Deck 21: America and the Great War, 1914-1920

Question 1

President Wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in France while negotiating the peace treaty.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

During World War I,popular prejudice associated anything German with disloyalty.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following statements regarding President Wilson is inaccurate?

A)Wilson was very well educated.
B)Wilson believed fiercely in Christianity.
C)Wilson was a dedicated supporter of American democracy.
D)Wilson had a great deal of international relations experience when he was elected.
E)Wilson did not mention foreign affairs in his inaugural address.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In March 1917,German submarines sank five U.S.vessels in the North Atlantic.

Question 5

During the Great War,what countries made up the Allied Powers?

A)France,the United States,England
B)Italy,France,Austria-Hungary
C)France,Great Britain,Italy
D)France,Great Britain,Russia
E)Italy,the United States,Great Britain

Question 6

How long did the conflict known as the Great War last?

A)From 1920 to 1921
B)From 1918 to 1920
C)From 1914 to 1918
D)From 1915 to 1920
E)From 1913 to 1918

Question 7

The Republican candidate for president in 1916 was Charles Evans Hughes.

Question 8

Casualties were staggering in the Great War,mainly because of new technologies.Which of the following was not used in the Great War?

A)Flame throwers
B)Poison gas
C)Armored tanks
D)Atomic weapons
E)Land mines

Question 9

During the Great War,what countries made up the Central Powers?

A)The United States,France,England
B)Germany,Austria-Hungary,Italy
C)England,France,Germany
D)Germany,Italy,Russia
E)The United States,England,Russia

Question 10

More than 400,000 southern blacks moved northward during the war years.

Question 11

Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations.

Question 12

What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Great War?

A)The sinking of the Lusitania
B)The Zimmerman telegram
C)The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
D)The invasion of Italy by Germany
E)The sinking of the Sussex

Question 13

Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate Republicans,who demanded amendments to the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 14

Because of their belief in "freedom of the seas," the British allowed Americans to trade with Germany.

Question 15

Although publicly President Wilson urged Americans to remain neutral regarding the Great War,he personally favored

A)Great Britain and France.
B)Hungary and Austria.
C)France and Italy.
D)Germany and Russia.
E)Russia and Austria.

Question 16

The so-called Arabic Pledge involved Wilson's stand to stop North Africa's fall into chaos during the war.

Question 17

In the presidential election of 1916,Republicans used the slogan "He kept us out of war" to discredit Wilson.

Question 18

Many immigrant groups in the United States supported the Central Powers in the European war.

Question 19

The Zimmermann telegram,sent to the Mexican government from the White House,was intercepted by the Germans.

Question 20

Women in "war work" were usually able to keep their jobs after the war.

Question 21

During the Great War,African American men fought

A)in racially segregated units.
B)alongside whites.
C)in African American units with African American officers.
D)only in Russia.
E)only in the Army.

Question 22

In the Zimmerman telegram __________________ urged ____________ to invade the United States.

A)Germany,Mexico
B)Great Britain,France
C)Germany,Russia
D)Germany,Canada
E)Canada,Mexico

Question 23

During the Great War,Wilson's administration organized the sale of _________,which guaranteed a fixed rate of return to fund the war.

A)certificates of deposit
B)Liberty bonds
C)collectible stamps
D)gold certificates
E)silver certificates

Question 24

_____________ led the ________________ a group of determined Communist revolutionaries in Russia in 1917.

A)Karl Marx,Socialists
B)Leon Trotsky,Trotskyites
C)Vladimir Lenin,Bolsheviks
D)Samuel Gompers,Bolsheviks
E)Eugene V.Debs,Socialists

Question 25

When the United States entered the Great War,American troops were most needed

A)on the Eastern Front.
B)in Russia.
C)on the Western Front.
D)in Great Britain.
E)in the Pacific Ocean.

Question 26

Which of the following statement's regarding President Wilson's Fourteen Points is incorrect?

A)The Fourteen Points called for the creation of a peace league.
B)The Central Powers had to leave specified territories.
C)The Fourteen Points called for racial equality.
D)The Fourteen Points called for self-determination of previously dominated groups.
E)The Fourteen Points called for freedoms of the seas.

Question 27

During the Great War,the Espionage and Sedition Acts

A)stifled free speech.
B)sent convicted spies to Canada.
C)set up detainment camps for Japanese-Americans.
D)deported thousands of Mexicans to Mexico.
E)was used by Wilson against Democrats.

Question 28

What was the stated purpose of the Food Administration during the Great War?

A)It was to set up food banks for Americans.
B)It was to reduce American agricultural production.
C)It was to reduce civilian food consumption.
D)It provided food to the unemployed.
E)It collected food donations to be sent to soldiers in Europe.

Question 29

The fresh but untried American soldiers sent to aid the British and French during the Great War were nicknamed

A)Yankees.
B)Doughboys.
C)Democrats.
D)Federalists.
E)G.I.Joes.

Question 30

The British vessel the Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat in ________________;the United States entered the Great War officially in _______________.

