World War I Assessment Spring 2024

The charts in Source 1 best support which of the following underlying causes of World War I?

Select TWO answers

• Mutual agreements among European countries made them vulnerable to being drawn into conflicts not of their own making.

• Competition between European nations for territories to build up wealth and influence led to conflict

• Feelings of pride in one's culture led some European nations to seek independence from 'foreign' rule

• As European countries increased military spending, an 'arms race' made it more likely they would use force instead of diplomacy to settle conflicts

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What cause of WWI is represented in Source 4?

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

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3.3

Based on your knowledge and the sources, select the correct order of events listed below:

• Germany invades France

• Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary

• European nations expand their military

• The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated

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3.3

Based on Source 3, which of the following ideas from the Treaty of Versailles is best reflected in the political cartoon?

• Demilitarization of Germany's army and navy

• The creation of the League of Nations

• War guilt clause causing Germany to take the blame for the war and pay reparations

• Self-determination of European nations, such as, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania

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3.6

Which of the following best describes the significance of the headline above?

• The loss of civilian lives led many Americans to support involvement in the conflict

• The sinking of the ship led the United States to sign a secret military treaty with Great Britain against Germany

• The loss of goods led America labor unions to support the conscription of men into the military

• The sinking of the ship led the United States to occupy German colonies in the Caribbean

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3.3

Which significant document BEST completes this diagram?

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

• Monroe Doctrine

• Treaty of Versailles

• Roosevelt Corollary

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3.6

According to Lodge, which statement best describes why the U.S. did not sign the Treaty of Versailles?

• Many Senators rejected the Treaty of Versailles because they believed that it would lead to international instability

• Many Senators rejected the Treaty of Versailles because they believed that the League of Nations would limit the civil liberties of U.S. citizens

• Many Senators rejected the Treaty of Versailles because the League of Nations denied self-determination to many European countries.

• Many Senators rejected the Treaty of Versailles because joining the League of Nations would not allow for a return to isolationism

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The question in every case is whether the words used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a "clear and present danger" that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent...In ordinary times the First Amendment might have protected Schenck, but when a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace...will not be endured."

--Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes

Which generalization is consistent with the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States?

• The freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights are virtually unlimited

• The United States government can suspend any rights during a time of war to protect the public

• The government does not have a right to limit free speech

• The balance between individual rights and the general social welfare almost always favors individual rights

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3.4

In World War I, the federal government issued war bonds during liberty bond campaigns. What was the main purpose of war bonds?

• to raise money to finance the war effort and ensure the debts of the Allies

• to bankrupt the Central Powers during the war

• to tax the wealthy for the war

• to pay back war loans from the Allies

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3.4

Which of the following was a result of the passage of the Selective Service Act?

• Women could serve in combat positions that included work in the factories

• Troops were segregated by race

• African Americans were in segregated military units except in France

• Millions of men were required to register for the military draft in WWI which increase the size the US military

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