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WorksheetsChapter 16 World War I
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 6hrs 50mins
Chapter 16, Section 1
The United States officially entered World War I on ________?
July 28, 1914
June 28, 1914
April 6, 1917
November 11, 1918
Chapter 16, Section 1
Which one of the following sets of events would be the reasons why the United States entered WW I?
The assassination of the archduke Francis Ferdinand, the Zimmermann Telegram, and the Battle of Marne.
The Zimmermann Telegram, woman’s right to vote in the United States, and the Russian Revolution.
The Zimmermann Telegram, Unrestricted submarine warfare, the Russian Revolution.
The Mexican Revolution, the death of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, and the sinking of the Lusitania.
Chapter 16, Section 1
Which one of the following was a reason why Woodrow Wilson favored Britain over Germany?
Wilson was of English ethnicity himself and his cabinet was pro-British.
Wilson did not like how much the German’s were profiting from the war.
Wilson did not like German-Americans who were being loyal citizens during the war.
Wilson did not think the Allies could win the war.
Chapter 16, Section 1
Which one of the following was the immediate cause of World War I?
The sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915.
Pancho Villa murdering Americans in New Mexico in March 1916.
The Bolshevik Revolution that occurred in October 1917.
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in June 1914.
Chapter 16, Section 1
What side was Serbia on during World War I?
The side of Germany and Albania
The side of Austria-Hungary and Germany
The side of France and Russia
The side of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
Chapter 16, Section 1
Which one of the following would be the reason why Serbian nationalists shot Francis Ferdinand and his wife in 1914?
Serbians wanted to belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire but the emperor, Franz Joseph I would not let them.
Serbians were upset that they had been annexed into the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Serbians were upset that Germany was looking to gain territory in southeastern Europe.
Serbians did not want to belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and were hoping to create an independent Slavic nation.
Chapter 16, Section 1
During German unification, Prussia became a bitter enemy to _________ and took territory from her?
Britain
France
Italy
Spain
Chapter 16, Section 1
Why did most Irish immigrants in the United States privately support the Central Powers?
The Irish had endured centuries of British rule and were bitter enemies of the British.
The Irish wanted to be part of the German Empire and sought an alliance with them.
The Irish introduced the potato into Germany and the Germans gratefully accepted this gift with future commitments.
The Irish used propaganda effectively and were resentful at how the British were using propaganda to sway American public support.
Chapter 16, Section 1
What was the Sussex Pledge?
The pledge by Britain to let Germany pass through Belgium without incident.
The pledge by Germany to warn merchant ships before firing upon them.
The pledge by France to let the Americans fight in separate units commanded by Americans.
The pledge by Mexico to bring the United States into the war on Germany’s side.
Chapter 16, Section 1
What did Germany promise Mexico in return for Mexico’s support in World War I?
Germany promised Mexico the return of the Oregon Country.
Germany promised Mexico the return of Florida.
Germany promised Mexico the return of the original thirteen colonies.
Germany promised Mexico the return of the American Southwest.
Chapter 16, Section 1
Why was Britain’s use of propaganda more effective than the Germany’s?
Britain focused its propaganda on claims that Germans were committing atrocities on civilians.
Britain focused its propaganda on claims that Russian communism was the reason for the war.
Britain focused its propaganda on claims that Serbian independence should have been upheld.
Britain focused its propaganda on claims that Austria-Hungary needed to be divided.
Chapter 16, Section 1
The various German states united as a country in ___________?
1851
1871
1861
1891
Chapter 16, Section 1
The German state that led the way for German unification during the 19th Century was the state of ____________?
Schleswig
Holstein
Saxony
Prussia
Chapter 16, Section 1
Which countries belonged to the Triple Entente before the war started?
. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
France, Britain, and Russia
Serbia, Bosnia, and Russia
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Bulgaria
Chapter 16, Section 1
The idea that a country can increase its power and wealth by controlling other smaller or weaker countries is the policy more commonly referred to as _____________?
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Rationalism
Chapter 16, Section 1
Britain didn’t enter the war until Germany passed through and violated the neutrality of _________?
the Netherlands
Switzerland
Belgium
France
Chapter 16, Section 1
The historical overseers or rulers of the Balkan Peninsula were the ___________ and the ___________?
