WW1 and 1920's Benchmark Review

Which is not a cause of WWI?

• Nationalism

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Socialism

The "spark" that started WWI was

• the bombing of Pearl Harbor

• Assassination of William McKinley

• Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

• Combination of nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliances.

Someone that wanted to enter WWI would have been referred to as a(n)

• isolationist

• pacifist

• socialist

• interventionist

Technology during WWI would have included all but which of these?

• trenches

• airplanes and tanks

• hydrogen bombs

• pistols and bayonets

What was the U.S. convoy system used for?

• to overcome the threat of German U-boats to passenger/military ships.

• to sink German ships

• to protect the British from the German Navy

• to use as an offensive on the British Navy

A world organization where countries could gather and resolve their problems before jumping to war with each other was know as the

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• Works Progress Administration

• Fourteen Points

Who rejected joining Wilson's League of Nations?

• Central Powers leadership

• the Germans

• the U.S. Senate

• The League of Nations

The burden of "selling the war" to the American Public fell to which organization?

• Committee of Public Information

• League of Nations

• American Expeditionary Force

• The Red Cross

Which group of people broadened their job opportunities during WWI?

• African Americans

• Women

• Native Americans

• Mexican Americans

The prosperity of the U.S. in the mid 1920s resulted from

• increased demand for new consumer goods.

• high wage contracts negotiated by labor unions

• record high farm prices

• increased government regulation of the economy