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WWI

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event took place on April 2nd1917?

a)

United States entering the war.

b)

The end of WWI.

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Babe Ruth traded to the Red Sox

2.

What is an Alliance System?

a)

Total War

b)

Imperialist countries forming unions to protect one another

c)

Neutrality

d)

A. Imperialism

3.

Wilson’s Fourteen Points is best described as...

a)

An economic policy

b)

WWI treaty

c)

Proposal for world/international peace

d)

A declaration of war

4.

Who was the United States President during WWI?

a)

William McKinley

b)

George Dewey

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Ronald Reagan

5.

Who was forced to assume total responsibility for World War I?

a)

Germany

b)

United States

c)

Russia

d)

Italy

6.

What ship sank on May 7th, 1915, Killing 128 Americans?

a)

The Black Pearl

b)

S.S. Minnow

c)

The Titanic

d)

Lusitania

7.

The majority of the fighting took place in what man made defensive strategy?

a)

No Man's Land

b)

Trenches

c)

English Channel

d)

The Eastern Front

8.

What infamous event took place on June 28th1914 that sparked WWI?

a)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Germany invades France

c)

Beginning of the “Great Depression”

d)

The sinking of the Lusitania

9.

WWI took place between 1914-____________.

a)

1917

b)

1919

c)

1920

d)

1918

10.
This was a German offer of an alliance with Mexico.
a)
Sedition Act
b)
Zimmerman Note
c)
Sussex Pledge
d)
Fourteen Point
11.
What British ship got sunk in 1915?
a)
Lusitania 
b)
USS Maine
c)
Disney Cruise Ship
d)
Titanic
12.
When a country is neutral it:
a)
makes an official alliance with another country
b)
sends troops to battle when a war begins
c)
does not take either side in a war and stays out of it
d)
declares war and joins the fight
13.
President Wilson's fourteen points 
a)
initiated U.S. involvement in World War I
b)
laid out his goals for peace
c)
ended World War I
d)
called for Germany to accept blame for the war
14.
Which German action angered Americans?
a)
unrestricted submarine warfare
b)
the sinking of the Titanic
c)
imperialism in Africa
d)
creating the League of Nations
15.
What were the U.S. forces that was led by General John Pershing, who fought with the Allies in Europe during WW1?
a)
American Battle Forces
b)
American Expeditionary Forces
c)
German Forces