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TEST: World War I
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that answers the question or completes the
sentence.
1. Who helped pioneer the efforts to use electricity in cities with Thomas Edison?
a. Samuel Morse
b. George Westinghouse
c. Andrew Carnegie
d. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Who invented the telegraph?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Samuel Morse
c. Albert Einstein
d. George Westinghouse
3. What was the significance of the Bessemer Process?
a. It led to the building of skyscrapers
b. It led to the creation of the light bulb
c. It allowed voices to be carried over wires, not just beeping signals.
d. It led to the ability to record sound on records.
4. In what state did the Wright Brothers conduct the first flight?
a. Maine
b. Maryland
c. Ohio
d. North Carolina
5. Who invented the telephone?
a. Orville Wright
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Samuel Morse
d. None of the above
6. Which option below correctly defines imperialism?
a. When a large nation controls another region
b. When a civil war breaks out in a weak area of the world
c. When a large nation trades with a small nation
d. B and C
7. After the Spanish American War, the USA controlled all of the following areas EXCEPT:
a. Guam
b. Puerto Rico
c. Venezuela
d. The Philippines
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8. Who created the Open Door Notes?
a. William Jennings Bryan
b. Carl Lundberg
c. John Hay
d. King Edward the 7th
9. What was the goal of the Open Door Notes?
a. To allow the USA to control Africa
b. To encourage cooperation between imperial nations
c. To stop the Boxer Rebellion
d. To unite the European imperial nations together as one nation
10. What event displayed that many Americans supported imperialism?
a. The signing of the Boxer Protocol
b. The issuing of the Open Door Notes
c. The appointment of John Hay as Secretary of State
d. The election of William McKinley
11. What option below explains why imperialism led to conflict in the world?
a. The USA was the only imperialistic nation.
b. Imperialism caused large nations to compete against each other for resources.
c. Imperialism caused local natives to resent the larger nations that controlled them.
d. Both b and c.
12. Who expanded Germany to become a naval power?
a. Wilhelm II
b. Charles de Gaulle
c. Winston Churchill
d. Charles the 1st
13. Why did the Ottoman Empire join Germany in World War I?
a. The Ottoman Empire was heavily invested in trade with Britain.
b. The Ottoman Empire wanted a railway extending into their region from Europe.
c. The Ottoman Empire shared a national religion with Italy.
d. All of the above.
14. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a. Lee Harvey Oswald
b. Gavrilo Princip
c. John Wilkes Booth
d. James Earl Ray
15. All of the following were causes of World War I EXCEPT:
a. Nationalism
b. Communism
c. Imperialism
d. Militarism
16. All of the following nations were in the Triple Entente EXCEPT:
a. Britain
b. France
c. Germany
d. Russia
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17. Which option below explains why Russia came to “defend” Serbia when Austria-Hungary went to
war with the nation?
a. Serbia was a member of the Triple Entente
b. Austria-Hungary was mainly a Catholic nation. Yet, Serbia was mainly Russian Orthodox in
terms of religion.
c. Serbia had access to the Balkan Peninsula and Russia did not want Austria-Hungary to have a
presence there.
d. None of the above.
18. Why did Germany declare war on France on August 3rd, 1914?
a. France had invaded Austria.
b. France would have eventually come to help Russia anyway.
c. France had issued the Zimmerman note to the USA.
d. a. and c.
19. What was the Schlieffen Plan?
a. It was a plan to dig trenches between Russia and Germany.
b. It was a plan to lure the USA into World War I.
c. It was a plan to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
d. It was a plan to attack France first, then Russia.
20. All of the following were reasons many Americans wanted to stay out of WW I EXCEPT:
a. America did not want to help Britain due to their past rivalry in the American Revolution
b. The war was going on nearly 3,000 miles away
c. America was a “Melting Pot”
d. Socialists blamed capitalism and imperialism
21. What invention helped Germany to stop a British blockade against their country?
a. The U-boat
b. The tank
c. The gasmask
d. The telegraph
22. What was the final action taken by Germany that encouraged Woodrow Wilson to finally ask
Congress to enter the war on the side of the Allies?
a. The Schlieffen Plan
b. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c. The invasion of Germany into Belgium
d. The issuing of the Zimmerman Note
23. What was the goal of “victory gardens” during WW I?
a. To encourage people to grow food and then send that food to troops overseas.
b. To encourage people to grow their own food during WW I.
c. To encourage people to donate farm land to the USA government to help fund WW I.
d. To encourage blockades against Germany to bring them to the point of starvation.
