Chapter 30 Quiz 1
World War I Reading Review
- 1.Wilson's goals for the war included
- A.
"making the world safe for democracy"
- B.
Punishing Germany for its unrestricted submarine warfare
- C.
Ensuring the continuation of the American empire abroad
- D.
Guaranteeing that the United States would gain some additional territory in the peace negotiation to ensure our status as a world power
- 2.The main purpose of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) can best be described as
- A.
Guaranteeing adequate supplies for American troops fighting abroad
- B.
Ensuring American public support for the war
- C.
Presenting a fair and balanced vision of the goals of the war
- D.
Getting Americans to enlist in the military
- 3.Which of the following is NOT true of German Americans during the war?
- A.
They were involved in numerous famous spy incidents which caused other Americans to doubt their loyalty to the US.
- B.
They were blamed for a wide range of offenses including spreading epidemics of diarrhea.
- C.
They were hated and even German sounding names were changed.
- D.
They were sometimes tarred, feathered, or even lynched because of the strong hatred of them during this time.
- 4.Wilson tried to create some economic order by establishing which of the following?
- A.
CPI
- B.
AFL
- C.
WIB
- D.
NAWSA
- 5.The Espionage and Sedition Acts, along with the Supreme Court's ruling in Schenck v. US, demonstrated that
- A.
People's basic freedoms are always ensured in America, even during wartime.
- B.
Wartime restrictions on Americans' Bill of Rights freedoms are always minimal
- C.
Even in America, civil liberties are often curtailed during wartime.
- D.
Though some may support limitations on freedoms for national security purposes, those limitations never hold up in court.
- 6.African Americans
- A.
Were peacefully integrated into northern communities during this time.
- B.
Consistently sided with unions and refused to work as strikebreakers.
- C.
Confronted significant discrimination in cities on the East Coast but not in midwestern cities
- D.
Started to move north in more significant numbers
- 7.Which of the following was not a way that Americans tried to support the war effort?
- A.
Making "victory gardens"
- B.
Supporting Prohibition
- C.
Collecting waste fats for ammunition
- D.
Buying war bonds or "Liberty Loans"
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