World War I

What was the Selective Service Act?

• Law that required men to sign up for the draft

• Organization that published propaganda

• Laws that allowed men who were fathers to get out of joining the war

• Law that stated women had to work in factories

True or false: Tsar Nicholas was a terrible leader on the homefront and the war front

• True

• False

Which group of Americans learned how to read, speak and write English because of being drafted into WWI?

• African Americans

• Women

• Immigrants

This group of segregated African American fighters in the 369th infantry unit fought bravely and heroically alongside the French.

• Harlem Globetrotters

• Harlem Hellfighters

• Harlem Heros

Check each way women helped the war effort at home

• They served on the front lines

• They drove trucks

• They made documentaries

• They worked in factories

Because men had to serve in the military, which groups of people replaced filled in at the factory jobs these men left.

• Children

• African Americans

• Women

• The elderly

• The retired

How were the lives of women changed as a result of WWI?

• Women were expected to stay home and raise babies

• Women held jobs outside the home working in factories

• Women were drafted into the military and fought in the trenches

• Women became secretaries and telephone operators

Who ruled Russia before 1918?

• Tsar Nicholas II

• The Communist Party

• The Germans

Who took over Russia in 1917 when Tsar Nicholas gave up his throne?

• The Communists

• The Americans

• The Germans

• The Capitalists

After Russia left WWI, what did the United States do?

• Surrendered to Germany

• Convinced Russia to rejoin

• Joined the Allied Powers

• Published Wilson's 14 Points