History

Which philosophy emphasized the ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest?

  1. Militarism 

  2. nationalism 

  3. isolationism 

  4. social darwinism 

Which factor caused the rapid escalation of World War i?

  1. the social diversity of the United States 

  2. the elaborate system of alliances between European Nations 

  3. establishment of multi-ethnic Empires 

  4. minority revolutions against oppressive regimes 

What affected Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare against Britain have on the bounds of power in World War I?

  1. Britain ignored the submarine attacks and maintained its fight against  Russia 

  2. Russia, initially an ally of Germany, switched sides to support Britain 

  3. the United States entered the conflict, siding with the Allied Powers against Germany

  4. Britain aligned with the Central Powers against Germany

How did trench warfare affect soldiers during World War I?

  1. it resulted in fewer casualties before poor conditions for soldiers 

  2. it kept the pace of the worst slow, resulting in less trauma for soldiers 

  3. it led to worse conditions for soldiers to help shorten the war 

  4. it led to higher casualties and poor conditions for soldiers 

The famous “I want you!” Uncle Sam poster was originally used for what purpose?

  1. Encouraging people to vote in elections 

  2. recruiting soldiers for the US Army 

  3. promoting American-made products 

  4. advertising a political campaign

At which stage of the fighting did the United States enter World War I? 

  1. The beginning 

  2. shortly after the beginning 

  3. 3 years into the war 

  4. too late to play an important role in the war 

Why did Herbert Hoover initiate meatless Tuesdays during World War I?

  1. To  protest the practices of the meat packing industry 

  2. to encourage Americans to boycott foreign influences 

  3. To unite Americans under a common religious practice 

  4. to conserve food so that more could be shipped to soldiers 

Who were conscientious objectors?

  1. People who denounced all of the government's policies 

  2. pacifist who oppose the concept of War for many reasons 

  3. Patriots who condemned the actions of foreign political enemies

  4. people who rejected military service do to religious or moral beliefs

Which event triggered the start of World War I?

  1.  Germany's declaration of war 

  2. economic competition between European nations 

  3. the assassination of Francis Ferdinand 

  4. the French Reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine 

Which event at the beginning of World War I  significantly swayed US opinion against Germany

  1. the British use of contraband 

  2. the German invasion of Belgium 

  3. the German alliance with the Ottoman Empire 

  4. the establishment of the Sussex Pledge

 

Based on the map, which neutral country shares a border with two Central Power Nations?

  1. Switzerland 

  2. Norway 

  3. Spain 

  4. Belgium

In Europe, World War I was a defensive rather than offensive War mainly due to the use of… 

  1. Tanks 

  2. trenches 

  3. poison gas 

  4. aircraft 

“The special shows the men call “ shells on wheels”  are whizzing by continuously.  They explode silently and have no smell but can be deadly. They killed several men yesterday. One of my men refused to put his mask on because he couldn't smell anything. All of a sudden, he was dizzy, foamy at the mouth and his skin went black, then he went rigid and died.” –  Paul Truffaut,  March 5, 1917

 In this text,  which form of warfare from World War I is discussed?

  1.  chemical warfare 

  2. Naval Warfare 

  3. conventional Warfare 

  4. aerial Warfare 

The Great Migration refers to the movement of which group of Americans?

  1. Working women 

  2. African Americans 

  3. Mexican Americans 

  4. conscientious objectors 

How did World War I affect the US economy?

  1.  it strengthened the system of free enterprise

  2.  it limited the government's regulation of the economy

  3.  it encouraged the increased production of food and materials

  4.  it halted domestic production as most workers left to fight in the war 

Why did Allied Leaders reject many of President Wilson's ideas at the Paris peace conference?

