Verified Test Bank America And The Great War, 1914 1920 Ch21

Chapter 21: America and the Great War, 1914–1920

CORE OBJECTIVES

1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

5. Analyze the consequences of the war at home and abroad.

TRUE/FALSE

1. The Great War lasted less than two years and saw about 1 million deaths.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: The Outbreak of War

2. Weapons of the Great War included machine guns, armored tanks, flame throwers, and land mines.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: An Industrial War

3. Some immigrant groups in the United States, such as Irish Americans and German Americans, leaned toward the Central Powers in the European war.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: Initial American Reactions

4. Because of their belief in “freedom of the seas,” the British allowed Americans to trade with Germany.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: Initial American Reactions

5. Under Wilson’s presidency, the “preparedness” movement was popular with progressives because it benefited wealthy businesses involved in manufacturing weapons.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: The Debate over “Preparedness”

6. The Revenue Act of 1916 provided for the expansion of the U.S. army.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: The Debate over “Preparedness”

7. In the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan “He kept us out of war” to discredit Wilson.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: The Election of 1916

8. The Zimmermann telegram, sent to the Mexican government from the White House, was intercepted by the Germans.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: America Goes to War

9. In 1917, the sinking of U.S. vessels by German submarines in the North Atlantic directly led to Wilson’s call for a formal declaration of war.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

TOP: America Goes to War

10. Mobilizing the nation for war led to a massive expansion of the federal government.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

TOP: Mobilizing a Nation

11. Women in “war work” were usually able to keep their jobs after the war.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

TOP: A New Labor Force

12. The Great Migration was a result of the lack of industrial jobs for African Americans in the North.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

TOP: A New Labor Force

13. During World War I, popular prejudice in America associated anything German with disloyalty.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

TOP: A Loss of Civil Liberties

14. The European leaders of the “Big Four” during the peace negotiations applauded Wilson’s realism.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

TOP: The Paris Peace Conference

15. Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate Republicans, who demanded amendments to the Treaty of Versailles.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

TOP: The Debate over Ratification

16. Labor strikes became more common after the war was over.

OBJ: 5. Analyze the consequences of the war at home and abroad.

TOP: Suffrage at Last

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following statements regarding President Wilson in the years leading up to the Great War is accurate?

a. Wilson was the least educated president at the time and shied away from public appearances.

b. Wilson thought it essential for the United States to be the first country to declare war.

c. Wilson was a moralist and supporter of democracy who hoped to impose his standards on other nations.

d. Wilson had a great deal of international relations experience when he was elected.

e. Wilson focused on foreign affairs in his inaugural address.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: An Uneasy Neutrality

MSC: Analyzing

2. What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Great War?

a. The sinking of the Lusitania

b. The Zimmerman telegram

c. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d. The invasion of Italy by Germany

e. The sinking of the Sussex

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: The Outbreak of War

MSC: Understanding

3. During the Great War, which of the following countries made up the Central Powers?

a. The United States, France, and England

b. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey (the Ottoman Empire)

c. England, France, and Germany

d. Germany, Italy, and Russia

e. The United States, England, and Russia

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: The Outbreak of War

MSC: Understanding

4. During the Great War, which of the following countries made up the Allied Powers?

a. France, the United States, and England

b. Italy, France, and Austria-Hungary

c. France, Great Britain, and Italy

d. France, Great Britain, and Russia

e. Italy, the United States, and Great Britain

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: The Outbreak of War

MSC: Understanding

5. Which of the following statements was true of the Great War?

a. The war was unique in the amount of hand-to-hand or short-range combat.

b. The Great War came last in a series of wars considered “industrial wars.”

c. Weapons such as machine guns and submarines were rare at this time and did not increase the war's destruction.

d. Mechanized weaponry made the mass killing and destruction of the war possible.

e. Although many buildings were destroyed, the number of people killed was only in the thousands.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: An Industrial War

MSC: Remembering

6. Trench warfare was

a. the best method available to fight the war.

b. a method that rewarded the side who lasted the longest.

c. a method generals turned to to boost the morale of their troops.

d. a method that relied on a great deal of tactical movement on the front lines.

e. a method that illustrated the “glory” and “glamour” of the war.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: An Industrial War

MSC: Evaluating

7. The British vessel the Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat in __________; the United States entered the Great War officially in __________.

a. 1910; 1912

b. 1914; 1914

c. 1914; 1924

d. 1915; 1917

e. 1917; 1924

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: Neutral Rights and Submarine Attacks

