GA 5th Grade SS WWI/1920s

Question 1

What forced the Germans to retreat and surrender in WWI?

Accepted Answer

The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies

Question 2

Many new inventions, booming economy, mass production. These words best describe...

Accepted Answer

the 1920s

Question 3

One reason the United States entered WWI was

Accepted Answer

Germany sent a secret message to Mexico

Question 4

What made automobiles affordable for the average American?

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford's use of mass production techniques

Question 5

Because of _______________, many products could be made quicker and cheaper.

Accepted Answer

mass production

Question 6

Langston Hughes contributed to the Harlem Renaissance through

Accepted Answer

poetry

Question 7

famous African-American writer and poet during the Harlem Renaissance.

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 8

Which statement about US involvement in World War I is correct?

Accepted Answer

U. S. didn't enter the war until 3 years after it began

Question 9

At the beginning of WWI, the United States________

Accepted Answer

Did not want to join the war

Question 10

Who was the U. S. President during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 11

WWI lasted from ___________.

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1914-1918

Question 12

When the United States entered WWI, it entered on the side of which nation?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 13

How did Henry Ford's work change life in America?

Accepted Answer

Americans began to live farther from where they worked

Question 14

The United States decided to enter WWI in

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1917

Question 15

WWI is sometimes called the "_______ ______"

Accepted Answer

Great War

Question 16

WWI started in 1914, but the US didn't join until 1917. Why?

Accepted Answer

The war was in Europe and we thought it was not our problem.

Question 17

The sinking of the Lusitania played a role in the U.S. entry into WWI though which is true?

Accepted Answer

The ship was a British ocean liner

Question 18

Which musician helped make jazz music a big hit in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 19

African-American cultural and artistic movement in 1920s New York.

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 20

In 1917, the United States joined WWI on the side of the ______

Accepted Answer

Allies

Question 21

He created the modern assembly line which is still used in factories today.

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Question 22

Louis Armstrong contributed to the Harlem Renaissance through his

Accepted Answer

music

Question 23

The United States may have never entered WWI were it not for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

continued attacks on American shipping vessels by Germany

Question 24

The Treaty of Versailles blamed ______ for WWI and made them pay reparations to the Allies.

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 25

Who helped popularize a new form of travel in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindbergh

Question 26

Jazz singer and trumpet player who was popular for improvising.

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 27

What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

Germany was held accountable and had no say in treaty

Question 28

German U-boats attacked and sank the ____________ killing 128 Americans.

Accepted Answer

Lusitania

Question 29

Henry Ford transformed US society by popularizing __________________?

Accepted Answer

mass production in factories

Question 30

Which of these inventions helped make mass production faster and cheaper?

Accepted Answer

assembly line

Question 31

First to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean by himself without stopping.

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindberg

Question 32

Which countries made up the Allied Powers?

Accepted Answer

Serbia, France, Great Britain, United States, Russia

Question 33

Which countries make up the Central Powers?

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Bulgaria, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 34

One reason the United States entered WWI was

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Germany sank the Lusitania

Question 35

What treaty created in 1919, officially ended WWI?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 36

In the infamous "Zimmerman Note," Germany secretly

Accepted Answer

asked Mexico to attack the United States

Question 37

Which sport made gains in national popularity during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

baseball

Question 38

World War I ended when...

Accepted Answer

the Treaty of Versailles was signed

Question 39

Famous baseball player of the 1920s and 1930s.

Accepted Answer

Babe Ruth

GA 5th Grade SS WWI/1920s

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GA 5th Grade SS WWI/1920s

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