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The Century Shell Shock Video Notes
The Century Shell Shock Video Notes
Directions: Answer the following questions based on the movie. The questions are listed in the
order they appear in the film. You do not need to use complete sentences.
1. How many people were killed when the Lusitania sunk? How many of those people were
Americans?
2. How did young European men feel about going to war in 1914?
7. What group in America benefited from the drop in immigration during the war?
8. How many countries were eventually drawn into World War I? Why were so many countries
drawn into the conflict?
10. The front never moved more than _______________ in either direction.
11. Why did the soldiers pile bodies on the bottom of the trenches?
12. What were some of the new weapons introduced during WWI?
13. How many men were killed during the Battle of the Somme?
14. What action regarding the war did Russia take after Lenin came to power?
17. How did American soldiers feel when they entered the war?
19. What problems did American veterans encounter when they returned home?
22. How did the war impact the veterans of the war?
25. Within how many years will these nations fight again in Europe?