MSC: Applying

8. What was the purpose of the Sussex Pledge?

a. Finalizing the Treaty of Versailles

b. Boosting the German economy

c. Placing limits on submarine warfare

d. Increasing the number of U-boats

e. Increasing the number of immigrants to the United States

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: Neutral Rights and Submarine Attacks

MSC: Understanding

9. Wilson’s platform in running for reelection in 1916 included

a. a cut in social welfare programs.

b. his refusal to militarily prepare for the war.

c. his dismissal of isolationism as now outdated.

d. the discontinuation of trade with all war combatants.

e. his cutting back loans to the Allies.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Election of 1916

MSC: Analyzing

10. Early in the war, Germany believed that the United States

a. lacked instruments of modern warfare.

b. could defeat them militarily.

c. would never enter the war despite the sinking of American ships in the Atlantic.

d. would negotiate a fair and peaceful end to the war.

e. planned to align with them rather than with France and Great Britain.

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: America Goes to War

MSC: Remembering

11. In the Zimmerman telegram, __________ urged __________ to invade the United States.

a. Germany; Mexico

b. Great Britain; France

c. Germany; Russia

d. Germany; Canada

e. Italy; Japan

OBJ: 1. Describe the outbreak of the Great War and the distinctive nature of the fighting on the Western Front, and explain why the United States entered the conflict.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: America Goes to War

MSC: Remembering

12. Which of the following statements regarding the War Industries Board is correct?

a. It was headed by Herbert Hoover.

b. It was forbidden from allocating raw materials.

c. It resulted in the federal government having less authority.

d. It had the power to order the construction of new factories.

e. Compared with other mobilization agencies, it was largely ineffective.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: Mobilizing a Nation

MSC: Understanding

13. The stated purpose of the Food Administration during the Great War was to

a. set up food banks for Americans.

b. reduce American agricultural production.

c. reduce civilian food consumption.

d. provide food for the poor and unemployed.

e. collect food donations to be sent to soldiers in Europe.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: Mobilizing a Nation

MSC: Evaluating

14. During the Great War, why was the sale of Liberty bonds significant?

a. It allowed those who opposed the war to direct their funds toward unrelated economic endeavors.

b. It guaranteed a fixed rate of return to fund the war, with purchasers commonly viewed as patriotic.

c. It directly led to a change in the type of currency used in the United States, with the introduction of greenbacks.

d. It was a type of transaction that only involved individual Americans, rather than banks and investment houses.

e. It allowed the government to lower taxes as they prepared for war and led to decreased federal involvement in industry.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: Mobilizing a Nation

MSC: Remembering

15. What was the Wilson administration’s stance on the role of women as the war grew in scope?

a. It encouraged women to have more children.

b. It encouraged women to enlist.

c. It encouraged women to marry only veterans.

d. It recruited women to take on jobs previously held by mainly men.

e. It restricted women to traditional endeavors, such as running fundraising drives.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: A New Labor Force

MSC: Understanding

16. The “Great Migration” refers to

a. women moving to the cities to take the jobs vacated by men off to war.

b. the American Expeditionary Force traveling to Europe to fight.

c. Mexican Americans leaving farm labor for industrial jobs in southwestern cities.

d. African Americans moving from the South to the North during the war.

e. the massive influx of immigrants before the war who became part of the war effort.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: A New Labor Force

MSC: Remembering

17. 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 navy, not the army.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: A New Labor Force

MSC: Understanding

18. 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

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: A New Labor Force

MSC: Remembering

19. Which of the following statements accurately describes changes in the lives of Mexican Americans during World War I?

a. Unlike African Americans, Mexican Americans were protected from racial discrimination in the military.

b. Mexican Americans experienced less opportunities to improve their status during the war than they had before the war.

c. The war allowed many Mexican farmworkers to find better jobs in industrial centers.

d. The war’s impact on the U.S. economy caused the number of Mexican immigrants to decrease.

e. Mexican Americans were forbidden from joining the U.S. military and working in military supply units.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: A New Labor Force

MSC: Remembering

20. During the Great War, the Espionage and Sedition Acts

a. stifled free speech by forbidding public criticism of politicians and war policies.

b. only affected Americans who had been in the United States a long time, not immigrants.

c. resulted in the conviction of primarily people who served as spies.

d. were largely a formality, with infractions not resulting in any punishments.

e. doubled the income tax rate from 1 to 2 percent.

OBJ: 2. Explain how the Wilson administration mobilized the home front, and analyze how mobilization efforts shaped American society.

