Question

What was the United States’ stance at the beginning of World War I? Question 1 options: Neutrality Interventionists Aggression Appeasement

Question 2 (1 point) What was the name of the telegram sent by Germany’s foreign minister to Mexico asking them to join Germany in a war against the U.S.? Question 2 options: Zimmerman Lusitania Yellow Journalism Espionage Question 3 (1 point) Who was arrested after making a series of speeches against World War I and was a prominent Socialist?
Question 3 options: Woodrow Wilson William McKinley Karl Marx Eugene Debs Question 4 (1 point) Open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, end international trade barriers, reduce armaments are all aspects of Wilson’s peace plan known as the: Question 4 options: League of Nations Fourteen Points Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Ghent Question 5 (1 point) Germany’s decision to expand submarine attacks from Allied warships to include commercial ships belonging to both belligerent and neutral nations was known as: Question 5 options: Restricted submarine warfare Unrestricted submarine warfare Controlled submarine warfare Belligerent submarine warfare Question 6 (1 point) What was the name of British passenger liner, with 128 Americans on board, sunk by a German submarine in May 1915? Question 6 options: Mayflower Zimmerman Lusitania Arabic Question 7 (1 point) The migration of blacks from the South to the North that accelerated during WWI was known as? Question 7 options: Westward expansion Northward expansion The Great Migration Manifest Destiny Question 8 (1 point) Who was known as the developer of the first mass produced automobile and for improving the assembly line? Question 8 options: Henry Ford Woodrow Wilson Louis Chevrolet Eugene Debs Question 9 (1 point) What law provided penalties for spying, sabotage, and obstructing the war effort that was passed in 1917? Question 9 options: War Powers Act Espionage Act Habeas Corpus Neutrality Act Question 10 (1 point) What was the international organization designed to keep peace after WWI that America refused to join? Question 10 options: United Nations Allied Powers Central Powers League of Nations Question 11 (1 point) A more extreme form of socialism where workers would share the means of production and distribution Question 11 options: Capitalism Open Market Communism Mixed Economy Question 12 (1 point) What created a common cultural experience for thousands of Americans in the 1920s? Question 12 options: television personal computer automobile radio Question 13 (1 point) German philosopher who believed the final revolution would be between the capitalists and the workers. Question 13 options: Karl Marx Adolf Hitler Vladimir Lenin Albert Einstein Question 14 (1 point) What was the first true American music that was influential during the 1920s? Question 14 options: Country Opera Jazz Hip Hop Question 15 (1 point) The Communist Revolution in 1917 led to a fear of communism in the U.S. known as the Question 15 options: Black scare Red Scare Socialist Scare Capitalism Scare Question 16 (1 point) What amendment gave women the right to vote because of their economic contribution WWI? Question 16 options: 18th amendment 19th amendment 20th amendment 21st amendment Question 17 (1 point) What amendment banned alcohol related to anti-German sentiment during WWI? Question 17 options: 16th amendment 17th amendment 18th amendment 19th amendment Question 18 (1 point) Mass production speeds up production and drives costs ________. Question 18 options: Up Down To stay the same None of the above Question 19 (1 point) What led to people “needing” certain items of convenience rather than just “wanting” them? Question 19 options: advertising consumerism mass production the automobile Question 20 (1 point) During the 1920s, there was time of increased buying of automobiles and household appliances known as: Question 20 options: under consumption overproduction consumerism stock market crash Question 21 (1 point) The first major artistic movement coming out of Black culture centered where? Question 21 options: Harlem New Orleans Atlanta Detroit

Answer 1

Q1: What was the United States’ stance at the beginning of World War I?

Neutrality

United States remained unbiased until 1917 in WWI. However, the attacks by German U-boats on American ships led it to enter the war. On April 6, 1917, two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United States formally enters the First World War.

Question 2: What was the name of the telegram sent by Germany’s foreign minister to Mexico asking them to join Germany in a war against the U.S.?

Zimmerman

Germany’s foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany. The telegram is known as, “Zimmermann Telegram”.

Question 3: Who was arrested after making a series of speeches against World War I and was a prominent Socialist?

Eugene Debs

Debs was famous for his speech disapproving American involvement in World War I, which led to his second arrest in 1918. He was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 and sentenced to a term of 10 years. President Warren G. Harding commuted his sentence in December 1921.

Question 4: Open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, end international trade barriers, reduce armaments are all aspects of Wilson’s peace plan known as the:

Fourteen Points

The Fourteen Points were a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations to end World War I.

Question 5 Germany’s decision to expand submarine attacks from Allied warships to include commercial ships belonging to both belligerent and neutral nations was known as:

Unrestricted submarine warfare

By early 1915, Germany decided to expand submarine attacks from strictly Allied warships to also include any commercial ships belonging to both aggressive and neutral nations. This action began what is known as unrestricted submarine warfare.

Question 6 What was the name of British passenger liner, with 128 Americans on board, sunk by a German submarine in May 1915?

Lusitania

The plummeting of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania happened on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a marine blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes.

Question 7: The migration of blacks from the South to the North that accelerated during WWI was known as?

The Great Migration

During the Great Migration, African Americans started to build a new place for themselves in public life, actively challenging racial prejudice as well as economic, political and social challenges to create a black urban culture that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come.

Question 8: Who was known as the developer of the first mass produced automobile and for improving the assembly line?

Henry Ford

In 1913, Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes.

Question 9 What law provided penalties for spying, sabotage, and obstructing the war effort that was passed in 1917?

Espionage Act

Espionage act provided penalties for spying, sabotage and obstructing the war effort and also threatened individuals convicted of obstructing the draft (military recruitment) with $10,000 fines and 20 years in jail. The U.S. Congress amended the Espionage law with the Sedition Act of 1918. Its purpose was to make it illegal to write or speak anything critical of American involvement in the war.

Question 10 What was the international organization designed to keep peace after WWI that America refused to join?

League of Nations

The League of Nations was established at the end of World War I as an international peacekeeping organization. Although US President Woodrow Wilson was an enthusiastic proponent of the League, the United States did not officially join the League of Nations due to opposition from isolationists in Congress.

Question 11: A more extreme form of socialism where workers would share the means of production and distribution

Communism

The more extreme form of socialism would be communism, a society without class divisions or government, in which the production and distribution of goods would be based upon the principle “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Marx’s followers, especially the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, took up this distinction.

Question 12: What created a common cultural experience for thousands of Americans in the 1920s?

Radio

Radio united the nation and molded a national culture like never as people across the country enjoyed the same shows and heard the same news reports.

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