America in World War I: U.S.

History Crash Course #30

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1. The Great War lasted from __________ to __________ and cost

the lives of an estimated ______________________ soldiers.

a. When war broke out, America remained ______________,

because we were a little bit ________________________,
but many Americans sided with the _________________.

2. Why was the sinking of the Lusitania not the cause of the war?

3. America’s primary contribution to the Entente Powers winning

the war was economic as we sent all sorts of ________________
________________ “over there”. American troops didn’t arrive
until the spring of __________ and eventually over 1 million
“doughboys” served under General _______________________.

4. What are ways in which World War I made the national government much more
powerful than it had ever been?

5. What were ways that the government used propaganda to get Americans to support the
war?

6. The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited __________________, interfering with the draft,
and “false statements” that might impede military success. The Sedition Act of 1918
_________________________ statements that were intended to cast “contempt, scorn, or
disrepute” on our form of government or that advocated interference with the war effort.

7. How was World War I used to justify anti-immigrant feeling in the United States?

8. New opportunities in wartime industry also provided incentives for African Americans
to move north, thus beginning the so-called ____________________________________
and the growth of black populations in northern cities like Chicago and New York.

9. Disappointment over the outcome of World War I led the U.S. to, for the most part,
retreat into __________________________ until World War II.