Why caused the United States to become the largest creditor nation after WW IJ?

The US economy was not devastatedj by war

What was the major cause of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919?

A Black man was drowned by whites.

How did German's U-Boat campaign violate neutral rights?

It challenged the concept of "Freedom of the Seas"

What was the cause of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921?

Armed men tried to protect black man from lynching.

How did the U.S give the Allies an edge over the Central Powers?

Providing manpower and suppliesj

What was a major obstacle in drafting a peace treaty at Versailles?

European leaders were skeptical of Wilson's 14 Points

What were the Palmer Raids?

Police arrested thousands believed to be radicals.

How did Germany's respond to Britain's blockade?[

They would try to attacked all ships heading to Britain[

What was a major reason for the US declaring war against Germany?

Resumption of Submarine Warfare

Why was the First Battle of the Marne a revolutionary event at the beginning of World War I?

Technology used by all sides was deadly

What position did President Wilson urge the US to take when war broke out in Europe?

The US was neutral unless they were directly threatened

Why did Russia leave the war?

Russia was involved in a civil warj

Which item below identifies the phrase "Return to Normalcy"?

Simpler times before Progressivism.

jWhy is the case of Sacco & Vanzetti of special interest to this time period?

jThey were criminal anarchist jduring the Red Scare

How did Woodrow Wilson anger the Republican majority of the Senate?

He took few Republicans with him to the Peace Conference

What was [is an] arms race?

Nations attempted to keep up with other nation's armaments

jWhy did inflation pose a problem after the war?

Scarcity of goods & increases demand caused prices to go up

Why was the Treaty of Versailles rejected by the US Senatej?

Manjy feared the US was giving up its soverignty

How did Social Darwinism increase tensions between nations before W W I?

It helped to cause competition between the countries.

Who was Alfred C. York?

A well known US war hero from Tenessee

Nationalism led to tensions before World War I because

nations began to project a single ethnic identity

Why did trench warfare become the norm during World War I?

Attacking a trench was difficult

Why where their many different opinions among US citizens when war began in Europe?

Many people had ties to their homeland

jWhich is the correct order of events leading to the declaration of war?

Ferdinand killed, Austria declares War, Russia mobilizes

What item listed below was a major event that led to the signing of the Armistice?

Political and social unrest within Germany

One of the reasons most women's group in the US supported the war effort was

to gain support for women suffrage

Why did England blockade Germany?

To keep essential goods from reaching them.

What item below best describes Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?

Noble ideas about "peace without victory"

What was the Red Scare?

Communists were plotting to overthrow the government j

What was the "spark" that led to world war 1?