A)1916,1918
B)1915,1917
C)1914,1917
D)1915,1918
E)1917,1918

Question 31

As a result of the economic expansion during the Great War,___________ moved to ________________ in cities like Los Angeles and Houston.

A)Latinos,ghettos
B)African Americans,ghettos
C)Chinese,Chinatowns
D)Latinos,barrios
E)Irish,ghettos

Question 32

How did the Wilson administration use women to aid the war effort?

A)They were encouraged to have more babies.
B)They were encouraged to enlist.
C)They were encouraged to marry only veterans.
D)They were told to take on jobs previously held by men.
E)Women were completely ignored by the Wilson administration.

Question 33

Which of the following statements regarding the War Industries Board is incorrect?

A)It was headed by Bernard Baruch.
B)It could allocate raw materials.
C)It could force workers to work in specific factories.
D)It could build new factories.
E)It could set prices.

Question 34

With the signing of the Treaty of _________________ Russia ended its involvement in the Great War.

A)Paris
B)Moscow
C)Petersburg
D)Berlin
E)Brest-Litovsk

Question 35

In the Sussex Pledge,the Germans promised what?

A)German U-boats would not fire on British destroyers.
B)German U-boats would not fire on French battleships.
C)German U-boats would not fire merchant of passenger ships.
D)German U-boats would not torpedo Italian vessels.
E)German U-boats were banned.

Question 36

In order to wage the Great War,the United States government did all of the following except

A)draft millions of young women.
B)draft millions of young men.
C)force industry to meet wartime needs.
D)compel farmers to meet wartime needs.
E)take over railroads.

Question 37

As a result of America's entry into the Great War,the federal government's power

A)declined somewhat.
B)declined a great deal.
C)Increased.
D)Increased a great deal.
E)stayed the same.

Question 38

Who was the last tsar to rule in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution?

A)Peter I
B)Nicholas I
C)Peter II
D)Nicholas II
E)Alexander II

Question 39

The movement of more than 400,000 southern blacks to northern cities during the war and through the 1920s was known as the

A)Big Move.
B)Big Migration.
C)Great Migration.
D)Exodusting.
E)Dust Bowl.

Question 40

Wilson's Fourteen Points for post-Great War peace contained all of the following except

A)a new nation for Poles.
B)open conduct of diplomacy.
C)the removal of international trade barriers.
D)an increase in armaments.
E)the transformation of colonial empires.

Question 41

In the aftermath of the Great War,there were approximately _______________ African American veterans in the United States.

A)100,000
B)200,000
C)350,000
D)500,000
E)10,000

Question 42

______________ killed roughly 100 million people worldwide in 1918.

A)Typhoid
B)The Spanish flu
C)Malaria
D)Smallpox
E)Polio

Question 43

As a result of ____________________,______________ of the American wage workforce went on strike in 1919.

A)rising consumer prices,10 percent
B)dropping consumer prices,50 percent
C)rising consumer prices,20 percent
D)dropping unemployment,40 percent
E)rising consumer prices,20 percent

Question 44

Which of the following statements regarding Woodrow Wilson's involvement in negotiating an end to the Great War is incorrect?

A)Wilson's efforts were clumsy at best.
B)Wilson attended the peace conference personally.
C)Wilson urged the election of a Democratic Congress.
D)Wilson ignored Republicans.
E)Wilson was very popular among Republican congressmen.

Question 45

The so-called Big Four at the peace negotiations to end the Great War included all of the following except

A)Woodrow Wilson.
B)Georges Clemenceau.
C)Vladimir Lenin.
D)David Lloyd George.
E)Vittorio Orlando.

Question 46

The _________________ voted to reject the Treaty of Versailles that President Wilson had worked so hard on.

A)U.S.Congress
B)U.S.House of Representatives
C)U.S.Senate
D)U.S.Supreme Court
E)League of Nations

Question 47

Which of the following countries had the highest casualties during the Great War?

A)Great Britain
B)France
C)Russia
D)Germany
E)The United States

Question 48

President Wilson was a member of the _____________ party,and he was often opposed by the _______________ party during the peace process.

A)Democratic,Republican
B)Democratic,Populist
C)Democratic,Federalist
D)Republican,Democratic
E)Bull Moose,Democratic

Question 49

Wilson offended many in Congress when he did not choose _______________ to accompany him to the peace negotiations.

A)Henry Cabot Lodge
B)John L.Lewis
C)Eugene V.Debs
D)William Howard Taft
E)Theodore Roosevelt

Question 50

The Big Four at the peace conference created all of the following independent countries except

A)Poland.
B)Hungary.
C)Turkey.
D)Latvia.
E)Yugoslavia.

Question 51

How many men roughly did the United States lose in combat in the course of its involvement in the Great War?

A)10,000
B)20,000
C)30,000
D)40,000
E)50,000

Question 52

_______________ are the payment of money for war damages.

A)Reparations
B)Retributions
C)Tributes
D)Taxes
E)Tariffs

Question 53

In the presidential election of 1920,women made up what percentage of the electorate?

