Chapter 16, Lesson 4

In 1918, what view did the Americans have about their contribution towards winning the war in Europe?

• The Americans believed that their huge sacrifices in lives lost had paid for the victory over Germany.

• The Americans believed that the Russians were more responsible for winning the war.

• The Americans believed that they had just arrived in time to provide the push needed for victory.

• The Americans believed that the Allies would have won the war even without them.

How did the rest of the Allies view the contributions of the Americans in winning the war?

• They believed that the Americans prospered from Allied purchases and had to sacrifice very little to win the war.

• They believed that the Americans were the cause of many of the Central Powers' victories.

• They believed that the Americans were responsible for the war.

• They believed that the Americans should have continued fighting the Bolsheviks in Russia.

Why was World War I nicknamed the "Great War"?

• Many people believed that it was more nostalgic than WWII.

• Many people believed that it was the most well organized and well fought of all wars.

• Many people believed that there would never be any war more destructive than this one.

• Many people believed that the war produced great memories for the people who fought in it.

The U.S. suffered economic uncertainty, labor strikes and riots immediately after the war ended. Perhaps the most famous strike was the one that Governor Calvin Coolidge had to break in 1919. It was the __________.

• Seattle General Strike

• Steel Strike

• Coal Strike

• Boston Police Strike

Why were there race riots in the North immediately after the war?

• Returning soldiers found it hard to find work and housing and gave into feelings of racism.

• The Ku Klux Klan was trying to keep the North color-free and was responsible for starting the riots.

• A. Mitchell Palmer was prejudiced against African Americans and was responsible for starting the riots.

• The NAACP surged in membership after the war and it scared northern whites that African Americans might take-over control of key northern cities.

The wave of strikes in 1919 helped fuel the fears that ___________ were going to takeover the country or start a revolution in the United States.

• Capitalists

• Communists

• Industrialists

• Reformers

The first general strike occured in 1919, in ______. It began when 35,000 shipyard workers walked off the job for higher wages and shorter working hours.

• Chicago, IL

• Seattle, WA

• Indianapolis, IN

• St. Louis, MO

The worst racial violence in 1919 occurred in __________. It lasted for nearly two weeks and thirty-eight people died in the clashes between African Americans and whites.

• Washington D.C.

• Detroit

• Cleveland

• Chicago

Because there was so much racial violence across the nation during the summer of 1919, it was nicknamed, the "_____ ______"?

• "Bloody Summer"

• "Bloody Year"

• "Red Summer"

• "Red Year"

The fear that the communist revolution was going to occur world wide and even affect the United States led to a nationwide panic in 1919 known as the ____________.

• Lenin Scare

• Red Scare

• Russian Scare

• Bolshevik Scare