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Crash Course US History - America in World War I

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was re-elected in 1916 running on the slogan "he kept us out of war"?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Calvin Coolidge

2.

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?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

Zimmerman Telegram

c)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

3.

Which of the following are factors of the US declaring war on Germany during WWI?

a)

Sinking of the Lusitania

b)

Zimmerman Telegram

c)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

d)

Russian Revolution (World less safe for democracy)

e)

U.S. loaning Britain nearly 2 billion dollars

4.

What was Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace?

a)

14 Points

b)

Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

5.

Which notable American authors fought in World War I?

a)

Ernest Hemingway

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

J.R.R. Tolkien

d)

C.S. Lewis

6.

Which of the following are examples of the U.S. government's expanded powers during WWI?

a)

Selective Service Act

b)

The War Industries Board

c)

War Labor Board

d)

The Espionage and Sedition Act

7.

The Committee on Public Information, led by George Creel, created a wave of propaganda. What is it most famously known for?

a)

Four Minute Men

b)

Movie Posters

c)

War Novels

d)

Newspaper Ads

8.

Which acts greatly repressed civil liberties in the U.S. during the War?

a)

Espionage & Sedition Acts

b)

The Patriot Act

c)

The 21st Amendment

d)

The 5th Amendment

9.

Which American Socialist was sentenced to 15 years in prison for giving an anti-war speech and later ran for President from prison?

a)

Eugene Debs

b)

Bernie Sanders

c)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

d)

Martin Luther King

10.

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".

a)

Schenck v. U.S.

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Korematsu v. U.S.

11.

Which are the Americanizing practices that began during WWI in the U.S.?

a)

Public schools Americanized immigrant children

b)

Americanization pageants

c)

Renaming various things like hamburgers to 'Liberty Sandwiches'

d)

Using IQ tests biased against immigrants

12.

Which are examples of good things that came out of U.S. involvement in WWI?

a)

It opened the door to women's suffrage.

b)

It allowed for greater opportunities for African Americans.

c)

It imposed its idealistic ideas on the Treaty of Versailles.

d)

It led to the U.S. intervening in world affairs.

13.

What is the name of the mass movement of African Americans to northern cities like Detroit during this time period?

a)

The Great Migration

b)

The American Exodus

c)

The Long March

d)

No Jim Crow, There We Go

14.

Which two terms best describe the U.S. before WWI?

a)

Isolationist

b)

Neutral

c)

War Hawks

d)

Militarist