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Chapter 9: First World War

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President of the United States during the First World War?

a)

Grover Cleveland

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

2.

_______ is the term defined as pride in one's nation, promoting it's causes, cultures, and interests.

a)

Militarism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Alliances

d)

Nationalism

3.

Propaganda can be best described as

a)

Fake News

b)

Tabloid-like publications, celebrity gossip, etc.

c)

Objective coverage of a news story, event, person, etc.

d)

Providing information, ideas, and even more rumors to help or hurt a cause

4.

The belief that a country needs a strong army is called

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Militarism

d)

Socialism

5.

Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800s and most of WWI?

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

George Clemenceau

6.

What is known as an agreement among nations to defend one another?

a)

Alliance

b)

Nationalism

c)

Militarism

d)

Isolationism

7.

The Germans called their submarines:

a)

Convoy

b)

U-Boats

c)

Red Scare

d)

Reparations

8.

The assassination of ______ in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist was the spark that ignited the first world war.

a)

Eddie Rickenbacker

b)

Henry Cabot Lodge

c)

Wilhelm II

d)

Franz Ferdinand

9.

Soldiers fought in long deep ditches dug for protection across from France from the English Channel to the border with Switzerland called _______.

a)

Nuclear Warfare

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

Defensive Warfare

10.

England, France, and Russia sided with the United States during World War I were known as the _______.

a)

Allies

b)

Central Powers

11.

Germany along with Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire during World War I were known as ________.

a)

Allies

b)

Central Powers

12.

What was the name of the British steamship that the Germans torpedoed and killed up to 100 United States citizens?

a)

Sussex

b)

Orlando

c)

U-Boat

d)

Lusitania

13.

______ was the name for the barren region between opposing trenches in WWI.

a)

No Man's Land

b)

Armistice

c)

Militariam

d)

Convoy System

14.

The movement of African Americans and other minorities to the northern U.S. during the war was the Great ________.

a)

Awakening

b)

Migration

c)

Movement

d)

Exodus

15.

Which of the following was a new technology introduced to use in WWI?

a)

U-Boats

b)

Airplanes

c)

Mustard Gas

d)

All of the Above

16.

The Sedition Amendment of 1918 prevented people from:

a)

Criticizing the war

b)

Avoiding the draft

c)

Traveling the seas

d)

Germans entering the U.S.

17.

The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they:

a)

Allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority

b)

Promoted biased ideas designed to sway peoples thinking

c)

Forced the repeal the First Amendment

d)

Forced restaurant to offer "liberty sandwiches" rather than hamburgers

18.

What was the telegram called that Germany sent to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the U.S. if Mexico would start a war with the U.S.?

a)

Peace Plan

b)

League of Nations

c)

Trotsky Plan

d)

Zimmerman Note

19.

Private citizens created these to provide food for their homes while food from farms went to the troops overseas.

a)

Private farms

b)

Victory Gardens

c)

Community Soup Kitchen

d)

Supermarkets

20.

What was the goal of Victory and Liberty Bonds?

a)

To pay off American deby

b)

To produce propaganda to support war

c)

To bring unity to the U.S.

d)

To finance the war effort

21.

What is the name of an agreement to end fighting?

a)

Alliance

b)

Reparations

c)

Armistice

d)

Propaganda

22.

Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace after World War I was known as _______.

a)

Schlieffen Plan

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

League of Nations

23.

What is the name of the peacekeeping organization that was formed after World War I?

a)

United Nations

b)

Convoy System

c)

Peace Project

d)

League of Nations

24.

Why did Americans not want to sign the treaty between them and Germany?

a)

It forced them to join the League of Nations

b)

It forced them to fight against Russia

c)

It forced them to sell supplies to Germany

d)

It forced them to become an ally of Germany

25.

Wilson's purpose in proposing a League of Nations was to:

a)

Prepare for WWII

b)

Have countries settle disputes in non-violent ways

c)

Create a World Army

d)

Provide Europe with money to rebuild

26.

_________ were known as payments for war damages.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Separatism

c)

Reparations

d)

Retaliations

27.

Which treaty ended World War I?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

Treaty of Berlin

28.

Which country had to take full responsibility for WWI, pay reparations, lose most of its military, and be stripped of their colonial possessions?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Serbia

d)

Austria-Hungary

29.

When did the First World War end?

a)

November 31, 1998

b)

November 1, 1914

c)

November 11, 1918

d)

June 28, 1890

30.

More people were killed by _____ than by World War I.

a)

Submarine Warfare

b)

Flu Pandemic

c)

Hard labor in U.S. factories

d)

Trench Foot

31.

T/F: One cause of the Great War was the growth of imperialism

a)

True

b)

False

32.

T/F: Britain established a blockade to intercept contraband

a)

True

b)

False

33.

T/F: The incident that sparked World War I was the assassination of Woodrow Wilson

a)

True

b)

False

34.

T/F: Trench warfare led to military stalemates during war

a)

True

b)

False

35.

T/F: The Sussex pledge was issued after the sinking of the Lusitania

a)

True

b)

False

36.

T/F: The Lusitania was a German submarine that sank several Allied ships

a)

True

b)

False

37.

T/F: The Selective Service Act set in place a system for registering for the draft

a)

True

b)

False

38.

T/F: The United States sent men and materials to Europe using the convoy system

a)

True

b)

False

39.

T/F: Women working in war related fields received pay equal to that received by men doing similar work.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

T/F: Herbert Hoover was in charge of the Food Administration during the war, promoting the use of victory gardens

a)

True

b)

False

41.

DISCUSSION: Explain how WWI was different than all other wars that had come before it. (3-5 sentences)

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42.

DISCUSSION: Imagine you are a prominent U.S. political leader in 1919. Use each of the following terms CORRECTLY in a paragraph (5 sentences AT LEAST) that either supports or opposes the peace agreement that ended WWI.

(Fourteen Points, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles)

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