24. __________________________ contributed greatly to the efforts of the USA to produce
propaganda during World War I?
a. Mark Twain
b. James Monroe
c. George Creel
d. William Howard Taft
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25. Why was Eugene V. Debs sentenced to jail during WW I?
a. He spoke out against the war.
b. He was a German spy.
c. He destroyed various propaganda items across the nation.
d. All of the above.
26. What was the Great Migration?
a. A mass exodus of immigrants that relocated from Germany to the USA.
b. A great group of people who fled from France to avoid serving in the army during WW I.
c. A large group of African Americans who left the South during and after WW I.
d. A mass movement of people out of cities to avoid catching the influenza virus.
27. What did the 19th Amendment do?
a. It removed the Espionage and Sedition acts.
b. It gave women the right to vote.
c. It stated that people could not be jailed in the future for critiquing wars.
d. It removed segregation in the Southern portion of the USA.
28. What tactic did Vice Admiral William Sims use to fight against German U-Boats in WW I?
a. He implemented the use of convoy systems.
b. He encouraged the USA to make atomic weapons.
c. He requested that the Ottoman Empire join the Allies.
d. All of the above.
29. Who had the idea to create the League of Nations?
a. Henry Cabot Lodge
b. David Lloyd George
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Vittorio Orlando
30. All of the following were reasons that American leaders gave for why the USA should not join the
League of Nations EXCEPT:
a. The League of Nations would make Germany too powerful.
b. The League of Nations would do little to benefit the USA.
c. The League of Nations would drag the USA into conflicts.
d. The League of Nations would prevent the USA from practicing isolationism.
31. Which option below correctly matches every leader with their country?
a. Georges Clemenceau (USA), Woodrow Wilson (France), Vittorio Orlando (England), and David
Lloyd George (Italy).
b. Vittorio Orlando (USA), David Lloyd George (France), Georges Clemenceau (England), and
Woodrow Wilson (Italy).
c. Woodrow Wilson (USA), Georges Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (England), and
Vittorio Orlando (Italy).
d. David Lloyd George (USA), Vittorio Orlando (France), Woodrow Wilson (England), and Georges
Clemenceau (Italy).
32. Who led the effort in America to prevent the USA from joining the League of Nations?
a. William Sims
b. Eugene V. Debs
c. Henry Cabot Lodge
d. Theodore Roosevelt
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33. In _______________________, private businesses control a significant portion of the economy.
a. Communism
b. Monarchism
c. Capitalism
d. Confucianism
34. ___________________________ wrote The Communist Manifesto.
a. Mao Zedong
b. Karl Marx
c. Vladimir Lenin
d. Joseph Stalin
35. All of the following were critiques offered by many against Communism EXCEPT:
a. The system removed the incentive to work.
b. The system provided an atmosphere in which dictators would rise up.
c. The system gave too much control to wealthy businesses owners.
d. The system would never deliver on the promise to allocate resources fairly.
36. ____________________________ rose to become the first Communist Dictator of Russia after
World War I.
a. Vladimir Lenin
b. Karl Marx
c. Joseph Stalin
d. Mao Zedong
37. Which option below correctly describes the Red Scare?
a. It was a movement in which many people feared the spread of influenza.
b. It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Communism and Anarchism.
c. It was a movement in which many feared that the Treaty of Versailles would fail.
d. It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Capitalism and Democracy.
38. Who assisted Alexander Palmer with the Palmer Raids?
a. John Lewis
b. William Howard Taft
c. Samuel Gompers
d. J. Edgar Hoover
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Part B: Open Response: Instructions: Choose ONE of the questions below. Answer it.
1. What were some weaknesses of the Treaty of Versailles?
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ANSWERS:
TEST: World War I
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that answers the question or completes the
sentence.
1. Who helped pioneer the efforts to use electricity in cities with Thomas Edison?
a. Samuel Morse
b. George Westinghouse
c. Andrew Carnegie
d. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Who invented the telegraph?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Samuel Morse
c. Albert Einstein
d. George Westinghouse
3. What was the significance of the Bessemer Process?
a. It led to the building of skyscrapers
b. It led to the creation of the light bulb
c. It allowed voices to be carried over wires, not just beeping signals.
d. It led to the ability to record sound on records.
