4/1/2024 - World War I

World War I WebQuest

Entry 1 - 4/2/2024 - Ol Blue CH 19 Pg 578 

  1. IDENTIFY: TRIPLE ALLIANCE, TRIPLE ENTENTE, NATIONALISM, SELF DETERMINATION 

  2. WHAT CAUSED TENSION BETWEEN GERMANY AND BRITAIN? 

  3. WHERE IN EUROPE DID NATIONALISTS IGNITE THE CONFLICT? 

  4. WHICH NATION DID AUSTRIA BLAME FOR THE ASSASSINATION? 

Entry 2 - 4/3/2024 - Ol Blue Ch 19 pg 580

  1. WHY DID GERMANY INVADE FRANCE 1ST? 

  2. WHICH NEUTRAL NATION WAS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF GERMANY’S PLAN? 

  3. WHICH SIDE DID MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT? 

  4. HOW DID THE BRITISH ATTEMPT TO GAIN AMERICAN SUPPORT EARLY IN THE WAR? 581

Trenches WebQuest - Thursday/Friday 4/4/2024

Entry 3 - 4/8/2024 - Ol Blue Ch 19 Pg 581

  1. HOW DID GERMANY FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE BRITISH BLOCKADE? – SOMETHING THAT ANGERED THE AMERICANS 

  2. IDENTIFY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LUSITANIA AND SUSSEX. 

  3. How did Germany pull the US into the war?

Entry 4 - 4/10/2024 - Ol Blue Pg 585

  1. Why did the US need conscription?

  2. What were the roles of African Americans and Women in World War I?

  3. What was the purpose of the War Industries Board?

Entry 5 - 4/11/2024

  1. What is the definition of total war? (Google)


4/12/2024 - Helena History! - Vigilante Parade ideas

http://www.helenahistory.org/

Choose a topic and write a 150-word paragraph about that topic. Due at end of class

Extra Credit if you participate in the Parade!

Entry 6 - 4/15/2024 - OL Blue Pg 587

  1. Who were filling the vacant industrial jobs?

  2. How did the US enforce support for the war effort?

  3. Why did the Russians leave the war in 1917? Pg 594

Entry 7 - 4/15/2024 Ol Blue - Pg 596

  1. Which nations were apart of the “Big Four”?

  2. Why did Wilson push for a League of Nations to be created?

  3. What punishments were forced on to Germany with the Treaty of Versailles?

1920s - 30s

Roaring Twenties - Great Depression

The Roaring Twenties

Entry 1 - 4/18/2024 - Ch 21 Pg 636

  1. What did Harding mean with his slogan, “Return to Normalcy”?

  2. How did the Automobile impact American life? 642

  3. How did America’s attitude toward debt shift in the 1920s? 644

  4. Define Isolationism and Identify the Dawes Plan. 649



Friday - 4/19/2024

Roaring Twenties WebQuest

https://www.aprilsmith.org/lesson-4-money-money-money.html

Entry 2 - 4/22/2024 - CH 22 Pg 656

  1. Define: Bull Market, Margin, Black Tuesday

  2. Identify the causes of the Great Depression

  3. Why did the banks go into a “tailspin” after the crash?

Entry 3 - 4/23/2024 Ch 22 Pg 660

  1. What mistakes did Federal govt make after the crash?

  2. What was the Bonus Army? - Pg 671

Wednesday - 4/24/2024 - Assignment

New Deal WebQuest

Cinderella Man Movie Questions:

Day 1 - 4/26/2024

  1. What year does the movie begin?

  2. What promise does Jim make to his son outside the butcher shop?

  3. What happens to Jim during his fight after the Depression begins?

  4. What was the man doing outside Mae and Jim’s apartment during the winter?

Day 2 - 4/29/2024

  1. Why did Mae send the kids away?

  2. Why did Jim go to Madison Square Garden?

  3. Why was the trainer’s apartment empty when Mae went to see him?


Day 3 - 4/30/2024

  1. Why did Jim go back to the relief agency office after his fight?

  2. Why did Jim go into the Central Park Hooverville?

  3. What does Jim say to the reporter about what he is fighting for now?

  4. Why does the promoter want to show Jim the film reel of previous Max Baer fights?

Day 4 - 5/1/2024

  1. Where did Mae go before the championship fight? And what did she realize while she is there?

  2. Why do you think they nickname Jim Braddock the Cinderella Man? 2-3 sentences


World War II

Entry 1 - 5/6/2024 - Ol Blue CH 24 Pg 709

  1. Identify Fascism

  2. What did Hitler’s book call for?

  3. How was the Neutrality Act of 1935 meant to keep the US out of a war?

Entry 2 - 5/7/2024 - Ol Blue Pg 711

  1. How did the US change its policy on Neutrality by 1937?

  2. Where did Japanese forces attack in 1937?

  3. Define Appeasement pg 714


Causes of WW2 WebQuest

Entry 3 - 5/9/2024 - Ol Blue Pg 715

  1. Who did Germany sign a non-aggression pact with in 1939?

  2. Identify Blitzkrieg and Maginot Line

  3. What was the miracle of Dunkirk?

  4. What piece of technology helped Britain win the Battle of Britain?




Entry 4 - 5/10/2024 Ol Blue Pg 727

  1. What was the Lend-Lease Act?

  2. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?



Entry 5 - 5/14/2024 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 737

  1. How was the automobile industry already suited to produce military equipment?

  2. What was different about the Selective Service Act signed in 1940 from previous wars?

  3. What was the Double-V Campaign?

  4. Why was it important for the United States to carry out the Doolittle Raid? - 742

Entry 6 - 5/15/2024 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 744

  1. How did the US gain the advantage coming in to the Battle of Midway?

  2. Why is the Battle of Midway considered a turning point in the war?

  3. Why did American and British troops not invaded Nazi controlled Europe?

  4. How did the US change its policy towards shipping materials to Europe?


Friday 5/17/2024 - Assignment

World War II Timeline


Entry 7 - 5/20/2024 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 752

  1. Why were some Americans relocated, beginning in 1942?

  2. How were consumer supplies rationed during the war?

Entry 8 - 5/21/2024 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 757

  1. What did the leaders agree upon at the Tehran Conference?

  2. What was the code-name for the Allied invasion of France in 1944?

  3. What were the names of the 5 beaches during the invasion?

Wednesday 5/22/2024

Pacific Campaign WebQuest


Final Project - Due June 3 - worth 20% of your final grade - 50 points

We will not be taking a final exam

Project photo ideas

Ideas List


Entry 9 - 5/23/2024 - Ol Blue Ch 25 Pg 767

  1. Why was it important for the US to capture Iwo Jima?

  2. Why did the US need to capture the island of Okinawa?

  3. What was the Manhattan Project?

Entry 10 - 5/28/2024 - Last Entry - Pg 770

  1. Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb?

  2. What were the two targets?