NAT: Historical Interpretations

TOP: A Loss of Civil Liberties

MSC: Evaluating

21. Who was the last tsar to rule in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution?

a. Peter I

b. Vladimir Lenin

c. Peter II

d. Nicholas II

e. Alexander II

OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Bolshevik Revolution

MSC: Remembering

22. __________ led the __________, a group of determined Communist revolutionaries in Russia in 1917.

a. Karl Marx; Socialists

b. Leon Trotsky; Trotskyites

c. Vladimir Lenin; Bolsheviks

d. Samuel Gompers; Bolsheviks

e. Eugene V. Debs; Socialists

OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Bolshevik Revolution

MSC: Understanding

23. With the signing of the Treaty of __________, Russia ended its involvement in the Great War.

a. Paris

b. Moscow

c. Petersburg

d. Berlin

e. Brest-Litovsk

OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Bolshevik Revolution

MSC: Remembering

24. Which of the following did Wilson’s Fourteen Points for post–Great War peace include?

a. Russian control of Poland

b. Open conduct of diplomacy

c. An increase in barriers to international trade

d. An increase in armaments

e. The transformation of nations into colonial empires

OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The End of the War

MSC: Analyzing

25. Which of the following statement’s regarding President Wilson’s Fourteen Points is correct?

a. The Fourteen Points called for the creation of the United Nations.

b. The Fourteen Points allowed the Central Powers to hold onto occupied lands.

c. The Fourteen Points called for racial equality.

d. The Fourteen Points called for the “self-determination” of previously dominated groups.

e. The Fourteen Points called for the discontinuation of maritime commerce among neutral nations during wartime.

OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The End of the War

MSC: Analyzing

26. __________ are the payment of money for war damages.

a. Reparations

b. Retributions

c. Tributes

d. Taxes

e. Tariffs

OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The End of the War

MSC: Remembering

27. Which of the following countries had the highest casualties during the Great War?

a. Great Britain

b. France

c. Russia

d. Germany

e. The United States

OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S. contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The End of the War

MSC: Understanding

28. Which of the following statements regarding Woodrow Wilson’s involvement in negotiating an end to the Great War is correct?

a. Wilson’s efforts to implement a peace plan were organized and clear.

b. Wilson did not attend the peace conference personally.

c. Wilson urged the election of a Republican Congress.

d. Wilson ignored fellow Democrats.

e. Wilson was not very popular among Republican congressmen.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: Wilson’s Key Errors

MSC: Evaluating

29. Wilson offended many in Congress when he did not choose __________ to join the American delegation to the peace negotiations.

a. Henry Cabot Lodge

b. David Lloyd George

c. Eugene V. Debs

d. William Howard Taft

e. W. E. B. DuBois

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: Wilson’s Key Errors

MSC: Understanding

30. The so-called Big Four at the peace negotiations to end the Great War included the leader of

a. Germany.

b. Italy.

c. Austria-Hungary.

d. Turkey.

e. Poland.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Paris Peace Conference

MSC: Understanding

31. President Wilson believed that the keystone to ensuring lasting world peace was

a. the United Nations.

b. the League of Nations.

c. the Bolshevik Revolution.

d. the utter destruction of Germany.

e. a peace treaty centered on revenge.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Paris Peace Conference

MSC: Remembering

32. Which of the following was the independent country the Big Four created during the peace negotiations?

a. Belgium

b. Norway

c. Turkey

d. Sweden

e. Yugoslavia

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Treaty of Versailles

MSC: Understanding

33. __________ and __________ wanted Germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the war.

a. The United States; France

b. Great Britain; France

c. Great Britain; Russia

d. Russia; Hungary

e. The United States; Great Britain

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Treaty of Versailles

MSC: Understanding

34. The __________ voted to reject the Treaty of Versailles that President Wilson had worked so hard on.

a. U.S. Congress

b. U.S. House of Representatives

c. U.S. Senate

d. U.S. Supreme Court

e. League of Nations

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: The Debate over Ratification

MSC: Analyzing

35. Beginning in 1918, __________ killed millions of people worldwide and became a pandemic in the United States.

a. whooping cough

b. the Spanish flu

c. malaria

d. smallpox

e. yellow fever

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Spanish Flu

MSC: Remembering

36. 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

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: Suffrage at Last

MSC: Remembering

37. Which of the following statements about women’s suffrage in 1920 is accurate?

a. Despite their prominence in defense industries after the war, women would not be able to vote for another decade.

