7.2 WW1
When the United States entered the war in 1917, female peace activists...
were divided as to whether they supported the war.
What happened at the Argonne Forest in 1918?
-American troops joined a major offensive against the Germans. -The Germans lost their main supply lines.
Among the groups gaining significant new opportunities for employment during World War I were...
-African American women -white women
During the World War I, labor strikes...
continued to occur, particularly in mining.
The widespread use of submarine warfare by the Germans during World War I...
generally struck Americans as a barbaric tactic.
As World War I continued, the Committee on Public Information's pro war propaganda...
grew increasingly crude.
As World War I intensified in Europe, the Woman's Peace Party...
grew more active.
As Wilson's support for military preparedness grew in 1915 and 1916, the peace faction of the Democratic party...
remained strong and active.
In the years before World War I, Germany was eager to...
challenge Great Britain's status as the world's most powerful colonial and commercial nation.
The "Great Migration" of African Americans that began during the war was primarily a movement...
from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North.
Who were the most frequent targets of the anti-disloyalty groups in the United States during World War I?
immigrants
Of the enlisted men already in the army and National Guard at the start of the war, how many had significant combat experience?
none
Who was John J. Pershing?
the commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I
What was the primary reason for the support many Irish Americans gave the German cause in the early days of World War I?
They strongly disliked Great Britain.
How did Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory and other federal officials regard the American Protective League, a World War I era citizens' group formed to root out disloyalty?
They supported the League and gave it funds.
How did war expenses affect the federal budget during World War I?
They vastly increased the federal budget.
In the presidential election of 1916, despite Wilson's proposal for a rapid increase of U.S. armed forces and the existence of a strong peace faction,
Woodrow Wilson won by a small margin.
Who was Bernard Baruch?
a Wall Street financier who was appointed head of the War Industries Board in 1918
The American Expeditionary Force consisted of...
a mix of the nation's various armed forces.
The war produced an economic boom in the United States that...
began in 1914 and accelerated after 1917.
To finance World War I, the U.S. government relied primarily on which of the following?
-new taxes -the sale of bonds
Among the most notable effects of the war on the American economy was an increase in which of the following?
-employment -industrial production
Which of the following were most important in persuading African Americans to join the "Great Migration"?
-recruiting agents sent by employers -newspaper advertisements -encouragement from earlier migrants
Which of the following contributed most to a groundswell of American support for Great Britain during World War I?
-extensive trade ties -media reports of German atrocities -widespread admiration for British culture
The American peace movement of World War I included major constituencies of which of the following groups?
-intellectuals -socialists -Quakers
Which of the following correctly describe the World War I War Industries Board?
-It did not perform well at first. -It was established to coordinate supply purchases.
Which of the following events occurred in the weeks immediately following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
-Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire began hostilities. -Germany invaded Belgium.
Which statements correctly describe the impact of American forces on Allied efforts in Europe during World War I?
-The Allies were able to break out of their entrenched positions. -American forces helped repel a German drive toward Paris.
The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act, both passed in 1918,...
-allowed officials to prosecute citizens who dared to criticize the president or the government. -expanded the meaning of the Espionage Act. -made it illegal for people to say in public that they opposed the war.
The Espionage Act of 1917 allowed government agents to do which of the following?
-ban material they considered seditious from the mail -impose stiff penalties on those convicted of obstructing the war effort
Which of the following weapons first came into wide use in World War I?
-tanks -mustard gas
Which of the following prompted the United States to enter the war against Germany in 1917?
-the Russian Revolution -the Zimmermann telegram -German naval strategy
Which of the following did the National War Labor Board obtain for workers during World War I?
-the right to bargain collectively -equal pay for women doing equal work -an eight-hour day
During World War I, the Ottoman Empire...
-was centered in Turkey. -entered the fighting in the first years of conflict.
Roughly how many African Americans served in the military during World War I?
400,000
World War I emerged most directly out of a controversy involving nationalist movements within this empire.
Austro-Hungarian
The deployment of the American navy in the Atlantic in 1917 and 1918 had what effect on Allied losses to German submarines?
It quickly and dramatically reduced these losses.
As new technologies were introduced over the course of the First World War, the level of protection offered by trenches...
decreased.
In the early days of World War I, the Atlantic Ocean was...
dominated on the surface by the British and under the surface by the Germans.
The American Expeditionary Force included...
draftees and volunteers.
During World War I, the Committee on Public Information encouraged reporters to...
exercise self-censorship when covering the war.
Compared to previous conflicts, in World War I the chain of supply was...
more complex.
The American Expeditionary Force of World War I...
retained throughout the war a command structure independent of the other Allied armies.
African Americans in the American Expeditionary Force always served in...
segregated units under white officers.
In general, World War I's effects on the position of women in the workplace could best be described as...
significant but temporary.
German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann's telegram to the government of Mexico primarily involved...
the idea that Mexico could regain its "lost provinces" in the American Southwest if it joined the war on Germany's side.
