WWI
True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
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1. Army nurses were the only women in the military to be sent overseas during World War I.
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2. The need for women to work in factories during World War I began a trend toward women working outside
the home that continued after the war.
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3. The introduction of the tank in World War I revolutionized warfare.
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4. Russia lost substantial territory when it pulled out of World War I.
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5. The “Big Four” were enthusiastic about Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and included most of them in the
Treaty of Versailles.
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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6. The Triple Entente included
a. Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy.
c. Britain, France, and Russia.
b. Germany, Turkey, and Russia.
d. Britain, France, and the U.S.
7. The event that touched off the first declaration of war in World War I was
a. the assassination of the archduke of Germany.
b. the assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
c. the German invasion of Belgium.
d. the German invasion of Russia.
8. World War I was the first war in which
a. African American soldiers were not segregated from white soldiers.
b. women officially served in the armed forces.
c. the government officially imposed conscription.
d. the military drafted African American men.
9. The Great Migration during World War I was a flow of
a. European immigrants fleeing to the United States to escape the war in Europe.
b. French refugees fleeing to Britain ahead of the German onslaught.
c. Mexicans fleeing to the American Southwest to escape political turmoil.
d. African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities.
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Which of the following innovations best completes the diagram?
a. tanks
c. rapid-fire machine guns
b. airplanes
d. poison gas
____ 11. The “Big Four” who attended the peace conference at the end of World War I were the leaders from the
United States, Britain, France, and
a. Russia.
c. Italy.
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b. Germany.
d. Austria-Hungary.
The Triple Alliance included
a. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
b. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.
c. Britain, France, and Russia.
d. Britain, France, and the United States.
In 1908 the Serbs became furious when
a. the Ottoman Empire refused them independence.
b. Austria-Hungary refused them independence.
c. a Slav assassinated their leader.
d. Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia.
According to the Zimmermann telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would
a. send troops to support the Huerta government.
b. prevent the United States from taking control of Mexico.
c. help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
d. help Mexico take control of Central America.
According to the Selective Service Act, the order in which men were called to service would be determined
by
a. local draft boards.
b. military headquarters in Washington, D.C.
c. age, drafting 21-year-olds first and 30-year-olds last.
d. lottery.
During World War I, Americans were encouraged to “Hooverize” by
a. observing Wheatless Mondays.
b. observing Heatless Mondays.
c. buying Liberty Bonds.
d. buying only products necessary to live.
“Selling” the war to the American people was the task of
a. J. Edgar Hoover.
b. the War Propaganda Board.
c. the War Industries Board.
d. the Committee on Public Information.
Criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by
a. the Committee on Public Information.
b. the Espionage and Sedition Acts.
c. the Red Scare.
d. the Palmer raids.
In World War I, airplanes were first used to
a. transport troops to the front.
c. bomb enemy trenches.
b. observe enemy activities.
d. bring supplies to the troops.
The organization that eventually became the Federal Bureau of Investigation was originally formed to
a. uncover German spies during World War I.
b. spread propaganda within the United States in support of the war.
c. infiltrate unions to head off strikes.
d. raid radical headquarters looking for evidence of a Communist conspiracy.
Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
21. By 1871, after launching a series of wars, the German kingdom of ____________________ had united
various German states into one nation.
22. The Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, and Slovenes all lived in a region in southeastern Europe called the
____________________.
23. Those fighting for the Triple Entente were called the ___________________.
24. German submarines that attacked ships bound for Britain were called ____________________.
25. Many Mexican Americans who migrated north to take factory jobs during World War I settled in their own
separate neighborhoods called ____________________.
26. In World War I, ____________________ were battles in the air between aircraft with attached machine guns.
27. American soldiers during World War I were nicknamed ____________________.
28. During World War I, a group called the ____________________ took power in Russia and established a
Communist government.
29. In the aftermath of World War I, unions in Seattle organized a ____________________ strike, which
involves all workers living in a certain location, not just workers in a particular industry.
30. The ____________________ was a nationwide panic that arose from the fear that Communists might seize
power in the United States.
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. Sussex Pledge
f.
b. Black Hand
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c. Barnard Baruch
h.
d. John Pershing
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e. Ferdinand Foch
j.
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Pancho Villa
espionage
Vladimir Lenin
Liberty Bonds
Four-Minute Men
general who failed to capture Pancho Villa
Mexican guerrilla leader who conducted raids into the U.S.
promise not to sink more merchant ships without warning
gave patriotic speeches urging support of war effort
Serbian nationalist group behind assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
method of loaning money to the government to pay for war
spying to acquire government secrets
supreme commander of the Allied forces
Bolshevik leader
stockbroker who led the War Industries Board