World War One and America Quiz

What was the official policy of the United States at the beginning of World War One?

• Neutrality meant sympathy

• Neutrality meant apathy

• Neutrality meant non-involvement

• Neutrality meant indifference

What event triggered America's entry into World War One?

• Germany's offer to return lost lands to Mexico

• Revival of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany

• Russia dropping out of the war

• British capturing a German telegram

What slogan did Woodrow Wilson use during his re-election campaign in 1916?

• Keep us out of war

• Fight for foreign ends

• Drawn into a foreign war

• Revive unrestricted submarine warfare

What did the Germans offer to return to Mexico in exchange for their support in World War One?

• Texas, New Mexico, Arizona

• California, Nevada, Utah

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

• Florida, Georgia, Alabama

What did the American commitment to the war provide for the Allies?

• Men, material, and resources

• Ordinary soldiers in the trenches

• Political leaders

• Sense of stalemated war

What did the French and British desperately need during World War One?

• American commitment

• Russian support

• Italian alliance

• German resources

What did America's entry into World War One position the country as for the rest of the century?

• Neutral power

• Military power

• World power

• Regional power

What did the American involvement in World War One change?

• The start of the war

• The outcome of the war

• The location of the war

• The duration of the war