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| 12239564658 | Which of the following was NOT an outcome of World War I? a. France and Great Britain granted independence to their colonial lands in India and Africa. b. The League of Nations called for disarmament and global security. c. The Treaty of Versailles required Germany to pay war reparations. d. a policy of isolationism within the US Congress prevented the US from aggressively becoming involved in world affairs. | A | 0 | |
| 12239566680 | Which of the following was NOT included in the final set of treaties that ended World War I? a. A League of Nations was formed, but the United States refused to join. b. Germany was forced to accept blame for the war and to pay huge reparations to the victorious Allies. c. Poland was created from eastern German territory. d. Russia was rewarded for its service to the Allies by the grant of substantial territories in Poland and the Baltic republics. | D | 1 | |
| 12239569092 | What significance did WWI have on women's roles in European societies? a. It challenged prewar notions of "natural" gender roles. b. It challenged women to take even better care of their children by leaving factory jobs to men. c. It reemphasized the importance of traditional values as a sign of normalcy. d. It contributed to women's involvement in nationalist independence movements. | A | 2 | |
| 12239571575 | By 1915, conflict on the Western Front a. had settled into a deadly stalemate in which hundreds of thousands of lives were expended for a few feet of trench. b. had become a shifting game of rapid maneuver with few major battles. c. had resulted in victory for the British and French troops, who pushed the exhausted enemy to the borders of Germany. d. had resulted in the surrender of France and the establishment of the Vichy government. | A | 3 | |
| 12239577422 | The sea warfare during World War I consisted largely of a. a single major battle in which the German fleet destroyed the Russian navy. b. the British attempt to destroy the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean. c. major surface battles between the fleets of Britain and Germany. d. German submarine warfare | D | 4 | |
| 12239579639 | By 1917 the war on the Eastern Front a. was resolved by a peace treaty between the combatants. b. resulted in a massive Russian offensive fueled by the numerical superiority of Russian armies. c. had stagnated into a stalemate in which neither side had an advantage. d. led to a major revolution in Russia that toppled the tsarist government. | C | 5 | |
| 12239581349 | What two European powers were directly involved in the Balkan diplomacy? a. Russia and Britain b. Italy and Austria-Hungary c. Germany and Russia d. Russia and Austria-Hungary | D | 6 | |
| 12239582026 | During World War I, the Ottoman Empire a. long attached to German military advisors, joined Germany in the war effort. b. launched assaults indifferently against the colonial possessions of Britain, France, and Germany. c. vainly attempted to retain its neutrality in what the Turks perceived was a Christian conflict. d. used the opportunity to reassert Turkish dominance over the Arab regions. | A | 7 | |
| 12239588255 | 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 Wilson's Fourteen Points for peace e) it appeared that the German army would take Paris | B | 8 | |
| 12239590235 | 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 | C | 9 | |
| 12239591462 | 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 | E | 10 | |
| 12239597483 | Of Woodrow Wilson's 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 | B | 11 | |
| 12239602053 | 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 | C | 12 | |
| 12239604277 | 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 | E | 13 | |
| 12239605517 | 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 | E | 14 | |
| 12239611089 | 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 | E | 15 | |
| 12239612478 | 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 someone's place e) there was racial discrimination in the military | A | 16 | |
| 12239631199 | In Congress, the most reliable support for Wilson's position on the League of nations came from a) Henry Cabot Lodge b) pro-league Republicans c) the irreconcilables d) Midwestern senators e) Democrats | E | 17 | |
| 12239647690 | 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 Wilson's 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 | C | 18 | |
| 12239650185 | 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 League's being left out of the final draft of the treaty c) led to an abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine d) reinforced German's unwillingness to sigh the treaty e) forced Wilson to weaken the League idea | A | 19 | |
| 12239653763 | 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 | A | 20 |