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World War I
1) What was a major reason the United
States entered WW I?
a) Japanese occupation of Manchuria
b) Foreign troops had landed on
American soil
c) Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded
Belgium
d) The Zimmerman Note
2) Where did most of WWI’s fighting take
place?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Eastern Front
Western Front
Northern Front
Southern Front
3) What Law made it ok to draft men into
the United States Military?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Espionage Act
Sedition Act
Selective Service Act
Quartering Act
4) Which of the following was an immediate
cause of World War I?
a) The invasion of Poland
b) The sinking of the Maine
c) The assassination of the heir to the
Austrian-Hungarian throne
d) Killing of the European Jews
5) Which of the following was true of African
Americans during World War I?
a) They were not allowed to serve in the
war
b) They served alongside with the white
soldiers
c) Regularly were awarded achievement
metals
d) They were segregated and rarely
allowed to engage in combat
6) What telegram revealed Germany’s
intention to ally itself with Mexico?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Fourteen Points
The Zimmerman
The De Lome
The Sussex Pledge
7) Why did many senators oppose the
Versailles Treaty?
a) They didn’t want the United States to join
the League of Nations
b) They felt the treaty violated the Fourteen
Points
c) They wanted harsher terms for Germany
d) They were afraid to disappoint Woodrow
Wilson
8) Which of the following statement is not true?
a) Britain introduced the armored vehicle to the
battlefield
b) Russia pulled out of WWI do to their own
revolution
c) Great Britain invades neutral Belgium
d) America’s were called doughboys
9) Which of the following was a long term
result leading to WWI?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliances
All of the above
10) What was a major reason the United
States entered WW I?
a) Japanese occupation of Manchuria
b) Foreign troops had landed on
American soil
c) Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded
Belgium
d) Germany had resumed unrestricted
submarine warfare
11) During World War I, many American
women helped gain support for the
suffrage movement by
a)
b)
c)
d)
protesting against the war
joining the military service
lobbying for child-care facilities
working in wartime industries
12) Following World War I, the United States Senate
refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles primarily
because the treaty
a) failed to include most of President Wilson’s
14 Points
b) did not punish Germany for starting the war
c) contained provisions that might lead the US
into foreign conflicts
d) made no provisions for reduction of military
weapons
13) What was the effect of the “clear and
present danger” ruling established in
Schenck v. United States (1919)?
a) placing limits on constitutional
freedoms
b) decreasing the president’s powers
during wartime
c) limiting the hours women could work
in industry
d) upholding the right of states to
regulate child labor
14) The “clear and present danger” doctrine
established in Schenck v. United States
(1919) concerned the issue of
a)
b)
c)
d)
freedom of speech
the right to bear arms
the right to an attorney
separation of church and state
15) What was one effect of the Bolshevik
Revolution (October 1917) on the United
States?
a) Nativism increased, leading to the Red
Scare
b) Federal courts banned anti-immigrant
groups
c) Allied powers needed fewer United
States troops
d) Immigration laws were changed to allow
refugees from Russia
16) A major purpose of President Wilson’s
Fourteen Points (1918) was to
a) ask Congress to enter World War I
b) set goals for achieving peace after
World War I
c) provide an aid program for rebuilding
war-torn nations
d) retaliate for the sinking of the
Lusitania
17) One goal for a lasting peace that President
Wilson included in his Fourteen Points was
a) establishing a League of Nations
b) maintaining a permanent military
force in Europe
c) returning the United States to a policy
of isolationism
d) blaming Germany for causing World
War I
18) What does the term Propaganda refer to?
a) The use of force to control a weaker nation.
b) A strict code of journalistic ethics that
prevents stories from being exaggerated.
c) Biased communication designed to
influence people’s thoughts.
d) None of the above
19) Why wasn’t Wilson able to get America to
sign the Treaty of Versailles?
a) Wilson did not want to join the League
of Nations
b) Wilson was against the Treaty of
Versailles
c) Wilson became ill and had a stroke
d) Wilson wanted to use his 14 points
instead
20) The Treaty of Versailles angered many
Germans after World War I because the
treaty
a) divided Germany into Communist and
non-Communist zones
b) made Germany restore its emperor
c) required all German-speaking
Europeans to return to Germany
d) forced Germany to pay large war
reparations
21) What date ended the First World
war?
a) Nov. 11th, 1919
b) Nov. 13th, 1919
c) Nov. 11th ,1918
d) Nov. 13, 1918
22) What country are the members of the
Black Hand Society from?
a) Sweden
b) Serbia
c) Germany
d) Czechoslovakia
23) What is a German U boat?
a) Submarine
b) Navy Destroyer
c) Ocean troop carrier
d) U shaped rubber dingy
24) President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen
Points were intended to
a) make the United States, Great Britain, and
France into leading world powers
b) redistribute Germany’s colonies among
the Allied nations
c) prevent international tensions from
leading to war
d) punish Germany for causing World War I
25) In stating the principle of a "clear and
present danger" in Schenck v. United
States, the Supreme Court established
that
a) constitutional rights are not absolute
and can be denied
b) the Constitution guarantees the right
to privacy
c) Congress can pass a law to eliminate
any part of the Bill of Rights
d) all individual rights are eliminated
during wartime
26) Many senators who opposed United
States membership in the League of
Nations argued that joining the League
would
a) involve the nation in future military
conflicts
b) reduce freedom of the seas
c) end the country’s free-trade policy
d) endanger the nation’s military
preparedness
27) During World War I, many American
women helped gain support for the
suffrage movement by
a)
b)
c)
d)
protesting against the war
joining the military service
lobbying for child-care facilities
working in wartime industries
28) The demand for German war reparations
by the European Allies helps explain the
failure of the peace because of
Iraqi War
World War II
the Korean War
the Vietnam War
29) Why did Russia leave the war?
a) Russia refused to fight on the same side as
the USA.
b) An enormous breakdown of military
machinery together with strikes at missile
factories meant Russia was forced to full out
c) Terrible losses combined with poor lines of
supply led to two revolutions. The resultant
Communist government took Russia out of
the war
d) All of the above
30) What rank was Adolf Hitler during the
first World war (in the Austrian Army)?
a) General
b) Captain
c) Field Marshall
d) Corporal