WORLD WAR ONE UNIT TEST

An African American regiment received medals for bravery from the French government. One of its members, Henry Johnson, was the first American to receive the French ________________ for bravery.

• French Croix de Guerre

• The Purple Heart

Men aged 21 to 30 registered by the millions for the __________.

• Draft

• Flu Vaccine

To better use these new weapons against massive assaults, both sides began to practice ___________.

• target practice

• trench warfare

With the signing of the ______________, the Great War ended.

• Treaty of Versailles

• armistice

For the first few years of the Great War, America adopted a policy of _____________.

• isolationism

• nationalism

The ____________________ ended in early November, when the Allies finally pushed back the Germans and broke through the enemy lines.

• Battle of the Marne

• Battle of the Argone Forest

In late February, the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann, sent a telegram to Mexico with an offer to the Mexican government: “We shall make war together and together make peace. . . . And it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.”

• New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona

• Florida, Texas and New Mexico

On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the British passenger liner ______________ off the coast of Ireland. The Lusitania sank in about 15 minutes.

• Titanic

• Lusitania

To gain the support of Americans, both sides in the war used ______________, information designed to influence public opinion.

• propaganda

• bonds

President Wilson had to make some difficult decisions. He declared that the United States would be ___________ in the war.

• nuetral

• active