Assassination of Archduke Frances Ferdinand

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1
Which event below would lead to the Russian Revolution in late 1917?
Czar Nicholas was overthrown by communists
Germany capturjed Tannenbaum
Czar Nicholas II abdicated
John J Pershing took over France
2
Why caused the United States to become the largest creditor nation after WW IJ?
Europe needed money from the US
The US offered credit
The US had more gold than Europe
The US economy was not devastatedj by war
3
What was the major cause of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919?
Blacks burned a white businessj
A Black man was drowned by whites.
Blacks drowned a white man in Chicago
Blacks looted a business
4
Which nation listed below first declared war?
Germany
Serbia
Russia
Austria-Hungary
5
How did German's U-Boat campaign violate neutral rights?
[They threatened to confiscate all shipping.
They did not try to sink unarmed ships[
It challenged the concept of "Freedom of the Seas"
In war [there is no concept of neutrality
6
Who was John J. Pershing?
He was the Allied commander in France
Commander of the AEF
He was a candidate for president
He was a famous African American
7
What was the cause of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921?
Many feared a Black takeover of the city
Armed men tried to protect black man from lynching.
Black men tried to protect a white man from being lynched
Returning veterans was used to kill African American
8
How did the U.S give the Allies an edge over the Central Powers?
Providing manpower and suppliesj
Designing the convoy system
By forcing Germany to the Peace Table
By supplying finance and loans
9
What was a major obstacle in drafting a peace treaty at Versailles?
There were too many nations involved
Wilson refused to the demand that Germany be punished
European leaders were skeptical of Wilson's 14 Points
nations were unwilling to allow Germany to become weak
10
What were the Palmer Raids?
Police arrested thousands believed to be radicals.
Raids let by Justice Palmer aimed at communists
Communists/anarchists arrsted at Palmer, New Jersey
Occured due to the infamous Sacco & Vanzetti anarchist trial
11
How did Germany's respond to Britain's blockade?[
Germany stormed through the blockade.
They sunk the Titanic.
They would try to attacked all ships heading to Britain[
They had no way of [stopping the blockade
12
What was a major reason for the US declaring war against Germany?
The Hindenburg Note
The Mexican Incursion
Passage of the Selective Service Act
Resumption of Submarine Warfare
13
Why was the First Battle of the Marne a revolutionary event at the beginning of World War I?
Germans couldn't get out of the trenches
German lacked modern weapons
The French were able to attack Germany and cross the Rhine
Technology used by all sides was deadly
14
What position did President Wilson urge the US to take when war broke out in Europe?
The US was neutral unless they were directly threatened
The US would send support to favored nations
The US would send support letters
The US would fight for the winning team
15
Charles T Schneck and ____ were 2 socialists imprisoned for violating the Sedition Act
George Creel
Eugene Debs
Bernard Baruch
Woodrow Wilson
16
What was the dominate US public position about getting involved in the War?
Just be Observationists
Remain Isolationists
Intervening to help Britain
To help both sides for economic reasons [
17
The Great Migration was a movement of
NONE of these are correct
Mexican Americans to California
Industries to the South
African Americans North
18
Why did Russia leave the war?
Russia just wanted out of the war
Russia was dominated by Germany
Russia was forced out by the Allies
Russia was involved in a civil warj
19
In what battle did America distinguish itself?
Battle of Gettysburg
Second Battle of the Marne
Battle of Wounded Knee
Yerps
20
Which item below identifies the phrase "Return to Normalcy"?
To embrace the changes of W W I
To keep things the same and embrace it
Complicated times before W W Ij
Simpler times before Progressivism.
21
jThe Espionage Act of 1917 was aimed at
ALL were part of the Act
keeping printed materials from containing antiwar messages.
interfering with the war effort
criminalizing disloyal acts
22
jWhy is the case of Sacco & Vanzetti of special interest to this time period?
Both were executed for treason
Thjey were communists who were tied to a botched robbery
The were anarchist
jThey were criminal anarchist jduring the Red Scare
23
How did Woodrow Wilson anger the Republican majority of the Senate?
He took few Republicans with him to the Peace Conference
Wilson refused to discuss issues with Republicans.
He tried to bypass the Republican Senate
By saying the republican party didn't know about politics
24
What was [is an] arms race?
Nations competed for resources
Nations attempted to keep up with other nation's armaments
Nations were embracing pacifism
Nations becoming obsessed with heath issues
25
What group below was NOT opposed to the US entering the war?
Women Against War [WAW]
ALL were opposed to the war
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom [WILPF]
Women's Peace Party [WPP]
26
How many people are estimated to have died worldwide due to the influenza pandemic?
30 to 50 million
30 million
the number s unknown
20 to 30 million
27
jWhy did inflation pose a problem after the war?
Cause Mr. Bond said so
War bonds weren't being paid back
Goods were in ample supply and jcheap
Scarcity of goods & increases demand caused prices to go up
28
Why was the Treaty of Versailles rejected by the US Senatej?
Manjy feared the US was giving up its soverignty
It was too harsh to Irish-Americans
It only benefited Europej
Many ethnic germans in the US opposed itj
29
How did Social Darwinism increase tensions between nations before W W I?
It helped to cause competition between the countries.
It gave everyone the right to have a colony
Darwin identified good and bad countries
It made the countries less competitive
30
Who was Alfred C. York?
He invented the York Gas Mask
A republican senator who opposed US entry into the war
US officer who led a charge that cracked the Hindenburg line
A well known US war hero from Tenessee
31
Nationalism led to tensions before World War I because
Nations embraced multiculturism
nations began to project a single ethnic identity
Colonies demanded to be part of its protectorate
Nationalism helped to create consumerism
32
Why did trench warfare become the norm during World War I?
Attacking a trench was difficult
Conditions of the trenches horrible[
Attacking a trench was easy
Soldiers liked the trenches
33
Why where their many different opinions among US citizens when war began in Europe?
Many people were uneducated
Many people had ties to their homeland
America was neutral
They were firm believers in America
34
jWhich is the correct order of events leading to the declaration of war?
Ferdinand killed, Austria declares War, Russia mobilizes
Germany declared war on Russia, Austria on Serbia
Britain declares war on Germany, then France on Germany
Assassination of Princip, Russia then Germany mobilizes
35
ALL of the items listed below were prohibited by the Sedition Act of 1918 EXCEPT
speaking against the Constitution
opposing the war
speaking against the military
speak against the war
36
Which countries listed below belonged to an European Alliance before World War I?
Russia, Italy and France
France, Belgium, and Britain
France,Germany, Russia
U.S, Germany, Japan
37
What item listed below was a major event that led to the signing of the Armistice?
Russia was no longer an ally
The allied fall offensive cracked the German lines
Political and social unrest within Germany
Germany abandoned the other Central Powers
38
One of the reasons most women's group in the US supported the war effort was
to gain support for women suffrage
fear of being arrested for sedition
they believed in the cause
to gain support for Prohibition
39
Why did England blockade Germany?
To keep essential goods from reaching them.
To protect their civilians
They didn't try to blockade Germany
The US demanded it in return for supplies
40
What item below best describes Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?
A Plan to bring about peace and a world nation
Noble ideas about "peace without victory"
A plan to punish Germany but allow it to remain a nation
Peace between America and Germany
41
Which person below was NOT one of the major leaders at the Peace Conference?
David Lloyd-George
Henry Cabot Lodge
Georges Clemenceau
Woodrow Wilson
42
Which item below was one way Wilson tried to prepare America for war?
War Act of 1915
Republican Act
Naval Construction Act
Neutrality Act of 1917
43
A conscientious objector was a person opposed to war for the reasons below EXCEPT for
ethical
business
religious
moral
44
What was the Red Scare?
That democracy was failing in the USj
People feared anyone called "red"
Communists were plotting to overthrow the government j
Lenin was plotting to bring down the president
45
What was the "spark" that led to world war 1?
Assassination of Prince Gavrilo Princip
Serbia revolted from Austria
Assassination of the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef
Assassination of Archduke Frances Ferdinand
46
Which item below demonstrates the U.S was mobilizing for war?
Sent food to Belgium
Establishing an army
The Concientious Objector's Act
The Subduction Act
47
What does the phrase "peace without victory" mean?
Peace without reparations
Nations would disarm and leave the invaded nations
No punishment to the loosers because no one wins in a war
Peace without vengence
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How did the US government attempt to shape public opinion during W W I?
WID
CPI
IPC
WIB

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