WorksheetsCrash Course US History - America in World War I
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who was re-elected in 1916 running on the slogan "he kept us out of war"?
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Which event was not a DIRECT factor for the U.S. entering WWI, as it occurred almost two years before the U.S. entered the war?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Which of the following are factors of the US declaring war on Germany during WWI?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Russian Revolution (World less safe for democracy)
U.S. loaning Britain nearly 2 billion dollars
What was Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace?
14 Points
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
The Bill of Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Which notable American authors fought in World War I?
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Which of the following are examples of the U.S. government's expanded powers during WWI?
Selective Service Act
The War Industries Board
War Labor Board
The Espionage and Sedition Act
The Committee on Public Information, led by George Creel, created a wave of propaganda. What is it most famously known for?
Four Minute Men
Movie Posters
War Novels
Newspaper Ads
Which acts greatly repressed civil liberties in the U.S. during the War?
Espionage & Sedition Acts
The Patriot Act
The 21st Amendment
The 5th Amendment
Which American Socialist was sentenced to 15 years in prison for giving an anti-war speech and later ran for President from prison?
Eugene Debs
Bernie Sanders
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Martin Luther King
Which U.S. court case upheld that the government can limit speech when it presents a clear and present danger? This is why you can't "shout fire in a crowded theater".
Schenck v. U.S.
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Korematsu v. U.S.
Which are the Americanizing practices that began during WWI in the U.S.?
Public schools Americanized immigrant children
Americanization pageants
Renaming various things like hamburgers to 'Liberty Sandwiches'
Using IQ tests biased against immigrants
Which are examples of good things that came out of U.S. involvement in WWI?
It opened the door to women's suffrage.
It allowed for greater opportunities for African Americans.
It imposed its idealistic ideas on the Treaty of Versailles.
It led to the U.S. intervening in world affairs.
What is the name of the mass movement of African Americans to northern cities like Detroit during this time period?
The Great Migration
The American Exodus
The Long March
No Jim Crow, There We Go
Which two terms best describe the U.S. before WWI?
Isolationist
Neutral
War Hawks
Militarist