French and the Russians
British and Italians
Serbians and Germans
Austro-Hungarians and Ottomans
Chapter 16, Section 1
It was _________ that was the Serbian nationalist that shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia on June 28, 1914.
Ferdinand Foch
Henri Giraud
Czar Nicholas II
Gavrilo Princip
Chapter 16, Section 1
On ________, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
July 28, 1914
June 28, 1914
August 28, 1914
November 11, 1918
Chapter 16, Section 1
Which one of the following describes the Schlieffen Plan that was used by Germany in the early months of the war?
France would quickly knock Germany out of the war and then turn on Austria-Hungary.
Germany would knock Russia out of the war first and then turn on France and Britain.
Germany would knock France out of the war first and then turn to meet Russia on its border.
France would knock Russia out of the war first and then turn on Germany.
Chapter 16, Section 1
What happened on May 7, 1915, that upset Americans and the British?
Germany sank the French liner, the Sussex, and killed 132 French people.
Germany sank the British passenger ship, the Lusitania, and killed Americans on board.
Germany sank a British U-boat and killed 83 British sailors.
Germany sank an American U-boat and killed 74 American sailors on board.
Chapter 16, Section 1
Germany’s policy of shooting American, British or French ships on-sight, without warning, no matter if the ship was a civilian ship or not, was called, _________?
Appeasement
the Zimmerman Telegram
Militarism
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Chapter 16, Section 2
The new principle established by the Supreme Court in determining whether free speech could be restricted in certain cases was the concept of _______________?
“High” speech vs. “Low” speech
Prior restraint
Clear and present danger
Speech as a public forum
Chapter 16, Section 2
All of following were ways Congress helped the United States mobilize for war EXCEPT:
Congress initiated the draft through the Selective Service.
Congress established control over industrial production.
Congress established martial law in many states to gain support for the war effort and coordinate control.
Congress established control over food production and was able to get Americans to eat less and farmers to produce more.
Chapter 16, Section 2
Which one best describes what happened to American civil liberties during the war?
Civil liberties expanded or increased during the war.
Civil liberties were decreased or limited during the war.
No change was made to Americans’ civil liberties during the war.
Civil liberties were not a concern during the war.
Chapter 16, Section 2
Which one of the following was NOT an organization created by Congress for the purpose of mobilizing the war effort and getting soldiers to Europe?
Food Administration
War Industries Board
Committee on Public Information
National Committee on Rationing
Chapter 16, Section 2
What roles did women have in the armed forces during the war years?
Women could only be nurses during the war.
Women could only serve in combat roles.
Women could serve only in non-combat roles.
Women did everything except clerical work.
Chapter 16, Section 2
How were African Americans trained during the war?
They were integrated with whites.
They were trained with other minorities.
They were trained separate from whites.
They were trained for non-combat roles only.
Chapter 16, Section 2
Because energy conservation became important during World War I, the Fuel Administration established __________?
Times zones in the United States
Daylight Savings Time
Ethanol production in place of gasoline
Steam-engine automobile regulations
Chapter 16, Section 2
About $20 billion was raised to fund the war through the sale of _______?
Specially minted commemorative gold coins
Government surplus equipment
Surplus food sold to European countries after the war
“Liberty” or “Victory” bonds
Chapter 16, Section 2
It was the _______ that was responsible for making sure that labor strikes did not disrupt war production.
National War Labor Board
Food Administration
War Industries Board
Fuel Administration
Chapter 16, Section 2
Why was the federal government willing to go to great lengths to prevent labor strikes during the war?
The federal government did not want labor unions to grow or become popular during this time.
The federal government did not want war production slowed or stopped during this time.
The federal government did not want war materials to reach the hands of subversives or radicals.
The federal government did not want draft dodgers to defect to Canada during the war.
Chapter 16, Section 2
Which war-time agency was in charge of “selling the war to the American public”?
The Food Administration
The War Industries Board
The Committee on Public Information
The Fuel Administration
Chapter 16, Section 2
Approximately how many American men volunteered for World War I?
About 4 million men
About 3 million men
About 2 million men
About 1 million men
Chapter 16, Section 2
About how many American men were drafted into World War I?
5 million
4.3 million
1.2 million
2.8 million
Chapter 16, Section 2
What war-time pandemic killed about 500,000 Americans by the end of 1919?
the Spanish flu
Smallpox
Typhoid fever
Dysentery
Chapter 16, Section 2
Which American minority group volunteered more, per ratio of their group, than any other minority group in the U.S.?
