Quiz #5 Flashcards
During the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, roughly _____ people died worldwide.
A. 50,000,000
B. 20,000,000
C. 10,000,000
D. 2 million
E. 500,000
A. 50,000,000
Why did Germany want to keep the United States out of the war?
A. They were fighting a war on two fronts and could not afford to deploy more troops against Americans in the West
B. They knew that Americans had nothing to do with the conflict and wanted to spare innocent lives.
C. They dreaded the prospect of facing German-American immigrants on the other side of the trench.
D. They feared that the United States might deploy a nuclear bomb.
A. They were fighting a war on two fronts and could not afford to deploy more troops against Americans in the West
Exp. Battling on two fronts in Europe, Germany wanted to keep the United States out of the war
The inflammatory Zimmermann telegram proposed that in the event of war between the U.S. and Germany,
A. German nationals within the U.S. would be held in internment camps.
B. Mexico would attack the U.S
C. Germany would unleash unrestricted submarine warfare on U.S. merchant vessels.
D. the U.S., once the Central Powers were defeated, would take over the German colonies.
B. Mexico would attack the U.S
Which of the following was NOT a member of the Central Powers in WWI?
A. Germany
B. Bulgaria
C. Turkey
D. Italy
D. Italy
As the war lingered and the presidential election of 1916 loomed, Wilson endorsed ______, yet then ran a campaign stressing ______.
A. a set of strong positions in foreign affairs; domestic issues
B. a pacifist position; how he had stood up to Germany on the U-boat issue
C. aft as his successor; that he was more progressive than Taft
D. enhanced military preparedness; he kept the U.S. out of war
D. enhanced military preparedness; he kept the U.S. out of war
Which of the following military technologies was not a major concern for soldiers during World War I?
A. giant howitzers
B. poison gas
C. machine guns
D. atomic bombs
D. atomic bombs
Exp. War in the machine age was defined by machine guns, poison gas, and giant howitzers, all of which gave an advantage to the defense and added to the stalemate of trench warfare on the Western front
What did the Bolsheviks reveal about the secret treaties between czarist Russia and Western European allies?
A. Both sides had worked with Germany against the other.
B. Both sides had deliberately provoked a war.
C. The allies had gone to war for territory and colonies
D. Russia and France had made fun of the United States repeatedly.
C. The allies had gone to war for territory and colonies
Exp. The new Bolshevik government revealed that the allies had gone to war for territory and colonies, not for high principles
During the Wilson administration, a revolutionary situation led to U.S. invasions of what country?
A. Mexico
B. China
C. Cuba
D. Nicaragua
A. Mexico
The “Fourteen Points” can best be characterized as
A. a blueprint for a punitive peace that would prevent any resurgence of German aggression.
B. a code of moralistic guidelines for future diplomatic practice.
C. an idealistic vision for a world order free of selfish nationalism, imperialism, and war
D. a pragmatic list of specifics undergirding Wilson’s desire to mediate an end to the war.
C. an idealistic vision for a world order free of selfish nationalism, imperialism, and war
Which of the following nations did not become a member of the League of Nations?
A. Great Britain
B. Belgium
C. the United States
D. France
C. the United States
Exp. Republicans had amended the League of Nations treaty, and President Wilson was unwilling to go along, causing the United States to refuse its support for an idea its own president had put forth
Which of the following is accurate about attitudes in the Senate toward the Treaty of Versailles?
A. Most supported it in some form
B. Few supported it
C. Democrats uniformly voted for its amended version against Wilson’s express instructions; Republicans consistently voted against it
D. About half supported it as Wilson submitted it; the other half was irreconcilably opposed to it.
A. Most supported it in some form
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quote:
“We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. . . .we make Mexico a proposal or alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.”
