APUSH P7 CQ #2 7.5-7.6

All of the following were significant causes of the U.S.'s eventual military involvement in World War I except

• the assasination of Austrian-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist

• a German submarine's sinking of the Lusitania and continued U-boat sinking of American trade ships

• the Zimmerman telegram, in which Germany offered Mexico an alliance in case the U.S. joined the war

• a growing sentiment that American intervention was needed to "keep the world safe for democracy"

African American migration to the urban North during the First World War (known as the "Great Migration") was due primarily to

• racially integrated residential neighborhoods in Northern cities

• increased educational opportunities resulting from affirmative-action programs

• expanded job opportunities in Northern factories

• encouragement by White Protestant churches in the North

The United States home front during the First World War was marked by an increase in all of the following EXCEPT

• tax rates on individuals and estates

• employment opportunities for African Americans and Mexican Americans

• participation of women in factory work, government service, and volunteer work

• support of individual liberties by the Supreme Court

One stated objective of Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after the First World War was to

• ensure the military dominance of the United States over the European powers

• ensure that the Central Powers paid the Allied nations for war damages

• promote the right of national self-determination

• provide monetary assistance to rebuild Europe

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson established a policy that called for

• immediate American aid to the Allied powers

• acknowledgment of American neutral rights on the high seas

• American trade with Europe on a cash-and-carry basis only

• strict prohibition of American travel on the ships of belligerents

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

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

• Military commanders desegregated the armed forces.

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

• Women joined the military in large numbers.

All of the following are true of the Selective Service Act of 1917 except that it

• conscripted around 3 million men into the army by the end of the war

• created the manpower needed to form the American Expeditionary force that would later fight in Europe

• included loopholes, like with the Civil War draft laws, that allowed wealthy citizens to easily buy their way out of serving in the army

• created a random system for drafting men between the ages of 21 to 30 to serve in the army

The Espionage Act of 1917

• prohibited antiwar activities, including the military draft and deliberate actions of sabotage or spying

• prohibited individuals for expressing opinions deemed hostile to the U.S. government, flag, or military

• allowed for the production of propaganda by the newly formed Committee on Public Information

• was a direct result of the fear of communism inspired by the Russian Revolution

The Sedition Act of 1918

• prohibited antiwar activities, including the military draft and deliberate actions of sabotage or spying

• prohibited individuals for expressing opinions deemed hostile to the U.S. government, flag, or military

• allowed for the production of propaganda by the newly formed Committee on Public Information

• was a direct result of the fear of communism inspired by the Russian Revolution

All of the following are true of the Treaty of Versailles except

• President Wilson sucessfully included his idea for the League of Nations in the final treaty.

• that it harshly punished the Germans, forcing them to pay huge amounts of money to the allies and disarm their military

• the Senate approved the treaty as originally crafted in France

• that it was met with controversy in the U.S., where many politicians were concerned that the treaty would restrict the independence of the United States