Japanese-Americans
Native Americans
African Americans
Mexican Americans
Chapter 16, Section 3
The American soldiers in Europe were led by ________?
Harry Truman
Ferdinand Foch
Herbert Hoover
John J. Pershing
Chapter 16, Section 3
Which one of the following was Woodrow Wilson’s leading opponent that blocked the ratification of the Versailles Treaty in the U.S. Senate?
Jeanette Rankin
George Creel
Bernard Baruch
Henry Cabot Lodge
Chapter 16, Section 3
Woodrow Wilson made several political mistakes in negotiating the Versailles Treaty and getting the U.S. Senate to ratify the document. Which one of the following was one of Wilson’s mistakes?
Wilson was interested in seeking vengeance on Germany.
Wilson did not have any Republicans go to Paris to help negotiate the treaty.
Wilson did not have the support of Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
Wilson compromised too much in negotiating the treaty.
Chapter 16, Section 3
Which one of the following was NOT one of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
Freedom of the seas.
Removal of economic trade barriers among nations.
An end to secret diplomacy.
Restoration of the Czar in Russia.
Chapter 16, Section 3
How did the U.S. Senate decide on the Versailles Treaty?
The Senate passed the treaty and helped establish the League of Nations.
The Senate rejected the treaty and the U.S. did not belong to the League of Nations.
The Senate passed the reparations part of the treaty but did not pass the League of Nations resolution.
The Senate passed the treaty but Wilson vetoed the passage of the treaty because he did not agree with its provisions for a League of Nations.
Chapter 16, Section 3
When was the armistice to end World War I signed?
November 11, 1918
July 28, 1914
April 2, 1917
June 30, 1919
Chapter 16, Section 3
Which one of the following was a new country created after WW I?
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Russia
France
Chapter 16, Section 3
The average life expectancy of a combat pilot in World War I was about ________?
One week
Three days
Two weeks
Four weeks
Chapter 16, Section 3
The space in between opposing trenches was called __________?
"No-Man's-land"
“Trespasser’s land”
“Dead man’s land”
“Empty man’s land”
Chapter 16, Section 3
More people were killed from _________ than from any other weapon in World War I?
Tanks
Machine guns
Artillery
Poison gas
Chapter 16, Section 3
Opposition to the Versailles Treaty in the Senate focused on one group called the “Irreconcilables.” Why were they opposed to the treaty?
They believed that support of the League of Nations was an entangling alliance that endangered American sovereignty.
They believed that Germany should have helped negotiate the treaty and should not have been made to pay such huge reparations.
They believed that Austria-Hungary should have been made named in the “war guilt” clause of the Versailles Treaty because they sent the ultimatum to Serbia.
They believed that no new countries should have been created at the Paris Peace Conference.
Chapter 16, Section 3
To overcome Senate opposition to the Treaty of Versailles, Wilson decided to take his case directly to ________?
The Supreme Court
The Hague in the Netherlands
The American people
The League of Nations
Chapter 16, Section 3
The American soldiers were nicknamed “__________” even though it has been under dispute about how they received that nickname.
“Rough Riders”
“Dough boys”
“Gangsters”
“Daisy boys”
Chapter 16, Section 3
One of the new technologies used during the war was poison gas. All of the following were the types of poisonous gasses used on the Western Front EXCEPT:
Phosgene gas
Mustard gas
Chlorine gas
Mercury gas
Chapter 16, Section 3
Why did the Russians pull out of the war in 1918?
The communists convinced the Russian people that if they were allowed to rule they would take Russia out of the war and concentrate on its communist state.
The Russians wanted to join the Central Powers and helped finance the German war effort.
The Czar and his royal family wanted to quit the war and concentrate on bringing Russia into the 20th century.
The Russians were not interested in any territorial gains because their empire was large enough.
Chapter 16, Section 3
The 2001 movie about the 308th Battalion that happened to get completely surrounded by the German army in October 1918, was _________?
Joyeux Noel
Fly Boys
Passendale
The Lost Battalion
Chapter 16, Section 3
The 2006 movie about the 1914 Christmas truce, was ________?
Joyeux Noel
Fly Boys
Passendale
The Lost Battalion
Chapter 16, Section 4
In 1918, what view did the Americans have about their contribution towards winning the war in Europe?
