American Yawp, Chapter 21: "World War I and Aftermath" Quiz 2

Why did the Russian army disintegrate?

• The German invasion of 1916 killed several key commanders in the Russian army

• In a desperate attempt to stave off the Bolshevik Revolution, Czar Nicholas II abolished all military conscription

• The Russian Revolution distracted military leaders from the war with Germany

• The Russian army never disintegrated

What was the result of the Kaiserschlacht?

• The Germans organized a strategic retreat across the Rhine River

• The Germans launched five failed major attacks

• The Germans defeated the Russians on the Eastern Front

• The Germans reorganized their economy to triple military resources

What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I?

• Dysentery

• Gangrene

• Influenza

• Polio

Why did the League of Nations fail?

• Refusal of the Germans to cooperate

• Opposition from Britain, who was more interested in extending its empire

• French demands for war reparations

• American refusals to join

What was the result of the King-Crane Commission?

• Discovery that most inhabitants of the Middle East favored an independent state free of European control

• Realization of irreconcilably factional divisions in the Middle East

• Appeals to the Ottoman Empire to resist the advances of the British Empire

• Desires for British control of the Middle East as a means of encouraging modernization

How did the United States respond to the Bolshevik Revolution?

• Opposed the Revolution but did not send military or financial aid

• Opposed the Revolution and sent American troops, who remained in Russia until 1920

• Supported the Bolshevik Revolution under the principles of self-determination

• The United States did not have any major response to the Bolshevik Revolution, because World War I was a higher priority

What was the Red Summer of 1919?

• Communist revolts in Eastern Europe

• A failed communist revolution in Mexico

• Racial violence in twenty-five American cities

• All of the above