United States in World War I - Quiz
United States in World War I
  • 1. Who was appointed by President Wilson to lead the Committee on Public Information?
A) Louis D. Fancher
B) Mary van Kleeck
C) Mary Anderson
D) George Creel
  • 2. What was the primary function of the Committee on Public Information?
A) Food rationing
B) Military recruitment
C) Economic policy
D) Propaganda
  • 3. Which government group helped develop labor standards for women working in war industries?
A) American Protective League
B) Women in Industry group
C) War Labor Policies Board
D) Committee on Public Information
  • 4. What organization did the Women in Industry Service group eventually become?
A) Red Cross
B) Committee on Public Information
C) Food Administration
D) U.S. Women's Bureau
  • 5. What was the maximum prison penalty for violating the Sedition Act of 1918?
A) 5 years
B) 20 years
C) Life imprisonment
D) 10 years
  • 6. Which private vigilante group monitored those who opposed the war?
A) American Protective League
B) Women in Industry
C) America First Association
D) Red Cross
  • 7. Who headed the U.S. Women's Bureau after the war?
A) Mary van Kleeck
B) Louis D. Fancher
C) Mary Anderson
D) George Creel
  • 8. What was the primary task of the Food Administration regarding housewives?
A) Promoting censorship
B) Assembling munitions
C) Preparing nutritious meals with less waste
D) Joining the military
  • 9. What specific jobs were African American women employed in at department stores for the first time?
A) Red Cross nurses
B) Assembly line workers
C) Elevator operators and cafeteria waitresses
D) Propaganda writers
  • 10. What was the result of the propaganda campaign regarding neutrality supporters?
A) Increased their funding
B) Encouraged their participation
C) Forced them into exile
D) Suppressed their voices
  • 11. Which illustrator was mentioned as designing pro-war posters?
A) Mary van Kleeck
B) George Creel
C) Mary Anderson
D) Louis D. Fancher
  • 12. Against which groups were the Espionage and Sedition Acts disproportionately enforced?
A) Journalists and illustrators
B) Women and children
C) Factory owners and politicians
D) Immigrants and African Americans
  • 13. What did the CPI's News Division promote to control information?
A) International espionage
B) Voluntary censorship
C) Mandatory enlistment
D) Public protests
  • 14. In what year was the Committee on Public Information established?
A) 1916
B) 1917
C) 1918
D) 1914
  • 15. What happened to the CPI after the armistice was signed in 1918?
A) It was renamed the America First Association
B) It was disbanded
C) It merged with the Department of Labor
D) It became a permanent government agency
  • 16. What did the AFL use to gain political leverage for union recognition?
A) Fear of labor radical disruptions
B) Support for socialist candidates
C) Funding from the federal government
D) Threats of mass strikes
  • 17. What occurred to wages during the height of the war?
A) They remained stagnant
B) They were heavily taxed
C) They decreased significantly
D) They soared
  • 18. Who was the president of the AFL during WWI?
A) Eugene Debs
B) Samuel Gompers
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Thomas Barker
  • 19. Which board did Woodrow Wilson establish in 1918 to keep factories running?
A) War Committee on Labor
B) Labor Arbitration Bureau
C) National War Labor Board
D) Council of National Defense
  • 20. Which group did the AFL strongly oppose during the war?
A) Industrial Workers of the World
B) The National War Labor Board
C) Trade unions
D) The Council of National Defense
  • 21. How did Thomas Barker characterize the price of German efficiency?
A) Economic instability
B) The soul of the German people
C) Loss of military power
D) Over-taxation of the working class
  • 22. What accusation was used against the IWW to damage their reputation?
A) They were too supportive of the Wilson administration
B) They were funded by German gold
C) They wanted to increase war production
D) They were a branch of the AFL
  • 23. What was the AFL's stance on strikes during the war?
A) They encouraged them
B) They made them mandatory
C) They resisted them
D) They were indifferent
  • 24. Which political party were the primary leaders of the Preparedness movement affiliated with?
A) Democratic Party
B) Republican Party
C) Progressive Party
D) Socialist Party
  • 25. What did the Preparedness movement propose as 'UMT'?
A) Underground military tactics
B) Universal military service
C) Universal maritime trade
D) United military training
  • 26. What was the state of the morale of the sailors on the newest U.S. battleships in 1915?
A) Professional
B) Determined
C) Extremely high
D) Low
  • 27. What type of military equipment was Wilson aiming to build in his long-term program?