  1. The Allied Leaders help to create the United Nations, which would be stronger than Wilson's League of Nations

  2.  the other leaders considered Wilson's demands for reparations from Germany to be too harsh

  3.  the Allied Leaders did not support Wilson's idea of “ peace without victory”  and wanted to weaken Germany 

  4. Allied leaders were suspicious of Wilson's Ambitions and feared the United States was becoming too powerful 

The decisions made at the Paris peace conference were shaped by…

  1.  Wilson's idealism and doctrine of national self-determination

  2.  the territorial interests of the allies and a desire to punish Germany

  3.  the determination to end colonialism 

  4.  the goal of forming new nations based in ethnicity

The Committee on Public Information, which produced movies that encourage American patriotism during World War I, such as “ under four Flags,” was an agency of which Institution?

  1.  women's international league for Peace and Freedom

  2.  American Red Cross

  3. The Bureau of Hollywood film industry

  4.  the United States government 

According to the map,  which new state was a part of the Russian Empire before World War I?

  1.  Czechoslovakia

  2.  Hungary 

  3. Poland

  4.  Yugoslavia

How did the demand for workers in the United States affect Mexicans?

  1. Many  Mexicans migrated to the Western United States to work on farms and ranches

  2.  Many Mexican women obtained factory jobs that had been vacated by American men

  3.  Many Mexican families settled in the  Northern United States as their young men joined the US Army

  4.  Many Mexicans benefited from a booming economy due to Mexico's isolated position in the war 

Which domestic reform did President Wilson consider to be “ vital to winning the war”?

  1. Passing the Sedition Act

  2.  granting women's suffrage

  3.  initiating The Great Migration 

  4. supporting conscientious objectors 

Many Americans were not neutral when World War I erupted in Europe because…

  1.  nearly all Americans were of British Heritage and supported Britain

  2.  many of them were recent immigrants with strong International ties to European countries

  3.  the United States had strong business  interests in Spain and France

  4.  the majority of Americans wanted to maintain trade with the Central Powers 

How did the “ irreconcilables”  respond to the Treaty of Versailles?

  1.  they utterly opposed the creation of a League of Nations

  2.  they wanted to reverse the treaty’s proposal for a League of Nations 

  3. they supported the treaty’s initiative to abolish  isolationist tendencies

  4.  they accepted the treaty as a way to promote cooperation among Nations

“I can never be anything else but an American, and I must think of the United States first, and when I think of the United States first…  I am thinking of what is best for the world, for if the United States Falls, the best hopes of mankind fall with it.” — Henry Cabot Lodge, letter to President Woodrow Wilson, 1919

 in this letter opposing United States and treat into the League of Nations, what effects does senator Lodge think the treaty would have on the United States and the world?

  1.  short-term benefit for the United States, but long-term danger for the world

  2.  danger for the United States and for the best long-term hopes of the world

  3.  short-term danger for the United States but long-term benefits for both the United States and the world

  4.  dangerous for the world, but long-term benefits for the United States 

“Whoever, when the United States is at War, shall willfully make our Convoy false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or Naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies, or show willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements… or advocate, teach, defend,For suggested doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at War or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 20 years,  or both…”

 based on the content, this quotation comes from which of the following Acts?

  1. the sedition Act 

  2. the Volstead Act 

  3. the Espionage Act 

  4. The Selective Service Act

 how did the American expeditionary Force give the Allies an advantage over Germany?

  1. They forced German troops to retreat into Germany 

  2. they helped raise Allied morale and strengthened Allied resistance to German attacks 

  3. they helped to train French and British troops 

  4. they provided convoys to protect Allied Shipping in the Atlantic

“1918 has gone: a year momentous as determination of the most cruel War in the annals of the human race; a year which marked the end, at least for a Time, of men's destruction of man; unfortunately a year in which developed a most fatal infectious disease causing the death of hundreds of thousands of human beings.” — Journal of the American Medical Association, December 28th, 1918

 to which disease does the author of the text refer?

