AP U.S. History Chapter 31 Multiple Choice Worksheet Mr. Jones Make the best selection. 1.

. President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when a) the Zimmermann note was intercepted and made public b) Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic c) news was received that a revolutionary movement had overthrown the czarists regime in Russia d) Germany rejected Wilsons Fourteen Points for peace e) it appeared that the German army would take Paris 2. The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between a) Britain and France b) Russia and Germany c) Germany and Mexico d) Mexico and France e) Germany and Canada 3. The U.S. declared war on Germany a) in response to demands by American munitions makers b) as a result of treaty obligations c) because Wall Street bankers demanded it d) after Mexico signed an alliance with Germany e) after German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels 4. President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by a) appealing to Americas tradition of intervention in Europe b) convincing the public of the need to make the world safe from the German submarine c) pledging to make the war a war to end all wars and to make the world safe for democracy d) promising territorial gains e) declaring that only the navy would be involved in combat 5. President Wilson viewed Americas entry into World War I as an opportunity for the U.S. to a) reestablish the balance of power in European diplomacy b) expand Americas territorial holdings c) rebuild its dangerously small military and naval forces d) establish a permanent military presence in Europe e) shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy

Page 2. 6. Of Woodrow Wilsons Fourteen Points, the one that he hoped would provide a system of collective security was the a) reduction of armaments b) League of Nations c) abolition of secret treaties d) guarantee of freedom of the seas e) principle of national self-determination of peoples 7. The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that a) he oversold Wilsons ideals and led the world to expect too much. b) he relied too much on formal laws to gain compliance c) the entertainment industry was not willing to go along with the propaganda campaign d) U.S. allies refused to cooperate e) the public was skeptical of government propaganda 8. Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he directed. A. George Creel 1. War Industries Board B. Herbert Hoover 2. Committee on Public Information C. Bernard Baruch 3. Food Administration D. William H. Taft 4. National War Labor Board a) b) c) d) e) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

9. When the U.S. entered World War I, it was a) well prepared thanks to the foresight of Woodrow Wilson b) well prepared militarily but not industrially c) well prepared for land combat but not for naval warfare d) well prepared industrially but not militarily e) poorly prepared to leap into global war 10. During World War I, civil liberties in America were a) protected by the Espionage Act b) limited, but no one was actually imprisoned for his or her convictions c) extended to everyone in this country, because the war was fought for democracy d) protected for everyone except German-Americans e) denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty

Page 3. 11. Two constitutional amendments adopted in part because of because of wartime influences were the 18th, which dealt with _________________, and the 19th, whose subject was _______________. a) prohibition; an income tax b) direct election of senators; woman suffrage c) prohibition; woman suffrage d) an income tax; direct election of senators e) women suffrage; prohibition 12. As a result of their work supporting the war effort, women a) in large numbers secured a foothold in the work force b) finally received the right to vote c) were allowed to join the air force d) organized the National Womens Party e) all of the above 13. During World War I, the governments treatment of labor could be best described as a) fair b) strict and financially unrewarding c) extremely brutal d) so good the right to form unions was finally granted e) decent for native Americans but harsh for ethnic groups 14. The strikes and sabotage of the Industrial Workers of the World during WWI were a) aimed at undermining the war effort b) unjust c) never taken seriously by the government d) based on Samuel Gompers union philosophy e) the result of some of the worst working conditions in the country 15. Grievances of labor during and shortly after World War I include all of the following except a) the inability to gain the right to organize b) war-spawned inflation c) suppression of the American Federation of Labor d) violence against workers by employers e) the use of African-Americans as strike breakers

Page 4. 16. The 1919 steel strike resulted in a) the eight-hour workday b) the right to bargain collectively c) higher wages d) a grievous setback crippling the union movement for a decade e) a general strike in Seattle and Pittsburgh 17. The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during WWI resulted in a) better race relations in the South b) racial violence in the North c) fewer blacks willing to be used as strikebreakers d) a new black middle class e) all of the above 18. Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on _____________ to prepare the economy for war. a) congressional legislation b) voluntary compliance c) presidential edict d) court decisions e) business trade organizations 19. Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from a) confiscation of German property b) income taxes c) tariffs d) sale of armaments to Britain and France e) loans 20. In an effort to make economic mobilization more efficient during World War I, the federal government took over and operated a) the railroads b) the merchant marine c) heavy industry d) American agriculture e) the steel mills 21. The U.S. used all of the flowing methods to support the war effort except a) encouraging people to buy war bonds b) having heatless Mondays to conserve fuel c) using government power extensively to regulate the economy d) seizing enemy merchant vessels trapped in American harbors e) restricting the manufacture of beer

