Monday-
Central powers-Germany, ottoman empire, Austria, hungry,Bulgaria
Allied powers-great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Serbia, Albania,united states, Ireland, Portugal,Japan
characteristics of Europe-Very nationalistic, will to go to war to protect their honor,
Semester test topics
First Semester:
1. What are the main historic events that took place in 8th Grade US History that helped shape the United States up to 1877? Choose your top five. (10 points)-Chapters 1-4
2. How did the US change during the late 1800's and early 1900's?(10 points)-Chapters 5-8
3. What impact did the Progressives have on the United States?(15 points)-Ch. 9
4. Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.(15 points)-Ch. 10
5. Use the WWI Key Questions found here
Semester Test Blog-10 points
10% of your semester test grade is based on your semester test blog.
Next semester
7. What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?(20 points)-Ch. 12-13
5. What impact did World War I have on the United States?(10 points)-Ch. 11
6. What impact did the United States have on World War I?(20)-Ch. 11
WW1 semester test questions
•Be able to identify characteristics of Europe in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s
•Be able to identify the main causes of WWI and how they led to war
•Be able to identify the countries of Europe during WWI and what alliance they belonged to
•Be able to explain what and where the Powderkeg of Europe is and why it was called that
•Be able to identify the event that started WWI
•Be able to identify the goals of the war for countries involved
•Be able to describe what fighting was like in WWI
•Be able to identify the US policy that Wilson declared when WWI broke out in 1914
•Be able to identify why the US was drawn into war and why we drew closer to the Allied Powers
•Be able to analyze WWI propaganda, identify it goals and evaluate the effectiveness of it
•Be able to identify how the convoy system works and the effectiveness of it
•Be able to identify the importance of key people: Woodrow Wilson, Charles Evans Hughes, John Pershing, Ferdinand Foch, Bernard Baruch, Herbert Hoover, George Creel
•Be able to identify the costs of the war: US and grand total
•Be able to identify the actions we took at home to mobilize our country for war
•Be able to define what the Paris Peace Conference was
•Be able to describe Wilson’s 14 Points
•Be able to describe the Treaty of Versailles in detail and the impact it had on Germany and Europe
•Be able to describe why the US never ratified the Treaty of Versailles
Tuesday-
talked about our alliances like NATO
power-keg-south eastern Europe(by Greece), a area where there were a lot of different ethnic groups lived
France wanted- land from Germany and cripple their military
Russia- wanted land from Germany
Austria-hunger- they wanted to survive the war
Germany- wanted land, and lots of it
Wednesday-
studied for tests
Thursday-
types of trenches
front line
support
reserve
"no mans land"
Friday-
powder keg- was a lot of people becoming very nationalist in a small area
president Woodrow Wilson's platform was "he kept us out of war"
German sunk British ship that Americans were on, and eventually american ships
in the beginning of the war, we were neutral and we could trade with both sides, each side set up blockades to block trade
the Lusitania was the most important ship that Germany sunk
the second reason we went to war was the Zimmerman note, it was a note to mexico from Germany, to have mexico declare war on us to keep us out of Germany
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