  1.  choleria 

  2. influenza 

  3. covid-19 

  4. yellow fever

“We intend to begin on the 1st of February unrestricted submarine warfare.  we shall Endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. in the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal of Alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the Lost territory in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. the settlement in detail is left to you. you will inform the president of the above most  secretly as soon as the outbreak of War with the United States of America is certain and add the suggestion that he should, on his own initiative, invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time  mediate between Japan and ourselves. please call the president's attention to the fact that ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace. signed, Zimmerman”

 the Zimmerman Note proposed…

  1.  an invasion of the United States by Mexico

  2.  an attack on the United States by Germany

  3.  that in case, Mexico joined with Germany against the United States

  4.  that Germany declared war on the United States 

“On the a tranquil Europe can be a stable Europe… therefore must be a peace without victory… victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, of Victor's terms opposed upon the vanquished. it would be accepted and humiliation… and would leave a St, a res, a bitter memories upon which terms of, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand.” — Woodrow Wilson, “ peace without victory” speech, January 22, 1917

 based on this quotation what did Wilson want to achieve with the end of the war?

  1.  the expansions of the United States interests

  2.  a lasting peace in Europe 

  3. stronger United States alliances 

  4. protection of weaker nations from aggressions 

In which country did American forces do the most of their fighting in World War I?

  1.  Germany 

  2. the United Kingdom 

  3. France 

  4. the Netherlands

How did the Allies counteract Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare?

  1.  with the convoy system

  2.  with The Muese-Argonne campaign 

  3. By causing a revolution on the Eastern Front 

  4. By breaking the stalemate between the two countries 

Why were president Wilson's 14 Points disregarded at the Paris peace conference?

  1.  the Allies did not want to dismantle the Ottoman Empire

  2.  the Allies considered the American  proposals not idealistic enough

  3.  the Allied Victors did not want to encourage nationalism

  4.  well since ideas of national self-determination threaten the interests of other Allied  powers 

many in Congress opposed the League of Nations because they…

  1.  believe the United States would lose its position as an  economic power

  2.  supported Senator lodges idea that only Allied Nations could be decision-making members

  3.  supported the isolationist View that the organization would entangle the United States in foreign conflicts

  4.  thought that the organization would give the nation a voice in world affairs 

Which policy did Henry Cabot Lodge support?

  1.  establishing peace without victory

  2.  encouraging National self-determination

  3.  putting the United States in a position of world power

  4.  establishing free and open trade between Western Nations 

Why did the “reservationists” oppose article 10 of the Treaty of Versailles?

  1.  they did not believe that the United States should be involved in World politics

  2.  they objected to forming alliances between the United States and European nations

  3.  they  feared that it could lead the United States until War without the consent of Congress

  4.  they did not believe that the United States was capable of Defending European powers against their enemies 

How did the 14 points address the policy of isolationism?

  1.  it rejected isolationism in favor of more open diplomacy 

  2. it rejected isolationism and demanded that the United States seek territorial expansion 

  3. it supported isolationism and urged All Nations to take responsibility for their own defense by building large stockpiles of weaponry 

  4. it supported isolationism in order to prevent future world conflicts 

What did General Pershing want the American expeditionary forces to do during World War I?

  1. To strengthen the Allies by joining French forces

  2. to remain independent of other Allied Forces

  3.  to retreat back along the Western Front due to poor conditions

  4.  to opt out of the battle of Argonne forest due to severe shortages in supplies 

Which of the following statements about World War 1 is Illustrated by this photo?

  1.  soldiers from many countries fought in this war

  2.  governments provided Soldiers with the uniforms for the first time

  3.  the war included fighting in deserts

  4.  highly destructive weaponry were widely used in the war 

What was the goal of the War Industries Board during World War 1?

  1.  to regulate Industries related to the war effort

  2.  to found companies that could Supply military goods during the war

  3.  to select workers for industries that supported the war effort

  4.  to encourage the conservation of resources used in Wartime Industries 

Why did the Espionage Act receive substantial criticism?

  1.  it  criminally prosecuted citizens that refuse to fight in the war

  2.  it compromised the freedom of press by banning seditious texts

  3.  It violated the Constitution by  outlawing all anti-war speech

  4.  it established a network of domestic spies to uncover anti-war movements