US History 9: World War 1 and the Road to War

The Great Migration that took place roughly between 1914 and 1920 refers to the nearly 500,000:

• workers who left the northeast for the south

• Native American Indians who left their reservations

• middle-class whites who left cities to settle in the suburbs

• African Americans who left the rural south for northern cities

Ideas or information intended to influence people’s opinions and actions on a political cause or point of view is known as ____________________.

• Propaganda

• Espionage

• Sedition

• Dissent

How did Congress ensure that the US had enough troops to serve in World War I?

• Congress allowed women to assume combat duty in the armed forces

• The Selective Service Act of 1917 required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft

• Congress forced African-Americans to serve in the armed forces

• Congress offered a free education and free land to anyone willing to serve

Which of the following most accurately describes the government’s strategy to control the flow of information during the war?

• The government, fully aware that American boys were giving their lives on the battlefields of Europe, made no effort to limit the flow of information

• Congress approved the publication and distribution of war-time propaganda, but made no attempt to limit individual liberties

• The government, fearful that anti-war sentiments might harm the war effort, limited each citizen’s freedom of speech in favor of national security

• Congress closed newspapers and executed anyone believed to be guilty of spreading anti-war information or propaganda

Which of the following is NOT one of the new technologies from World War I?

• poison gas

• airplanes

• submarines

• rifles

What effect did World War 1 have on women?

• More women worked jobs to replace the men leaving for the war. 
• Women were made into slaves
• Women were not allowed to marry
• Women were not affected by WWI

Why did the U.S. sell liberty bonds during the war?

• To control wages and prices

• To raise money for the war

• To rally support for the war

• To conserve scarce resources

Which cause of the war saw each of the countries of Europe building up their armies (ground troops, weapons, navy) in a show of force.

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Alliances

• Nationalism

• Industrialization

Promoting the interests and qualities of one's own country, at the expense of any others, is better known as:

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Industrialization

• Militarism

• Alliances

Many of the countries of Europe were dragged into the war by other countries they supported because of THIS cause.

• Alliances

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Militarism