Ch. 23 WWI and the American Homefront

At the beginning of WWI, President Woodrow Wilson continued the traditional foreign policy of the U.S. by

• asking Congress to declare war against Germany

• adopting a policy of neutrality

• sending troops to aid Britain and France

In the Zimmermann Note, Germany promised land to ____ if it helped defeat the United States.

• Texas

• Mexixco

• Britain

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey formed which alliance?

• the Central Powers

• the Allied Powers

• the League of Nations

The U.S. Selective Service ___.

• sold war bonds

• declared war

• drafted soldiers

What did Woodrow Wilson believe would correct the problems of an unjust peace following WWI?

• the Treaty of Versailles

• the Paris Peace Conference

• the League of Nations

U.S. factories reduced production of consumer goods so that ____.

• they could produce more food

• their workers could join the armed forces

• they could make war supplies

Thousands of African Americans moved north during World War I to ____.

• fight for racial equality

• get jobs in factories

• escape the draft

What was President Wilson's plan for peace following WWI called?

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Paris Peace Conference

• The Fourteen Points

Which country never joined the League of Nations?

• Germany

• Britain

• United States

What was made illegal under the Espionage Act?

• spying, sabotage, and obstructing the war effort

• speaking out against the president's political party

• the production of war propaganda