Ch 20

Front 1

How many people died from the so-called Spanish Flu?

Back 1

675,000 Americans and 30 million people world wide.

Front 2

Even before direct American involvement, the United States was linked to the Allies' cause:

Back 2

because of the valuable loans that banks had issued to Allied nations.

Front 3

The Great Migration depicted in Jacob Lawrence's paintings involved:

Back 3

African Americans moving from the South to northern cities.

Front 4

American troops played a key role in all of the following battles EXCEPT:

Back 4

trick question, they were involved in all

Front 5

President Wilson's response to the sinking of the Lusitania:

Back 5

included the president's assertive demand that Germany end its submarine warfare.

Front 6

The War Industries Board was established to:

Back 6

allocate scarce materials and standardize production.

Front 7

One effect of German submarine warfare was:

Back 7

President Wilson called for expansion of the armed forces.

Front 8

Eugene Debs was arrested and imprisoned for:

Back 8

criticizing the government for limiting free speech.

Front 9

During World War I, the U.S. government:

Back 9

used propaganda posters depicting Germans as ape-like, subhuman beasts.

Front 10

Which statement about the American military in World War I is true?

Back 10

all of the above

Front 11

The Treaty of Versailles places sole responsibility for the start of World War I on:

Back 11

Germany

Front 12

A riot that killed 48 Americans in East St. Louis, Illinois:

Back 12

began when angry whites attacked blacks who sought jobs.

Front 13

In August of 1914, as war erupted in Europe, most Americans:

Back 13

felt that America should maintain a neutral role in the conflict.

Front 14

Alvin York:

Back 14

killed two dozen German soldiers and captured 132 more during the Meuse-Argonne campaign

Front 15

Major aspects of President Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 15

promotion of regulated international trade.

Front 16

The Committee on Public Information:

Back 16

served as the foundation of the government's pro-war propaganda.

Front 17

All of the following nations belonged to the Central Powers EXCEPT

Back 17

Japan.

Front 18

Who tended NOT to sympathize with the Allies in the first years of the war?

Back 18

Irish-Americans who thought an Allied defeat could free Ireland from British rule.

Front 19

In the Zimmerman Note, Germany promised:

Back 19

that Mexico could regain lost territory in America if it joined the Central Powers.