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Imperialism and WW1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The United States backed a rebellion to secure construction of this Central American waterway, which opened in 1914

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Mohandas Gandhi

c)

indirect rule

d)

direct rule

2.

Reasons for Imperialism:

a)

find people who would work in European factories for low wages

b)

promote a free exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western cultures

c)

bring the economic benefits of industrialization to underdeveloped nations

d)

obtain raw materials for their industries and open new markets for their products

3.
What territories did the US gain as a result of its victory over Spain in the Spanish-American War?
a)
Philippines, Puerto Rico, Panama
b)
Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba
c)
Puerto Rico, Panama, Haiti
4.

What was the event that started the Spanish-American War?

a)

explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

b)

Boxer Rebellion in China

c)

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

Spanish colonization in Alaska

5.

When one country takes control of another for economic, political or military gain it is called?

a)

Colonialism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Nationalism

6.
What was the goal of the League of Nations?
a)
to redraw boundaries
b)
to punish Germany
c)
to spread capitalism
d)
to preserve peace
7.

What is a form of combat in which soldiers dug deep ditches to seek protection form enemy fire and to defend their positions

a)

Guerilla warfare

b)

Trench warfare

c)

Ditch warfare

d)

Hole warfare

8.

Wat document listed out the punishments for Germany after the war ended?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Vermont

c)

Treaty of Germany

d)

Treaty of Versailles

9.

(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future Wars.

a)

Zimmerman Note

b)

14 points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

League of Nations

10.

The ________ __________ act authorized a military draft.

a)

Uncle Sam

b)

Selective Service

c)

Wartime Service

d)

Military Action

11.

Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I?

a)

Ferdinand Foch

b)

John J. Pershing

c)

Herbert Hoover

12.
He killed 25 machine-gunners and captured 132 German soldiers when his soldiers took cover; he won the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
a)
John J. Pershing
b)
Alvin York
c)
Lawrence Tyson
d)
doughboy
13.
What was the Red Scare 
a)
A time when people were afraid of anarchism, communism, and socialism
b)
When people were afraid of the color red
c)
Sacco and Vanzetti
d)
a red ghost
14.

RED SCARE: Were Italian immigrants charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe factory. Convicted with little evidence. The men were electrocuted in 1927.

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

Nicoletti and Gucci

c)

The Palmieri brothers