Exam 7: War and Society, 1914-1920

U.S.entry into the "Great War" required massive organization on the home front.Discuss how this organization was accomplished in the following areas: military mobilization,business and industry for wartime production,funding of the war,and generating national support for U.S.involvement.

One of the most decorated AEF units was New York's 369th Regiment.

The Palmer raids confirmed the depth of the radical threat to American society.

In the election of 1916,

U.S.workers,likening their cause to the battle in Europe,called for ____________________ at home.

Contrast the goals and provisions of the Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles.

Because of the military exercises practiced in the early part of the century,the U.S.military was well prepared to engage in the European conflict.

The 4 million workers who went on strike in 1919 constituted ____________________ of the nation's manufacturing workers.

The International Workers of the World and the Socialist Party

The Lusitania ignored warnings that it was about to be torpedoed.

Woodrow Wilson's hopes for a negotiated settlement with Germany were dashed by

When the war broke out in Europe,the European powers were prepared for a lengthy battle.

____________________ headed the wartime Food Administration.

The organization given some authority to negotiate with the military and manufacturers regarding wartime production was the ____________________.

Socialist leader ____________________ was sentenced to ten years in prison for speaking in opposition to World War I.

Before entry into the war,the United States

Palmer raids

Four-minute men

German submarine attacks strengthened the hand of former President ____________________ and others who believed that war with Germany was inevitable.

During World War I,"IQ" (intelligence quotient)tests