WWI Review

The Sedition Act of 1918 prevented people from:

• avoiding the draft
• traveling the ocean in passenger ships
• criticizing the war
• committing espionage 

The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they

• allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority.
• forced the repeal of the First Amendment.
• promoted biased ideas designed to sway people's thinking.
• forced restaurant owners to offer "liberty sandwiches" rather than "hamburgers."

What was the Zimmerman Note?

• The German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Britain
• Wilson's speech concerning why the U.S  should enter WWI
• A proposal by Germany that Mexico attack the US in return for territory
• a note left behind by a Serbian Nationalist in Austria-Hungary

Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War One?

• Trench Warfare
• Atomic Bomb
• Guerilla Warfare
• No-Man's Land

On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank

• the Maine
• The Titanic
• The Lusitania
• The Queen Mary

The United States entered WWI in what year?

• 1914
• 1915
• 1916
• 1917

According to Woodrow Wilson, the purpose of the League of Nations was

• to remove threat of future wars.
• to prevent nuclear proliferation.
• to help the US gain more territories.
• to help promote prohibition in other countries.

Germany sunk a ship called the Lusitania.  Why was this a big deal?

• it was a merchant ship with a large number of supplies
• it was a passenger ship on which 1,200 were killed, including 128 Americans
• it was a military ship that had been shelling the German coast
• it was a sailboat on which the king of England was traveling

Which best reflects the U.S. position at the start of WWI?

• Neutral
• Neutral, but maintained the right to trade with nations at war
• With the Allied powers
• With the Central powers

President Woodrow Wilson wanted peace, but the rest of the "Big Four" wanted to punish

• Austria-Hungry
• Russia
• Germany
• The Ottoman Empire