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American Expansion and World War I

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bosnian rebel who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914

a)

John J. Pershing

b)

Gavrilo Princip

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm

d)

Vittorio Orlando

2.

Nickname for the African-American troops of the 369th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in World War I

a)

Devil Dogs

b)

Harlem Hellfighters

c)

Blue Angels

d)

Trench Tigers

3.

Final German offensive on the Western Front that began on March 21, 1918

a)

Spring Offensive

b)

Schlieffen Plan

c)

Evacuation from Dunkirk

d)

March to Paris

4.

Pre-World War I alliance of the United Kingdom, France, and Russia

a)

Triple Entente

b)

Triple Alliance

c)

Allies

d)

Central Powers

5.

Allied victory in September 1914 that halted the German advance into France only thirty miles from Paris

a)

Battle of the Marne

b)

Battle of Gallipoli

c)

Battle of Chateau-Thierry

d)

Battle of Sedan

6.

Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that stated the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary in order to maintain political stability in the Western Hemisphere

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Platt Amendment

d)

McKinley Doctrine

7.

Federal agency created in July 1917 to coordinate the production of war materials with American manufacturers

a)

National War Labor Board

b)

Committee on Public Information

c)

War Industries Board

d)

Liberty Bond

8.

Battle in September 1918 that included an attack by 600,000 U.S. troops and resulted in a decisive Allied victory over German forces

a)

Battle of Ypres

b)

Battle of the Somme

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Battle of the Argonne Forest

9.

U.S. senators who supported the League of Nations but would only vote to ratify the Treaty of Versailles if amendments to protect U.S. sovereignty were added

a)

Irreconcilables

b)

Isolationists

c)

Reservationists

d)

Mugwumps

10.

Nickname for U.S. servicemen who fought in World War I

a)

G.I. Joes

b)

Doughboys

c)

Good Old Boys

d)

Charlies

11.

Filipino rebel leader who joined forces with the United States against Spain before fighting against American rule in the Philippine-American War

a)

Jose Marti

b)

Emilio Aguinaldo

c)

Manuel Quezon

d)

Valeriano Weyler

12.

Major effect of the National War Labor Board's efforts on behalf of American workers during World War I

a)

Greater profits for U.S. corporations

b)

Guaranteed health insurance for all workers

c)

Increase in labor union membership of over one million

d)

Guaranteed "time and a half" overtime pay for all workers

13.

Series of events in Southeastern Europe over the question of self-determination that led directly to World War I

a)

Balkan Crisis

b)

Serbian-Austrian War

c)

Yugoslav Spring

d)

July Ultimatum

14.

Main reason Russia mobilized its armed forces following Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia

a)

Russia saw an opportunity to conquer Serbia

b)

Russia had a long-standing rivalry with Austria-Hungary

c)

Russia feared an invasion by Austria-Hungary

d)

Russia was in an alliance with Serbia

15.

Mass movement of nearly 500,000 African-Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest that began during World War I

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Northward Shift

c)

Great Migration

d)

March for Freedom

16.

Revolt in which an anti-Western group in China seized several foreign embassies in Beijing and killed over 200 foreigners before being crushed by a multinational force of Western powers

a)

Chinese Revolution

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

Guerrilla War

d)

Russo-Japanese War

17.

Ceasefire agreement between Germany and the Allies signed at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918

a)

Surrender

b)

Armistice

c)

Truce

d)

Treaty of Versailles

18.

Famous American war tune written by George M. Cohan for the Committee of Public Information

a)

"Billy Yank"

b)

"Yankee Doodle Dandy"

c)

"Give 'Em Hell, Boys!"

d)

"Over There"

19.

Controversial 1918 law that established criminal penalties for any public opposition to the U.S. war effort

a)

Sedition Act

b)

Espionage Act

c)

Underwood Tariff

d)

Volstead Act

20.

Policy of displaying American military and economic might to the world in order to ensure global peace

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Imperial Diplomacy

d)


Open Door Diplomacy

21.

Message from Germany to Mexico offering an alliance in the event that the United States declared war on Germany

a)

German Ultimatum

b)

Zimmermann Telegram

c)

Sussex Pledge

d)

Gentlemen's Agreement

22.

NOT a reason most Americans supported the Allies before U.S. entry into World War I

a)

Historically negative opinion of Austria-Hungary among most Americans

b)

Shared language, culture, and political heritage with the United Kingdom

c)

Strong ties between American businesses and those in Allied nations

d)

Cutting of the transatlantic telegraph cable that resulted in only pro-British news reports reaching the U.S.

23.

President Wilson's plan for peace presented at the Paris Peace Conference

a)

Wilsonian Progressivism

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

New Diplomacy

24.

Event that served as the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War

a)

Appointment of General Valeriano Weyler

b)

Ambassador de Lome's insulting letter

c)

Jose Marti's death in battle against the Spanish

d)

Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor

25.

NOT a result of the Treaty of Versailles

a)

Establishment of the League of Nations

b)

$33 billion in war reparations charged to Germany

c)

President Wilson elected Chairman of the League of Nations

d)

Several national borders in Europe changed

26.

Main reason Russia exited World War I early in November 1917

a)

Military defeat by German forces

b)

Takeover of the Russian government by communist Bolsheviks

c)

Military and political rivalry with the United States

d)

Loss of manpower due to the millions of Russian casualties of war

27.

Federal agency created to spread pro-war propaganda with the intention of uniting all Americans behind the war effort

a)

National Recovery Administration

b)

United States Department of War

c)

War Industries Board

d)

Committee on Public Information

28.

Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during World War I

a)

Triple Alliance

b)

Quadruple Alliance

c)

Allies

d)

Central Powers

29.

Policy introduced by the United States that would grant all Western powers equal trade access to China

a)

Open Door policy

b)

Free China policy

c)

Boxer policy

d)

Sphere of influence

30.

Main reason the United Kingdom declared war on Germany

a)

The British steamer Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat

b)

Germany invaded neutral Belgium, a British ally

c)

Germany invaded Serbia, a British ally

d)

Germany threatened to invade the island of Great Britain

31.

American naval officer who significantly influenced U.S. imperial policy by arguing that a nation's economic and political power was dependent on the size of its navy

a)

Matthew C. Perry

b)

Ernest J. King

c)

Alfred T. Mahan

d)

Leonard Wood

32.

Central goal of the Schlieffen Plan

a)

For Germany to invade and defeat Russia quickly so it could concentrate its forces against France

b)

For Germany to invade Serbia from the north

c)

For Germany to invade and defeat France quickly so it could concentrate its forces against Russia

d)

For Germany to swing all of its forces to the Western Front to decisively defeat U.S. forces

33.

Original member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary that entered World War I as a member of the Allies in 1915

a)

United Kingdom

b)

United States

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Italy

34.

World War I was the first war in which _______________ were allowed to serve in the United States military, albeit in noncombat roles only.

a)

African-Americans

b)

Immigrants

c)

Non-citizens

d)

Women

35.

Sensationalized reporting that heavily exaggerated many Spanish atrocities against the Cuban people to American readers during the leadup to the Spanish-American War

a)

Muckraking

b)

Blue journalism

c)

Libel

d)

Yellow journalism

36.

Imperialist policy that focused on economic intervention in smaller, less powerful nations by American corporations instead of direct intervention by the U.S. government or military

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Capitalism

d)

Corporatism