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U.S. History Topic 2 World War I
U.S. History Topic 2 World War I
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1
The United States stayed neutral in World War I until which year?
1915
1916
1918
1917
2
What slogan did the Food Administration use during World War I?
food will win the war
fuel will win the war
food will help win the war
food and fuel will win the war
3
The sinking of which ship by a German U-boat helped bring the United States into World War I?
Arizona
Lusitania
Titanic
Indianapolis
4
Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?
George Patton
John “Blackjack” Pershing
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
5
Which country was forced to take responsibility for starting and prosecuting World War I at the Paris Peace Conference?
France
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
6
What is the nickname given to the generation that came of age during World War I and the Roaring 20s?
the Lost Generation
the Hippie Generation
the Found Generation
the Woke Generation
7
Which was NOT a purpose of the League of Nations?
promote the new world order
punish Germany
end war
preserve territorial integrity
8
Which Act could be used to prosecute someone giving an Anti War speech during World War I?
the Pure Food and Drug Act
the Sedition Act
the Espionage Act
the Volstead Act
9
What changed on the Eastern Front in 1918?
Russia and Germany both claimed victory
Japan defeated Russia
Russia defeated Germany
a revolution in Russia and the new gov't made a peace treaty with Germany
10
Which country was NOT a member of the Triple Entente?
Poland
France
Great Britain
Russia
11
When the Selective Service Act was first passed in 1917, who was required to register for the draft?
white men aged 21 to 45
all men aged 21 to 45
all men aged 21 to 30
all men and women aged 21 to 30
12
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip
Cart Weiss
John Wilkes Booth
Leon Czolgosz
13
Which of the following was NOT a part of the League of Nations?
Executive Council
General Assembly
permanent secretariat
Speaker of the Assembly
14
Which country was NOT an ally of the United States in World War I?
Italy
France
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
15
Which country emerged from World War I as the predominant world power?
Russia
France
the United States
Great Britain
16
In World War I, which new type of warfare replaced much of the open battlefield warfare of previous wars?
jungle warfare
trench warfare
cyber warfare
naval warfare
17
Which treaty ended World War I?
the Treaty of Paris
the Treaty of Versailles
the Geneva Convention
the Treaty of London
18
What did the Sedition Act of 1918 criminalize?
monopolies
selling alcoholic beverages
allowing women to vote
criticism of the U.S. government
19
Article X of the Treaty of Versailles required members of the League of Nations to do what?
pay an annual tax to the League of Nations
help rebuild Great Britain after World War I
assist any member of the League threatened by external aggression
help rebuild France after World War I
20
Which U.S. Supreme Court case challenged the constitutionality of the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
Schenck v. United States
21
The Zimmerman Telegram urged which country to attack the United States?
Great Britain
Russia
Canada
Mexico
22
In which way did World War I take an enormous toll on the world?
all of the above
emotinally
geopolitically
economically
23
What organization eventually replaced the League of Nations?
the United League
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
the Warsaw Pact
the United Nations
24
Who received a ten year prison sentence for encouraging draft resistance?
Eugene Debs
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Victor Berger
25
Which was NOT one of the new weapons used in World War I?
airplanes
tanks
atomic bombs
machine guns
26
What was the only part of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points that was realized?
the creation of a League of Nations
banning of the use of submarines
free trade between all countries
Germany was divided into smaller countries
27
How many women volunteered for military service in World War I?
50,000
15,000
10,000
20,000
28
Which is NOT true, concerning the United States involvement in the end of World War I?
the United States did not sign the Treaty of Versailles
the United States remained at war with Germany until 1921
the United States did not join the League of Nations
the United States remained at war with Russia until 1921
29
Who coordinated the Food Administration during World War I?
Herbert Hoover
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Garfield
30
Woodrow Wilson’s exhausting efforts to get the Senate to pass the Treaty of Versailles eventually caused him to do what?
have a heart attack
have a stroke
resign as president
switch political parties
31
Germany’s invasion of what country brought Great Britain into World War I?
France
Poland
Belgium
Spain
32
What did the Liberty Loan Act do?
allowed the U.S. government to sell liberty bonds to Americans
allowed the U.S. government to loan Americans money for home loans
created the Montgomery G.I. Bill
allowed the U.S. government to loan money to Germany
33
What were the Fourteen Points?
rules for dogfighting in planes
Woodrow Wilson’s postwar peace plan
Germany’s to win World War I
Vladimir Lenin’s plan to create the Soviet Union
34
In 1917, why were Great Britain and France already heavily indebted?
from buying military supplies from China
from buying military supplies from Russia
from buying military supplies from Japan
from buying military supplies from the U.S.
35
The U-boat, or submarine, was first used by which country in World War I?
France
Germany
the United States
England
36
The assassination of which world leader started World War I?
KIng George V
Czar Nicholas II
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhem II
37
Which country did NOT try to obtain some measure of revenge against Germany at the Paris Peace Conference?
Italy
Russia
Great Britain
France
38
Which country was NOT a member of the Triple Alliance?
Ottoman Empire
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Spain
39
What is a conscientious objector?
someone who refuses to fight in war
someone who refuses to drink alcohol
someone who commits sedition
someone who commits espionage
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What happened to Kaiser Wilhem II of Germany at the end of World War I?
he was assassinated
he was voted president of the new government
he stayed in power as the Kaiser
he abdicated his throne and fled the country