U.S. History Chapter 19 Test Exam Questions And Answers

Woodrow Wilson refused to intervene in Caribbean affairs. - ANS False American neutrality in the Great War meant that the United States would not trade with either side. - ANS False During the 1916 presidential campaign, Wilson used the slogan "He kept us out of war." - ANS True During the war, the federal government basically controlled the nation's railroads. - ANS True The United States joined the Central Powers. - ANS False Although Wilson campaigned for the League of Nations, the United States never joined it. - ANS True The Germans expected the war against France to last for a few years. - ANS False What term means "money a defeated enemy pays for the cost of war?" - ANS reparations On what exact date (month, day, and year) did the Germans sign an armistice, ending World War I? - ANS November 11, 1918 What was another name for the American soldier in the Great War? - ANS doughboy What was another name for the area between opposing trenches during World War 1? - ANS no man's land What term refers to information spread to advance a cause or damage an opponent's cause? - ANS propaganda What German policy claimed the right to attack all ships in the war zone without meaning? - ANS unrestricted submarine warfare What was Wilson's plan for lasting peace called? - ANS The Fourteen Points U.S. secretary of state before World War 1 - ANS William Jennings Bryan Mexican dictator popular among American businessmen - ANS Porfirio Díaz "one of the most grotesque tyrannies in Mexican history" - ANS Victoriano Huerta Mexican bandit leader who raided a New Mexico border town - ANS Pancho Villa German ruler whose actions brought England into war - ANS Wilhelm II "The world must be made safe for democracy." - ANS Woodrow Wilson administrator of the Food Administration - ANS Herbert Hoover won the Medal of Honor in World War I - ANS Alvin C. York American general who led U.S. troops in World War I - ANS John J. Pershing U.S. senator who led opposition to the Treaty of Versailles - ANS Henry Cabot Lodge name for all the nations that opposed Germany in World War I - ANS Allies Germany and its allies during World War I - ANS Central Powers passenger liner that Germans sank - ANS Lusitania Germany's promise that it would resume following international law - ANS Sussex pledge German plot to give part of the United States to Mexico - ANS Zimmerman Telegram established the right to limit free speech during wartime - ANS Schenk v. United States association of nations that sought to prevent war - ANS League of Nations where American troops launched and fought a costly offensive - ANS Argonne truce ending World War I - ANS armistice Which word best describes Wilson's outlook? - ANS idealism What was the purpose of Germany's Schlieffen Plan? - ANS to defeat France quickly and then attack Russia Germany's invasion of which nation brought Great Britain into World War I? - ANS Belgium Which of the following countries was a member of the Central Powers? - ANS Austria-Hungary Which country was not included in the Big Four? - ANS Russia Which of the following events occurred first? - ANS Austria declared war on Serbia Which of the following events occurred last in America's move toward war? - ANS Sinking of four American merchant ships