Week 23 U.S. History: Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919

 

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U.S. History Week 23

Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919

I designed a quiz related to chapter 23 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

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Review the following Chapter 23 pages:

• Introduction
• American Isolationism and the European Origins of War
• The United States Prepares for War
• A New Home Front
• From War to Peace
• Demobilization and Its Difficult Aftermath
• Key Terms
• Summary

Practice learning Chapter 23 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 23 Videos:

• How a Wrong Turn Started World War I (3:23)
• The Germans Engage in Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (2:11)
• Pancho Villa (4:44)
• Zimmerman Telegraph (4:09)
• Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (4:48)
• Crash Course: World War I (13:39)

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• North Dakota (6:01)
• Ohio (7:29)
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 23 Review Questions
• Chapter 23 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 23 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 23 Americans and the Great War 1914-1919 

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Despite President Warren Wilson’s promise not to rely on
the Roosevelt Corollary, troops were sent to the all except:
Answer choices include: Haiti, Hispaniola, Canada, Cuba

The correct answer is Canada.

The U.S. originally backed ___ in Mexico but later
recognized Carranza’s government, sparking his revenge.
Answer choices include: Erik Morales,
Pancho Villa, Julio César Chávez, Salvador Sánchez

The correct answer is Pancho Villa.

Which of the following was not part of the Triple Entente?
Answer choices include: Germany, France, Russia, Great Britain

The correct answer is Germany.

On May 7, 1915, a German U-Boat attacked a British
passenger ship named ___ traveling from New York.
Answer choices include: Oceanic, Olympic, Titanic, Lusitania

The correct answer is Lusitania.

The Zimmerman telegraph revealed
Germany’s plan to entice ___ into the war.
Answer choices include:
Mexico, Italy, the United States, China

The correct answer is Mexico.

Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Answer choices include: Grace Banker,
Jeanette Rankin, Mata Hari, Iona Zollner

The correct answer is Jeanette Rankin.

When did Congress pass the Selective Service Act
requiring all men aged 21-30 to register for the draft?
Answer choices include: 1847, 1897, 1917, 1937

The correct answer is 1917.

Men who refused to sign up for the draft, usually
citing deeply held religious beliefs, were called ___.
Answer choices include: conscientious objectors,
tax dodgers, contemptors of court, rackateers

The correct answer is conscientious objectors.

Harry Garfield implemented ___ to allow more production.
Answer choices include: standard time,
psychological time, daylight savings time, metric time

The correct answer is daylight savings time.

The U.S. government eventually raised $32 billion
for World War I expenses through ___.
Answer choices include: national yard sales,
liberty bonds, rationing, gold & diamonds

The correct answer is liberty bonds.

America’s WWI propaganda campaign
encouraged an anti-___ attitude.
Answer choices include:
French, American, British, German

The correct answer is German.

During WWI, wage increases were offset
by an increased cost of living.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

WWI brought many career opportunities for women,
who were paid equal wages, highly
respected, & offered permanent jobs.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

The 369th Infantry, made up of African Americans called the ___,
valiantly served 6 months on the frontline in France.
Answer choices include: Graybacks,
Buffalo Soldiers, Harlem Hellfighters, Rough Riders

The correct answer is Harlem Hellfighters.

What influenced President Wilson’s passage of the 19th Amendment?
Answer choices include: his daughters, women's roles during WWI,
suffragist hunger strikes, all of these

The correct answer is all of these.

Wilson’s peace plan for a new world order was called ___.
Answer choices include: Camp David Accords,
Fourteen Points, World Armistice, Entente Cordiate

The correct answer is Fourteen Points.

Which country signed a “war guilt clause,”
taking public responsibility for starting the war?
Answer choices include:
Germany, Switzerland, Serbia, Bulgaria

The correct answer is Germany.

Who served as President Wilson’s de facto president
for about 6 months after he suffered a stroke in 1919?
Answer choices include: Thomas R. Marshall, Edith Wilson,
Joseph Patrick Tumulty, James Beauchamp Clark

The correct answer is Edith Wilson.

The U.S. never officially signed the Treaty of Versailles or
joined the League of Nations after The Great War.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

After troops returned to the U.S., over 165,000
people died in the U.S. due to ___.
Answer choices include:
COVID pandemic & bombings,
scarlet fever & suicide,
plague epidemic & famine,
influenza pandemic & race riots

The correct answer is influenza pandemic & race riots.

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