World War I Web Quest 8 - grade U.S. History Based on the Webquest at http://www.dickinson.k12.nd.us/hjh/documents/WorldWarIWebQuest_000.pdf. th Historical Context: World War I was supposed to be the war that ended all wars. Instead, it set the stage for future conflicts throughout the 20 Century. The people of the time called the conflict the Great War, and they believed that there would never again be another like it. Although the United States tried to remain neutral, it was eventually drawn into the conflict. The war had a profound effect on the nation, and touched upon many aspects of American life. When the war ended, the United States, and the world, was changed forever. th Your task: Place all your answers on this packet. Please use the links provided to answer the following questions. Area 1: Choosing Sides and War Plans: Use https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~raina20s/ww1/play.html. 1. Write down the 5 major Allied Powers, and the 4 major Central Powers. Allied Powers (5) _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Central Powers (4) _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 2. Which country switched sides just before the war started? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. List AND describe at least five of the eight causes of World War I as described in this website. See http://home.zonnet.nl/rene.brouwer/causes.htm. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4. From the same website, what was the spark that led to the immediate cause of World War I? __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe the details of the German Schlieffen Plan for avoiding a combined attack from France, Britain and Russia? http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWschlieffenP.htm. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Area 2: Weapons of War: 1. List AND describe the 9 weapons shown in the table in this website. http://firstworldwar.com/weaponry/index.htm. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What were 4 reasons propaganda posters were used? http://firstworldwar.com/posters/index.htm. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What nation produced the most posters throughout World War I? ________________________________________________________________________________ Area 3: Life in the Trenches: 1. What is trench foot? What caused trench foot? http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWfoot.htm. ________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What effects did it have on the body? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What was the remedy for it? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Area 4: America enters the War: 1. What was the LUSITANIA? http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWlusitania.htm. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How many people died when it was torpedoed? How many of them were Americans? http://www.worldwar1.com/arm012.htm. Total deaths:_________________________ American deaths:______________________________ 3. What did the German government say was cause of the second explosion? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What did Britain claim was the cause of the second explosion? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Scroll down and find the table that shows Allied and Neutral Ships Lost in the War. How many Allied and Neutral ships were lost to submarines in 1917? _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is the Zimmerman Telegram and who wrote it? http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/zimmermann.htm _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 7. In the Telegram, what did the German government decide to begin on Feb. 1, 1917? _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. When did the United States declare war on Germany (Month, Day, Year)? http://www.firstworldwar.com/timeline/1917.htm. _________________________________________________________________________________ 9. In the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, Russia ended its participation in the war. List the 5 areas they had to surrender. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbrest.htm. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Area 5: Results of the War: 1. What was the name of President Wilson’s Speech to Congress on January 8, 1918? http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari/p/World-‐War-‐I-‐The-‐Fourteen-‐Points.htm _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Write the number of each point that addressed these issues (write more than one number if more than one point dealt with that particular issue: a. Militarism _________________________________________________________________________________ b. Secret agreements _________________________________________________________________________________ c. Navigation of the Seas _________________________________________________________________________________ d. Self-Determination/Independence (including evacuation of an area by countries that had taken over) _________________________________________________________________________________ e. League of Nations _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What were the three reasons that Allied support for the Fourteen Points was lacking? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. In Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, what is Germany responsible for? http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1919versailles.html. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. In Article 232 of the Treaty of Versailles, what is Germany required to do, even though Germany’s resources are not adequate? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What country lost the most soldiers (include the number killed), and which one had the most missing (include the number missing)? http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/casualties.htm. Lost the most:______________________________________ # Killed__________________________ Most missing: ______________________________________ # Missing _______________________ 7. How many American soldiers died? _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Based on this website, what did Germany’s sense of injustice over the terms of the peace treaty lead to? http://www.firstworldwar.com/timeline/1919.htm _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
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