WWI~ The Great War

What does this political cartoon best represent?

• Public opposition to the League of Nations

• German Imperial Fleet discussing a blockade of Mexico

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• Talks of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare

In January 1918, President Wilson spoke to Congress about the war aims of the nation. His plan ultimately became known as the _______________________ and was designed to create a lasting peace in the world.

• Fourteen Points

• Treaty of Versailles

• Wilson's suggestions

• League of Nations

In 1919, after communist revolutionaries known as Bolsheviks overthrew the czar in Russia, established the Soviet Union, and called for a worldwide revolution to destroy capitalism, people in the United States began to fear communists. This fear of international communism was called __________________.

• Socialism

• The Red Scare

• The Immigrant Scare

• The Isolationism Movement

Which legislation was passed during the Second New Deal to give federal assistance to the elderly?

• the Wagner Act

• the Social Security Act

• the Fair Labor Standards Act

• the Emergency Banking Relief Act

Dirt loosened by the drought and the poor farming practices that had eroded the soil led to this ecological disaster ____________________.

• Hoovervilles

• the Dirt Bowl

• (TVA)

• the Dust Bowl

The project code named the Manhattan Project was hiding what?

• The U.S. building Nuclear Weapons

• Internment Camps built to hold minorities

• Secret plant building new airplanes

• New submarine technology

How are dictators able  to rise to power after countries suffer hardships? 

• People want strong leaders to solve their problems.
• Dictators promise freedom. 
• Dictators allow everyone to vote. 
• Dictators promise to end fascism.

Who was the dictator of Germany that rose to power with the Nazi Party?

• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 

• D-Day on the shores of France
• Pearl Harbor
• Invasion of Poland
• V-E Day

When was the United States Navy seriously damaged and as a result President Roosevelt declared war on Japan? 

• Iwo Jima
• Pearl Harbor
• D-Day
• Invasion of Poland