Unit 4 - Topic 2 (WWI) Post Assessment

The intended audience of this telegram was...

• German ambassador to Mexico

• German ambassador to the United States

• Mexico’s secretary of war

• Mexico’s president

This telegram was part of an effort to

• form an alliance between Germany and the United States

• convince several western states to secede from the United States

• bring Mexico into World War I on the side of Great Britain and France

• enlist Mexican support for Germany if the United States declared war

An effect of the telegram above could be considered a turning point because...

• US foreign policy shifted from neutrality to direct involvement in war

• Congress passed neutrality legislation to ensure the United States would stay out of the war

• Woodrow Wilson was re-elected as president of the United States for a third term

• New Mexico and Arizona were granted statehood in the United States

What problem is being depicted in the cartoon above?

• President Wilson’s support of the 19th amendment, which was opposed by the Senate

• Disagreement between President Wilson and the Supreme Court over the right for women to vote

• Disagreement between President Wilson and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge over the League of Nations

• President Wilson’s support of the Senate’s decision to not ratify the Treaty of Versailles

The actions taken by the Senate shown in this cartoon are most closely associated with which of the following terms?

• Judicial review

• Checks and balances

• Popular sovereignty

• Due process

Which problem is discussed in documents 1 and 2?

• The US Senate’s rejection of the Treaty of Versailles because of harsh reparations

• President Wilson signing the Treaty of Versailles with support of the Senate 

• President Harding signing the Treaty of Versailles and joining the League of Nations

• The United States not signing the Treaty of Versailles because the Senate wouldn’t ratify it

According to documents 1 and 2, in which order did these events occur?

• Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles, President Harding suggests joining the League of Nations, President Wilson issues a referendum vote

• Senator Lodge convinces the Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, President Wilson signs the Treaty of Versailles

• President Wilson signs the Treaty of Versailles, Senate ratifies the Treaty, US joins League of Nations

• President Wilson signs Treaty of Versailles, Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles, President Harding’s foreign policy of isolation

Which event most likely influenced the Americanization schools movement illustrated in the poster above?

• Germany losing World War I

• Ratification of the 19th amendment 

• Red Scare following World War I

• Red Scare following World War II 

The main goal of Americanization schools was to...

• Enforce segregation

• Promote assimilation

• Reinforce stereotypes

• Encourage cultural diversity

Based on this passage, in 1920, the Attorney General of the United States, A. Mitchell Palmer, advocated the deportation of which group of people to prevent a revolution?

• Men who avoided the draft in World War I

• Citizens who criticized the government

• Wartime workers

• Communist and anarchist immigrants