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5th SS Unit 3
WWI & Post War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did it take America 3 years to enter WWI? | America wanted to isolated themselves from the war because they felt it was not their responsibility. |
| What weapon was a large reason why the US entered WWI? | Submarines |
| How did Babe Ruth most impact baseball? | He was very entertaining and it made people want to watch him play |
| What was the main event that started WWI? | the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
| What main countries made up Allied Forces? | Russia, Great Britain, U.S and France |
| What is specialization? Who specialize in using an assembly line build automobiles? | Doing one thing and becoming an expert at that one thing. Henry Ford specialized in building cars on assembly lines |
| What was the name of the treaty signed in Paris, France at the end of the war? | Treaty of Versailles |
| Who was the President of the United States during WWI? | Woodrow Wilson |
| What is an alliance? | an agreement between nations to defend one another |
| What impact did the US entering WWI have? | The US entering the war gave the Allies the push they needed to force the Germans to retreat and surrender. |
| Why are the 1920s referred to as the "Roaring Twenties?" | Widespread social economic changes occurred |
| What invention entertained people and changed the way people got their news? | the Radio |
| A type of music that began in New Orleans and was first made by enslaved African Americans | Jazz |
| He was the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean | Charles Lindbergh |
| A period in the 1920s when major works (music, poetry, art) were created by African American writers and poets | Harlem Renaissance |
| A famous African American author who wrote POEMS, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans | Langston Hughes |
| Popular baseball pitcher and outfielder for the NY Yankees who set the homerun record during the 1927 season | Babe Ruth |
| Famous entrepreneur who made the model T on an assembly line; building automobiles faster and less expensive | Henry Ford |
| Influential African American jazz MUSICIAN and singer; played the trumpet | Louis Armstrong |