America in World War I Review

Question 1

Who was Henry Cabot Lodge?

Accepted Answer

Was a senator opposed to the League of Nations.

Question 2

What rights did the Espionage and Sedition Acts supress in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Right to Freedom of Speech

Question 3

He ran for President on the Platform "A Return to Normalcy"

Accepted Answer

Warren G. Harding

Question 4

The most significant difference between the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson’s 14 Points was

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Germany was severely punished in the Treaty of Versailles

Question 5

Who was the head of the Committee of Public Information?

Accepted Answer

George Creel

Question 6

Women contributed to the war effort in all of the following ways EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Working aboard US naval vessels

Question 7

The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they

Accepted Answer

allowed the government to silence protests against the war

Question 8

Which of these established an 8 hour work day & improved safety conditions in plants during WWI

Accepted Answer

National War Labor Board

Question 9

This disease killed more Americans between 1917 and 1920 than were killed fighting in WWI.

Accepted Answer

Spanish Flu

Question 10

Which of these events MOST led to America joining the fight in World War I?

Accepted Answer

German U-boat attacks against civilian ships

Question 11

Which region was described as “the powder keg of Europe” prior to World War I?

Accepted Answer

The Balkans

Question 12

What did President Wilson do to promote the Treaty of Versailles in America?

Accepted Answer

he went on a national speaking tour

Question 13

He was America&#x27;s most decorated ACE fighter pilot

Accepted Answer

Eddie Rickenbacker

Question 14

Which of these was the direct cause of WWI?

Accepted Answer

Assassination of Austrian Archduke by Serbian terrorists

Question 15

After the fall of the Russian Czar, why could Americans consider WWI a "moral war"?

Accepted Answer

It was to protect the ideals of Democracy

Question 16

He was the Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WWI.

Accepted Answer

General John Pershing

Question 17

What was foreign policy of the USA at the outbreak of WWI?

Accepted Answer

Isolationism

Question 18

When did World war 1 end?

Accepted Answer

November 11th, 1918

Question 19

All of these were members of the Triple Alliance EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Ottoman Empire

Question 20

All of the following were new military technologies in WWI EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Cannons

Question 21

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of trench warfare during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Short battles with few deaths

Question 22

This Supreme Court Case upheld the powers of the Espionage & Sedition Act

Accepted Answer

Schenk v. the US

Question 23

Why did the senate reject the Versailles Treaty?

Accepted Answer

To keep the US free from foreign entanglements, To oppose the harsh sanctions imposed on Germany

Question 24

Which of these is a member of the Triple Entente in 1914?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 25

In the case of World War I, “total war” in America meant...

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all of the people and resources of the society were mobilized

Question 26

At the Paris Peace Talks, Britain was represented by its Prime Minister:

Accepted Answer

David Lloyd George

Question 27

The US established this system to protect merchant ships from the German U-boats

Accepted Answer

Convoys

Question 28

Which famous socialist politician was jailed under the Espionage and Sedition Acts?

Accepted Answer

Eugene V. Debs

Question 29

How was the size of the American military expanded so quickly after the country entered the war?

Accepted Answer

Selective Service Act

Question 30

He Most decorated US World War I Veteran

Accepted Answer

Alvin York

Question 31

Which of these was a major goal of Wilson's 14 Points?

Accepted Answer

The creation of the League of Nations to prevent wars

Question 32

What was the Committee on Public Information (CPI) responsible for?

Accepted Answer

Propaganda

Question 33

What was the name of the camp set up in Louisville to train soldiers during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Camp Taylor

Question 34

What was Gavrilo Princip’s motivation for murdering the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

Accepted Answer

Nationalism (wanted Serbian independence from Austria-Hungary)

Question 35

What event directly led Britain to declaring war on Germany?

Accepted Answer

German troops marching through Belgium

Question 36

Which of these countries was NOT a member of the "Big Four" at the Paris Peace talks?

Accepted Answer

Russia

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