The Americans believed that their huge sacrifices in lives lost had paid for the victory over Germany.
The Americans believed that the Russians were more responsible for winning the war.
The Americans believed that they arrived just in time to provide the push needed for victory.
The Americans believed that the Allies would have won the war even without them.
Chapter 16, Section 4
How did the rest of the Allies view the contributions of the Americans in winning the war?
They believed that the Americans prospered from Allied purchases and had to sacrifice very little to win the war.
They believed that the Americans were the cause of many of the Central Powers’ victories.
They believed that the Americans were responsible for the war.
They believed that the Americans should have continued fighting the Bolsheviks in Russia.
Chapter 16, Section 4
Why was World War I nicknamed the “Great War”?
Many people believed that it was more nostalgic than WW II.
Many people believed that it was the most well organized and well fought of all wars.
Many people believed that there would never be any war more destructive than this one.
Many people believed that the war produced great memories for the people who fought in it.
Chapter 16, Section 4
The U.S. suffered economic uncertainty, labor strikes and riots immediately after the war ended. Perhaps the most famous strike was the one that Governor Calvin Coolidge had to break in 1919. It was the ___________?
Seattle General Strike
Steel Strike
Coal Strike
Boston Police Strike
Chapter 16, Section 4
Why were there race riots in the North immediately following the war?
Returning soldiers found it hard to find work and housing and gave into feelings of racism.
The Ku Klux Klan was trying to keep the North color-free and was responsible for starting the riots.
A. Mitchell Palmer was prejudiced against African Americans and was responsible for starting the riots.
The NAACP surged in membership after the war and it scared northern whites that African Americans might take-over control of key northern cities.
Chapter 16, Section 4
The wave of strikes in 1919 helped fuel the fears that ___________ were going to takeover the country or start a revolution in the United States.
Capitalists
Communists
Industrialists
Reformers
Chapter 16, Section 4
The worst racial violence in 1919 occurred in ___________? It lasted for nearly two weeks and thirty-eight people died in the clashes between African Americans and whites.
Washington, D.C.
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Chapter 16, Section 4
The fear that the communist revolution was going to occur world wide and even affect the United States led to a nationwide panic in 1919 known as the ___________?
Lenin Scare
Red Scare
Russian Scare
Bolshevik Scare
Chapter 16, Section 4
The event that signaled the beginning of the nation-wide panic of communist subversion in this country was __________?
The bomb that toppled the Brooklyn Bridge.
The fires started at the Ford Automobile and American Chrysler Plants.
The homemade bombs sent in packages through the U.S. mail.
The massive deportations of suspected communists.
Chapter 16, Section 4
United States Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer established a special division within the Justice Department that eventually became the ____________?
CIA
FBI
AFL
NAACP
Chapter 16, Section 4
Why was there a surge in membership among Africans Americans who joined the NAACP after the war?
The race riots showed that African Americans were now willing to fight back against white mobs.
African Americans gained respect because they fought in Europe during the war.
African Americans were eager to prove that they were not communists.
A. Mitchell Palmer wanted to target and deport African Americans.
Chapter 16, Section 4
After the war, many people linked radicalism with ____________?
African Americans
Government workers
War veterans
Immigrants
Chapter 16, Section 4
___________ won the presidential election of 1920 because he struck a chord with the American people in returning to the way things were before the war.
James M. Cox
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Chapter 16, Section 4
All of the following European countries were created after the war EXCEPT:
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bulgaria
Chapter 16, Section 4
All of the following were legacies brought about by World War I EXCEPT:
The war helped justify the ratifying of the 18th and 19th Amendments.
The war expanded the policing powers of the U.S. government and helped create the FBI.
The war set up a new method of being able to draft men and women into military service and created the Selective Service.
The war diminished the reputation and influence of the United States in international affairs.
Chapter 16, Section 4
All of the following were reasons why the Versailles Treaty did not usher in a new world order after 1919 EXCEPT?
The treaty blamed Germany exclusively for the war and demanded that the country pay a total reparation that equaled $33 billion.
The treaty was an attempt to bring about a new method of international politics called collective security and many European countries were willing to adopt this new kind of international relations.
The making of the treaty did not follow the principles of Wilson's Fourteen Points and most of the treaty was written by the "Big Four," behind closed doors without the participation of other countries.
The treaty created new countries but did not fix the boundaries of those countries according to the various ethnic groups that lived in the region.
