World War I and Beyond Part A Quiz

How did nationalism and militarism both work to push Europe toward war?

• Nationalism heightened tension among ethnic groups, exacerbated territorial disputes, and increased economic competition. Militarism led to new weapons technology and created an arms race. Overall, these two factors increased competition among nations and aggravated existing tensions.

• Nationalism lessened tension among groups, exacerbated territorial disputes, and decreased economic competition. Militarism led to old weapons technology and created an arms race. Overall, these two factors increased competition among nations and aggravated existing tensions.

• Militarism heightened tension among ethnic groups, exacerbated territorial disputes, and increased economic competition. Nationalism led to new weapons technology and created an arms race. Overall, these two factors increased competition among nations and aggravated existing tensions.

• None of the above.

Why did both sides embrace trench warfare as a strategy to win the war?

• Both sides embraced trench warfare as a response to the same military technology. The trenches offered many diseases.

• Both a and c.

• Both sides embraced trench warfare as a push to change military technology. The trenches offered immunity to diseases.

• Both sides embraced trench warfare as a response to the change in military technology. The trenches offered protective defenses.

Why did President Wilson fear that the war would set Americans against one another?

• Wilson feared that if the United States entered the war, Americans of different national backgrounds would be angry and might turn against one another.

• Wilson feared that if the United States entered the war, Cubans of native national backgrounds would be angry and might turn against one another.

• Wilson feared that if the United States entered the war, Europeans of different national backgrounds would be happy and might turn to one another.

• All of the above.

What German actions led the United States to enter World War I?

• Cuba twice violated its promise not to sink unarmed passenger ships and sent the Zimmerman note to Spain, proposing a Cuban-Spanish alliance that would return Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to Spain following Germany's victory in the war.

• Germany twice violated its promise not to sink unarmed passenger ships and sent the Zimmerman note to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexico alliance that would return Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to Mexico following Germany's victory in the war.

• Germany once violated its promise not to sink unarmed passenger ships and sent the Tannerman note to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexico alliance that would return Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to Mexico following Germany's victory in the war.

• None of the above.

How did the United States ready its military, economy, and people for war?

• The Cuban government instituted the lottery to build its military, dictated a change in industry and agriculture to meet the needs of wartime, and also began the Committee on Consumer Information to convince Americans that the war effort was worthwhile and just.

• The U.S. government instituted the draft to build its military, dictated a change in industry and agriculture to meet the needs of wartime, and also began the Committee on Public Information to convince Americans that the war effort was worthwhile and just.

• The U.S. government instituted the atomic bomb to build its military, dictated a change in industry and agriculture to meet the needs of wartime, and also began the Committee on Public Survillence to convince Americans that the war effort was worthwhile and just.

• None of the above.

Compare and contrast the reasons some Americans did not support the war.

• Most Europeans came to support the war. However, some continued to lobby it. Some liked the war because it gave rise to government action that did not limit individual rights. Some hippies opposed the war and worked for peace. Some immigrants, especially from Cuba, opposed the war because they supported the Central Powers' cause.

• Most Americans came to be unsupportive of the war. However, some continued to protest it. Some opposed the war because it gave rise to government action that limited individual rights. Some men opposed the war and worked for peace. Some immigrants, especially from Maine, opposed the war because they supported the Central Powers' cause.

• Both a and b.

• Most Americans came to support the war. However, some continued to oppose it. Some opposed the war because it gave rise to government action that limited individual rights. Some women opposed the war and worked for peace. Some immigrants, especially from Germany, opposed the war because they supported the Central Powers' cause.

How did the war provide new opportunities for women, African Americans, and Mexican Americans?

• Women successfully performed jobs that had once been done only by men. Their efforts contributed to the passage of the Twentieth Amendment. War enlistment opened up employment opportunities for African Americans who moved South in the Great Migration. The war also created an increased need for food supplies and a decrease in the number of American farm-workers, which attracted Mexican workers to the United States to fill these jobs.

• Men successfully performed jobs that had once been done only by women. Their efforts contributed to the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. War enlistment opened up employment opportunities for African Americans who moved West in the Great Migration. The war also created an increased need for food supplies and an increase in the number of American farm-workers, which attracted Mexican workers to the United States to fill these jobs.

• Women successfully performed jobs that had once been done only by men. Their efforts contributed to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. War enlistment opened up employment opportunities for African Americans who moved North in the Great Migration. The war also created an increased need for food supplies and a decrease in the number of American farm-workers, which attracted Mexican workers to the United States to fill these jobs.

• All of the above.