OBJ: 3. Describe the major events of the war after U.S. entry, and explain the U.S.
contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers.
22. __________ led the __________, a group of determined Communist revolutionaries in
Russia in 1917.
a. Karl Marx; Socialists
b. Leon Trotsky; Trotskyites
c. Vladimir Lenin; Bolsheviks
d. Samuel Gompers; Bolsheviks
e. Eugene V. Debs; Socialists
23. With the signing of the Treaty of __________, Russia ended its involvement in the Great
War.
a. Paris
b. Moscow
c. Petersburg
d. Berlin
e. Brest-Litovsk
24. Which of the following did Wilson’s Fourteen Points for post–Great War peace include?
a. Russian control of Poland
b. Open conduct of diplomacy
c. An increase in barriers to international trade
d. An increase in armaments
e. The transformation of nations into colonial empires
25. Which of the following statement’s regarding President Wilson’s Fourteen Points is correct?
a. The Fourteen Points called for the creation of the United Nations.
b. The Fourteen Points allowed the Central Powers to hold onto occupied lands.
c. The Fourteen Points called for racial equality.
d. The Fourteen Points called for the “self–determination” of previously dominated groups.
e. The Fourteen Points called for the discontinuation of maritime commerce among neutral
nations during wartime.
26. __________ are the payment of money for war damages.
a. Reparations
b. Retributions
c. Tributes
d. Taxes
e. Tariffs
27. Which of the following countries had the highest casualties during the Great War?
a. Great Britain
b. France
c. Russia
d. Germany
e. The United States
28. Which of the following statements regarding Woodrow Wilson’s involvement in
negotiating an end to the Great War is correct?
a. Wilson’s efforts to implement a peace plan were organized and clear.
b. Wilson did not attend the peace conference personally.
c. Wilson urged the election of a Republican Congress.
d. Wilson ignored fellow Democrats.
e. Wilson was not very popular among Republican congressmen.
29. Wilson offended many in Congress when he did not choose __________ to join the
American delegation to the peace negotiations.
a. Henry Cabot Lodge
b. David Lloyd George
c. Eugene V. Debs
d. William Howard Taft
e. W. E. B. DuBois
30. The so-called Big Four at the peace negotiations to end the Great War included the leader of
a. Germany.
b. Italy.
c. Austria-Hungary.
d. Turkey.
e. Poland.
31. President Wilson believed that the keystone to ensuring lasting world peace was
a. the United Nations.
b. the League of Nations.
c. the Bolshevik Revolution.
d. the utter destruction of Germany.
e. a peace treaty centered on revenge.
32. Which of the following was the independent country the Big Four created during the peace
negotiations?
a. Belgium
b. Norway
c. Turkey
d. Sweden
e. Yugoslavia
33. __________ and __________ wanted Germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the
war.
a. The United States; France
b. Great Britain; France
c. Great Britain; Russia
d. Russia; Hungary
e. The United States; Great Britain
34. The __________ voted to reject the Treaty of Versailles that President Wilson had worked
so hard on.
a. U.S. Congress
b. U.S. House of Representatives
c. U.S. Senate
d. U.S. Supreme Court
e. League of Nations
35. Beginning in 1918, __________ killed millions of people worldwide and became a
pandemic in the United States.
a. whooping cough
b. the Spanish flu
c. malaria
d. smallpox
e. yellow fever
36. The __________ rewarded women who had worked so hard during the Great War with the
right to vote.
a. Nineteenth Amendment
b. Eighteenth Amendment
c. Fifteenth Amendment
d. Fourteenth Amendment
e. Thirteenth Amendment
37. Which of the following statements about women’s suffrage in 1920 is accurate?
a. Despite their prominence in defense industries after the war, women would not be able
to vote for another decade.
b. The United States was the first nation to permit women to vote in national elections.
c. Recently granted the right to vote, women comprised 40 percent of the electorate in that
year’s presidential election.
d. Women continued to serve in the army and began to rise through the ranks as officers.
e. Women dominated workers’ unions and gained more jobs in the armaments industry as
well as steel and lumber mills.
38. As a result of __________ in 1919, __________ of the American wage workforce was
inclined to strike.
a. rising consumer prices; more
b. dropping consumer prices; less
c. increased wartime controls on wages; more
d. dropping unemployment; less
e. the American public’s widespread support of Bolshevism; less
39. Which of the following statements about African American life in the aftermath of the Great
War is accurate?
a. African Americans had not been allowed to enlist and thus felt minimal effects from the
war.
b. Segregation was largely outlawed, but African Americans still did not have the right to
vote.
c. Whites caused a wave of race riots, in part out of resentment of the success some
African Americans had after the war.
d. Northern cities, such as Chicago, became safe havens devoid of racial riots and tensions.
e. African Americans experienced a brief period of little racial violence, known as the
“Red Summer.”
40. Fears of revolution were so widespread in postwar America that the U.S. attorney general
created a government division to collect information on radicals headed by
a. Mitchell Palmer.
b. J. Edgar Hoover.
c. David Lloyd George.
d. William Jennings Bryan.
e. Joseph McCarthy.
41. Fear of foreign terrorists and radicalism led to __________ at the end of the 1910s.
a. the First Red Scare
b. Wilson’s assassination
c. the end of the Democratic party for several decades
d. the end of World War I
e. increased protections of long-defended civil liberties
42. Which of the following statements regarding America in the immediate aftermath of the
Great War is accurate?
a. Employment was on the rise.
b. Racial tensions were declining.
c. Americans felt they were doing better economically.
d. Americans experienced a postwar crisis.
e. Americans felt safe at home.
43. Which of the following was an effect of World War I?
a. The old empires of Europe continued to thrive.
b. Most Germans and Austrians felt they were victims of a harsh peace.
c. Russia embraced its western European allies for decades to come.
d. The United States grew less powerful due to the strain of the war on its economy.
e. Europe, once again, confirmed its self-image as the admired center of Western culture.
ESSAY
1. Describe Wilson’s Fourteen Points, discussing not only the details but the overall philosophy
behind them as well.
2. Describe the economic mobilization on the American home front.
3. How and why were civil liberties curtailed during World War I? What was the effect of these
curtailments?
4. Trace America’s attempt at neutrality prior to its entry into World War I.
5. Describe the nature of the fighting in the early years of the Great War. Pay special attention
to the Western front and trench warfare.
6. What were the United States’ contributions to the Great War? How did America help the
Allies win the war?
7. Describe the end of the war and the writing of the Treaty of Versailles. What were the terms
of the treaty? Which nations were involved in writing the treaty? What was the American
reaction to the treaty? Why?
8. How did participation in the war affect the role of the federal government in the United
States?
9. How did involvement in the war affect the position of women, African Americans, and
immigrants in the United States?
MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a. Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
b. Was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare
c. Was Wilson’s first secretary of state
d. Was Wilson’s second secretary of state
e. Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
f. Headed the War Industries Board
g. Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
h. Was a World War I general
i. Was the French premier during World War I
j. Became the first director of the FBI
k. Led the Bolsheviks in overthrowing the Russian monarchy
l. Convicted under the Espionage Act for opposing the war
1. Bernard Baruch
2. William Jennings Bryan
3. Calvin Coolidge
4. Georges Clemenceau
5. Charles Evans Hughes
6. Robert Lansing
7. Henry Cabot Lodge
8. A. Mitchell Palmer
9. John J. Pershing
10. J. Edgar Hoover
11. Vladimir Lenin
12. Eugene V. Debs