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Pre WWI

Total questions: 2

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1-5.
1.

On what date did President Woodrow Wilson proclaim the neutrality of the United States in the First World War?

a)

7th of May 1915

b)

Summer of 1914

c)

April 1917

d)

4th of August 1914

2.

What policy had the United States pursued that kept it out of European affairs for the previous century?

a)

Policy of non-intervention

b)

Policy of isolation

c)

Policy of neutrality

d)

Policy of engagement

3.

Which event in 1915 began to shift American sentiment in favor of the Allies?

a)

President Wilson's address to Congress

b)

The emergence of the preparedness movement

c)

The sinking of the Lusitania

d)

The blockade of German ports

4.

Which groups in the United States generally favored Britain's enemies at the outbreak of the First World War?

a)

Spanish Americans

b)

People of British descent

c)

Scandinavian Americans

d)

Irish Americans and people of German and Central European descent

5.

When did the United States officially end its neutrality and enter the First World War?

a)

4th of August 1914

b)

April 1917

c)

7th of May 1915

d)

Summer of 1914

6.

The United States entered World War I because of

a)

A political assessination

b)

Because we were friends with Russia

c)

To prevent the Bolshevik Revolution

d)

Unrestricted German submarine warfare