Page 5. 22. During World War I the U.S. used naval vessels a) made from concrete b) purchased from Germany c) from the Civil War era d) none of the above e) all of the above 23. When the U.S. entered WWI in 1917, most Americans did not believe that a) the navy was obligated to defend freedom of the seas b) it would be necessary to continue making loans to the Allies c) the U.S. would have to ship war materials to the Allies d) mobilization for war should be largely voluntary e) it would be necessary to send a large American army to Europe 24. Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because a) they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve b) the law required the registration of sixteen-year-old males c) women were included in the draft law d) substitutes could be hired to take someones place e) there was racial discrimination in the military 25. During WWI, American troops fought in all of the following countries except a) Czechoslovakia b) Russia c) Belgium d) Italy e) France 26. A unique feature of the U.S. armed forces during World War I was a) the absence of a draft b) the use of black soldiers in combat c) the formation of the Marine Corps d) the formation of a separate air force e) the entry of women for the first time 27. Russias withdrawal from World War I in 1918 resulted in a) a communist takeover of that country b) the U.S entry into the war c) the release of thousands of German troops for deployment on the front in France d) Germanys surrender to the Allies e) a setback for the idea of a war for democracy

Page 6. 28. The first significant engagement of American troops in a European battle in American history came in the spring of 1918 a) Meuse-Argonne b) Chateau-Thierry c) St. Mihiel d) The Second Battle of the Marne e) D-Day 29. The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it a) was the first time American troops saw action in France b) forced the Kaiser to abdicate c) was the first time American troops fought by themselves d) saw the first use of combat aircraft e) marked the beginning of a German withdrawal that was never reversed 30. As a condition of ending World War I, Woodrow Wilson demanded that a) Germany remove its army from Russia b) Germany be present at the peace conference c) the German government pay for war damages d) the German Kaiser be forced from power e) Germany accept guilt for the war 31. The U.S. main contributions to the Allied victory in World War I included all of the following except a) battlefield victories b) foodstuffs c) oil d) munitions e) financial credit 32. The Germans were eventually demoralized by a) the U.S. military performance b) defeat of the Battle of Meuse-Argonne c) the U.S. troop reserves d) Russias entry into the war e) American propaganda 33. The chief difference between Woodrow Wilson and the parliamentary statesmen at the Paris peace table was that Wilson a) lacked their popularity in Europe b) did not command a legislative majority at home c) brought some of his political opponents with him d) refused to play politics with the peace powers e) was not popular with his own people

Page 7. 34. Woodrow Wilsons ultimate goal at the Paris Peace conference was to a) stop the spread of communism b) blame no one for starting the war c) force Germany to pay reparations for the war d) establish the League of Nations e) create new national states in Europe 35. At the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson sought all of the following goals except a) preventing a seizure of territory by the victors b) an end to the European colonial empires in Africa and Asia c) a world parliament of nations to provide collective security d) national self-determination for smaller European nations e) free trade and freedom of the seas 36. Opposition to the League of Nations by the U.S. Senate during the Paris Peace Conference a) gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position b) resulted in the Leagues being left out of the final draft of the treaty c) led to an abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine d) reinforced Germans unwillingness to sigh the treaty e) forced Wilson to weaken the League idea 37. After the Treaty of Versailles had been signed, Wilson a) remained a popular leader b) was condemned by both disillusioned liberals and frustrated imperialists c) was popular only with the Germans d) admitted that he should nave been willing to compromise e) planned a shrewd strategy for Senate approval 38. In the U.S., the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was a) arms limitation b) open diplomacy c) the permanent U.S. alliance with France d) self-determination e) Article X 39. The Republican strategy regarding the Treaty of Versailles was to a) delay and amend the treaty b) defeat the treaty c) appeal to the American public to support it d) rush the treaty to a vote before Wilson could get enough support to pass it e) make the election of 1920 a solemn referendum on the treaty

Page 8. 40. Senate opponents of the League of Nations as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles argued that it a) failed to provide any German financial reparations for the U.S. b) violated Wilsons own Fourteen Points c) robbed Congress of its war-declaring powers d) isolated the U.S. from postwar world affairs e) would require U.S. troops to serve in international forces 41. In Congress, the most reliable support for Wilsons position on the League of nations came from a) Henry Cabot Lodge b) pro-league Republicans c) the irreconcilables d) Midwestern senators e) Democrats 42. The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations had Wilson a) stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points b) personally gone to Europe to negotiate the League Covenant c) actively campaigned for support from the American public d) had been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress e) run for re-election and won on a pro-League platform 43. Who was most responsible for the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles? a) Henry Cabot Lodge b) Woodrow Wilson c) isolationists d) republicans e) liberals 42. Wilsons solemn referendum in 1920 concerned a) whether he should run for a third term as president b) the moral fitness of Warren G. Harding for the presidency c) his attempt to use the presidential election as a public vote on the Treaty of Versailles d) the role of women in the 1920 election e) a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the League

