Deck 17: America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

Question 1

Which of these was NOT part of the U.S.war effort during World War I ​

A)Meatless days
B)Wheatless days
C)​Fishless days
D)​Victory gardens

Answer 1

​Fishless days

Question 2

The National War Labor Board established ​

A)daylight savings time.
B)a new appeals process for laborers.
C)​minimum wages and maximum hours.
D)​ambitious production quotas for arms factories.
E)​desegregation policies in war-related industries.

Answer 2

​minimum wages and maximum hours.

Question 3

The event that finally pushed the United States to enter World War I was ​

A)the sinking of the Lusitania
B)the renewed attack on U.S.ships by Germany
C)​the Zimmerman Telegram
D)​the alliance between Germany and Mexico

Answer 3

​the Zimmerman Telegram

Question 4

The Fourteen Points included all of the following except ​

A)freedom of the seas.
B)national self-determination.
C)​a league of nations to keep the peace.
D)​total disarmament.

Question 5

American soldiers during World War I potentially experienced all of the following except ​

A)Shellshock
B)Trench warfare
C)​Exposure to poison gas
D)​The use of airplanes in battle
E)​Reliance on U.S.submarine technology

Question 6

Why did the U.S.not establish an embargo against warring European nations after the outbreak of war? ​

A)Because the large population of German immigrants in the U.S opposed it
B)Because it did not have a large enough naval fleet to maintain an embargo
C)​Because U.S.defense experts considered espionage a stronger and safer strategy
D)​Because a blockade would have harmed the U.S.economy

Question 7

In what year did the United States formally enter World War I? ​

A)1914
B)1915
C)​1916
D)​1917
E)​1918

Question 8

Which of these was not an attempt by the U.S.government to limit criticism of its participation in the war? ​

A)The Espionage Act
B)The Leverage Act
C)​The Sedition Act
D)​The Alien Act

Question 9

President Wilson's main goal at the peace conference ending World War I was to ​

A)form the League of Nations
B)punish Germany for starting the war
C)​gain repayment for the British and French for their great losses
D)​undermine the Bolshevik government of Russia
E)​disarm all European nations

Question 10

The Red Scare refers to which of the following? ​

A)submarine warfare 
B)an influenza epidemic 
C)​an economic recession
D)​fear of communist infiltration

Question 11

​William Jennings Bryan resigned as Secretary of State because

A)He clashed with other members of Wilson's cabinet on the handling of the war effort.
B)He feared Wilson's demand for an apology from Germany might prompt warfare.
C)​He was boycotting Wilson's attempt to negotiate with Germany secretly.
D)​None of these

Question 12

Where did World War I begin? ​

A)In Russia
B)In Germany
C)​In the Balkans
D)​In Great Britain

Question 13

Who was the Republican Party's 1916 candidate for president? ​

A)Eugene V.Debs 
B)Charles Evans Hughes
C)​Henry Cabot Lodge
D)​Theodore Roosevelt
E)​Herbert Hoover

Question 14

Which statement regarding U.S.participation in World War I is true? ​

A)The United States chose to use an all-volunteer system for raising troops.
B)Roughly 3 million men joined the armed forces during World War I. 
C)​The United States got the majority of the funds for the war through taxes. 
D)​Most of the U.S.convoys escorting merchant ships were destroyed by German submarines. 

Question 15

Woodrow Wilson's 1917 "Peace Without Victory" speech called for ​

A)U.S.entry into the conflict in Europe
B)U.S.companies and government agencies to provide money and  supplies to allied nations.
C)​The establishment of a worldwide organization to prevent future wars
D)​The beginning of peace talks between the belligerent nations

Question 16

Who was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I? ​

A)J.Edgar Hoover
B)Oliver Wendell Holmes
C)​John J.Pershing
D)​Woodrow Wilson
E)​Arthur Zimmerman

Question 17

Germany's 1915 sinking of what ship cost 1,200 lives and brought on the ire of the U.S.public? ​

A)Sussex
B)Arabic
C)​Reuben James
D)​Lusitania
E)​Maine

Question 18

Passed in 1920,the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution ​

A)gave women the right to vote. 
B)guaranteed equal pay for men and women. 
C)​prohibited the sale or distribution of alcohol.
D)​desegregated government offices and workplaces. 

Question 19

Which statement about the U.S.home front during World War I is true? ​

A)Americans were asked to go without meat and other staples as part of an effort to raise food for the Allies.
B)A move to restrict the sale and use of alcoholic beverages was quickly and thoroughly defeated.
C)​Wheat production dropped by one-third because many farmers enlisted in the war.
D)​Membership in labor unions decreased and the number of strikes increased. 
E)​African Americans were motivated to prove themselves after combat units were desegregated.

Question 20

The Triple Alliance consisted of which three countries? ​

A)Italy,Germany and France
B)Germany,Austria and England
C)​Italy,Germany and Austria
D)​Germany,France and England

Question 21

In Schenck v.United States (1919)the Supreme Court declared that laws did not violate the rights of suspected radicals because they presented "a clear and present danger." ​

Question 22

After the sinking of the Arabic,the Germans pledged not to attack passenger liners without warning,but it soon resumed its submarine attacks on merchant ships.

Question 23

Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge helped draft the League of Nations proposal.​

Question 24

The 1917 Espionage Act made it illegal for Americans to criticize the government or the war effort and set sentences of up to twenty years in prison.​

Question 25

During the war,Germany did not target American troop ships because they did not think American soldiers were good fighters.​

Question 26

From the outbreak of war in Europe,President Woodrow Wilson publically supported England and its allies ​

Question 27

William Jennings Bryan led the effort that blocked ratification of the Treaty of Versailles by the Senate.​

Question 28

Charles Evans Hughes was a Supreme Court justice and the Republican Party's 1916 presidential candidate. ​

Question 29

The Palmer raids sought to end labor strikes by rounding up and arresting union activists.

Question 30

The 1918 outbreak of Spanish flu killed many U.S.soldiers but was contained overseas. ​

Question 31

Activist Emma Goldman was deported for speaking out against the U.S.government during the war.​

Question 32

The Senate was most concerned about the aspect of the Treaty of Versailles that ​

A)Would not require Germany to admit blame for the war
B)Would not require Germany and Italy to assume the war costs of victorious nations
C)​Would establish a League of Nations
D)​Would not ban submarine warfare

Question 33

The federal government established a minimum wage during and after the war years. ​

Question 34

The U.S.had a long-term policy of isolationism in foreign wars.​

Question 35

All of the following contributed to the rise of massive labor strikes in the years after World War I except ​

A)Escalating inflation
B)A labor glut of returning soldiers seeking jobs
C)​The shift from wartime production
D)​Declining faith in unions

Question 36

The U.S.financed the bulk of the war by selling Liberty Bonds.​

Question 37

Union membership declined during and after World War I.​

Question 38

In return for the government's agreement to allow unions to participate in economic policy making,the American Federation of Labor promised not to strike or to press for union shops in factories.​

Question 39

Black activist leader W.E.B.Du Bois urged blacks not to enlist or take part in the U.S.war effort during World War I.​