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World War I American Republic Test

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


Britain's representative at Versailles

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Ferdinand Foch

e)

John J. Pershing

2.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


U.S. president during World War I

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Ferdinand Foch

e)

John J. Pershing

3.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


headed the Food Administration

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Ferdinand Foch

e)

John J. Pershing

4.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


supreme Allied commander

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Ferdinand Foch

e)

John J. Pershing

5.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


commander of the American Expeditionary Force

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Ferdinand Foch

e)

John J. Pershing

6.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


took Russia out of the war

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

c)

Vittorio Orlando

d)

Eddie Rickenbacker

e)

Georges Clemenceau

7.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


his assassination in Sarajevo ignited the war

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

c)

Vittorio Orlando

d)

Eddie Rickenbacker

e)

Georges Clemenceau

8.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


Italy's representative at Versailles

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

c)

Vittorio Orlando

d)

Eddie Rickenbacker

e)

Georges Clemenceau

9.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


America' flying ace in World War I

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

c)

Vittorio Orlando

d)

Eddie Rickenbacker

e)

Georges Clemenceau

10.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.


French premier

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

c)

Vittorio Orlando

d)

Eddie Rickenbacker

e)

Georges Clemenceau

11.

Whose assassination in Sarajevo ignited the war?

a)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

b)

Ferdinand Foch

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

12.

In what year did World War I break out in Europe?

a)

1914

b)

1917

c)

1913

d)

1915

13.

Name the two important international alliances formed before World War I.

a)

Triple Alliance

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Entente Cordiale

d)

Dual Alliance

14.

What were the names given to the two opposing sides in World War I?

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Lateral Powers

d)

Alliance Powers

15.

In World War I dogfights, who was Germany's top ace?

a)

Red Baron

b)

Yellow Baron

c)

Blue Baron

d)

Green Baron

16.

What neutral country did the German army invade at the beginning of World War I?

a)

Belgium

b)

Switzerland

c)

Scotland

d)

Austria-Hungary

17.

What was the name of the British passenger ship that the Germans sank, adding pressure on America to enter the European war?

a)

RMS Lusitania

b)

ARA Moreno

c)

HMS Agamemnon

d)

HMS Audacious

18.

What tactic did Germany use to reduce British trade?

a)

unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

restricted submarine warfare

c)

international trade taxation

d)

propaganda

19.

What tactic did the United States use to protect its troop ships bound for Europe?

a)

Convoy System

b)

American Expeditionary Force

c)

Fourteen Point Tactical Plan

d)

League of Nations

20.

What government body was established to organize industrial production for the war effort?

a)

War Industries Board

b)

Industrial Board of Representatives

c)

War Agricultural Board

d)

War Labor Policies Board

21.

What government body was established during the war to help unions settle labor disputes with management in vital industries?

a)

War Industries Board

b)

Industrial Board of Representatives

c)

War Agricultural Board

d)

War Labor Policies Board

22.

What nicknames were given to American soldiers of the World War I era?

a)

Doughboys

b)

Yanks

c)

Pillocks

d)

Aces

e)

Patriots

23.

Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?

a)

General John J. Pershing

b)

General George S. Patton

c)

Major General Mason Patrick

d)

Newton D. Baker

24.

Who was the supreme commander of al the Allied troops in Europe?

a)

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

b)

General John J. Pershing

c)

Major General Mason Patrick

d)

Herbert Hoover

25.

What was the name of the American force that fought in Europe?

a)

American Expeditionary Force

b)

Foreign War Force

c)

American-European Force

d)

Pershing's Force

26.

To get Russia out of the war, Germany aided what man's return to that country?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Leonid Brezhnev

27.

What holiday commemorated the end of World War I?

a)

Armistice Day

b)

D-day

c)

Victory in Europe Day

d)

Memorial Day

e)

Loyalty Day

28.

On what day did the fighting of the World War I end?

a)

November 11, 1918

b)

September 26, 1918

c)

December 15, 1917

d)

June 7, 1917

e)

January 10, 1920

29.

What was Woodrow Wilson’s plan for rebuilding and establishing peace in Europe?

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Five Pillars

c)

Peace Plan

d)

Convoy System

30.

What was Wilson’s fourteenth point?

a)

Establishment of the League of Nations

b)

Establishment of NATO

c)

Establishment of the War Industries Board

d)

Establishment of the War Labor Policies Board

31.

What term refers to payments that nations who lose a war pay to the victors for war damages?

a)

reparations

b)

damage payments

c)

casualty payments

d)

war payments

32.

Where did the Allied delegates meet to work out a peace settlement for Europe?

a)

Palace of Versailles

b)

White House

c)

Buckingham Palace

d)

US Capitol Building

33.

What are the names of the men who were known as the “Big Four”?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Georges Clemenceau

c)

David Lloyd George

d)

Vittorio Orlando

e)

Herbert Hoover

34.

What was the name of the treaty made to settle Germany’s condition after the war?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Reinsurance Treaty

c)

US-German Peace Treaty

d)

Treaty of London

35.

What country received all the blame for the war according to the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Ottoman Empire

36.

All of the following were major reasons for World War I except . . .

a)

alliances

b)

imperialism

c)

militarism

d)

reparations

37.

The Allied powers included all of the following countries except . . .

a)

Austria-Hungary.

b)

Britain.

c)

France.

d)

Russia.

38.

The incident that ignited World War I in 1914 was the . . .

a)

sinking of the Lusitania.

b)

invasion of neutral Belgium.

c)

assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

d)

return of Vladimir Lenin to Russia.

39.

All of the following countries were a part of the Central powers except . . .

a)

Bulgaria.

b)

France.

c)

Germany.

d)

Turkey.

40.

Which of the following countries was not one of the Central powers?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Russia

c)

Turkey

d)

Bulgaria

41.

All of the following warfare innovations were introduced in World War I except . . .

a)

airplanes.

b)

the atomic bomb.

c)

poisonous gas.

d)

tanks.

42.

Germany’s use of which of the following launched surprise torpedo attacks?

a)

airplanes

b)

mines

c)

tanks

d)

U-boats

43.

Which of the following countries had its neutrality violated?

a)

Belgium

b)

Bulgaria

c)

France

d)

Turkey

44.

Although the United States tried to remain neutral in World War I, it tended to favor the Allies for all of the following reasons except . . .

a)

the influence of Allied propaganda.

b)

recognition of America’s heritage and the heritage of most of its peoples/

c)

America’s numerous investments with the Allied nations.

d)

Allied commitment to the establishment of the League of Nations.

45.

The final major incident that prompted the United States to declare war was the . . .

a)

invasion of Belgium.

b)

use of mustard gas.

c)

sinking of the Lusitania.

d)

Zimmermann telegram revelation.

46.

The United States formally entered World War I on . . .

a)

June 28, 1914.

b)

April 6, 1917.

c)

November 11, 1918.

d)

January 18, 1919

47.

To protect ships bound for Europe during the war, American’s used . . .

a)

convoys.

b)

doughboys.

c)

reconnaissance planes.

d)

submarines.

48.

All of the following were parts of the American war effort at home except . . .

a)

draft boys

b)

the Open Door policy.

c)

“Victory Gardens.”

d)

the War Labor Policies Board.

49.

A major part of the money to finance America’s war effort came from . . .

a)

income taxes.

b)

“liberty” and “victory” loan drives.

c)

a new high tariff.

d)

sales taxes.

50.

The supreme Allied commander was . . .

a)

Ferdinand Foch.

b)

David Lloyd George.

c)

John J. Pershing.

d)

Woodrow Wilson.

51.

Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I, was . . .

a)

June 28, 1914.

b)

April 6, 1917.

c)

November 11, 1918.

d)

January 18, 1919.

52.

All of the following were locations of famous World War I battles except . . .

a)

The Argonne Forest.

b)

Château-Thierry.

c)

St.-Mihiel.

d)

Versailles.

53.

All of the following were members of the “Big Four” except . . .

a)

Georges Clemenceau.

b)

Ferdinand Foch.

c)

David Lloyd George.

d)

Vittorio Orlando.

54.

To settle the state of Europe after the war, Woodrow Wilson proposed . . .

a)

making Germany pay reparations.

b)

giving the Allied nations portions of Germany.

c)

establishing an international organization for cooperation among the countries.

d)

allowing Britain and France to claim imperial gains in the weak countries of Eastern Europe.

55.

America never ratified the Treaty of Versailles because of the opposition of . . .

a)

President Wilson.

b)

President Wilson’s cabinet.

c)

the Senate.

d)

Germany.