4. In what state did the Wright Brothers conduct the first flight?
a. Maine
b. Maryland
c. Ohio
d. North Carolina
5. Who invented the telephone?
a. Orville Wright
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Samuel Morse
d. None of the above
6. Which option below correctly defines imperialism?
e. When a large nation controls another region
f. When a civil war breaks out in a weak area of the world
g. When a large nation trades with a small nation
h. B and C
7. After the Spanish American War, the USA controlled all of the following areas EXCEPT:
a. Guam
b. Puerto Rico
c. Venezuela
d. The Philippines
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8. Who created the Open Door Notes?
a. William Jennings Bryan
b. Carl Lundberg
c. John Hay
d. King Edward the 7th
9. What was the goal of the Open Door Notes?
a. To allow the USA to control Africa
b. To encourage cooperation between imperial nations
c. To stop the Boxer Rebellion
d. To unite the European imperial nations together as one nation
10. What event displayed that many Americans supported imperialism?
a. The signing of the Boxer Protocol
b. The issuing of the Open Door Notes
c. The appointment of John Hay as Secretary of State
d. The election of William McKinley
11. What option below explains why imperialism led to conflict in the world?
e. The USA was the only imperialistic nation.
f. Imperialism caused large nations to compete against each other for resources.
g. Imperialism caused local natives to resent the larger nations that controlled them.
h. Both b and c.
12. Who expanded Germany to become a naval power?
a. Wilhelm II
b. Charles de Gaulle
c. Winston Churchill
d. Charles the 1st
13. Why did the Ottoman Empire join Germany in World War I?
a. The Ottoman Empire was heavily invested in trade with Britain.
b. The Ottoman Empire wanted a railway extending into their region from Europe.
c. The Ottoman Empire shared a national religion with Italy.
d. All of the above.
14. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a. Lee Harvey Oswald
b. Gavrilo Princip
c. John Wilkes Booth
d. James Earl Ray
15. All of the following were causes of World War I EXCEPT:
a. Nationalism
b. Communism
c. Imperialism
d. Militarism
16. All of the following nations were in the Triple Entente EXCEPT:
a. Britain
b. France
c. Germany
d. Russia
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17. Which option below explains why Russia came to “defend” Serbia when Austria-Hungary went to
war with the nation?
e. Serbia was a member of the Triple Entente
f. Austria-Hungary was mainly a Catholic nation. Yet, Serbia was mainly Russian Orthodox in
terms of religion.
g. Serbia had access to the Balkan Peninsula and Russia did not want Austria-Hungary to have a
presence there.
h. None of the above.
18. Why did Germany declare war on France on August 3rd, 1914?
a. France had invaded Austria.
b. France would have eventually come to help Russia anyway.
c. France had issued the Zimmerman note to the USA.
d. a. and c.
19. What was the Schlieffen Plan?
a. It was a plan to dig trenches between Russia and Germany.
b. It was a plan to lure the USA into World War I.
c. It was a plan to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
d. It was a plan to attack France first, then Russia.
20. All of the following were reasons many Americans wanted to stay out of WW I EXCEPT:
a. America did not want to help Britain due to their past rivalry in the American Revolution
b. The war was going on nearly 3,000 miles away
c. America was a “Melting Pot”
d. Socialists blamed capitalism and imperialism
21. What invention helped Germany to stop a British blockade against their country?
e. The U-boat
f. The tank
g. The gasmask
h. The telegraph
22. What was the final action taken by Germany that encouraged Woodrow Wilson to finally ask
Congress to enter the war on the side of the Allies?
a. The Schlieffen Plan
b. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c. The invasion of Germany into Belgium
d. The issuing of the Zimmerman Note
23. What was the goal of “victory gardens” during WW I?
e. To encourage people to grow food and then send that food to troops overseas.
f. To encourage people to grow their own food during WW I.
g. To encourage people to donate farm land to the USA government to help fund WW I.
h. To encourage blockades against Germany to bring them to the point of starvation.
24. __________________________ contributed greatly to the efforts of the USA to produce
propaganda during World War I?
a. Mark Twain
b. James Monroe
c. George Creel
d. William Howard Taft
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25. Why was Eugene V. Debs sentenced to jail during WW I?
a. He spoke out against the war.
b. He was a German spy.
c. He destroyed various propaganda items across the nation.
d. All of the above.
26. What was the Great Migration?
a. A mass exodus of immigrants that relocated from Germany to the USA.
b. A great group of people who fled from France to avoid serving in the army during WW I.
c. A large group of African Americans who left the South during and after WW I.
d. A mass movement of people out of cities to avoid catching the influenza virus.
