WorksheetsChapter 16, Lesson 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
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 had just arrived in time to provide the push needed for victory.
The Americans believed that the Allies would have won the war even without them.
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.
Why was World War I nicknamed the "Great War"?
Many people believed that it was more nostalgic than WWII.
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.
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
Why were there race riots in the North immediately after 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.
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
The first general strike occured in 1919, in ______. It began when 35,000 shipyard workers walked off the job for higher wages and shorter working hours.
Chicago, IL
Seattle, WA
Indianapolis, IN
St. Louis, MO
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
Because there was so much racial violence across the nation during the summer of 1919, it was nicknamed, the "_____ ______"?
"Bloody Summer"
"Bloody Year"
"Red Summer"
"Red Year"
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
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.
United States Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer established a special division within the Justice Department that eventually became the ___________.
CIA
FBI
AFL
NAACP
Why was there a surge in membership among African 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 the 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.
After the war, many people linked radicalism with ___________.
African Americans
Government workers
War veterans
Immigrants
_________ won the presidential election of 1920 because he struck a chord with the American people in returning to the war things were before the war.
James M. Fox
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The man in this photo was the governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Police Strike. He supported the firing of police officers when they tried to return to work after striking. This man was _____?
Warren G. Harding
Teddy Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
What was the result of the racial riot that broke out in Chicago in July 1919?
The riot lasted three weeks. Fifty-five people had been killed.
The riot lasted for two days. Only five people were killed.
The riot lasted for four days. Ten people had been killed.
The riot lasted two weeks. Thirty-eight people had been killed.
What was the big change in how African Americans accepted racial discrimination after World War I?
Participation in World War I encouraged African Americans to continue to be submissive to whites.
Participation in World War I encouraged African Americans to accept lynching as normal.
Participation in World War I encouraged African Americans to fight back.
Participation in World War I encouraged African Americans to join the KKK.
The man in this photo was responsible for conducting the raids on the places of various groups he considered radical beginning in 1919. He deported hundreds of people without a court hearing. His name was _____?
Warren G. Harding
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A. Mitchell Palmer
Calvin Coolidge
In 1919, 350,000 workers in this industry went on strike for better pay, shorter hours, and recognition of their union. The strikes around the country from this industry led to violence, the worst was in Gary, IN. What industry did this strike involve?
Automobile Workers
Steelworkers
Airplane Workers
Farmers
