Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 1. | Albanians, Greeks, Romanians, and Slavs were the main ethnic groups A. | in the
Austria-Hungary Empire. | C. | in the
Balkans. | B. | in between Germany and France. | D. | at Verdun. | | | | |
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| 2. | The
Schlieffen Plan called for A. | the invasion of France through
Belgium. | B. | airplane dogfights over disputed
territory. | C. | a policy of neutrality. | D. | the sinking of
the Arabic and the Sussex. | | |
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| 3. | The
First Battle of the Marne took place in A. | Germany. | C. | Belgium. | B. | Italy. | D. | France. | | | | |
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| 4. | The
front line consisted of A. | hundreds of milesof barbed wire and land
mines. | B. | the alliance of Britain, France, and
Russia. | C. | the recruitment of 4.8 million U.S.
soldiers. | D. | the suppression at home of dissent against the
war. | | |
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| 5. | The
target of the massive German offensive in early 1916 was A. | Verdun. | C. | Paris. | B. | Somme. | D. | Latvia. | | | | |
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| 6. | Trench warfare consisted of A. | having troops rush across no-man’s-land into enemy
fire. | B. | staging tank battles. | C. | digging holes to
trap enemy equipment. | D. | airplanes dropping bombs. | | |
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| 7. | At
the Battle of the Somme, the Allies introduced A. | propaganda. | C. | barbed wire. | B. | machine
guns. | D. | tanks. | | | | |
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| 8. | Early
in the war, the British navy A. | sunk ships heading to the European
mainland. | B. | blockaded Germany and mined the North
Sea. | C. | traveled in
convoys. | D. | patrolled the waters off the coast of
Iceland. | | |
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| 9. | German U-boats A. | protected German merchant ships. | B. | pursued a policy
of neutrality. | C. | attacked ships bound for Great
Britain. | D. | transported arms for the war effort. | | |
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| 10. | Even
before the United States entered the war, it A. | supplied war materials to the
Allies. | C. | encouraged
citizens to recycle. | B. | sent soldiers to Europe. | D. | began selling Liberty bonds. | | | | |
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| 11. | In
March 1917 a German message to Mexico A. | asked for its help negotiating peace. | B. | offered to help
it reclaim lost territory. | C. | threatened to mine Mexican waters. | D. | demanded asylum
for soldiers. | | |
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| 12. | The
United States entered the war in A. | 1915. | C. | 1917. | B. | 1916. | D. | 1918. | | | | |
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| 13. | African Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Americans A. | often faced
discrimination and segregation in the armed forces. | B. | were treated
fairly and democratically. | C. | were forbidden to enlist in the armed
forces. | D. | were drafted in larger numbers than white
Americans. | | |
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| 14. | Important objects in a soldier’s pack included A. | stamps and
stationery for letters home. | B. | a dictionary with German phrases. | C. | portable
telegraph equipment to identify the enemy’s position. | D. | a bayonet, a
blanket, and a gas mask. | | |
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| 15. | U.S.
troops sailing to France were part of the A. | American Expeditionary Force. | C. | 8th Cavalry Brigade. | B. | USO. | D. | U.S. Military
Relief Forces. | | | | |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement. A. | Ottoman
Empire | M. | Sedition
Act | B. | Baron Conrad Von
Hotzendorf | N. | National War
Labor Board | C. | Lusitania | O. | Great Migration | D. | Archduke Franz
Ferdinand | P. | Sussex
pledge | E. | Central Powers | Q. | militarism | F. | General John J.
Pershing | R. | George
Creel | G. | Juliette Gordon Low | S. | influenza | H. | Liberty
bonds | T. | Eugene V.
Debs | I. | neutrality | U. | Selective
Service Act | J. | Kaiser Wilhelm II | V. | Serbia | K. | convoy
system | W. | Zimmermann
Note | L. | Vladimir
Lenin | | | | |
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| 16. | the
glorification of military strength
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| 17. | led a
propaganda campaign from the offices of the Committee on Public Information to encourage Americans to
support the war
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| 18. | the
movement northward of African Americans between 1915 and 1930
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| 19. | told
troops they would be home “before the leaves have fallen from the trees”
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| 20. | as
the rest of the world went to war in 1914, President Wilson announced this U.S. policy
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| 21. | a
German submarine sunk this ship, and 128 Americans lost their lives
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| 22. | sold
by the government to raise money to support the war effort
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| 23. | proposed a German alliance with Mexico
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| 24. | the
congressional act that required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the
military
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| 25. | in
charge of U.S. troops sent to France in June 1917
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| 26. | U.S.
warships escorted merchant vessels across the Atlantic Ocean
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| 27. | one
of the government acts used to silence dissenters during the war
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| 28. | arbitrated disputes between workers and employers
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| 29. | founded the Girl Scouts of America
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| 30. | killed 600,000 in the United States and 20 million worldwide
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| 31. | leader of the Bolsheviks who seized power in Russia in 1917
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| 32. | Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire
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| 33. | German government’s promise not to sink passenger ships without
warning
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| 34. | sentenced to prison for 10 years for making a speech against the war
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| 35. | heir
to the Austro-Hungarian throne who visited Sarajevo in June 1914
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