Question 1

Which of the following led to the Great War?

Accepted Answer

A)  the refusal of German leaders to become militaristic and honor their alliances when conflict in western Europe first erupted 
B)  the sudden dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the rise of a Serbian Empire that soon took its place 
C)  Germany's continued reliance on the United States and Britain for all steel production and related products 
D)  Wilson's eagerness to enter the war immediately to take advantage of the many nations who had decided to give up their colonial empires 
E)  rivalries in Europe driven by hypernationalism, racist beliefs, imperial competition over foreign colonies, and a desire for military supremacy 
A)  the refusal of German leaders to become militaristic and honor their alliances when conflict in western Europe first erupted 
B)  the sudden dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the rise of a Serbian Empire that soon took its place 
C)  Germany's continued reliance on the United States and Britain for all steel production and related products 
D)  Wilson's eagerness to enter the war immediately to take advantage of the many nations who had decided to give up their colonial empires 
E)  rivalries in Europe driven by hypernationalism, racist beliefs, imperial competition over foreign colonies, and a desire for military supremacy

Question 2

What was the relationship between the Great War and the Great Migration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Due to the increased opportunities for African Americans during wartime, race riots and other violent altercations ceased as civilians focused on the war effort. 
B)  Because a large number of immigrants were entering the United States, many as refugees, the war effort tripled in size and American industry was forever transformed. 
C)  Due to mobilization for the war, employment efforts led by northern businesses were directed at African Americans as well as whites for the first time, causing many to move north. 
D)  Because Mexican Americans were forbidden from enlisting in the military, many of them pursued jobs in urban areas 
E)  Because many American soldiers continued to find excitement and have positive experiences fighting in Europe, a large number decided to remain there after the war ended. 
A)  Due to the increased opportunities for African Americans during wartime, race riots and other violent altercations ceased as civilians focused on the war effort. 
B)  Because a large number of immigrants were entering the United States, many as refugees, the war effort tripled in size and American industry was forever transformed. 
C)  Due to mobilization for the war, employment efforts led by northern businesses were directed at African Americans as well as whites for the first time, causing many to move north. 
D)  Because Mexican Americans were forbidden from enlisting in the military, many of them pursued jobs in urban areas 
E)  Because many American soldiers continued to find excitement and have positive experiences fighting in Europe, a large number decided to remain there after the war ended.

Question 3

What was a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  The country established its first democratic government, overthrowing Communist leaders. 
B)  The country renewed its war effort against Germany more seriously. 
C)  The country concluded a separate peace with Germany known as the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. 
D)  The United States loaned Russia millions of dollars to aid the provisional government. 
E)  The United States put thousands of Russian Communist labor activists in jail in 1918. 
A)  The country established its first democratic government, overthrowing Communist leaders. 
B)  The country renewed its war effort against Germany more seriously. 
C)  The country concluded a separate peace with Germany known as the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. 
D)  The United States loaned Russia millions of dollars to aid the provisional government. 
E)  The United States put thousands of Russian Communist labor activists in jail in 1918.

Question 4

To what degree did American involvement in the Great War reflect progressive values and ideas?

Accepted Answer

American involvement in the Great War re

Question 5

Which of the following was true under the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were merely scare tactics, as no one was actually convicted. 
B)  Speaking and writing against Germany and Italy became a crime. 
C)  Criticism of American government leaders or war policies became a crime. 
D)  Censorship was aimed more at middle America than at socialists or other radicals. 
E)  Few politicians criticized the legislation, as it received unanimous support. 
A)  They were merely scare tactics, as no one was actually convicted. 
B)  Speaking and writing against Germany and Italy became a crime. 
C)  Criticism of American government leaders or war policies became a crime. 
D)  Censorship was aimed more at middle America than at socialists or other radicals. 
E)  Few politicians criticized the legislation, as it received unanimous support.

