World War 1 Test Flashcards
The spark that ignited WW1 was
The assassination of the Austrian heir to the throne by a Serb nationalist.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of WW1?
The Russian Revolution
Which of the following was a member of the Central Powers?
Germany
Some critics maintained that the United States had no right to be outraged over the sinking of the Lusitania because
All of the above?
In the Sussex pledge
Germany promised to cease sinking passenger ships without warning or care for the passengers.
The same year (1917) that the United States entered the Great War on the Allied side, which Allied power dropped out of the war?
Russia
In the Zimmerman note
the Germans promised to restore to Mexico the land it lost in the Mexican-American War in return for a military alliance with Germany.
Which of the following does this excerpt support as the primary cause of the U.S. declaration of war in April 1917?
Germany’s violations of U.S. neutral rights?
When the Zimmerman message was made public, most people in the United States
expressed nationalist anger against Germany
In the U.S. Supreme Court case “Schenck v. United States,” the Court ruled that
the Espionage Act of 1917 was constitutional
In “Schenck v. United States” (1919), the Supreme Court ruled that freedom of speech could be revoked if
a clear and present danger to the nation exists.
What does the author imply by the phrase, “not one of the rights that the citizens of this country are called upon to surrender in time of war”?
Citizens do not lose their freedom of speech during war
Which of the following conflicts raised the most similar concerns about the violation of civil rights as did World War 1?
The American Civil War?
During World War 1, the government propaganda, such as poster shown above, most likely contributed to which of the following?
Increased fear of foreigners and immigrants
During the war, a government agency named the Committee of Public Information, headed by George Creel, was
the producer of a vast number of posters, pamphlets, and films
The National War Labor Board
pressed employers to grant concessions to labor in the form of higher wages and a shorter workday
Which of the following was NOT one of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
The establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
The French were opposed to many of Wilson’s Fourteen Points because
the Fourteen Points disagreed fundamentally with what the French felt should be contained in the Treaty of Versailles
Those American politician leaders who were militant isolationists and therefore opposed to the League of Nations were referred to as
irreconcilables
Which of the following was a significant result of World War 1?
An increase in the International influence of the United States
Supporters of the League of Nations saw it as a means to
provide stability and security to the post-war world
Senator Lodge and his supporters opposed the League of Nations because they believed that the League would
reduce American sovereignty
