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Factors in the outbredak of war in Europe in 1914 included

 

 a. fear of the rise of the german power.

 

b. the unstable political situation in the balkans.

 

c. the division of Europe into two rival alliances.

 

d. all the above

 

Definition

d. all the above

Term

 What policy did President Wilson originally adopt when war broke out in Europe in 1914?

 

a. He asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.

 

b. He issued a proclamation of neutrality.

 

c. He asked Congress for a declatation of war against Russia and France.

 

d. He did none of the above

Definition
b. He issued a pproclamation of neutrality.
Term

John J. Pershing headed the

 

a. Food Administration.

 

b. Socialtist Party.

 

c. American Expeditionary Force.

 

d. War Industries Board.

 

Definition

c. American Expeditonary force.

Term

A major mistake by Wilson in reference to peace actions was the exclusion of

 

a. Britain in the negotiations.

 

b. France in the negotiations.

 

c.Republicans form the peace procedures.

 

d. Democrats from the peace procedures.

Definition
c. Republicans from the peace procedures.
Term

In the election of 1920

 

a. voters expressed continued confidence in the Democratic party.

 

b.Woodrow wilson ran for a third term.

 

c. Calvin Coolidge got elected president.

 

d. Voters seemed to reject Wilson's idealism.

Definition
d. voters seemed to reject Wilson's idealism.
Term

The German U-boats

 

a. disobeyed the raditional rules of naval warfare.

 

b. sank only British ships.

 

c. deliberately sank U.S. passenger ships before 1917.

 

d. were largely infeffective in World War I.

Definition
a. disobeyed the raditional rules of naval warfare.
Term

The sinking of the Lusitania

 

a. led to immediate U.S. entry into World War I.

 

b. aroused anti-German sentiment in the United States.

 

c. was blamed on the British because they had arms on Board.

 

d. caused President Wilson to ban all foreign travel.

Definition
b. aroused anti-German sentiment in the United States.
Term

The Zimmermann Letter

 

a. revealed British plots to bring the United States into war.

 

b. outlined German war objectives.

 

c.proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the United States.

 

d. ordered unrestricted German submarine warface.

Definition
c. proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the United states.
Term

All the following helped cause World War I except

 

a. militarism.

 

b. nationalism.

 

c.imperialism.

 

d. socialism.

Definition
d. socialism.
Term

The War industries Board in World War I

 

a. regulated production.

 

b.suppressed pacifist publications.

 

c.promoted the sale of Liberty Bonds.

 

d. recruited military personnel.

Definition
a. regulated production
Term

in 1915 william J. Bryan

 

a. supported the U.S. withdrawal form European Trade to avoid war.

 

b.supported President wilson's neutrality.

 

c. wanted war with England.

 

d.wanted war with Germany.

 

Definition
a. supported the U.S. withdrawal from European trade to avoid war.
Term

Which of the following favorted an early U.S. entry into World War I

 

a jane Addams

 

b. Henry Ford

 

c. William J. Bryan

 

d. Theodore Roosevelt

Definition
d. Theodore Roosevelt
Term

Charles Evans Hughes

 

a. led the peace movement in American in 1916

 

b. ran for president against Woodrow Wilson in 1916

 

c. headed the Food Administration in World War I.

 

d. Was American's leading banker in 1914

Definition
b. ran for president against Woodrow Wilson in 1916
Term

The communist revolution of 1917 in Russia

 

a. led to Germany taking Russia.

 

b. was headed by V. Lenin.

 

c. was led by Kar Marx.

 

d. failed due to U.S. opposition.

 

Definition
b. was headed by V. lenin.
Term

The only woman in the Congress in 1917 was

 

a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

 

b. Susan Anthony.

 

c. Jane Addams.

 

d. Jennette Rankin.

Definition

d. Jennette Rankin

Term

Before World War II, people called World War I the

 

a. Great. War.

 

b. Civil War.

 

c.European War.

 

d. Revolutionary War.

Definition
a. Great War.
Term

Wich national  holiday came out of world war I?

 

a. Memorial Deay

 

b. Independence Day

 

c. Veterans Day

 

d. Thanksgiving

Definition
c. Veterans Day
Term

the leader of the U.S. Socaialist party during World War I was

 

a. Jane  Addams.

 

b. Robert La Follette.

 

c. Eugene Debs.

 

d. william Bryan.

Definition

c. eugene Debs.

Term

Under the '' clear and present danger'' clause, the Supreme Court ruled

 

a. that civil rights are not absolute.

 

b. the government can never arrest people for speaking against war because it violates their right of free speech.

 

c. the government can arrest anyone at any time for anything.

 

d. the government can only arrest people at will during time of war.

 

Definition
a. that civil right are not absolute.
Term

The American flying ace who later helped the arm develop an air corps was

 

a. Eddie Rickenbacker.

 

b. William J. Bryan.

 

c. Charles Lindbergh.

 

d. Eddie Murphy.

Definition
a. Charles Hughes.
Term

The first jew to sit on the united States Supreme Court was

 

a. charles Hughes.

 

b. J. P. Morgan.

 

c. William Bryan.

 

d. louis Brandeis

 

Definition
d.Louis Brandeis.
Term

The doughboys were

 

a. French forces in World War I

 

b. American boys in World War I.

 

c. bakers opposed to World War I.

 

d. none of the above.

Definition
b. American boys in World War I.
Term

World War I broke out in Europe because

 

a. no noe respeacted U.S. neutaral Trade.

 

b. the U.S. and Germany could not reach terms over China.

 

c. germany blew-up the Lusitania.

 

d.European nations made a power play in southeast Europe.

Definition

d. european nation made a power play in southeast Europe.

Term

American's greatest adversary in World War i was

 

a. Germany.

 

b. Japan.

 

c. Italy.

 

d. Russia.

Definition

a. Germany.

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