Chapters 23-24 Test
Name_______________________________
Short answer (1 word to 1 sentence) (4 points each)
1.
What area that proved to be rich in gold, oil, and other resources did the U.S. buy from Russia for
about 2 cents an acre in 1867?
2.
In what area did Americans begin to set up giant sugar plantations during the 1800’s that would
eventually lead to Americans toppling their monarchy?
3.
Why did newspapers want to start a war by practicing yellow journalism by hyping and
sensationalizing reports of Spanish mistreatment of the native people of Cuba?
4.
Who was the leader of the Rough Riders, a volunteer group of soldiers who became famous for
their charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War?
5.
Before the U.S. could begin work on the Panama Canal, they sent Dr. William Gorgas down to
Panama to do what?
6.
How many fewer miles does a ship have to travel if it goes through the Panama Canal instead of
around the southern tip of South America? (not how many miles long the canal is)
7.
What 2 defenses were used by both sides in World War I to help produce a deadlock where neither
side can gain an advantage (a stalemate)?
8.
What new weapon did the Germans use to sink the British luxury liner Lusitania that killed 128
Americans?
9.
The first Russian Revolution got rid of the Czar (royal monarch). The 2nd Russian Revolution
brought in V.I. Lenin and the Bolsheviks. What type of government did they create?
10. About how many soldiers (for all countries who fought) died in World War I and about how many
people live in IL?
11. You get November 11 off of school for Veteran’s Day. A) What was the Nov. 11 holiday formerly
called and B) what does this have to do with World War I?
12. What country’s leader proposed the League of Nations yet didn’t actually end up joining the
League?
Chapters 23-24 Test
Name_______________________________
Longer answer (1-3 sentences) (8 points each)
13. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. Explain how Russia, Germany, France,
and Great Britain all ended up also going to war within a few weeks.
14. How did the Zimmerman Telegram help push the U.S. toward going to war against Germany?
15. How did the Versailles Treaty punish Germany?
Essay (10-15 sentences) (28 points)
A) List, define, and explain the 4 main causes of World War I. B) What was the event of June 28, 1914 that
sparked the outbreak of war and C) Explain how one of the 4 main causes of the war sparked the event of
June 28.
Write your answer on the back
Extra Credit- The U.S. Marines fought so fiercely that the Germans called them Teufelhunden. What does
that mean in English? (This is still one of their nicknames to this day).