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The Century, America's Time: Shell Shock (1914-1918)
Video Questions
Directions: Answer the following questions based on the movie. The questions are listed in the order they appear in the film. You do not need to use complete sentences.
1. How many people were killed when the Lusitania sunk? How many of those people were Americans?
2. How did young European men feel about going to war in 1914?
3. When did everyone think the war would be over?
4. What was considered the “Massacre of the Innocence”?
5. Where were Americans exposed to the events of the war in Europe?
6. How did America make money from the war in Europe?
7. What group in America benefited from the drop in immigration during the war?
8. How many countries were eventually drawn into World War I? Why were so many countries drawn into the conflict?
9. For how many miles did the trenches stretch in Europe?
10. The front never moved more than ______in either direction.
11. Why did the soldiers pile bodies on the bottom of the trenches?
12. What were some of the new weapons introduced during WWI?
13. How many men were killed during the Battle of the Somme?
14. What action regarding the war did Russia take after Lenin came to power?
15. What did Woodrow Wilson ask Congress on April 2, 1917?
16. Woodrow Wilson was quoted as saying; “Right is more ______.”
17. How did American soldiers feel when they entered the war?
18. How did they react to the realities of war?
19. What problems did American veterans encounter when they returned home?
20. What was the condition of Europe in 1918?
21. How many men died during World War I?
22. How did the war impact the veterans of the war?
23. For what did Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points call?
24. What did the British and French want at Versailles?
25. Within how many years will these nations fight again in Europe?