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U. S. History Milestone Unit 7 (RAD)

Authored by Gail Watkins

Social Studies

10th - 12th Grade

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U. S. History Milestone Unit 7 (RAD)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, most Americans believed that:

Their country should stay out of the war

The government should be more concerned with conditions in the Far East than with events in Europe.

The government should immediately declare war against Germany

Sending direct aid to Russia was necessary and desirable

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

From 1914 to 1916, as World War I raged in Europe, American were unable to “Remain neutral in thought as well as action” mainly because: 

United States newspapers encouraged a policy of imperialist expansion

United States membership in military alliances required the nation to fight

President Woodrow Wilson supported the war aims of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

The warring powers interfered with the United States right to freedom of the seas through unrestricted submarine warfare

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which situation was the immediate cause of the United States entry into World War I in 1917? 

Nazi tyranny threatened Western democracy

German submarines sank United States merchant ships

The Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor

The League of Nations requested help

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“On the first February, we intend to begin submarine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this it is our intention to keep neutral the United States of America.”  -Arthur Zimmerman, January 19, 1917

Which of the following does this excerpt support as the primary cause of the US declaration of War in April 1917?

Germany’s violation of the Monroe Doctrine

Mexico’s plan to invade the USs

Pro-British intelligence and propaganda

Germany’s violations of US neutral rights

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

When the Zimmermann message was made public, many people in the United States:

Feared that a German victory would split the United States

Assumed it was the result of Allied Propaganda

Viewed it as a threat by Germany against Mexico

Expressed nationalist anger against Germany

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) were used by President Wilson’s administration during World War I to: 

Place German Americans in internment camps

Remove Communists from government positions

Silence critics of the war effort

Discourage congressional support for the war effort

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the:

Success of military desegregation

Availability of new factory jobs

Impact of affirmative action programs

Efforts of the civil rights movement

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