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Units 2 & 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not one of the causes of the Great Depression?

a)

Tariffs

b)

Bank failures

c)

World War II

d)

Stock Market Crash

2.

When a country does not want to get involved in the business of other countries

a)

neutral

b)

isolationist

c)

unproblematic

d)

stalemate

3.

The tactical approach used during WWII

a)

guerilla warfare

b)

trench warfare

c)

total warfare

d)

nuclear warfare

4.

A dispute in which neither side can win

a)

stalemate

b)

isolationist

c)

neutral

d)

uneven

5.

American workers faced which of these problems: (2)

a)

Soldiers returning home competed for jobs with African-American and Mexican workers

b)

Soldiers returning home competed for jobs with women who began working their jobs while they were away

c)

Post-war inflation led workers to demand more pay from businesses, leading to strikes

d)

Post-war inflation caused workers to stop working

6.

The ________________ affected relations between the US and Germany because Americans became more hostile towards Germans after this and the Germans issued the Sussex Pledge.

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Sinking of the Titanic

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Zimmerman Letter

7.

In Woodrow Wilson's speech to Congress, he was influenced by:

a)

Freedom of the sea

b)

Freedom of men

c)

Freedom from Germany

d)

Freedom from Mexico

8.

Sent from Germany to Mexico to distract the US from supporting their European Allies.

a)

The torpedo that sunk the Lusitania

b)

The Zimmerman Letter

c)

The Zimmerman Telegram

d)

The Lusitania

9.

The US response to the Zimmerman Telegram:

a)

President Wilson believed the US should prepare to defend against an attack

b)

President Roosevelt believed the US should remain neutral

c)

President Truman issued the Truman doctrine

d)

President Wilson believed the US should retaliate

10.

The Committee on Public Information influenced the US during WWI by using:

a)

The Zimmerman Telegram to make people angry

b)

The sinking of the Lusitania to make people hate Germans

c)

Four minutes of public speaking to encourage war support

d)

Soldier's stories to gain sympathy from people

11.

Why did the US join WWI on the Allies' side?

a)

To protect their friends

b)

To protect their political interests

c)

To protect their mother country

d)

To protect the economic interests

12.

In WWI, Britain, France, and the US formed the:

a)

Triple Alliance

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Triple Entente

d)

Axis Powers

13.

In WWI, Germany, Turkey, and Austria-Hungary formed the:

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Triple Entente

d)

Triple Alliance

14.

Why did Great Britain and other countries become involved in WWI? (2)

a)

Countries believed they were superior

b)

Alliances tied them to other countries

c)

Nationalism made them want to fight to prove their strength

d)

Imperialism threatened their holdings in Africa

15.

Which of the following is not a reason the US entered the WWI:

a)

To fight against the hated Germany

b)

The Zimmerman Telegram

c)

To protect their economic interests

d)

The Sinking of the Lusitania