27. What did the 19th Amendment do?
a. It removed the Espionage and Sedition acts.
b. It gave women the right to vote.
c. It stated that people could not be jailed in the future for critiquing wars.
d. It removed segregation in the Southern portion of the USA.
28. What tactic did Vice Admiral William Sims use to fight against German U-Boats in WW I?
e. He implemented the use of convoy systems.
f. He encouraged the USA to make atomic weapons.
g. He requested that the Ottoman Empire join the Allies.
h. All of the above.
29. Who had the idea to create the League of Nations?
a. Henry Cabot Lodge
b. David Lloyd George
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Vittorio Orlando
30. All of the following were reasons that American leaders gave for why the USA should not join the
League of Nations EXCEPT:
e. The League of Nations would make Germany too powerful.
f. The League of Nations would do little to benefit the USA.
g. The League of Nations would drag the USA into conflicts.
h. The League of Nations would prevent the USA from practicing isolationism.
31. Which option below correctly matches every leader with their country?
a. Georges Clemenceau (USA), Woodrow Wilson (France), Vittorio Orlando (England), and David
Lloyd George (Italy).
b. Vittorio Orlando (USA), David Lloyd George (France), Georges Clemenceau (England), and
Woodrow Wilson (Italy).
c. Woodrow Wilson (USA), Georges Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (England), and
Vittorio Orlando (Italy).
d. David Lloyd George (USA), Vittorio Orlando (France), Woodrow Wilson (England), and Georges
Clemenceau (Italy).
32. Who led the effort in America to prevent the USA from joining the League of Nations?
a. William Sims
b. Eugene V. Debs
c. Henry Cabot Lodge
d. Theodore Roosevelt
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33. In _______________________, private businesses control a significant portion of the economy.
e. Communism
f. Monarchism
g. Capitalism
h. Confucianism
34. ___________________________ wrote The Communist Manifesto.
a. Mao Zedong
b. Karl Marx
c. Vladimir Lenin
d. Joseph Stalin
35. All of the following were critiques offered by many against Communism EXCEPT:
a. The system removed the incentive to work.
b. The system provided an atmosphere in which dictators would rise up.
c. The system gave too much control to wealthy businesses owners.
d. The system would never deliver on the promise to allocate resources fairly.
36. ____________________________ rose to become the first Communist Dictator of Russia after
World War I.
a. Vladimir Lenin
b. Karl Marx
c. Joseph Stalin
d. Mao Zedong
37. Which option below correctly describes the Red Scare?
a. It was a movement in which many people feared the spread of influenza.
b. It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Communism and Anarchism.
c. It was a movement in which many feared that the Treaty of Versailles would fail.
d. It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Capitalism and Democracy.
38. Who assisted Alexander Palmer with the Palmer Raids?
a. John Lewis
b. William Howard Taft
c. Samuel Gompers
d. J. Edgar Hoover
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Part B: Open Response: Instructions: Choose ONE of the questions below. Answer it.
1. What were some weaknesses of the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles had many weaknesses. First, it
placed on Germany a war guilt clause and massive debt;
it also took away their imperialistic territories leaving them
no way to pay off their debts. This meant that Germany
would have no way to pay back the debt. Also, the debt
would ruin their economy. This meant they may rise up
again in the future. Second, Russia, an ally, lost more
land than Germany! Russia quickly fell into a Communist
Revolution and was not a big player in forming the treaty,
despite the fact that they were in the Allies. Third, it
denied imperial territories self-determination. The Vietnamese and others were already seeking
their independence. The problem of imperialism persisted after the conflict.
2. What was the League of Nations? Who created it? Why didn’t the USA join the group?
A problem that occurred before World War I was the
occurrence of Alliance Systems. Before World War I,
Britain, France, and Russia formed the Allies. Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Central Powers.
Italy dropped out and the Ottoman Empire joined later.
Since teams were already formed, world war would occur
when any two nations on either side went to war. When
Russia went to war with Austria-Hungary, world war broke
out. Woodrow Wilson created the League of Nations to
fix this problem of Alliance Systems. Instead of various
teams, he wanted a global alliance where nations could talk out their problems, not fight each
other. Many in the USA felt America would provide the group with money, military aid, and
stability; yet, the USA would get nothing in return. Likewise, many claimed the League of
Nations was too weak and would never achieve the peace Wilson claimed it could achieve. As
a result, the USA never joined the League of Nations.
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