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During World War I,the United States suffered ________ casualties.

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The decision to send the "Great White Fleet" around the world was directed primarily at the country of ________.

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World War I involved many nations,but the chief rivalry was between ________ and Germany.

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The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act of 1918


A) eliminated jury trials for anyone charged under these laws.
B) were most frequently directed at German Americans.
C) were created after the Supreme Court invalidated the Espionage Act of 1917.
D) made illegal any public expression opposing the war.
E) were rarely if ever enforced by the Wilson administration.

F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

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The German submarine attack on the British liner the Lusitania resulted in the death of more than 100 Americans.

A) True
B) False

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President Wilson's major enemy in the fight over the League of Nations was Massachusetts Senator ________.

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In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone,the United States


A) carried out the overthrow of the president of Panama.
B) organized a trade embargo against Colombia.
C) assisted a revolution in Panama.
D) purchased the land for the canal from Colombia.
E) surrounded the canal site with a "Great White Fleet."

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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Most industrial laborers were required to work longer hours during World War I.

A) True
B) False

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Why did the United States stay out of World War I between 1914 and 1917?

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The Sacco and Vanzetti case is in part a story of the lingering effects of the Red Scare on post-World War I American society.

A) True
B) False

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In 1918,President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" received significant political support from


A) the British government.
B) the United States Senate.
C) the French government.
D) both the British and French governments.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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During World War I,the United States military role in Europe


A) saw American soldiers engage solely in light skirmishes.
B) saw U.S.forces carry the fighting into Germany.
C) lasted only a few months but saw heavy American casualties.
D) saw American combat troops kept separate from Allied forces.
E) took place mostly in Belgium and the Netherlands.

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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The "Big Four" at Versailles included David Lloyd George,the prime minister of England,and ________,the president of France.

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President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" did not at first include a call for a League of Nations.

A) True
B) False

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President Wilson wanted to turn the presidential election of 1920 into a "solemn referendum" on the ________.

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On the eve of the Great War,the chief rivalry in Europe was between


A) Germany and Great Britain.
B) Austro-Hungary and Russia.
C) Germany and France.
D) France and Russia.
E) France and Great Britain.

F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

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In early 1915,virtually the entire European continent was at war as a result of an assassination of an Austrian archduke.

A) True
B) False

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In his dealings with Pancho Villa,President Woodrow Wilson


A) ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa.
B) saw American troops capture Villa and bring him to the United States.
C) eventually released Villa in order to smooth relations with the Carranza government.
D) both ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa,and eventually released Villa in order to smooth relations with the Carranza government.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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In January 1917,President Wilson gave an important speech in which he called for a permanent League of Nations and a "peace ________."

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The American Expeditionary Force was commanded by General ________.

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