WW1 Study Guide 2021

SS.912.A.4.5 Examine causes, course, and consequences of United States involvement in World War I.

1. How did Germany's sinking of the Lusitania increase the risk of war with the Unites States?

• a. The deaths of many American passengers on the British ship outraged President Wilson.

• b. The sinking hurt the United States economy by halting U.S. trade with Britain

• c. American ships responded by blocking German ports.

• d. American ships responded by attacking German submarines.

What does the timeline suggest about the effect of Americans on the war effort?

• a. Americans were unable to affect the stalemate that had developed.

• b. Americans helped turn the war in favor of the Allies

• c. Americans were unable to make up for the loss of Russia.

• d. American inexperience caused heavy damage to the Allies.

3. The Lusitania was a passenger ship traveling across the Atlantic from New York to Liverpool, England.

What were the consequences of the Germans sinking the ship?

• a. The United States and Germany engaged in talks and Germany agreed not to attack any more passenger ships.

• b. US Congress immediately passed a resolution banning all American shipping in the Atlantic.

• c. The United States immediately declared war on Germany after the deaths of over one hundred American citizens.

• d. ALL OF THE ABOVE

The main reason for the increased migration of African Americans out of the rural South during and following World War I was the

• a. opportunity for factory jobs in the North

• b. availability of cheap farmland in the West

• c. elimination of the Ku Klux Klan in the northern states

• d. chance to escape racial segregation by joining the military

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, which laid out terms for peace after World War I, also sparked the formation of the

• a. North American Treaty Organization (NATO)

• b. League of Nations

• c. United Nations

• d. Alsace-Loraine

6. Who was NOT part of the Central Powers?

• a. Austro-Hungarian Empire

• b. Germany

• c. Russia

• d. Ottoman Empire

Which two countries sent and received the Zimmerman Telegram?

• a. Germany and Mexico

• b. Germany and France

• c. France and Mexico

• d. France and Germany

What was the effect of the message shown in the cartoon?

• The United States declared war after the USS Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor.

• The United States declared war after Germany sank American ships in a blockaded zone.

• The Zimmerman telegram offered Texas and California to Mexico in exchange for alliance.

• Germany announced it would attack passenger ships without warning.

9. Which of the following was NOT a cause of World War I?

• a. socialism

• b. militarism

• c. imperialism

• d. nationalism

Which of the following was the most immediate or direct cause of U.S. entry into World War I?

• a. Sussex Pledge

• b. Zimmermann Telegram

• c. Naval Blockade

• d. Isolationist Policy