Questions:

1. How did the US role in World War I compare with that of other nations, such as France, Britain, Germany, and Russia? Consider when the US entered the war and how its losses compared to that of other nations.

2. World War I had multiple triggers and entailed multiple belligerents, but the essential conflict was between Britain and Germany. Discuss the nature of this conflict and what Britain aimed to achieve.

3. Discuss the use and function of propaganda in Europe with regard to WWI.

4. Additional factors that generated World War I:

5. When the war commenced, most commentators believed it would be a short conflict to reaffirm British hegemony and settle border disputes among European powers. Instead, it went on, year after year, with unprecedented killing machines, and, to that time, unprecedented carnage and destruction. What can account for this? In other words, how were nations able to fight one another for so long and with such large and powerful war machines?

6. Christmas Truce- What was it and what does it tell us about the nature of World War I?

7. Identify and discuss the "crisis of legitimacy" that WWI came to represent.

8. Long terms outcomes and consequences of World War I:

9. Identify and discuss attitudes among the American people regarding World War I prior to Woodrow Wilson`s declaration of war on Germany. Cite specific examples, as you were making this point in an essay and supporting it with evidence.

10. Generally speaking, what role did industrialists and bankers play in WWI, including the US entrance into World War I?

11. Identify and discuss the "House of Morgan`s" role (JP Morgan and son) in World War I, especially the entrance of the US:

12. Lusitania- What was it, why is it important, and how does the incident demonstrate the role of capitalists in WWI?

13. The Federal Reserve:
· What is it?
· Why was it feared and detested by certain political figures (use quotes)
· How did it impact World War I: