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World War I - Parts 1-3 Rev

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

German Submarines used to set up a counter blockade.

a)

Super Subs

b)

Nuclear Subs

c)

U-Boats

2.

The British passenger ship sank by the Germans off the southern coast of Ireland.

a)

Andria Doria

b)

Lusitania

c)

Edmund Fitzgerald

3.

The nickname of American infantrymen.

a)

G.I.Joes

b)

Doughboys

c)

Grunts

4.

He campaigned in the 1916 Presidential election using the slogan “He kept us out of the war”.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Charles Evans Hughes

5.

The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Imperialism

6.

President Wilson created this group to deal with disputes between labor and management.

a)

National War Labor Board

b)

Fuel Administration

c)

War Industries Board

7.

Of the 24 million men who registered under the Selective Service Act, this many were called up to serve.

a)

1 Million

b)

3 Million

c)

24 Million

8.

By 1890, this was the strongest nation in Europe.

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

9.

Due in part to their efforts during WWI on the homefront, this Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote

a)

17th

b)

19th

c)

21st

10.

The telegram from the German foreign minister to the German Ambassador in Mexico proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico.

a)

Kaiser Wilhelm Note

b)

Zimmerman Note

c)

Von Bismarck Telegram

11.

New soldiers in the American military were trained for this long.

a)

3 Weeks

b)

8 Months

c)

2 Years

12.

The nation’s first propaganda agency, it was set up to popularize the war.

a)

Sunnyside Commission

b)

Committee on Public Information

c)

American Patriotic Association

13.

This system pulled one nation after another into the war.

a)

Nationalism System

b)

Colonial System

c)

Alliance System

14.

The Balkan Peninsula was known as this.

a)

Soviet Union

b)

No Man's Land

c)

The Powder Keg of Europe

15.

Passed by Congress in May, 1917 it required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.

a)

Selective Service Act

b)

American Draft Act

c)

Conscription Policy Act

16.

Established in 1917, it encouraged companies to use mass production techniques to increase efficiency.

a)

National War Labor Board

b)

Fuel Administration

c)

War Industries Board

17.

The estimated number of Germans who starved to death as a result of the blockades was:

a)

250,000

b)

500,000

c)

750,000

18.

The future king of Austria, he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip as his entourage was driving through the the Bosnian capital city, Sarajevo.

a)

Otto Von Bismarck

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

19.

To help produce and conserve food, Wilson set up the Food Administration under his leadership.

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Herbert Hoover

20.

An organization promoting Serbian nationalism, Gavrilo Princip was a member of this group.

a)

Brown Shirts

b)

Black Hand

c)

Serbios

21.

In 1914, this country saw no reason to join the war 3000 miles away.

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

The United States

22.

The most bitter attacks on Americans by Americans were directed against the 2 million Americans who had been born in this country.

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Serbia

23.

Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts were the first Americans to receive this which was France’s highest military honor

a)

The Iron Cross

b)

The Cross of the War

c)

The Medal of Honor

24.

This group monitored coal supplies and rationed gasoline and heating oil

a)

National War Labor Board

b)

Fuel Administration

c)

War Industries Board

25.

former muckraker journalist, he was the head of the CPI.

a)

Elliott Ness

b)

J. Edgar Hoover

c)

George Creel