A) Submarines
B) Tanks
C) Heavy battleships
D) Poison gas canisters
  • 28. Which specific U.S. industry was accused by antiwar critics of being a 'warmonger'?
A) Agricultural exporters
B) Munition makers
C) Small business cooperatives
D) Retail clothing companies
  • 29. Who was the Secretary of War who adopted many Preparedness proposals?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Henry Stimson
C) Elihu Root
D) Lindley Garrison
  • 30. What did the liberal wing of the Progressive movement believe caused war?
A) Religious differences
B) Territorial disputes
C) The collapse of democracy
D) Hidden economic motivation
  • 31. Which German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania on May 7, 1915?
A) U-30
B) U-20
C) U-40
D) U-15
  • 32. How many U.S. citizens were aboard the Lusitania when it was sunk?
A) 150
B) 128
C) 100
D) 200
  • 33. Who resigned as Secretary of State due to Wilson's protests against German U-boat attacks?
A) Henry Ford
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Samuel Insull
D) William Jennings Bryan
  • 34. Which former president led the war hawks who denounced German acts as piracy?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) William Jennings Bryan
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) William Howard Taft
  • 35. Which immigrant group was strongly hostile to helping Britain, especially after the 1916 Easter Rising?
A) British Americans
B) German Americans
C) Scandinavian Americans
D) Irish Catholics
  • 36. Who was the industrialist that financed a peace ship to Europe?
A) Samuel Insull
B) Henry Ford
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) William Jennings Bryan
  • 37. Which prominent leader of the women's movement sought pacifistic solutions to the war?
A) Alice Paul
B) Jane Addams
C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
D) Susan B. Anthony
  • 38. Who commanded the American Expeditionary Force in France?
A) The Secretary of War
B) John J. Pershing
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) The Commander of the Allied Powers
  • 39. Approximately how many military personnel did the U.S. mobilize during the war?
A) Over 116,000
B) Over 2 million
C) Over 5 million
D) Over 10,000
  • 40. How many American servicemen were lost in the war?
A) Over 116,000
B) Over 5 million
C) Over 2 million
D) Over 10,000
  • 41. By the summer of 1918, what was the daily rate of American troops arriving in Europe?
A) 5 million
B) 2 million
C) 10,000
D) 116,000
  • 42. Which era did the U.S. involvement in the war represent the climax of?
A) The Colonial Era
B) The Industrial Revolution
C) The Progressive Era
D) The Gilded Age
  • 43. What was the German Empire's strategy regarding submarine warfare in 1917?
A) Submarine cooperation with the U.S. Navy
B) Peaceful negotiation of maritime borders
C) Surface fleet naval blockade
D) Unrestricted submarine warfare
  • 44. Who replaced Garrison as Secretary of War?
A) Jane Addams
B) David Starr Jordan
C) Robert L. Bullard
D) Newton Baker
  • 45. Who sent the telegram inviting Mexico to join the war against the United States?
A) Paul von Hindenburg
B) Kaiser Wilhelm II
C) Arthur Zimmermann
D) The German Chancellor
  • 46. Who intercepted the Zimmermann telegram and provided it to Washington?
A) British intelligence
B) French spies
C) Russian revolutionaries
D) American diplomats
  • 47. What term did Americans use to describe the Zimmermann note as a justification for war?
A) Casus belli
B) Belligerency
C) Diplomatic immunity
D) Ultimatum
  • 48. What major event in Russia in 1917 helped overcome Wilson's reluctance to join the Allies?
A) Abdication of the Duma
B) February Revolution
C) The Great October Socialist Revolution
D) Bolshevik Revolution
  • 49. Which of these countries did the U.S. NOT declare war on?
A) German Empire
B) None of the above
C) Bulgaria
D) Austro-Hungarian Empire
  • 50. Which agency was most admired for its efficiency during World War I?
A) Treasury Department
B) Federal Reserve
C) Ways and Means Committee
D) United States Food Administration
  • 51. Who led the United States Food Administration?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Claude Kitchin
C) Franklin Roosevelt
D) Herbert Hoover
  • 52. What did the Food Administration encourage families to grow in their backyards?
A) Victory gardens
B) Cash crops
C) Victory trees
D) Luxury flowers
  • 53. What was the total cost of the war for the United States?
A) $42 billion
B) $21 billion
C) $10 billion
D) $33 billion
  • 54. Which congressman argued that Eastern businessmen should pay for the war?
A) William Jennings Bryan
B) Herbert Hoover
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Claude Kitchin
  • 55. Which country failed to repay its war loans to the United States?
