Choose the list of the five major Allied Powers in WWI

Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia & Belgium

The four Central Powers inlcuded:

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria

What were NOT reasons for the US to become involved in WWI?

US ties economic & political ties to Spain

President Wilson's 14th Point of his plan was

the formation of the League of Nations

a belief a nation should avoid foreign wars

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1
What finally got President Wilson to declare war on Germany in 1917?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of the USS Maine
Mexican Blockade
2
Who said "Speak softly and carry a bigh stick, and you will go far."?
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Wiliam McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
3
A statement of fact that follows a previously stated idea:
Corollary
Mission
Definition
Canary
4
Sensational stories with the truth stretched were called:
Speak Softly
Yellow Journalism
Carry a Big Stick
National Inquirer
5
At the end of WWI President Wilson prepared a peace plan known as:
The Armistice Agreement
The Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen Points
The League of Nations
6
Which was NOT a reason for the Spanish American War?
Protection of US business in Cuba
US support of Rebels to gain independence from Spain
Yellow Journalism
Fuel shortage in US
7
Choose the list of the five major Allied Powers in WWI
Great Britain, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, & Belgium
Great America, France, Russia & the Ottoman Empire
Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia & Belgium
Great Britain, France, Germany and Serbia
8
What role did the United States play in the 14th point of Woodrow Wilsons plan?
Super power of the League of Nations
No Role
Financial supporter of the League of Nations
General in Charge of the League of Nations
9
What document warned European nations to stay out of the affairs of Latin America?
Monroe Doctrine
European Alliance
Roosevelt Corollary
Bill of Rights
10
A narrow strip of land with water on both sides that links 2 larger land areas:
Island
Isthmus
Outcrop
Penisula
11
The four Central Powers inlcuded:
Spain, Switzerland, Denmark & Austria
Norway, Sweden, Spain & Switzerland
France, Italy, Russia and Great Britain
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria
12
What were NOT reasons for the US to become involved in WWI?
US ties economic & political ties to Spain
The Zimmerman telegram
German submarine warfare: Sinking of the Lusitania
US inability to remain neutral
13
Financial penalities that must be paid by a defeated nation to the winner is:
amnesty
reparations
taxes
financial aid
14
The end of WWI became official at the signing of the
Armistice Agreement
Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen Point Plan
League of Nations
15
President Wilson's 14th Point of his plan was
destroy all weapons from the "Great War"
to stick Germany with huge reparations
the formation of the League of Nations
the US to become isolationists
16
What engineering triumph was built on an isthmus?
Tazmanian Tower
Panamanian empanada
Burj Kalifa Bridge
Panama Canal
17
Pacts or treaties that promise financial or military support between nations:
allegiance
agreement
negotiation
alliance
18
Armistice means...
an agreement to stop fighting
an agreement to share supplies
an agreement to pay reparations
an agreement to end a war
19
World War I is also known as the...
Great War
Spanish American War
War to end all wars
Remember the Maine
20
This battleship was sent to Cuba & Puerto Rico to protect sugar plantations:
USS Kennedy
USS Maine
USS Mousketeer
USS Roosevelt
21
Which is NOT true about the Roosevelt Corollary?
Written after WWI
US rights to interfere in economic matters of other nations
It was written by Teddy Roosevelt
Gave US right to exercise international policing power
22
Isolationism is...
being alone
silent lunch
an island that can not see the mainland
a belief a nation should avoid foreign wars
23
Not choosing sides in a dispute:
null and void
allies
neutral
enemies
24
All were results of the Spanish American War EXCEPT...
Fuel crisis ends
Cuba gains independence from Spain
US emerges as a world power
US gains possession of Guam & Puerto Rico
25
The Zimmerman telegram was sent to Mexico in hopes of getting Mexico to...
Join the Allies
Reclaim territories from the US
Join the Central Powers
Blockade shipments from Panama

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