b. The United States was the first nation to permit women to vote in national elections.

c. Recently granted the right to vote, women comprised 40 percent of the electorate in that year’s presidential election.

d. Women continued to serve in the army and began to rise through the ranks as officers.

e. Women dominated workers’ unions and gained more jobs in the armaments industry as well as steel and lumber mills.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Documents

TOP: Suffrage at Last

MSC: Remembering

38. As a result of __________ in 1919, __________ of the American wage workforce was inclined to strike.

a. rising consumer prices; more

b. dropping consumer prices; less

c. increased wartime controls on wages; more

d. dropping unemployment; less

e. the American public’s widespread support of Bolshevism; less

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Economic Transition

MSC: Applying

39. Which of the following statements about African American life in the aftermath of the Great War is accurate?

a. African Americans had not been allowed to enlist and thus felt minimal effects from the war.

b. Segregation was largely outlawed, but African Americans still did not have the right to vote.

c. Whites caused a wave of race riots, in part out of resentment of the success some African Americans had after the war.

d. Northern cities, such as Chicago, became safe havens devoid of racial riots and tensions.

e. African Americans experienced a brief period of little racial violence, known as the “Red Summer.”

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Race Riots

MSC: Understanding

40. Fears of revolution were so widespread in postwar America that the U.S. attorney general created a government division to collect information on radicals headed by

a. Mitchell Palmer.

b. J. Edgar Hoover.

c. David Lloyd George.

d. William Jennings Bryan.

e. Joseph McCarthy.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Red Scare

MSC: Remembering

41. Fear of foreign terrorists and radicalism led to __________ at the end of the 1910s.

a. the First Red Scare

b. Wilson’s assassination

c. the end of the Democratic party for several decades

d. the end of World War I

e. increased protections of long-defended civil liberties

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Red Scare

MSC: Understanding

42. Which of the following statements regarding America in the immediate aftermath of the Great War is accurate?

a. Employment was on the rise.

b. Racial tensions were declining.

c. Americans felt they were doing better economically.

d. Americans experienced a postwar crisis.

e. Americans felt safe at home.

OBJ: 4. Evaluate Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Effects of the Great War

MSC: Applying

43. Which of the following was an effect of World War I?

a. The old empires of Europe continued to thrive.

b. Most Germans and Austrians felt they were victims of a harsh peace.

c. Russia embraced its western European allies for decades to come.

d. The United States grew less powerful due to the strain of the war on its economy.

e. Europe, once again, confirmed its self-image as the admired center of Western culture.

OBJ: 5. Analyze the consequences of the war at home and abroad.

NAT: Change and Continuity

TOP: Effects of the Great War

MSC: Analyzing

ESSAY

1. Describe Wilson’s Fourteen Points, discussing not only the details but the overall philosophy behind them as well.

Answer will vary.

2. Describe the economic mobilization on the American home front.

Answer will vary.

3. How and why were civil liberties curtailed during World War I? What was the effect of these curtailments?

Answer will vary.

4. Trace America’s attempt at neutrality prior to its entry into World War I.

Answer will vary.

5. Describe the nature of the fighting in the early years of the Great War. Pay special attention to the Western front and trench warfare.

Answer will vary.

6. What were the United States’ contributions to the Great War? How did America help the Allies win the war?

Answer will vary.

7. Describe the end of the war and the writing of the Treaty of Versailles. What were the terms of the treaty? Which nations were involved in writing the treaty? What was the American reaction to the treaty? Why?

Answer will vary.

8. How did participation in the war affect the role of the federal government in the United States?

Answer will vary.

9. How did involvement in the war affect the position of women, African Americans, and immigrants in the United States?

Answer will vary.

MATCHING

Match each person with one of the following descriptions.

a. Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike

b. Was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare

c. Was Wilson’s first secretary of state

d. Was Wilson’s second secretary of state

e. Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations

f. Headed the War Industries Board

g. Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916

h. Was a World War I general

i. Was the French premier during World War I

j. Became the first director of the FBI

k. Led the Bolsheviks in overthrowing the Russian monarchy

l. Convicted under the Espionage Act for opposing the war

1. Bernard Baruch

2. William Jennings Bryan

3. Calvin Coolidge

4. Georges Clemenceau

5. Charles Evans Hughes

6. Robert Lansing

7. Henry Cabot Lodge

8. A. Mitchell Palmer

9. John J. Pershing

10. J. Edgar Hoover

11. Vladimir Lenin

12. Eugene V. Debs