World War & Turmoil

All of the following represent a reason why the US entered WWI EXCEPT:

• an attack on US forces in Alaska

• unrestricted submarine warfare

• the interception of the Zimmerman note

• to protect freedom of the seas and neutral rights

Which of the following best describes Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

• a plan for a peaceful postwar world

• a plan to establish US. Supremacy

• a plan to punish the Central Powers

• a plan to rebuild America’s military

All of the following represent how the US government expanded its influence during World War I EXCEPT:

• Espionage and Sedition Acts

• War Industries Board -- The Pentagon

• The use of propaganda

• The expansion of civil rights to minorities

Which of the following best describes the effect of prohibition?

• consumption of alcohol, if anything, went up and organized crime increased

• federal taxes increased from the sale of alcohol

• Americans stopped drinking alcohol and crime went down

• It successfully limited alcohol for decades

All of these factors helped lead to the Great Depression EXCEPT

• an unequal distribution of wealth.

• the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

• the Stock Market Crashed.

• overproduction in industry and agriculture.

Which of the following accurately describes a legacy of the New Deal?

• Greater government involvement in the economy

• Improved civil rights

• The economic recovery of the rest of the world

• The expectation that individuals will take care of themselves

All of the following were ways America mobilized for World War II EXCEPT:

• volunteering or being drafted into the military

• rationing of food and essential materials

• staging anti-war protests

• women working in war factories as “Rosie the Riveter”

All of the following statements concerning U.S. involvement in World War II are correct EXCEPT:

• The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into the war.

• Under the Lend-Lease Act the U.S. assisted Britain in its war against Germany.

• The D-Day invasion was a massive strategic failure for the United States.

• The U.S. fought the war in both Europe and the Pacific.

What did the policy of appeasement in pre-WWII Europe entail?

• Allowing Nazi Germany to invade Poland and parts of France

• Allowing Nazi Germany to aggressively expand, conquer the Sudetenland, and annex Austria

• The United States’ decision to not get involved in any European conflicts

What was one of the Japanese motivations for making an attack on Pearl Harbor?

• The United States cut off its oil exports to Japan in the summer of 1941, which debilitated the Japanese navy.

• Japan wanted to claim Hawai’i as an imperial colony; they valued it for its sugar and coffee.

• President Roosevelt had embarrassed Emperor Hirohito at a state dinner in 1939.