Page 9. 43. Republican isolationists successfully turned Warren Hardings 1920 presidential victory into a a) victory for the munitions industry b) victory for idealism c) demand for self-sacrifice d) crusade against Bolshevik communism e) death sentence for the League of Nations 44. The major weakness of the League of Nations was that it a) had no military power b) did not include the Soviet Union c) was sued by Hitler to gain power d) did not include the U.S. e) permitted a veto by the great powers

1. President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when b) Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic 2. The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between c) Germany and Mexico 3. The U.S. declared war on Germany e) after German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels 4. President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter

World War I by
c) pledging to make the war a war to end all wars and to make the world safe for democracy 5. President Wilson viewed Americas entry into World War I as an

opportunity for the U.S. to

e) shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy 6. Of Woodrow Wilsons Fourteen Points, the one that he hoped would

provide a system of collective security was the

b) League of Nations 7. The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public

Information was that

a) he oversold Wilsons ideals and led the world to expect too much. 8. Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I

mobilization agency that he directed. A. George Creel 1. War Industries BoardB. Herbert Hoover 2. Committee on Public Information C. Bernard Baruch 3. Food Administration D. William H. Taft 4. National War Labor

Board
d) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 9. When the U.S. entered World War I, it was e) poorly prepared to leap into global war 10. During World War I, civil liberties in America were e) denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty 11. Two constitutional amendments adopted in part because of because of

wartime influences were the 18th, which dealt with _________________, and the 19th, whose subject was _______________.
c) prohibition; woman suffrage 12. As a result of their work supporting the war effort, women b) finally received the right to vote 13. During World War I, the governments treatment of labor could be

best described as
a) fair 14. The strikes and sabotage of the Industrial Workers of the World during

WWI were
e) the result of some of the worst working conditions in the country 15. Grievances of labor during and shortly after World War I include all of

the following except

c) suppression of the American Federation of Labor 16. The 1919 steel strike resulted in d) a grievous setback crippling the union movement for a decade 17. The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during

WWI resulted in
b) racial violence in the North 18. Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on _____________ to

prepare the economy for war.

b) voluntary compliance 19. Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from e) loans 20. In an effort to make economic mobilization more efficient during World

War I, the federal government took over and operated

a) the railroads 21. The U.S. used all of the flowing methods to support the war effort

except
c) using government power extensively to regulate the economy 22. During World War I the U.S. used naval vessels a) made from concrete 23. When the U.S. entered WWI in 1917, most Americans did not believe

that
e) it would be necessary to send a large American army to Europe

 24. Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because a) they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve 25. During WWI, American troops fought in all of the following countries

except
a) Czechoslovakia 26. A unique feature of the U.S. armed forces during World War I was e) the entry of women for the first time 27. Russias withdrawal from World War I in 1918 resulted in c) the release of thousands of German troops for deployment on the front in France 28. The first significant engagement of American troops in a European

battle in American history came in the spring of 1918

b) Chateau-Thierry 29. The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it e) marked the beginning of a German withdrawal that was never reversed 30. As a condition of ending World War I, Woodrow Wilson demanded that d) the German Kaiser be forced from power 31. The U.S. main contributions to the Allied victory in World War I

included all of the following except

a) battlefield victories 32. The Germans were eventually demoralized by c) the U.S. troop reserves 33. The chief difference between Woodrow Wilson and the parliamentary

statesmen at the Paris peace table was that Wilson

b) did not command a legislative majority at home 34. Woodrow Wilsons ultimate goal at the Paris Peace conference was to d) establish the League of Nations 35. At the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson sought all of the following goals

except
b) an end to the European colonial empires in Africa and Asia 36. Opposition to the League of Nations by the U.S. Senate during the Paris

Peace Conference
a) gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position 37. After the Treaty of Versailles had been signed, Wilson b) was condemned by both disillusioned liberals and frustrated imperialists 38. In the U.S., the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was e) Article X 39. The Republican strategy regarding the Treaty of Versailles was to a) delay and amend the treaty 40. Senate opponents of the League of Nations as proposed in the Treaty of

Versailles argued that it

c) robbed Congress of its war-declaring powers

 41. In Congress, the most reliable support for Wilsons position on the

League of nations came from

e) Democrats 42. The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the

League of Nations had Wilson

d) had been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress 43. Who was most responsible for the Senate defeat of the Treaty of

Versailles?
b) Woodrow Wilson 44. Wilsons solemn referendum in 1920 concerned c) his attempt to use the presidential election as a public vote on the Treaty of Versailles 45. Republican isolationists successfully turned Warren Hardings 1920

presidential victory into a

e) death sentence for the League of Nations 46.The major weakness of the League of Nations was that it d)did not include the U.S. `