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American Homefront WWI

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Espionage and Sedition Acts limited Americans right to

a)

Speak freely about the concerns and disagreements with the American government during WW1

b)

Join the war by volunteering

c)

Choose they own political parties to vote for during World War 1

d)

Advertise for their own companies and products during the war

2.

A position of not taking sides in a conflict

a)

Neutrality

b)

Propaganda

c)

Rationing

d)

Imperialism

3.

How did the Great War affect life on the home front?

a)

Governments encouraged civil liberties like the freedom of the press and the right to protest against the war.

 

b)

Economies were geared toward providing consumer goods.

c)

Essential items needed for the war effort were rationed and conserved.

d)

After the heroic actions of the African American units in World War 1, Jim Crow Laws were repealed and removed.

4.

Who was the United States President during World War 1?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Warren G. Harding

5.
The Espionage and Sedition Acts attacked this freedom.
a)
Freedom of Speech
b)
Freedom of Religion
c)
Freedom of the Press
d)
Freedom of Assembly
6.
Being forced to join the military.
a)
Compelled
b)
Shangheid
c)
Draft
d)
Imprisoned
7.
Why did the government begin rationing food and products?
a)
To keep prices low
b)
To feed and equip soldiers for war
c)
To avoid union strikes
d)
To take over the farming industry
8.
Why did the government issue war bonds?
a)
To pay for the war effort
b)
To keep banks from closing
c)
to keep the stock market high
d)
To decrease unemployment
9.
Increases the size of the U.S. army
a)
Pendleton Act
b)
Wilson Act
c)
20th Amendment
d)
Selective Service Ac
10.

Who was in charge of getting all Americans to support the war effort?

a)

Committee on Public Information

b)

conscientious objectors

c)

American solidiers

d)

Uncle Sam

11.

Made it illegal to spy or interfere with government foreign policy such as the military draft.

a)

Espionage Act

b)

Sedition Act

c)

Military Draft Act

d)

No Spy Act

12.

Made it illegal to say anything disloyal about the government or war effort.

a)

Sedition Act

b)

Espionage Act

c)

Disloyal Act

d)

First Amendment Act

13.

pg. 174 The excerpt is from the Supreme Court Case "Schenck v. United States": The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. Which statement below agrees with the passage above?

a)

Prayer in most public schools is unconstitutional

b)

Freedom of Speech in the United States is not absolute

c)

Immigration from other countries should not be allowed during wartime

d)

Criticism of Allied policies must be prohibited during the war

14.

During WWI, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of

a)
rationing
b)
conservation
c)
government spending
d)
internment
15.

This propaganda poster wants you to do what?

a)

Sign up for the war by joining the Army.

b)

Sign up for the war by enlisting in the Navy.

c)

Buy Liberty bonds.

d)

Buy a Papa Johns Pizza

16.

This poster was intended to persuade

a)

Farmers to consume fewer scarce goods during the war

b)

Women to work producing war materials

c)

People to save money during the war

d)

People to help finance the war