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8th Grade Chapter 24, Lesson 2
What is an autocracy?
The Zimmerman Telegram was a:
8th Grade Chapter 24, Lesson 2
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The Zimmerman Telegram was a:
Telegram France sent to Mexico to get them to invade US
Telegram Black Hand sent to assassin
Telegram to get Mexico to invade US if the US entered WWI
Telegram England sent to Canada to get them to invade the US
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What is an autocracy?
A religion with only one God
A form of government where one person has all the power
A country ruled by peasants.
A form of government where everybody has representation.
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This monarch was overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Albert I
Nicholas II
Wilhelm II
Franz Ferdinand
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Propaganda can be defined as
biased & misleading information to promote a point of view
unbiased information
a flavour of popcorn
A native tree of Queensland
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When was the Russian Revolution?
December 1923
June 1948
April 1778
March 1917
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When did the US enter World War 1?
1905
1917
1915
1929
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In his 1917 Speech before Congress, President Wilson said the US must now go to war to make...
The world safe for democracy
Their allies survive
Mountains out of mole-hills
America Great Again
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What was the main cause of the Russian Revolution?
Helen of Troy was stolen
The Americans told the Russians to revolt
The working class was upset with how Tsar Nicholas treated them
WWII
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Which of the following was NOT a reason for US entry into WWI?
Russian Revolution
The Zimmerman Telegram
The attack on Pearl Harbor
Unrestricted submarine warfare
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Who started the Russian Revolution?
Cleopatra
Vladimir Lenin
Barney
Joseph Stalin
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In 1917 Germany restarted submarine attacks and who asked Congress for a Declaration of War?
President Truman
President Wilson
Vladimir Lenin
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The following are reasons for the U. S. entry into WWI except
Sinking of U.S. trade ships
Russian Revolution
sinking of the Lusitania and Sussex
Zimmerman Telegram
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Why was propaganda used in WWI?
Supported the enemies
Shows encouragement of the war
played on peoples fears, encouraged to help with war effort
Told people to leave homes
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Sussex pledge
German promise to warn ships before attacking
Extreme pride in Great Britain
Secret note sent to Mexico
glorification of military power
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Who intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram?
Germany
Britain
Russia
United States
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Most of WWI was a stalemate because of.............
Trench Warfare
Poison Gas
Poor Leadership
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Who sent the Zimmerman Telegram?
Mexico and America
Mexico
Germany
Britain
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After sinking of vessels such as the Lusitania, Germany promises not to sink merchant ships.
Sussex Pledge
Platt Amendment
The Zimmerman Telegram
The Gentleman's Agreement
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How did the Lusitania sink?
It got exploded
It was torpedoed
The USS Maine got exploded
It got torpedoed
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President Woodrow Wilson obtained a declaration of war from Congress against Germany after ___.
The sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania in 1915.
Germany sank several unarmed American merchant ships.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Germany blocked American ships from entering the North Sea.
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In response to the sinking of the
Lusitania, the US
Declared war on Germany
Cautioned Americans against traveling on British or French vessels
Demanded that Germany cease unrestricted submarine warfare
Agreed to stop trading with any belligerent
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What was The Lusitania?
The military force
British Ocean liner that a German submarine sank in WW1
The Germans
a long narrow ditch or tunnel
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In 1914, American sympathies were divided, although not equally, between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.
False
True
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The first woman elected to Congress, Jeanette Rankin, ardently supported Wilson's declaration of war.
False
True
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The purpose of the Zimmerman Telegram was to
to form an alliance between Germany and the U.S.
bring Mexico into WWI on the side of England and France
enlist Mexico's help if the US entered the war
to convince western states to secede from the U.S.