Question 6

Which of the following describes the experience of most soldiers fighting in France during the Great War?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had to be very mobile because the battlefront changed radically from week to week, transitioning back and forth between the Western Front and Eastern Front. 
B)  They fought a war of attrition often in miserable conditions, suffering massive artillery attacks and then facing enemy fire to seize well-protected trenches. 
C)  They fought small-scale battles that afforded them chances to display individual bravery and courage and used weapons that had been available for centuries in new ways. 
D)  They fought much as their great-grandfathers had during the nineteenth century: in tightly packed formations, shooting volleys into the ranks of the enemy. 
E)  They fought a guerilla war because after Germany invaded and captured Paris, French resistance fighters formed partisan bands that harassed their occupiers. 
A)  They had to be very mobile because the battlefront changed radically from week to week, transitioning back and forth between the Western Front and Eastern Front. 
B)  They fought a war of attrition often in miserable conditions, suffering massive artillery attacks and then facing enemy fire to seize well-protected trenches. 
C)  They fought small-scale battles that afforded them chances to display individual bravery and courage and used weapons that had been available for centuries in new ways. 
D)  They fought much as their great-grandfathers had during the nineteenth century: in tightly packed formations, shooting volleys into the ranks of the enemy. 
E)  They fought a guerilla war because after Germany invaded and captured Paris, French resistance fighters formed partisan bands that harassed their occupiers.

Question 7

Early in the war, Germany believed that the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  lacked instruments of modern warfare. 
B)  could defeat them militarily. 
C)  would never enter the war due to the lack of provocation. 
D)  would negotiate a fair and peaceful end to the war. 
E)  planned to align with the Central Powers rather than with France and Britain. 
A)  lacked instruments of modern warfare. 
B)  could defeat them militarily. 
C)  would never enter the war due to the lack of provocation. 
D)  would negotiate a fair and peaceful end to the war. 
E)  planned to align with the Central Powers rather than with France and Britain.

Question 8

What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?

Accepted Answer

A)  to combat the growing presence of communism in the United States following the end of the Great War and to make it less likely to emerge in other countries 
B)  to form a prewar public information network, which was discontinued after the United States entered the war due to funding problems 
C)  to provide a nonpartisan and independent source for Americans to find information about the causes of the war and the nations involved in the fight 
D)  to pursue propaganda and shape public perceptions about the war to generate support for the American war effort 
E)  to organize dissent against American involvement in the war by highlighting the atrocities committed by both sides before 1917 
A)  to combat the growing presence of communism in the United States following the end of the Great War and to make it less likely to emerge in other countries 
B)  to form a prewar public information network, which was discontinued after the United States entered the war due to funding problems 
C)  to provide a nonpartisan and independent source for Americans to find information about the causes of the war and the nations involved in the fight 
D)  to pursue propaganda and shape public perceptions about the war to generate support for the American war effort 
E)  to organize dissent against American involvement in the war by highlighting the atrocities committed by both sides before 1917

Question 9

Match each description with the item below.
-Jeanette Rankin

Accepted Answer

A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft 
A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft

Question 10

What was the turning point for the Allies during the Great War?

Accepted Answer

A)  "going over the top" at the Somme 
B)  a massive Allied offensive in September 1918 toward Sedan, France 
C)  a battle with the help of the Russians at Fort Vaux 
D)  the Battles of Verdun during which whole forests were destroyed 
E)  a long assault against the Germans in Belgium 
A)  "going over the top" at the Somme 
B)  a massive Allied offensive in September 1918 toward Sedan, France 
C)  a battle with the help of the Russians at Fort Vaux 
D)  the Battles of Verdun during which whole forests were destroyed 
E)  a long assault against the Germans in Belgium

Question 11

Which of the following contributed to the Red Scare of 1919-1920?

Accepted Answer

A)  the failure of the Justice Department to establish any sort of General Intelligence Division to collect information on radicals in the United States and to promote public safety 
B)  the tremendous growth and pro-First World War sentiment of the Socialist party in the United States throughout the duration of the war 
C)  the violent actions of militants in the United States and the belief that the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia had spread to the United States, causing the wave of labor strikes and race riots 
D)  the dissolving of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the rise of a provisional government in its place that sought to entirely undo communism 
E)  the support that the United States had given to the Central Powers throughout the war, which included Russia and its allies 
A)  the failure of the Justice Department to establish any sort of General Intelligence Division to collect information on radicals in the United States and to promote public safety 
B)  the tremendous growth and pro-First World War sentiment of the Socialist party in the United States throughout the duration of the war 
C)  the violent actions of militants in the United States and the belief that the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia had spread to the United States, causing the wave of labor strikes and race riots 
D)  the dissolving of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the rise of a provisional government in its place that sought to entirely undo communism 
E)  the support that the United States had given to the Central Powers throughout the war, which included Russia and its allies

