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U.S. enters WWI

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____________________ was a new tactic of war that was separated by fields of barbed wire

a)

trenches

b)

tanks

c)

machine guns

d)

poison gas

2.

_____________________ were first introduced in WW1, but oftentimes were unreliable because of the trenches.

a)

Tanks

b)

Machine guns

c)

poison gas

d)

Airplanes

3.

The improved __________________________ created the need for trenches that altered the pace of WW1.

a)

Machine guns

b)

Tanks

c)

Poison gas

d)

Airplanes

4.

President Taft wanted bankers to invest in countries as opposed to using force this foreign policy was known as ________________________.

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Isolationism

5.

The _______________________________________ focused on secret ballot, direct primaries, referendum, and recall.

a)

Progressive State Reform

b)

Urbanization

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Interstate Commerce Act

6.

By being a citizen of the U.S. we have a __________________________________ to vote.

a)

Civil Responsibility

b)

Principles of Government

c)

Unalienable rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

7.

The act of giving citizens 160 acres of government land is known as the ______________________________.

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Sherman Antitrust Act

c)

Clayton Antitrust Act

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

8.

_________________________ occurred quickly and caused cities to lack the ability of delivering services like clean water, garbage collection, and public schools.

a)

Urbanization

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Homesteading

d)

Civil Responsibility

9.

Increased participation in democracy is to state reforms as increase protection for consumers is to ________

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Urbanization

c)

4th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

10.

Worked for African American rights is to W.E.B. DuBois as exposed the unsanitary meat packing industry is to _______________

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William H. Taft

11.

Business control of the supply of a service is to a monopoly as increased sanitation problems for cities is to ______________

a)

Urbanization

b)

Homesteading

c)

Principles of government

d)

electricity

12.

The Miranda Rights are to the 5th Amendment as attending church is to the the __________

a)

1st Amendment

b)

4th Amendment

c)

10th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

13.

One of the reasons the United States saw Germany as an enemy was that -

a)

German soldiers helped fight against America in the American Revolution

b)

in order to attack France by surprise, the German army invade Belgium which was a neutral country

c)

the German people favored a political system ruled by an emperor

d)

Germany was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Serbia

14.

The Zimmerman Telegram -

a)

asked Mexico to form an alliance with Germany against the U.S.

b)

was an attempt to get the United States to form an alliance with Germany

c)

was the plan for surrounding then capturing the city of Paris

d)

communicated the desire of Germany to end the war as soon as possible

15.

In 1915 a German U-boat sank a passenger ship killing over 100 Americans. That ship was called the -

a)

USS Maine

b)

Lusitania

c)

Titanic

d)

Queen Mary

16.

America finally declared war on Germany in 1917. One of the major reasons for doing so was -

a)

Germany continue to use unrestricted submarine warfare on American trade ships

b)

France and Britain offered $50 million for the U.S. to join them in fighting the Axis Powers

c)

Mexico attacked the U.S. along its southern border

d)

German soldiers attempted to capture the American capital of Washington D.C.

17.

What is the news article reporting that occurred?

4 lines
18.

What country do you believe may be at fault? Explain.

4 lines
19.

How does this news involve the U.S.?

4 lines
20.

Who is the president at the time? How will he react to the news?

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21.

How did the Zimmermann telegram influence U.S. entry into World War I?

a)

It announced the czar’s overthrow in Russia.

b)

It revealed a proposed military alliance between Mexico and Germany.

c)

It contained orders for German U-boats to destroy British passenger ships.

d)

It described Romania’s plan to abandon neutrality.

22.

What was one result of the events reported in the excerpt above?

a)

Germany financed the Mexican army’s attempted invasion of the United States.

b)

The U.S. government abandoned its official policy of neutrality

c)

Germany’s navy blockaded several Mexican seaports.

d)

The U.S. government boycotted goods imported from Europe.

23.

Why did the United States decide to enter World War I?

a)

The United States had suffered economically from European sanctions.

b)

A European nation had taken aggressive actions against the United States.

c)

The U.S. president was obligated to fulfill election campaign promises.

d)

Communist activities among U.S. immigrants were threatening the country.

24.

This cartoon depicts President Woodrow Wilson calling on Congress to —

a)

ratify the Treaty of Versailles

b)

issue a declaration of war against Germany

c)

authorize the use of funds to support Russian revolutionaries

d)

enact trade sanctions against Germany

25.

Germans attacked U.S. merchant ships, resulted in U.S. declaring war on Germany

a)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

b)

Unrestricted Tank Warfare

c)

Unrestricted Aerial Warfare

d)

Unrestricted Ground Warfare

26.

Germany tried to ally with Mexico, resulted in U.S. withdrawing position of neutrality.

a)

Santa Claus Telegraph

b)

Plan De San Diego

c)

XYZ Telegram

d)

Zimmerman Telegraph

27.

What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania have on World War I?

a)

Germany joined the Central Powers.

b)

U.S. public opinion shifted against Germany.

c)

Germany refused to join the League of Nations.

d)

U.S. leaders proposed a military alliance with Germany.