US HistB Lesson 2 Review

Which of the following was NOT a cause of WWI?

• nationalism

• imperialism

• militarism

• fundamentalism

How did the US manage to avoid entering WWI for so long?

• Militarism

• Neutrality

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One of the causes that made the US enter WWI was a Russian U-boat sinking the ocean liner Lusitania.

• True

• False

The Zimmermann Telegram proposed an alliance between _____ and Germany and promised that if war with the United States broke out, Germany would support ______ in recovering its ‘lost territory'.

• France

• Canada

• Mexico

Germany agreed to a cease-fire and signed the armistice, or truce, that ended the war in ____.

• 1917

• 1921

• 1918

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Conscientious objectors refused to serve in the armed forces for philosophical or _______ reasons.

• financial

• religious

• spiritual

• all of the above

Sedition Act of 1918 stated it was illegal to incite disloyalty within the military; use in speech or written form any language that was disloyal to the government, the Constitution, the military, or the flag; advocate strikes on labor production; promote principles that were in violation of the act; or support countries at war with the United States.

• True

• False

Russian immigrants in the USA were feared as possible anarchists and communists, as the “_____ Scare” took hold with the onset of the Russian Revolution.

True or False: The Fifteen Points by President Warren C. Harding was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.

• False

• True

Buying on ______ --borrowing money to purchase stocks--became a favorable practice by some.