American Yawp chapter 21

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1

The Triple Entente united all of the following nations EXCEPT

The United States

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2

Which of the following issues most concerned American diplomats prior to World War I?

Expanding transatlantic trade

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3

Army General John "Black Jack" Pershing used all of the following technologies in his attempt to capture Pancho Villa EXCEPT

Destroyers

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4

What was the particular spark that ignited World War I?

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Sophie

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5

Where did Germany first invade?

Russia

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6

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

A German offer to help Mexico recover land lost in the Mexican-American War if they would side with Germany in WW1

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7

How did many black leaders, including W. E. B. DuBois respond to the war?

Supporter the war effort and lobbied to include black soldiers in front-line combat positions

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8

Women served in the armed forces during World War I. They served in all of the following positions EXCEPT

Commissioned officers

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9

Why did the Russian army disintegrate?

The German invasion of 1916 killed several key commanders in the Russian army

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10

What was the result of the Kaiserschlacht?

The Germans launched five failed major attacks

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11

What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I?

Influenza

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12

Why did the League of Nations fail?

The United States did not join it

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13

What was the result of the King-Crane commission?

Discovery that most inhabitants of the Middle East favored an independent state free of European control

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14

How did the United States respond to the Bolshevik Revolution?

Opposed the Revolution and sent American troops, who remained in Russia until 1920

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15

What was the Red Summer of 1919?

Racial Violence in twenty-five American Cities

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