January 4

Welcome to 2009!!! =)

See below for some info on test (Jan 8) . Here's a good link to check out. http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scostei/socstudies8.html


Topics to study:
Causes of WWI, Home Front, War Front, role of women during war, Propaganda, Triple Alliance (Central Powers), Triple Entente (Allied Powers) Treaty of Versailles, reparations, armistice, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson

Quiz will have 15 multiple choice questions, 5 identifications, and 1 DBQ part. (STUDY THE ‘READING PACKETS

Review Questions
1) Where did the United States get most of the money it needed to finance the war?
a) by borrowing money from Great Britain and France b) by encouraging people to buy and eat more food c) by fining those that opposed the war d) by selling war bonds to the American people

2) Information that is designed to influence opinion is called
a) propaganda b) militarism c) autocracy d) telegram


3) Liberty Bonds were a) colorful war posters b) government bonds sold to raise money for the war. c) paper money decorated with a drawing of the Statue of Liberty d) newspapers that carried stories about the war

4) According to the Treaty of Versailles
a) nations who had lost the war must join the League of Nations b) the United States had to give up its overseas territories c) Germany had to pay costly war reparations d) the United States would devote a great deal of time and effort in rebuilding Europe

5) “ …Before me gapes the shell-hole. I grasp it with my eyes as with fists. With one leap I must be in it. There I get a smack in the face, a hand clamps onto my shoulder –has the dead man waked up? – The hand shakes me, I turn my head, in the second of light I stare into the face of Katczinsky, he has his mouth wide open and is yelling. I hear nothing. He rattles me, comes nearer, in a momentary lull his voice reaches me: ‘Gas – Gaas – Gaas – Pass it on.’

“I grab for my gas-mask. Some distance from me there lies someone . I think of nothing but this: That fellow there must know: Gaaas – Gaaas - “ - Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

This excerpt from a famous novel describes the arrival of which new feature introduced into warfare in 1915 by the German army?
a) trenches b) tanks c) balloons d) artillery

6) An agreement to end fighting is called
a) an alliance b) an entente c) armistice d) reparation

7) Which country was not part of the Triple Alliance?
a) Germany b)Italy c) Austria-Hungary d)Russia

8) Which of the following prompted the United States to enter World War I?
a) Germany began sinking American ships bound for Europe. b) Mexico declared war on the United States to reclaim Texas c) Great Britain asked the United States to help because it was losing the war. d) Russia joined forces with Germany.

IDENTIFICATIONS Identify what each term is and explain its historical significance during WWI or the 1920s, and i.s impact on U.S. history.


President Woodrow Wilson

Fourteen Points

Triple Alliance