WWI Review

At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, most Americans believed that 

• their country should stay out of the war
• sending direct aid to Russia was necessary and desirable
• the government should immediately declare war against Germany
• the government should be more concerned with conditions in the Far East than with events in Europe 

In terms of international trade and finance, the United States emerged from World War I

• as a leading creditor nation
• depended on Middle Eastern oil
• burdened with a huge trade deficit
• responsible for rebuilding the economies of both wartime allies and enemies 

President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were proposals that he believed would bring about

• a just and lasting peace
• the containment of facism
• a reduction in United States involvement in world affairs
• a reestablishment of the prewar political situation in Europe

A major reason the United States became involved in World War I was to 

• fulfill treaty obligations to European allies
• protect the shipping rights of a neutral 
• reinforce the Monroe Doctrine
• gain colonies in the Pacific 

The Fourteen Points proposed by President Woodrow Wilson inspired hopes for a fair settlement of World War I because this program called for

• an agreement among nations to establish military alliances
• the return of Europe to its prewar political status
• establishment of economic sanctions against the Central Powers so that they would be powerless to start another war
• the establishment of a world peace organization to guarantee political independence for all nations 

From 1914 to 1916, as World War I raged in Europe, Americans were not able to "remain neutral in thought as well as action" mainly because 

• United States membership in military alliances required the nation to fight
• United States newspapers encouraged a policy of imperialist expansion
• The warring powers interfered with the United States right to freedom of the seas
• President Woodrow Wilson supported teh war aims of Germany and Austria-Hungary 

"We are to be an instrument in the hands of God to see that liberty is made secure for mankind."- President Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson tried to carry out the idea expressed in the quotation by 

• Protesting the sinking of the Lusitania
• Proposing a program of civil rights for minorities in American society
• Urging the allies to adopt the Fourteen Points
• Taking control of territories in World War I

"I object in the strongest possible way to having the United States agree, directly or indirectly to be controlled by a league  (of nations) which at any time..., be drawn in to deal with internal conflicts in other countries...We should never allow the United States to be involved in any internal conflict in another country"-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge was raising objections to the 

• Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I
• decision to provide economic aid to Western Europe after World War II
• Participation of the United States in Korean War
• Approval of the nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union

The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) were used by President Woodrow Wilson's administration during World War I to

• Discourage congressional support for the war effort
• Place German Americans in internment camps
• Remove Communists from government positions
• Silence critics of the war effort 

At the beginning of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson followed a traditional United States foreign policy by 

• Refusing to permit trade either side in the conflict
• Sending troops to aid Great Britain
• Declaring American neutrality 
• Requesting an immediate declaration of war against the aggressors