Question 12

For violating the Espionage Act, Socialist leader Eugene Debs

Accepted Answer

A)  received a ten-year prison term. 
B)  was acquitted. 
C)  was banned from future presidential campaigns. 
D)  renounced socialism. 
E)  was deported. 
A)  received a ten-year prison term. 
B)  was acquitted. 
C)  was banned from future presidential campaigns. 
D)  renounced socialism. 
E)  was deported.

Question 13

Match each description with the item below.
-Herbert Hoover

Accepted Answer

A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft 
A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft

Question 14

A race riot in which thirty-eight people were killed and over 500 injured took place in July 1919 in

Accepted Answer

A)  Albany, New York. 
B)  Birmingham, Alabama. 
C)  Cleveland, Ohio. 
D)  Detroit, Michigan. 
E)  Chicago, Illinois. 
A)  Albany, New York. 
B)  Birmingham, Alabama. 
C)  Cleveland, Ohio. 
D)  Detroit, Michigan. 
E)  Chicago, Illinois.

Question 15

The event that triggered the Great War in Europe was

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany's invasion of Belgium. 
B)  Russia's decision to ally with France and Britain. 
C)  Germany's determination to build a navy as large as Britain's. 
D)  the fallout from the Bolshevik Revolution. 
E)  a Serb's assassination of the Austrian Archduke. 
A)  Germany's invasion of Belgium. 
B)  Russia's decision to ally with France and Britain. 
C)  Germany's determination to build a navy as large as Britain's. 
D)  the fallout from the Bolshevik Revolution. 
E)  a Serb's assassination of the Austrian Archduke.

Question 16

Many African American men joined the military but were forced to serve in segregated units under white officers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Match each description with the item below.
-John J. Pershing

Accepted Answer

A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft 
A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft

Question 18

How did Wilson promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points?

Accepted Answer

Wilson promoted his plans for a peaceful

Question 19

Which of the following was an effect of the Great War?

Accepted Answer

A)  the introduction of Europe's self-image as the center of civilized Western culture 
B)  the rise of the United States as the world's dominant power 
C)  the decline of Soviet communism as a force impacting other countries 
D)  the decades-long delay of American consumerism and economic prosperity 
E)  a tight alliance between the United States, Austria, and Germany 
A)  the introduction of Europe's self-image as the center of civilized Western culture 
B)  the rise of the United States as the world's dominant power 
C)  the decline of Soviet communism as a force impacting other countries 
D)  the decades-long delay of American consumerism and economic prosperity 
E)  a tight alliance between the United States, Austria, and Germany

Question 20

In what ways was the Great War the first "modern war," and how did combat during the Great War differ from previous conflicts?

Accepted Answer

The Great War, also known as World War I

Exam 22: America and the Great War

Which of the following led to the Great War?

What was the relationship between the Great War and the Great Migration?

What was a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?

To what degree did American involvement in the Great War reflect progressive values and ideas?

Which of the following was true under the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918?

Which of the following describes the experience of most soldiers fighting in France during the Great War?

Early in the war, Germany believed that the United States

What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information?

Match each description with the item below. -Jeanette Rankin

What was the turning point for the Allies during the Great War?

Which of the following contributed to the Red Scare of 1919-1920?

For violating the Espionage Act, Socialist leader Eugene Debs

Match each description with the item below. -Herbert Hoover

A race riot in which thirty-eight people were killed and over 500 injured took place in July 1919 in

The event that triggered the Great War in Europe was

Many African American men joined the military but were forced to serve in segregated units under white officers.

Match each description with the item below. -John J. Pershing

How did Wilson promote his plans for a peaceful world order as outlined in his Fourteen Points?

Which of the following was an effect of the Great War?

In what ways was the Great War the first "modern war," and how did combat during the Great War differ from previous conflicts?

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