WWI Quiz

1. In 1914, fighting increased rapidly from a local conflict in Europe to a world war because...

• (1) several nations had colonies in the region

• (2) southeastern Europe was a major oil-producing area

• (3) powerful nations had opposing alliances

• (4) the League of Nations failed in its efforts to achieve a cease-fire

2. Which action was a result of the other three?

• (1) Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare

• (2) United States entry into World War I

• (3) interception of the Zimmermann Note

• (4) United States loans to Allied nations

Base your answers to questions 3 and 4 on the notice below and on your knowledge of social

studies.

3. Which country warned international travelers with this newspaper notice?

• (1) Canada

• (2) Germany

• (3) Great Britain

• (4) United States

Base your answers to questions 3 and 4 on the notice below and on your knowledge of social studies.

4. Which event happened shortly after this newspaper notice first appeared?

• (1) World War I broke out in Europe.

• (2) The United States declared war on Germany.

• (3) The Allies won final victory over the Central Powers.

• (4) The Lusitania was sunk off the coast of Ireland.

•Germany had to accept blame for war in Europe.

•Germany had to pay war reparations to European nations.

• Germany had to disarm and reduce its military forces.

5. Which document imposed these punishments on Germany after World War I?

• (1) Roosevelt Corollary

• (2) Yalta Agreement

• (3) Fourteen Points

• (4) Treaty of Versailles

6. President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, proposed the establishment of...

• (1) a militia to protect western nations

• (2) a League of Nations

• (3) a Triple Alliance

• (4) an army to occupy the defeated countries

7. Senate opposition to United States membership in the League of Nations was based mainly on the...

• (1) fear that the United States would be forced to pay most of the costs of League operations

• (2) belief that League decisions would involve the United States in foreign conflicts

• (3) demand by President Woodrow Wilson that the nation not join the League

• (4) assumption that the League would ask the United States to reduce the size of its army

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

• (1) success of military desegregation

• (2) efforts of the civil rights movement

• (3) availability of new factory jobs

• (4) impact of affirmative action programs

9. During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the suffrage movement by...

• (1) protesting against the war

• (2) joining the military service

• (3) lobbying for child-care facilities

• (4) working in wartime industries

10. Henry Cabot Lodge and other senators opposed ratification of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) because they believed the treaty

• (1) failed to punish Germany for its involvement in World War I

• (2) excluded reparations for European allies

• (3) could draw the United States into future conflicts

• (4) placed blame for World War I on all the warring countries