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World War I Review - US History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President during World War 1?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

2.
According to Woodrow Wilson, the purpose of the League of Nations was
a)
to remove threat of future wars.
b)
to prevent nuclear proliferation.
c)
to help the US gain more territories.
d)
to help promote prohibition in other countries.
3.

What was the Zimmermann Telegram?

a)

The German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Britain

b)

Wilson's speech concerning why the U.S should enter WWI

c)

A proposal by Germany that Mexico attack the US in return for territory

d)

a note left behind by a Serbian Nationalist in Austria-Hungary

4.

Which treaty ended World War I?

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

The Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Armistice of Versailles

d)

The Treaty of World Powers

5.

Propaganda means?

a)

agreement to stop fighting

b)

fighting took place Germany’s plan for winning the war on two fronts

c)

one-sided information designed to persuade

6.

..................................using submarines to sink any ship without warning

a)

rationing

b)

total war

c)

unrestricted warfare.

7.

Selective Service Act

a)

Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 18 to 30 to register for the military draft

b)

Agreement to stop fighting

c)

American citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war.

d)

British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.

8.

What is the name of the ship that German U-boats sunk?

a)

Lucy

b)

Lostanis

c)

Lusitania

d)

Lassie

9.

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

10.

Rationing means?

a)

agreement to stop fighting

b)

control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have

c)

region along German-Russian border where much

11.
What was the land between two enemy lines called?
a)
No mans land
b)
All Mans land
c)
This land is your land
d)
This land is my land
12.
What effect did World War 1 have on women?
a)
More women worked jobs to replace the men leaving for the war. 
b)
Women were made into slaves
c)
Women were not allowed to marry
d)
Women were not affected by WWI
13.

The Selective Service Act of 1917

a)

Helped Americans choose the BEST uniforms for our troops.

b)

Created a bank to help finance the war.

c)

Gave the U.S. President the ability to draft soldiers and build an army.

d)

Immediately sent U.S. troops to Europe to begin fighting.

14.

Racial tension will increase in the United States as a lot of southern black men and women move up North to fill good paying factory jobs. This is called the ______________ _____________.

a)

The Upward Movement

b)

Exodus Mobility

c)

The Great Migration

d)

The Nomadic Move

15.

What was at issue in Schenck v US (Sedition Act)?

a)
Freedom of Speech
b)
Freedom of the Press
c)
Freedom of Religion 
d)
Freedom of Assembly
16.

Who were the "Harlem Hellfighters"?

a)

an American group of sea captains who escorted Allied merchant ships

b)

a Tennessee unit containing Alvin York, who captured 132 German prisoners.

c)

an African American unit that spent more time in combat than any other American unit.

d)

a Republican group of senators who rejected Henry Cabot Lodge's objection to the Treaty of Versailles

17.
What was the goal of Woodrow Wilson's 14 points?
a)
to achieve world peace
b)
to punish germany
c)
to start WW2
d)
to reward Russia
18.

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

19.

Those against the war for moral and religious reasons.

a)

conscientious objectors

b)

Committee on Public Information

c)

nativists

d)

socialists

20.

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