Ch.16-U.S. History

The Zimmerman telegram proposed that Mexico become an ally of Germany in the event of war between the United States and Germany.

• True

• False

The British entered World War I when German troops crossed into Belgium.

• True

• False

To mobilize for war, President Wilson established special boards so that the government could control the economy.

• True

• False

The need for women to work in factories during World War I began a trend toward women working outside the home that continued after the war.

• True

• False

The "Big Four" were enthusiastic about Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and included most of them in the Treaty of Versailles.

• True

• False

Continuing political turmoil in Mexico, combined with wartime labor shortage in the United States, convinced many Mexicans to head north.

• True

• False

To fund the war effort, Congress raised income tax rates.

• True

• False

President Wilson's peace plan was known as the

• Zimmerman telegram

• Sussex Pledge

• Treaty of Versailles

• Fourteen Points

To prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the

• National War Labor Board

• War Industries Board

• Committee on Public Information

• League of Nations

The event that touched off the first declaration of war in World War I was

• the assassination of the archduke of Germany

• the assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

• the German invasion of Belgium

• the German invasion of Russia