American Yawp chapter 21

What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I?

Influenza

How did many black leaders, including W. E. B. DuBois respond to the war?

Supporter the war effort and lobbied to include black soldiers in front-line combat positions

What was the result of the King-Crane commission?

Discovery that most inhabitants of the Middle East favored an independent state free of European control

Which of the following issues most concerned American diplomats prior to World War I?

Expanding transatlantic trade

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

A German offer to help Mexico recover land lost in the Mexican-American War if they would side with Germany in WW1

What was the particular spark that ignited World War I?

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Sophie

Women served in the armed forces during World War I. They served in all of the following positions EXCEPT

Commissioned officers

Army General John "Black Jack" Pershing used all of the following technologies in his attempt to capture Pancho Villa EXCEPT

Destroyers

Why did the League of Nations fail?

The United States did not join it

Where did Germany first invade?

Russia

Why did the Russian army disintegrate?

The German invasion of 1916 killed several key commanders in the Russian army

What was the result of the Kaiserschlacht?

The Germans launched five failed major attacks

How did the United States respond to the Bolshevik Revolution?

Opposed the Revolution and sent American troops, who remained in Russia until 1920

What was the Red Summer of 1919?

Racial Violence in twenty-five American Cities

The Triple Entente united all of the following nations EXCEPT

The United States