WorksheetsU.S. enters WWI
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 24mins
_____________________ was a new tactic of war that was separated by fields of barbed wire
trenches
tanks
machine guns
poison gas
_____________________ were first introduced in WW1, but oftentimes were unreliable because of the trenches.
Tanks
Machine guns
poison gas
Airplanes
The improved __________________________ created the need for trenches that altered the pace of WW1.
Machine guns
Tanks
Poison gas
Airplanes
President Taft wanted bankers to invest in countries as opposed to using force this foreign policy was known as ________________________.
Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine
Isolationism
The _______________________________________ focused on secret ballot, direct primaries, referendum, and recall.
Progressive State Reform
Urbanization
Homestead Act
Interstate Commerce Act
By being a citizen of the U.S. we have a __________________________________ to vote.
Civil Responsibility
Principles of Government
Unalienable rights
Declaration of Independence
The act of giving citizens 160 acres of government land is known as the ______________________________.
Homestead Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
_________________________ occurred quickly and caused cities to lack the ability of delivering services like clean water, garbage collection, and public schools.
Urbanization
Labor Unions
Homesteading
Civil Responsibility
Increased participation in democracy is to state reforms as increase protection for consumers is to ________
Pure Food and Drug Act
Urbanization
4th Amendment
17th Amendment
Worked for African American rights is to W.E.B. DuBois as exposed the unsanitary meat packing industry is to _______________
Upton Sinclair
Jane Addams
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
Business control of the supply of a service is to a monopoly as increased sanitation problems for cities is to ______________
Urbanization
Homesteading
Principles of government
electricity
The Miranda Rights are to the 5th Amendment as attending church is to the the __________
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
10th Amendment
17th Amendment
One of the reasons the United States saw Germany as an enemy was that -
German soldiers helped fight against America in the American Revolution
in order to attack France by surprise, the German army invade Belgium which was a neutral country
the German people favored a political system ruled by an emperor
Germany was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Serbia
The Zimmerman Telegram -
asked Mexico to form an alliance with Germany against the U.S.
was an attempt to get the United States to form an alliance with Germany
was the plan for surrounding then capturing the city of Paris
communicated the desire of Germany to end the war as soon as possible
In 1915 a German U-boat sank a passenger ship killing over 100 Americans. That ship was called the -
USS Maine
Lusitania
Titanic
Queen Mary
America finally declared war on Germany in 1917. One of the major reasons for doing so was -
Germany continue to use unrestricted submarine warfare on American trade ships
France and Britain offered $50 million for the U.S. to join them in fighting the Axis Powers
Mexico attacked the U.S. along its southern border
German soldiers attempted to capture the American capital of Washington D.C.
What is the news article reporting that occurred?
What country do you believe may be at fault? Explain.
How does this news involve the U.S.?
Who is the president at the time? How will he react to the news?
How did the Zimmermann telegram influence U.S. entry into World War I?
It announced the czar’s overthrow in Russia.
It revealed a proposed military alliance between Mexico and Germany.
It contained orders for German U-boats to destroy British passenger ships.
It described Romania’s plan to abandon neutrality.
What was one result of the events reported in the excerpt above?
Germany financed the Mexican army’s attempted invasion of the United States.
The U.S. government abandoned its official policy of neutrality
Germany’s navy blockaded several Mexican seaports.
The U.S. government boycotted goods imported from Europe.
Why did the United States decide to enter World War I?
The United States had suffered economically from European sanctions.
A European nation had taken aggressive actions against the United States.
The U.S. president was obligated to fulfill election campaign promises.
Communist activities among U.S. immigrants were threatening the country.
This cartoon depicts President Woodrow Wilson calling on Congress to —
ratify the Treaty of Versailles
issue a declaration of war against Germany
authorize the use of funds to support Russian revolutionaries
enact trade sanctions against Germany
Germans attacked U.S. merchant ships, resulted in U.S. declaring war on Germany
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Unrestricted Tank Warfare
Unrestricted Aerial Warfare
Unrestricted Ground Warfare
Germany tried to ally with Mexico, resulted in U.S. withdrawing position of neutrality.
Santa Claus Telegraph
Plan De San Diego
XYZ Telegram
Zimmerman Telegraph
What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania have on World War I?
Germany joined the Central Powers.
U.S. public opinion shifted against Germany.
Germany refused to join the League of Nations.
U.S. leaders proposed a military alliance with Germany.
