WorksheetsGrade 8, Unit 4 - America from 1914-1941
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 12mins
The causes of WWI are often described using the acronym M.A.I.N. What does the "M" stand for?
Mistakes
Militarism
Major Conflicts
Monarchies
The causes of WWI are often described using the acronym M.A.I.N. What does the "A" stand for?
Abolition
America
Alliances
Anarchy
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to which major global conflict?
WWI
WWII
Austrian-Serbian War
WWIII
America, Britain, France & Russia were on which side of the war?
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Super Powers
Paulo Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany & the Ottoman Empire were on which side of the war?
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Empirical Powers
Long dug out ditches were used in WWI for defensive purposes. What are these ditches called?
Foxholes
Chunnels
Tunnels
Trenches
In between the trenches in WWI was a very dangerous area soldiers often had to charge through and fight in. What was this area called?
Battle Holes
No Man's Land
Trenches
Neutral Alley
All countries used one-sided material such as posters, songs, and movies to gain support for the war or to enlist soldiers. What is this called?
Freedom Flix
Liberty Bonds
Propaganda
Liberty Films
The Germans blew up this ship killing American civilians in 1915.
Titanic
Carpathia
Maine
Lusitania
The Germans send Mexico this offering to help Mexico invade America if they join WWI on the German side in 1917.
Hindenburg Telegram
The Mexico/Germany Alliance Offer
Espionage & Sedition Note
Zimmerman Telegram
True or False: The Allied Powers won WWI.
True
False
Who took the entire blame for WWI?
France
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Germany
This was a plan that would create peace & prevent future wars in 14 key ways.
President Wilson's Fourteen Points
President Hindenburg's Fifteen Plans
Russian Czar Nicholas II's World Peace Plan
The Justice League
President Woodrow Wilson suggested this world create a league of countries that would prevent future world wars.
The Justice League
The League of Nations
The League of World Powers
NATO
What was the treaty that ended WWI & punished Germany so harshly many historians believe it led to WWII.
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Yorktown
Berlin Peace Accord
Paris Peace Accord
The making, selling & distributing of this product became illegal with the passing of the 18th Amendment?
Guns
Tobacco
Alcohol
German Products
In 1920, women in America finally received this right with the passing of the 19th Amendment.
Right to vote in elections
Right to run for President
Right to equal pay for work
Right to join the American military
The time period between 1919-1933 when alcohol was illegal in America was called this.
Age of Jackson
Progressive Era
Speakeasies
Prohibition
This was the mass movement of about 5 million southern African–Americans to cities in the north and west between 1915 and 1960.
The Northern Migration
The Great Migration
The Southern Exodus
The Great Flight North
All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT:
The damage WWI did to the economy
Overproduction of goods
Consumers buying too much on credit
Risky stock and bank investments
Who was President at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was President during WWI?
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
True or False: During WWI, Congress passed the Espionage & Sedition Acts which made it illegal for Americans to criticize the government or the war.
True
False
True or False: All Americans supported joining WWI.
True
False
True or False: FDR was the only President to serve more than two terms as President.
True
False
Who was President during the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor & WWII?
Teddy Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Thousands of unemployed Americans lived in these shacks during the Great Depression.
Wilson's Shacks
Hoovervilles
Hoover Homes
FDR's Relief Homes
A great drought in the 1930s, plus massive storms combined to cause one of the worst ecological disasters in American history. What was this time period called?
The Dust Drought
The Great Famine
Dust Bowl
The Great Migration
FDR came up with a plan for relief, recovery & reform. It would make laws to govern the Stock Market and banks, provide jobs to millions, rebuild America, and provide relief payments to those suffering. What was this called?
The New Deal
Roosevelt's Relief Program
Franklin's Four Deals
The Old Deal
This time in American history left millions unemployed, homeless after losing everything due to the Stock Market collapse of 1929.
Great Migration
WWII
WWI
Great Depression
True or False: No one drank alcohol during Prohibition
True
False
True or False: America was involved in WWI from the beginning to the end.
True
False
This was a time of great prosperity, wealth, women's rights and pop culture in America. People were living like there was no tomorrow. They had spare time and spare money for the first time.
Roaring Twenties
Progressive Era
Era of Good Feelings
Age of Wilson
True or False: The 18th Amendment banning alcohol was the only amendment to be repealed by another future amendment.
True
False
FDR became the first President to address the American public via radio. He would use his time to explain the Great Depression, WWII, causes & effects, gov't programs, etc. He would give his people knowledge, confidence and hope during times of great crisis. What were these radio addresses nicknamed?
America's Weekly Address
Roosevelt's Radio Chats
Franklin's Phone Calls
FDR's Fireside Chats
Women who protested for the right to vote were nicknamed this.
Temperance Ladies
Reformists
Suffragettes
Wilson's Women