A)10 percent
B)20 percent
C)30 percent
D)40 percent
E)50 percent

Question 54

In 1919,the same year the Great War officially concluded,the United States saw all of the following except

A)full employment.
B)terrorist bombings.
C)Communist radicalism.
D)race riots.
E)women's suffrage.

Question 55

President Wilson believed that the keystone to ensuring lasting world peace was

A)the United Nations.
B)the League of Nations.
C)the end of the Bolsheviks.
D)the utter destruction of Germany.
E)higher tariffs.

Question 56

Ratified in 1920,the ________________ rewarded women who had worked so hard during the Great War with the right to vote.

A)Nineteenth Amendment
B)Eighteenth Amendment
C)Fifteenth Amendment
D)Fourteenth Amendment
E)Thirteenth Amendment

Question 57

The peace negotiations to end the Great War were held in ______________ in ________________.

A)Paris,1918
B)Paris,1919
C)Moscow,1919
D)Berlin,1918
E)London,1919

Question 58

Which of the following statements regarding the Treaty of Versailles is incorrect?

A)The United States never ratified the treaty.
B)The treaty with Wilson's Fourteen Points was a failure.
C)Wilson's health suffered greatly because of the treaty.
D)The Treaty of Versailles left Germany weak and isolated.
E)Ultimately the Treaty of Versailles was a great success.

Question 59

______________ and _________________ wanted Germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the war.

A)United States,France
B)Great Britain,France
C)Great Britain,Russia
D)Russia,Hungary
E)United States,Great Britain

Question 60

After the end of the Great War,unemployment and consumer goods' prices both

A)fell.
B)fell a lot.
C)rose.
D)rose a lot.
E)stagnated.

Question 61

Fears of revolution were so widespread in post-war America that the U.S.attorney general created a government division to collect information on radicals headed by

A)Mitchell Palmer.
B)J.Edgar Hoover.
C)Clarence Darrow.
D)William Jennings Bryan.
E)Joseph McCarthy.

Question 62

Describe the nature of the fighting in the early years of the Great War.Pay special attention to the Western front and trench warfare.

Question 63

Describe the economic mobilization on the American home front.

Question 64

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
b.Was the U.S.attorney general that led the Red Scare
c.Was Wilson's first secretary of state
d.Was Wilson's second secretary of state
e.Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
f.Headed the War Industries Board
g.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
h.Was a World War I general
i.Was the French premier during World War I
Georges Clemenceau

Question 65

Which of the following statements regarding America in the immediate aftermath of the Great War is correct?

A)Employment was on the rise.
B)Racial tensions were declining.
C)Americans felt they were doing better economically.
D)The peace did not bring stability to America.
E)Americans felt safe at home.

Question 66

Describe Wilson's Fourteen Points,discussing not only the details but the overall philosophy behind them as well.

Question 67

Describe the end of the war and the writing of the Treaty of Versailles.What were the terms of the treaty? Which nations were involved in writing the treaty? What was the American reaction to the treaty? Why?

Question 68

Why did America enter the war in Europe when it did? Why did it not enter before?

Question 69

Why did war break out in Europe in 1914? What events led to the outbreak of what became known as the Great War?

Question 70

How did participation in the war affect the role of the federal government in the United States?

Question 71

What were the United States' contributions to the Great War? How did America help the Allies win the war?

Question 72

Fear of foreign terrorists and radicalism led to the ______________ at the end of the 1910s.

A)First Red Scare
B)Rise of the Populist party
C)end of the Democratic party
D)formation of the Central Intelligence Agency
E)end of the American Socialist party

Question 73

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
b.Was the U.S.attorney general that led the Red Scare
c.Was Wilson's first secretary of state
d.Was Wilson's second secretary of state
e.Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
f.Headed the War Industries Board
g.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
h.Was a World War I general
i.Was the French premier during World War I
Bernard Baruch

Question 74

Write an essay discussing how the war affected Americans' perception of themselves and their role in the world.

Question 75

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
b.Was the U.S.attorney general that led the Red Scare
c.Was Wilson's first secretary of state
d.Was Wilson's second secretary of state
e.Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
f.Headed the War Industries Board
g.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
h.Was a World War I general
i.Was the French premier during World War I
Charles Evans Hughes

Question 76

Trace America's attempt at neutrality prior to its entry into World War I.

Question 77

How did involvement in the war affect the position of women,African Americans,and immigrants in the United States?

Question 78

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
b.Was the U.S.attorney general that led the Red Scare
c.Was Wilson's first secretary of state
d.Was Wilson's second secretary of state
e.Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
f.Headed the War Industries Board
g.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
h.Was a World War I general
i.Was the French premier during World War I
William Jennings Bryan

Question 79

How and why were civil liberties curtailed during World War I? What was the effect of these curtailments?

Question 80

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
b.Was the U.S.attorney general that led the Red Scare
c.Was Wilson's first secretary of state
d.Was Wilson's second secretary of state
e.Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
f.Headed the War Industries Board
g.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
h.Was a World War I general
i.Was the French premier during World War I
Calvin Coolidge