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- 1. Multiple Choice
What were the effects of the Zimmerman note?
To stop the "convoy system" used by the U.S.
To enlist Mexican support for Germany
form an alliance between Germany and the U.S.
Test British Intelligence
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the main purpose of the "14 points"?
To reject the Treaty of Versailles
To retaliate for submarine warfare from Germany
To achieve peace after WWI
To take the blame off the U.S. for expanding WWI
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to ratify (accept) the Treaty of Versailles?
It was not a meeting in a neutral ground
The treaty forced the U.S to pay to much for repairs
It contained material that could draw the U.S into foreign conflicts
President Wilson was to ill to go back and sign the treaty
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why did the U.S. attempt to sell bonds to the American people?
To increase the military
To invest and support the war effort
Make money while at war from the poor
Keep the government economically stable while war
- 5. Multiple Choice
Thousands of African-American served in WWI, but most them:
Served in labor (support) units
Saw act in battle
Learned to shoot rifles
Were commanded by fellow African-Americans
- 6. Multiple Choice
What even caused the United to finally join the war?
Constant attack on U.S. merchant ships by the Germans
Demand from the public to join the war as a world power
The Zimmerman note (after ignoring the Sussex pledge)
Opportunities to gain new territories in Europe
- 7. Multiple Choice
What happened to conscientious objectiors
Nothing
Worked in factories at home
Worked on Convey Ships
Where sent to war rather then jail and placed in non-combat roles
- 8. Multiple Choice
The U.S. Senate refused to approve the Treaty of Versailles. This reflected their intention of?
Isolationism
Punish nations that started war
Support the League of Nations
Maintain U.S. leadership in world affrairs
- 9. Multiple Choice
How was the U.S. affiliated with the Allied Powers before even entering the war?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Economical ties with Britain, including loans to finance WWI
The presence of U.S. merchant ships in the seas
Due to the fact that Britain is the "mother country"
- 10. Multiple Choice
How did Convoy systems work?
Lent money to the allies
Protected cargo ships with cruisers (naval ships) to get supplies to allies.
Started the Selective Service Act (Draft)
Sank ships in open seas with submarines
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the War Industries Board?
To aid in selecting men for the war
Encouraged and set production quotes on businesses to support the War Effort
Made Propaganda Posters
Espionage Act
- 12. Multiple Choice
How did women serve during WWI?
Segregated troops
Nurse Corps and Non- combat roles
Were not allowed to serve their country.
Full military rank and pay
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why were gas weapons dangerous to non-combat (civilians) during World War I
It was not dangerous
Chemicals could impact the crops grown on farms
Wind could blow gas into surrounding cities and poison innocent people
These gases created acid rain
- 14. Multiple Choice
How did the Dawes Plan affect Europe
Aided in returning economic stability to Europe, especially Germany
Started WWI
Ended WWI
Implemented the 14 points
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why were long range weapons so effective?
They aided in taking down planes
They were expensive
They stopped gas
They aided in attacking from long distances
- 16. Multiple Choice
What happened to Austria-Hungary after the Treaty Versailles
It broke it into new nations (self determination)
It became part of Great Britain
It all went to Germany
It all went to the United States
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why was Trench warfare so ineffective?
It cost a lot
It regard to many men
Hardly any ground was gained which led to stalemates and extreme lose
None of the above
- 18. Multiple Choice
How did the US respond to the sinking of the RMS Lusitania?
US did nothing
They started War with German in May of 1915
They sent a strongly worded message demanding Germany stop later outlining the Sussex Pledge
None of the above
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why was there a Great Migration of African Americans from Southern United States into the North?
They were fighting racism
They were finding cheap farm land
They aimed to destroy the KKK in the North
There was a number of factory Jobs in the North due to many American soldiers going to war.
- 20. Multiple Choice
How as President Woodrow Wilson to successful limit the 1st Amendment rights using the Espionage Act
He was President he can do what he wants
Everyone believed it was a great idea
He passed the act for the protection of the United States
The espionage Act did not exist its a conspiracy
- 21. Multiple Choice
How were German American's treated?
Well American's trusted them?
Were put in camps
Were sent back to Germany
Were not trusted and thought to be spies due to the Red Scare
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why was the Selective Service Act passed?
To defend the United States?
To attack communists in Russia
To raise the size of the American army so it could join the Allies
None of the above
- 23. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?
It encouraged people to join the war
it used propaganda to influence public opinion to support the war
It encouraged people to work only factory jobs and to stop farming
It did none of the above.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why did the US abandon neutrality?
We wanted to punish the Germans for human rights abuses to Jews
He believed that we were peace keepers and we needed to defend democracy
We were on the edge of ruin and going to war would bring us money.
None of the above
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