8th History ~ Chapter 21 Objectives

Section 1
1.         List the four major reasons for World War I.

2.         Describe the action or tactics of the war.

Section 2

1.         Explain why American interest in the war grew.
2.         Describe the British and German policies that violated American neutrality.
3.         Describe the two incidents that led to American entry into the war.

Section 3

1.         Explain the way the United States transported supplies to Europe.
2.         Describe the way America increased production for the war effort.
3.         Explain the way the United States financed the war effort.

Section 4

1.         Explain the way the United States financed the war effort.
2.         Name the American and the Allied commanders.
3.         Trace the American action in World War I
4.         Describe the struggle of Alvin C. York and how he merited the Congressional Medal of    Honor.
5.         Cite the date of the armistice ending World War I.

Section 5

1.         Name Wilson’s plan for European (an world) peace and the provision he considered the    most important.
2.         Name the “Big Four” at the peace conference and explain the viewpoint of each.
3.         Describe the Treaty of Versailles and America’s response to it.