin’s control of Russia on World War I was ( positive negative ).

Cite evidence from the video to support the above conclusion.

17. Why did Americans feel that Germany was their enemy in 1917?

18a. Circle One:

America’s arrival in France was viewed as ( positive negative ) by the French and the rest of the world.

Cite one piece of evidence to support the above conclusion.

18b. What was the American army’s mood, expectations and preparedness like when it arrived in France?

19a. What did the Germans do in the Spring of 1918?

19b. What was the result?

20. What were the results of the Treaty of Versailles?

CONCLUSION AND ANALYSIS:

America’s involvement in World War I can best be described as ( POSITIVE NEGATIVE ) for its image in the international arena.

Cite 3 specific pieces of evidence to support the above conclusion.

Evidence #1:

Evidence #2:

Evidence #3:

WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE EVALUATION:

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|The effects of World War I on American society can best be described as |

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|POLITICAL & MILITARY |

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|World War I’s effects on American government (political and military) can best be desribed as ( POSITIVE NEGATIVE ). |

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|The economical effects of World War I on America can best be described as (POSITIVE NEGATIVE ) |

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|CLOSURE: |

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|America’s involvement in World War I further ( VIOLATED PROMOTED ) its principles of freedom and democracy. |

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Perception:

The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses

Expectation:

a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future

Realities:

real life as it currently exists

Isolationism:

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries

attrition: wearing down; gradually weakening the strength of through sustained attack and pressure

Industrialization:

development of industry on an extensive or very large scale

Futility:

pointlessness or uselessness.

ripe:

developed to the point of readiness

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