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Unit 4: American Imperialism and WWI

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

World War I was triggered by the assassination of what man?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Czar Nicholas II

c)

Otto Von Bismark

d)

Franz Ferdinand

2.

During World War I, 750,000 Germans starved to death as a result of what?

a)

Potato famine

b)

Locust swarms

c)

A British blockade

d)

Unrestricted submarine warfare

3.

Which of the following territories did the U.S. not gain after the Spanish-American War?

a)

Cuba

b)

Guam

c)

Philippines

d)

Puerto Rico

4.

The Open Door policy refers the U.S. demand for open trade with what nation?

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

Mexico

d)

China

5.

Newspapers and magazines that stretch the truth about people and events are guilty of what practice?

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Sensationalism

c)

Integrity

d)

#FakeNews

6.

What treaty effectively ended World War I

a)

Brest-Litvosk

b)

Versailles

c)

Guadalupe-Hidalgo

d)

Paris

7.

The large scale movement of African-Americans to the North during World War I and World War II is known as what?

a)

The Mass Exodus

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Northern Sift

d)

White Flight

8.

Austria-Hungary's takeover of Bosnia upset what other Slavic nation?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Serbia

9.

Which of the following nations did not lose land as a result of World War I?

a)

Russia

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Austria-Hungary

10.

Which country was not part of the Central Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Spain

11.

Which of the following was used most effectively for gathering information about the enemy?

a)

Airplanes

b)

U-Boats

c)

Code-talkers

d)

Mortars

12.

What group of American were trained as officers for 1st time during World War I?

a)

Asian-Americans

b)

Women

c)

Hispanic-Americans

d)

African-Americans

13.

Which of the following is not a cause of the Spanish-Cuban-American War?

a)

The U.S.S. Maine explodes

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

The Lusitania is sunk

d)

The de Lome Letter

14.

What engineering marvel created a direct link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

a)

Salt Lake

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Bering Strait

15.

A coercive message designed to manipulate people to think or act a certain way is called what?

a)

Hazing

b)

Tabloids

c)

#FakeNews

d)

Propaganda

16.

What agency was responsible for ensuring the cooperation of American businesses and industries during World War I?

a)

Railroad Administration

b)

War-Industries Board

c)

Committee on Public Information

d)

Liberty Bonds

17.

What agency employed "Four Minute Men" to promote the war with grief public speeches?

a)

Committee on Public Information

b)

Marvel

c)

War Industries Board

d)

National War Labor Board

18.

What battle was the last major conflict of WWI?


Not final battle just the last major battle

a)

Battle of Salamis

b)

Battle of Tanneberg

c)

Second Battle of Marne

d)

Battle of New Orleans

19.

Who created the Fourteen Points?

a)

Clemenceau

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Obama

20.

Which country was not part of the Allied Powers?

a)

Britain

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

France