Week 21 History

During World War II, why were northern factory owners recruiting workers from the South?

• Southerners were known as hard workers.

• Northern workers were demanding higher wages.

• The government was limiting the number of Europeans who could immigrate to the U.S.

• Most of the northern factory workers had gone to war.

What two natural disasters caused African Americans to move out of Alabama?

• earthquakes and windstorms

• locust infestations and tornadoes

• boll weevil infestations and flooding

• hurricanes and drought

How many African American people moved out of Alabama between 1915 and 1940?

• 1.2 million

• 98,000

• 575,000

• 1.7 million

168 Alabamians were killed at the __________.

• Battle of Croix Rouge Farm

• Battle of Verdun

• First Battle of the Marne

• Battle of the Somme

How many trains did it take to transport Alabama’s regiment of Rainbow Division soldiers to New Jersey?

• 21

• 15

• 1

• 8

In World War I, what were drafted soldiers called?

• conscripts

• quartermasters

• infantry

• selectmen

What was Homer Givens’s military rank?

• private

• lieutenant

• corporal

• major

Who were the four-minute men and women?

• citizen soldiers who could be armed and ready in four minutes

• speakers who promoted the war efforts

• people who could run a mile in under four minutes

• government agents who sold war bonds

How many Alabamians fought in World War I?

• 850

• 85,000

• 8,500

• 850,000

Why did Austria-Hungary declare war against Serbia?

• for disrupting its trade agreements with England

• for destroying the city of Budapest

• for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife

• for stealing political secrets