United States & WWI

The Selective Service Act passed in 1917 established the

• segregation of military units.
• ban of any kind of anti-war campaign.
• training of African American men as officers.
• draft of men between the ages of 21 and 30.

Read the following quote from the Sedition Act of 1918: "Whoever shall willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States…" What was the primary purpose of this legislation?

• To protect freedom of speech
• To encourage public debate about the war
• To suppress anti-war sentiment
• To promote military recruitment

How did World War I impact women's participation in the workforce?

• Women were restricted from working in factories
• Women temporarily replaced men in industrial jobs
• Women were limited to agricultural work
• Women were confined to nursing roles only

Which organization was created to promote public support for the war effort through propaganda?

• Committee on Public Information
• War Revenue Board
• Liberty Loan Committee
• National Defense Council

Which statement best describes civil liberties during WWI?

• They remained completely unchanged
• They were temporarily restricted
• They were permanently expanded
• They were selectively enforced

The War Industries Board's main function during WWI was to:

• Regulate food production and distribution
• Coordinate military training programs
• Control industrial production for the war effort
• Manage international trade relations

Despite camouflage techniques, modernized military uniforms, helmets, gas masks, and other equipment, millions of soldiers were:

• Maimed and wounded during the war
• Left with disfiguring facial injuries and missing limbs
• Impacted by “shell shock”
• All of the above

How did the Treaty of Versailles differ from Wilson's original Fourteen Points vision?

• It promoted free trade
• It established the League of Nations
• It imposed harsh punishments on Germany
• It supported colonial independence

Publication of this telegram in United States newspapers helped to

• grant statehood to Arizona and New Mexico
• convince the American public to support entrance into World War I
• re-elect Woodrow Wilson as president
• encourage Congress to pass neutrality legislation

This telegram was part of an attempt to

• create an alliance between Germany and the United States
• bring Mexico into World War I on the side of Great Britain and France
• convince several western states to leave the United States
• enlist Mexican support for Germany if the United States declared war