Check Your Understanding- Chapter 29 Flashcards
World War I began when Austria-Hungary delivered a harsh ultimatum against its neighbor of
Serbia.
The most difficult and ambiguous application of international law in the early years of World War I applied to
Germany’s use of the submarine.
All of the following were true of the Lusitania’s sinking except
it resulted in an immediate declaration of war by Congress.
Wilson defeated Charles Evans Hughes in the Election of 1916 for all of the following reasons except
Wilson’s sweep of the Eastern part of the country overcame his narrow loss in California.
President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when
Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic.
President Wilson viewed America’s entry into World War I as an opportunity for the United States to
shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy.
When the United States entered World War I, it was
poorly prepared militarily and industrially to leap into a global war.
Grievances of labor during World War I and at war’s end included all of the following except
suppression of the American Federation of Labor.
In adopting the Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the right to the vote, the United States At the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson sought all of the following goals except
following the path already taken by wartime governments like Britain and Germany and states like New York, Michigan, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.
At the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson sought all of the following goals except
an immediate end to the European colonial holdings in Africa and Asia including those maintained by France and Great Britain.
In the United States, the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was the
League of Nations.
Republican isolationists successfully turned Warren Harding’s 1920 presidential victory into a
death sentence for the League of Nations.
