The Great War (WWI) Test

Study the chart and answer the question.

Critical Events Leading to U.S. Involvement in WWI:

A) The U.S. presidential election of 1916.

B) The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

C) The sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-Boat

In which order did these events above take place?

• A,B,C

• B,C,A

• B,A,C

• C,A,B

Based on this excerpt from President Wilson's Fourteen Points, goal II is a response to which cause of the war?

I. Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.

II. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants.

III. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.

• the alliance system in Europe

• German U-Boat attacks on American shipping

• the Zimmerman Telegram

• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

This cartoon was published in 1916 and depicts President Wilson peering out form behind his door at a dog representing American pro war sentiments.

What is the main cause of the dog's barking in this cartoon?

• support for the creation of a League of Nations

• Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare

• the desire for suffrage rights for women

• anger over the annexation of the Philippines

When World War I began in Europe, what belief was held by most Americans?

• The United States should remain neutral and stay out of the conflict.

• The United States should support the Central Powers.

• The United States should send humanitarian air to Russia.

• The United States should immediately declare war on Germany.

What best illustrates the United State's policy of isolation following World War I?

• The United States increased trade with foreign nations.

• The United States refused to join the League of Nations.

• The Senate immediately ratified the Treaty of Versailles.

• The bipartisan support for an international peace keeping body.

What was President Wilson's main goal for the peace negotiations ending World War I?

• to prevent Germany from rebuilding its military

• to demand reparations from the losing countries

• the establish a way to prevent future international conflicts

• to restore trade relations between Germany and the United States

This statement was made by Theodore Roosevelt in response to an issue being debated in the Senate in 1919.

I keenly distrust a man who cares for other nations as much as his own.

How did Senators who agreed with Roosevelt impact international politics after World War I?

• They prevented the United States from joining the League of Nations, weakening its global influence.

• They angered Allied nations by preventing Germany from paying reparations for the cost of the war.

• They encouraged the spread of communism by blocking the implementation of self-determination in European nations.

• They helped the European economies by insisting on open trade agreements with former nations of the Central Powers.

This propaganda poster was most likely created for which war?

• the Vietnam War

• the Spanish-American War

• World War I

• World War II

What is the most appropriate heading for this outline?

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Self-determination

Open diplomacy

Freedom of the seas

League of Nations

• Wilson's Fourteen Points

• the Roosevelt Corollary

• the Square Deal

• War on Poverty

This is a quote from a document written in 1917.

We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal of alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together...

What immediate impact did this document have on the United States' foreign policy?

• It influenced the announcement of the Roosevelt Corollary.

• It created public support for American involvement in World War I.

• It inspired the United States to construct the Panama Canal.

• It solidified American neutrality leading up to World War I.