Europe before World War I, competition for trade territory
In Europe before World War I, competition for trade territory
A prompted Russia and Great Britain to begin disarmament
B led to cuts in wages
C started an arms race between Great Britain and Germany
D increased prices across the world
How did World War I formally begin?
A The British Navy launched an assault
B Italy retreated from the Alps
C German forces overran neutral Belgium
D Russia invaded Poland
How did President Woodrow Wilson react to the outbreak of war in Europe?
A He drew up a list of 14 points and sent them to the German Kaiser
B He sent an expeditionary force to Siberia in order to undermine the Russian revolution
C he insisted from the start that the United States be neutral “in fact as well as in name”
D He promised the United Kingdom his unconditional support
By the end of 1916 the European conflict
A had all but died down
B took a dramatic turn in favor of the Allies
C improved dramatically for the Axis powers
D had become a total war and stalemated into trench warfare in Europe The United States had not yet entered the war and remained neutral
Which of the following best assesses the role of American troops in Europe during World War I?
A they were so inexperienced that the tended to hamper the now-seasoned French and British troops
B they made no impact on the war
C they won the war decisively on the Eastern front
D they arrived so late that they made no difference on the military side of the war
E they played a critical role in bolstering the allies and rebuffing the last German offensives
During World War I, African Americans
A were treated as equals
B openly dodged the draft because of racial discrimination
C were recruited but did not serve in front line units or with white soldiers due to discrimination
D were not allowed to join the military
How were German immigrants treated in the United States during the World War I?
A German immigrants in the United States aroused popular suspicions The American Protective League, a group of private citizens, worked directly with the US government during WWI to identify suspected German sympathizers and to eradicate all radical, anarchical, left-wing, and anti-war activities through surveillance and raids
B in the early years of the war, Americans were generally detached from the events in Europe The population paired their horror of war accounts with gratitude for the economic opportunities provided by the war and pride in a national tradition of non-involvement with the kind of entangling alliances that had caused the current war
C they were racially excluded from coming to the United States
D they were all seen as traitors
E they were seen as true patriots and trusted completely
What killed the most soldiers during World War I?
A influenza
B poison gas
C tanks
D bombs
E machine guns
F airplanes
The League of Nations was charged with keeping a worldwide peace by preventing the kind of destruction that tore across Europe from ever happening again President Woodrow Wilson proposed the idea How was it received across the world?
A fifty-eight members joined it
B all of the listed answers
C the United States did not join because of domestic politics
D the idea, while novel, failed to make any practical impact on the world’s affairs World War II would come less than two decades later
Which of the following best assesses a major long lasting outcome of World War I?
A it marked the rise of the Ottoman Empire
B the war killed more civilians than military personnel
C the war was, at the time, the most destructive conflict in human history It reshaped the entire world for the decades, and one could argue, centuries to come
D although Germany lost the war, it gained a stable and long-lasting democracy
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