1. Which of the following statements regarding President Wilson is inaccurate?
a. Wilson was very well educated.
b. Wilson believed fiercely in Christianity.
c. Wilson was a dedicated supporter of American democracy.
d. Wilson had a great deal of international relations experience when he was elected.
e. Wilson did not mention foreign affairs in his inaugural address.
2. Which of the following statements about the Great War is false?
a. The conflict known as the Great War lasted from 1914 to 1918
b. The immediate cause of the outbreak of the Great War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c. The Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan
d. The Allied Powers included France, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia
e. Casualties among soldiers were staggering in the Great War, mainly because of new technologies such as flame throwers, poison gas, armored tanks, and land mines used in battle.
3. Although publicly President Wilson urged Americans to remain neutral regarding the Great War, he personally favored
a. Great Britain and France.
b. Hungary and Austria.
c. France and Italy.
d. Germany and Russia.
e. Russia and Austria.
4. In the Zimmerman telegram __________________ urged ____________ to invade the United States.
a. Germany, Mexico
b. Great Britain, France
c. Germany, Russia
d. Germany, Canada
e. Canada, Mexico
5. In order to wage the Great War, the United States government did all of the following, except
a. draft millions of young women.
b. draft millions of young men.
c. force industry to meet wartime needs.
d. compel farmers to meet wartime needs.
e. take over railroads.
6. Which of the following statements regarding the War Industries Board is incorrect?
a. It was headed by Bernard Baruch.
b. It could allocate raw materials.
c. It could force workers to work in specific factories.
d. It could build new factories.
e. It could set prices.
7. During the Great War, Wilson's administration organized the sale of _________, which guaranteed a fixed rate of return to fund the war.
a. certificates of deposit
b. Liberty bonds
c. collectible stamps
d. gold certificates
e. silver certificates
8. The movement of more than 400,000 southern Blacks to northern cities during the war and through the 1920s was known as the
a. Big Move.
b. Big Migration.
c. Great Migration.
d. Exodusting.
e. Dust Bowl.
9. During the Great War, African American men fought
a. in racially segregated units.
b. alongside whites.
c. in African American units with African American officers.
d. only in Russia.
e. only in the Army.
10. As a result of the economic expansion during the Great War, ___________ moved to ________________ in cities like Los Angeles and Houston.
a. Latinos, ghettos
b. African Americans, ghettos
c. Chinese, Chinatowns
d. Latinos, barrios
e. Irish, ghettos
11. During the Great War, the Espionage and Sedition Acts
a. stifled free speech.
b. sent convicted spies to Canada.
c. set up detainment camps for Japanese-Americans.
d. deported thousands of Mexicans to Mexico.
e. was used by Wilson against Democrats.
12. The fresh but untried American soldiers sent to aid the British and French during the Great War were nicknamed
a. Yankees.
b. Doughboys.
c. Democrats.
d. Federalists.
e. G.I. Joes.
13. Which of the following statement's regarding President Wilson's Fourteen Points is incorrect?
a. The Fourteen Points called for the creation of a peace league.
b. The Central Powers had to leave specified territories.
c. The Fourteen Points called for racial equality.
d. The Fourteen Points called for self-determination of previously dominated groups.
e. The Fourteen Points called for freedoms of the seas.
14. The Big Four at the peace conference created all of the following independent countries except
a. Poland.
b. Hungary.
c. Turkey.
d. Latvia.
e. Yugoslavia.
15. ______________ and _________________ wanted Germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the war.
a. United States, France
b. Great Britain, France
c. Great Britain, Russia
d. Russia, Hungary
e. United States, Great Britain
16. Which of the following statements regarding the Treaty of Versailles is incorrect?
a. The United States never ratified the treaty.
b. The treaty with Wilson's Fourteen Points was a failure.
c. Wilson's health suffered greatly because of the treaty.
d. The Treaty of Versailles left Germany weak and isolated.
e. Ultimately the Treaty of Versailles was a great success.
17. ______________ killed roughly 100 million people worldwide in 1918.
a. Typhoid
b. The Spanish flu
c. Malaria
d. Smallpox
e. Polio
18. Ratified in 1920, the ________________ rewarded women who had worked so hard during the Great War with the right to vote.
a. Nineteenth Amendment
b. Eighteenth Amendment
c. Fifteenth Amendment
d. Fourteenth Amendment
e. Thirteenth Amendment
19. Fear of foreign terrorists and radicalism led to the ______________ at the end of the 1910s.
a. First Red Scare
b. Rise of the Populist Party
c. end of the Democratic Party
d. formation of the Central Intelligence Agency
e. end of the American Socialist Party
20. What was a mitigating cause of World War I? (see lecture)
a. International alliances
b. History of arms build-up and development of militias throughout Europe
c. Detailed secret plans that dependent on logistical timetables, especially the use of railroads, to be the first claim strategic advantage
d. All of the above
21. All of the following statements about World War I and its aftermath are true, except? (see lecture)
a. America was not well prepared for war, especially in war materiel
b. The war was unnecessary because the train of events that led to its outbreak might have been broken at any point during the five weeks of crisis that preceded the first clash of arms
c. Ended in a just peace for all sides
d. The war destroyed the benevolent and optimistic culture of the European continent and was a major precipitating factor of World War II