A. Zimmermann Note
B. Georges Clemenceau
C. Treaty of Versailles
D. Gen. Pershing
E. Woodrow Wilson
A. Zimmermann Note
The following central European counties were created by the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT:
A. Czechoslovakia
B. Ireland
C. Yugoslavia
D. Latvia
E. Poland
B. Ireland
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany in all the following ways EXCEPT BY
A. limiting Germany to a 100,000-man army
B. the “war-guilt” clause
C. demanding war reparations of $33 billion
D. forcing Germany to join the League of Nations
D. forcing Germany to join the League of Nations
How did the United States pay for the costs of its involvement in World War I?
A. inflationary currency manipulation by the Federal Reserve
B. the sale of bonds and savings certificates to U.S. citizens
C. reparations from defeated Germany
D. subsidies from Britain and France
B. the sale of bonds and savings certificates to U.S. citizens
What was the fate of Wilson’s fundamental premise of national self-determination, as implemented in the Treaty of Versailles?
A. It was applied specifically to the Germans living in the area that was to become the revived nation of Poland.
B. It was applied to the defeated powers, but not to the new League of Nations.
C. It was completely sacrificed to satisfy the greed and revenge of the victorious powers.
D. It was applied in part, in eastern and central Europe, but not in the British or French colonial world.
D. It was applied in part, in eastern and central Europe, but not in the British or French colonial world.
Identify the author or document from the following primary source quote:
“The world must be made safe for democracy.”
A. Ernest Hemingway
B. Calvin Coolidge
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Henry Ford
E. Georges Clemenceau
C. Woodrow Wilson
What was the motive behind the assassination of the Austrian Hungarian Crown Prince Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914?
A. anti-Communism
B. radical unionismIn
C. Austrian imperialism
D. Serbian nationalism
D. Serbian nationalism
Exp. The young assassin who carried out the deed belonged to the Black Hand, a terrorist group that vowed to reunite Bosnia with Serbia to create another Slavic nation on Austria-Hungary’s border.
What circumstance led to an American posture in which true neutrality was dead?
A. the British blockade, which cut off U.S. trade with Germany while supplies still flowed to the Allies
B. German war propaganda, which recruited thousands of influential German Americans to lobby on behalf of the German cause
C. the British blockade, which infuriated Wilson to the point of embargoing U.S. trade
D. German war propaganda, which so alienated German Americans that they shifted their support to the British
A. the British blockade, which cut off U.S. trade with Germany while supplies still flowed to the Allies
Which of the following trends emerged alongside European nationalism around the turn of the century?
A. imperialism
B. religious fanaticism
C. socialism
D. anti-Americanism
A. imperialism
Exp. Nationalism surged and, with it, militarism and imperialism.
About _____ Americans died in WWI:
A. 200,000
B. 116,000
C. 10,000
D. 500,000
E. 20,000
B. 116,000
Wilson’s commitment to neutrality in World War I stemmed from his profound conviction that
A. the U.S. had no security interests outside the Western Hemisphere.
B. it was his Christian duty to impose America’s will on the world.
C. aggressive, threatening nationalism would arise from the chaos of war
D. a neutral America could lead the warring nations to “a peace without victory.”
D. a neutral America could lead the warring nations to “a peace without victory.”
Among the key provisions of Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” were all the following EXCEPT
A. freedom of the seas.
B. an organization to guarantee collective security.
C. democratic self-rule.
D. phased rearmament.
D. phased rearmament.
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quote:
“President Wilson and his Fourteen Points bore me. Even Almighty God has only ten!”
A. Arthur Zimmermann
B. Georges Clemenceau
C. V.I. Lenin
D. David Lloyd George
E. Gen. John Pershing
B. Georges Clemenceau
What was the campaign slogan for Woodrow Wilson’s re-election?
A. “A Square Deal for America”
B. “He Kept Us Out of War”
C. “Four More Years”
D. “Peace with Honor”
B. “He Kept Us Out of War”
Exp. Following Wilson’s renomination at the Democratic convention in June 1916, “He Kept Us Out of War” became the campaign slogan.
