USII Unit Guide

World War I
Unit Guide

Essential Question:
What was the role of the United States in World War I?

Key Questions:
 What were the major causes of unrest in Europe? What role did
(MAIN)Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, play in the build up of war?
 Why did the war come to a stalemate? How did trench warfare affect the
fighting?
 What challenges did the U.S. face while trying to stay neutral?
 What events led to the US entry into the war and for declaration of war
against Germany in 1917?
 What role did organized labor, volunteer organizations, and women play in
contributing to the war effort?
 What motivated African Americans to migrate to the northern United States
during this time?
 What domestic conflict caused Russia to surrender?
 How did the government create support for and limit opposition to the war?
 Did Woodrow Wilson provide effective leadership during World War I?
 What did Wilson's Fourteen Points hope to accomplish?
 Why was the Treaty of Versailles considered to be particularly punitive and
vindictive?

Terms/People/Events

Acronym: Zimmerman Note Fourteen Points

 Militarism Schlieffen Plan Big Four
 Alliances Lusitania Treaty of Versailles
 Imperialism Sussex Pledge David Lloyd George
 Nationalism National Defense Act George Clemenceau
Franz-Ferdinand Selective Service Act Kaiser Wilhelm
The Balkans Food Administration Abdication
Austro-Hungarian War Industries Board League of Nations
Empire Great Migration Reparations
Ottoman Empire Battle of Gallipoli
Armenia(ns), Genocide Committee on Public
of. . . Information
Young Turks Espionage Acts
Central Powers Sedition Act
Allied Powers Bolsheviks
Statemate Russian Revolution:
Trench warfare Trotsky, Lenin
Eastern Front Battle of Argonne
Western Front Forest
Battle of Somme Treaty of Brest-Litovsk