SSUSH15 Review

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At the onset of WWI the US practiced a policy of

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neutrality

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What event prompted the US entry into WWI? Options: The sinking of the US Maine, The sinking of RMS Lusitania and loss of American lives, The blitzkrieg of Britain, the Treaty of Tordesille

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The sinking of RMS Lusitania and loss of American lives

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What war tactic was Germany using which threatened the safe passage of ships in the Atlantic?

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unrestricted submarine warfare

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Once at war, how did society change in the US? Options: Factories converted to making war equipment and supplies, Workers were needed to fill the factories, There was a great movement of people to the North.

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all of the above

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Worried about attempts to stop the US involvement in WWI by immigrants living in America, the US passed which law?

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The Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Which socialist activist was brought to justice under the laws preventing people from interfering with the WWI war effort?

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Eugene Debs

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What solution did Woodrow Wilson propose following WWI to unite the world?

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The League of Nations

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What was Wilson’s 14th Point?

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creating a world peace keeping body

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While the US did not pass Wilson’s 14 Points, what organization was eventually created to keep world peace?

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The United Nations

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Langston Hughes wrote I, too. It is a poem about being forgotten as an African American. He was part of a cultural movement known as

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the Harlem Renaissance