Standard Four: Part Two

Which action belongs in the empty box as it relates to WWI?

• The U.S. Senate approves a military alliance with Great Britain.

• The U.S. Senate refuses to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

• The U.S. Senate fails to pass the Selective Service Act.

• The U.S. Senate authorize the use of troops in Europe.

What countries made up the Triple Entente, later known as the Allies - the "good guys" - of WWI?

• France, Britain, Russia, Italy and eventually the USA

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

Which acts would make it illegal to speak out against the government during the war as well as prosecute people accused of spying?

• The Alien and Sedition Acts

• The Espionage and Sedition Acts

• The Propaganda and Sedition Acts

What countries made up the Triple Alliance, later known as the Central Powers, of WWI?

• France, Britain, Russia, Italy and eventually the USA

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

How did America support the Allies while still remaining neutral?

• they imposed naval blockades on each other

• they maintained power of Latin America

• they provided war materials to allied forces

What event was the catalyst (starting point) of WWI?

• the Zimmerman Note

• the sinking of the Lusitania

• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• the Boxer Rebellion

On April 2, 1917, this president delivered his declaration of war to Congress. He said, "The world must be safe for democracy." He later issued his Fourteen Points Peace Plan in 1918.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson
• Harry S. Truman

Since the Allies rejected Wilson's Fourteen Points Peace Plan, which four countries met at the Palace of Versailles to sign the Treaty of Versailles?

• United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy
• Japan, China, Brazil, Canada
• Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Greece
• Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia

Who were the Harlem Hellfighters?

• A famous jazz band from the 1920s
• A group of civil rights activists
• an African American infantry regiment that fought in World War I

• an African American baseball team from the 1940s

What event caused Americans to become outraged against Germany and the Central Powers?

• building the Panama Canal

• the Spanish-American War

• the sinking of the Lusitania

• the sinking of the Titanic