APUSH - AMSCO QUIZ CHAPTER 22

Which of the following events most directly brought the United States into the First World War?

• Italy’s decision to join the Allied powers.

• Britain’s use of a naval blockade

• Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare

• The success of the communist revolution in Russia

• The collapse of the French army

The War of 1812, Spanish-American War, and World War I all involved

• maritime or naval incidents that led to war.

• disputes over land claims in the Western Hemisphere.

• border incidents that started the conflicts.

• large territorial gains for the United States at the settlement of the conflict.

• toppling foreign leaders who threatened United States security.

President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by

• declaring it a crusade to "make the world safe for democracy."

• appealing to America's tradition of intervention in Europe.

• demonstrating how American national security would be threatened by a German victory.

• convincing the public of the need to make the world safe from the German submarine.

• insisting that the war would be fought primarily by the navy.

With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americans

• favored U.S. mediation of the conflict.

• favored entering the war in support of the Allies.

• wanted to form a military alliance of neutral nations.

• supported the Central Powers.

• earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.

The ideas expressed in George Washington's Farewell Address most strongly influenced which United States foreign policy decision in the twentieth century?

• The establishment of the United Nations in 1945

• the oil embargo against Japan in 1941

• The formation of the NATO alliance between the United States and Western Europe in 1949

• The refusal to join the League of Nations in 1919

Woodrow Wilson hardened Senate opposition to the Treaty of Versailles by his refusal to compromise on the issue of

• plebiscites to determine the new borders of Germany

• the unconditional adherence of the United States to the charter of the League of Nations

• protectorate status for African colonies seized from Germany

• reparations limited to the amount Germany could afford to pay

• the border between Italy and Yugoslavia

In the United States Senate, the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was the

• provision for trusteeship of former German colonies.

• League of Nations.

• permanent U.S. alliance with France.

• severe reparations that Germany would have to pay.

• principle of self-determination for smaller nations in Europe and elsewhere.

The purpose of the Committee on Public Information, headed by George Creel, was to

• investigate unsafe factory conditions during the Progressive Era

• prosecute unfair business practices during the Progressive Era

• educate the public about health and nutrition during the Progressive Era

• mobilize popular support for the First World War

• prosecute allegations of sedition during the First World War

The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were similar to the Espionage and Sedition Acts passed during World War I because they both

• gave the government greater control over the production of goods

• tried to restrict criticism of and opposition to government policies

• attempted to justify United States involvement in a foreign war

• provided for the draft of men into the military

Which of the following occurred on the home front during the First World War?

• The federal government issued rationing coupons for food and gasoline in those states that had large populations of low income citizens.

• The United States public expressed widespread anti-German sentiment.

• Women joined the military in large numbers.

• Military commanders desegregated the armed forces.

• The United States government placed Japanese Americans in relocation camps.