SS5H4

The student will describe U.S. involvement in World War I and post-World War I America a) Explain how German attacks on U.S. shipping during the war in Europe (1914- 1917) ultimately led the US. to join the fight against Germany; include the sinking of the Lusitania and concerns over safety of U.S. ships, U.S. contributions to the war, and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919bDescribe the cultural developments and individual contributions in the 1920s of the Jazz Age (Louis Armstrong), the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), baseball (Babe Ruth), the automobile (Henry Ford), and the airplane (Charles Lindbergh).