1. Term
Definition
1. Militarism
A. Refers to a German submarine.
2. Nationalism
B. Strong pride in the military; building up the army and navy.
3. Lusitania
C. Strong pride in one’s country; major cause of World War I.
4. Zimmerman Note
D. This ship was sunk in 1915 by a German U-boat, kill 1,200 civilians – including 128 Americans.
5. U-Boat
E. This 1917 message from Germany to Mexico

2. Home front
America at War

3. War machine
Selective Service Act – required all men to register for military service.
Mass production – industry converted to produce war-related materials and weapons.

4. Selling the war
President Woodrow Wilson – “make the world safe for democracy.”
War bonds – used to fund the war.
Propaganda – media intended to make people think/act a certain way.

5. Propaganda

6. Women Worked in war-time factories. Great pay, better jobs.
19th Amendment

7. Great migration
Movement of African Americans from the deep south to the north.
Jobs in war-related factories.

8. Civil liberties
Espionage & Sedition Acts (1917) – made it a crime to speak, write, or protest against the war and/or American government.
Eugene V. Debs

11. What was the purpose of the Selective Service Act?
To quickly increase the size of the American military.
To regulate war-time industries.
To enlist support of African Americans in American industries.
To force women to work in American industries.

12. Protests such as this one were in response to what controversial World War I law(s)?
USA PATRIOT ACT
The Dawes Act
The Espionage and Sedition Acts
19th Amendment

13. As a result of working and taking active roles in war industries during World War I, the role of women in American society changed by all of the following EXCEPT
Gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment
Gained greater economic independence.
Gained the right to stay at the trap.
Gained more social independence.