Deck 5: The Late Progressive Era and World War, 1912-1920

Question 1

World War 1 started when the Archduke of what country was assassinated?

A) Germany
B) Austria-Hungary
C) England
D) France
E) Italy

Answer 1

Austria-Hungary

Question 2

Which committee did President Wilson create to promote the US war efforts?

A) Committee on Public Information
B) Joint Committee
C) Patriot Committee
D) USA Committee
E) Stop Germany Now Committee

Answer 2

Committee on Public Information

Question 3

What was the last name of the American general who led troops into Mexico searching for "Pancho" Villa?

A) McArthur
B) Pershing
C) Kelly
D) Bullock
E) Ludden

Answer 3

Pershing

Question 4

Which federal agency was created under Wilson to enforce regulations that support competition in business?

A) Fair Trade Commission.
B) Federal Trade Commission
C) Food and Drug Administration
D) Business Regulation Administration
E) None of the above.

Question 5

The name of the treaty that ended World War 1 was?

A) Argonne
B) Versailles
C) La Trek
D) Sorbonne
E) None of the above.

Question 6

What was the name of the battle named after a river in France where over two million troops fought in 1914?

A) Rhine
B) Marne.
C) Rhone
D) Paris
E) Gervais.

Question 7

What year was the Federal Reserve System of banking created in the United States?

A) 1913
B) 1908
C) 1919
D) 1906
E) 1900

Question 8

Which military armament inflicted the most casualties in World War One?

A) Rifle
B) Artillery
C) Tank
D) Airplane.
E) Grenades

Question 9

Which act did President Wilson support that simplified the definition of illegal business practices?

A) Fair Trade
B) Sherman
C) Clayton
D) Wilson-Roosevelt
E) Taft-Hartley

Question 10

Which amendment to the US Constitution created the federal income tax?

A) 32nd
B) 22nd
C) 14th
D) 11th
E) 16th

Question 11

Who was the only black officer appointed to lead the NAACP when it was founded?

A) Donald Harrington
B) James F. Grove
C) W.E.B. Dubois
D) Booker T. Washington
E) Samuel Evans

Question 12

What year did the Russian Revolution begin?

A) 1920
B) 1902
C) 1917
D) 1904
E) 1914

Question 13

In what year did the United States declare war and enter World War 1?

A) 1917
B) 1918
C) 1914
D) 1912
E) 1919

Question 14

The "blank check" which helped start World War 1 was provided by which country to Austria- Hungary?

A) Serbia
B) Italy
C) Russia
D) Germany
E) France

Question 15

The Schlieffen Plan was developed by Germany to invade what country?

A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Belgium
D) Serbia
E) Poland

Question 16

Which of the following was not a member of the Central Powers during World War One?

A) Russia.
B) Germany
C) Bulgaria
D) Ottoman empire
E) Austria-Hungary

Question 17

The British freighter that was sunk by a German submarine in 1915 was called?

A) Titanic
B) Queen Mary
C) Queen Elisabeth
D) Beverage
E) Lusitania

Question 18

About how many soldiers were in the US military at the end of the war in 1918?

A) 300,000
B) 4 million
C) 10 million
D) 800,000
E) 1 million

Question 19

In which state was "Mother" Jones involved with labor strikes during this period?

A) Arkansas
B) West Virginia
C) Oregon
D) Ohio
E) Pennsylvania

Question 20

The first US Congresswomen was?

A) Louise Taylor
B) Susan Anthony
C) Jeannette Rankin
D) Laura Perkins
E) Olivia Holmes

Question 21

The period of concern that socialism was infiltrating American society was known as the?

A) Hooverism
B) Red Scare
C) Leninism
D) Sedition Era
E) None of the above

Question 22

What year did women finally gain the right to vote across the United States?

A) 1926
B) 1909
C) 1914
D) 1920
E) 1902

Question 23

The British document that expressed support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine after WW1 was called?

A) Israel Agreement
B) Palestinian-Israeli Doctrine
C) Churchill Pronouncement
D) Balfour Declaration
E) Wilson Agreement

Question 24

Which of the following cities did blacks move to during the "Great Migration?"

A) St. Louis
B) Cleveland
C) Detroit
D) Chicago
E) All of the above

Question 25

Where was the training school for black military officers established in 1917?

A) Fort Houston
B) Fort Des Moines
C) Fort Devens
D) Fort Kansas
E) Fort Miami

Question 26

Criticizing the federal government during the war was a criminal offense according to which law?

A) Tyranny Act
B) Wilson Act
C) Sedition Act
D) Treason Law
E) War Powers Act

Question 27

President Wilson's blueprint for peace after the war was called?

A) Peace in Our Time
B) United Nations
C) Fourteen Points
D) North-South Agreement.
E) East-West treaty

Question 28

Who was the US Attorney General under Wilson who punished dissenters in the US?

A) Palmer
B) Grover
C) Smith
D) Grant
E) Mitchell

Question 29

What was the name of the new government agency created to conduct domestic surveillance during World war One?

A) Federal Bureau of Investigation
B) Justice Department
C) Attorney General's office
D) Homeland security
E) Domestic Surveillance Unit