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Imperialism/WWI/Prohibition Review Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false: George Washington warned that US should not get into "entangling alliances" and should try to stay out of other country's affairs.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What was the over-exaggerated sometimes fictitious form of journalism called in the late 1800s/early 1900s?

a)

Fake news

b)

Magazine journalism

c)

Yellow journalism

d)

Cartoon news

3.

Which of the following newspaper headlines best illustrates the practice of yellow journalism in 1898?

a)

"266 Killed in USS Maine Accident"

b)

"USS Maine Sinks in Havana Harbor"

c)

"USS Maine Destroyed by Spanish Treachery"

d)

"Investigators Search for Cause of USS Maine Explosion"

4.

How did the outcome of the Spanish-American War change U.S. foreign policy?

a)

It shifted U.S. policy toward neutrality.

b)

It shifted U.S. policy toward imperialism.

c)

It shifted U.S. policy toward unilateralism.

d)

It shifted U.S. policy toward noncolonialism.

5.

What started WWI?

a)

The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

The invasion of Poland

c)

The sinking of the Lusitania

d)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

6.

Why was President Woodrow Wilson popular in Europe after the end of WWI?

a)

His military strategies won the war

b)

He gave the war meaning, as he said it was a war for democracy and freedom

c)

He personally fought in battle and became a war hero during WWI

d)

He sent more troops than any other country

7.

What was Woodrow Wilson's plan for the world after WWI called?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

The United Nations

c)

The WWI Charter

d)

The Fourteen Points

8.

Which of the following is true about President Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

a)

It demanded the removal of economic barriers to promote free trade between countries.

b)

It called for freedom of the seas, the right for merchant ships to travel freely in international waters.

c)

It proposed a League of Nations, an organization that would resolve conflicts between countries.

d)

all of the above

9.

During the Paris peace conference,

a)

the leaders of the victorious nations quickly came to a consensus on how defeated nations should be punished.

b)

Wilson ultimately accepted harshly punishing Germany because he wanted support for the League of Nations.

c)

Vittorio Orlando of Italy pushed for including a war-guilt clause and requiring Germany to pay reparations.

d)

France’s Clemenceau urged the other leaders to have sympathy on Russia because the country had recently dealt with a revolution.

10.

True or false: After WWI the US joined the League of Nations

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What Amendment to the Constitution banned "intoxicating liquor" and started Prohibition?

a)

The Fourteenth Amendment

b)

The Fifteenth Amendment

c)

The Eighteenth Amendment

d)

The Nineteenth Amendment

12.

How was Prohibition connected to the Progressive Movement?

a)

It tried to reform society

b)

It tried to help big business

c)

It tried to help WWI

d)

It tried to end organized crime

13.

What does it mean to have a "dry" country?

a)

A country were the climate is very dry

b)

A country were alcohol is allowed

c)

A country were alcohol is banned

d)

A country were there is very little rain

14.

Which of the following was a federal law that detailed what was allowed and what was not allowed by the 18th Amendment

a)

The Volstead Act

b)

The Sherman Anti Trust Act

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The Platt Amendment

15.

Why do we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11?

a)

It marks the end of the American Revolution

b)

It marks the end of the Civil War

c)

It marks the end of WWI

d)

It marks the end of WWII

16.

Who wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden"?

a)

Rudyard Kipling

b)

William McKinley

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Mark Twain