A) Britain
B) France
C) Germany
D) Russia
  • 56. What were the excise taxes applied to?
A) Government posters
B) Victory garden equipment
C) Automobiles, jewelry, cameras, or motorboats
D) Food supplies and household necessities
  • 57. What percentage of individual income taxes was paid by the richest 22 percent of taxpayers?
A) 50 percent
B) 22 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 96 percent
  • 58. What helped businesses and families purchase war bonds?
A) The Ways and Means Committee
B) The Federal Reserve system
C) The Supreme Court
D) The United States Food Administration
  • 59. Which act granted US citizenship to Puerto Ricans when they were drafted into WWI?
A) Selective Service Act
B) Citizenship Act of 1917
C) Jones Act
D) Trading with the Enemy Act
  • 60. Which African-American combat unit served in French divisions?
A) The Harlem Regiment
B) 92nd Infantry Division
C) 93rd Combat Division
D) The Buffalo Soldiers
  • 61. What award did the Harlem Hellfighters receive for their actions?
A) Medal of Honor
B) Purple Heart
C) Victoria Cross
D) Croix de Guerre
  • 62. Where did the US Navy send destroyers?
A) Paris, France
B) London, England
C) Queenstown, Ireland
D) Scapa Flow
  • 63. How many African American combat divisions were allowed to serve in active combat?
A) 5
B) 1
C) 10
D) 2
  • 64. Which of the following was a primary task for labor battalions?
A) Leading infantry charges
B) Piloting aircraft
C) Unloading supplies from ships
D) Artillery spotting
  • 65. Which port city is mentioned as a location where labor battalions built infrastructure?
A) Nice
B) Paris
C) Brest
D) Calais
  • 66. Who was the notable figure who urged African Americans to join the war effort?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Ely Green
  • 67. What term did returning soldiers use to describe themselves after their experience overseas?
A) The Veteran Corps
B) The New Negro
C) The Patriot Guard
D) The Freedom Fighters
  • 68. How did French civilians generally treat African American soldiers?
A) With indifference
B) With fear
C) With hostility
D) Kindly
  • 69. What event followed the armistice that displayed a lack of progress for African American rights?
A) Red Summer race riots
B) The Labor strikes
C) The Great Depression
D) The Reconstruction era
  • 70. What did many white Americans desire after the war concluded?
A) A return to normalcy
B) Continued military expansion
C) Global democracy
D) Expanded civil rights
  • 71. How many U.S. Army nurses served during World War I?
A) 305
B) 7,000
C) 13,000
D) 21,498
  • 72. What was the main cause of death for the 272 U.S. Army nurses who died during the war?
A) Enemy fire
B) Accidents
C) Combat wounds
D) Disease
  • 73. Who was an African-American Army nurse mentioned in the text?
A) Genevieve Baker
B) Grace Banker
C) Myrtle Hazard
D) Aileen Cole Stewart
  • 74. What was the colloquial name for the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit?
A) Hello Girls
B) War Operators
C) Switchboard Sisters
D) Signal Women
  • 75. How many women were accepted into the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit?
A) 450
B) 7,000
C) 13,000
D) 305
  • 76. Who was the Chief Operator who received the Distinguished Service Medal?
A) Aileen Cole Stewart
B) Grace Banker
C) Myrtle Hazard
D) Lucille Baker
  • 77. In what year did Congress finally approve veteran status for the women who served in the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit?
A) 1978
B) 1918
C) 1942
D) 1917
  • 78. What was the monthly pay for women serving in the U.S. Navy?
A) US$28.75
B) US$45.00
C) US$30.50
D) US$21.49
  • 79. Who was the only woman to serve in the Coast Guard during World War I?
A) Lucille Baker
B) Myrtle Hazard
C) Grace Banker
D) Genevieve Baker
  • 80. In what year were women brought into the military again following the British model?
A) 1918
B) 1917
C) 1978
D) 1942
  • 81. At which location did the Americans achieve an early victory in France?
A) Verdun
B) Paris
C) Cantigny
D) The Somme
  • 82. What was the name of the German offensive from March to July 1918?
A) Western Offensive
B) Spring Offensive
C) Hundred Days Offensive
D) Great Offensive
  • 83. What was the name of the final Allied offensive from August to November 1918?
A) Victory Offensive
B) Final Push
C) Hundred Days Offensive
D) Spring Offensive
  • 84. On what date did the Allies achieve victory over the German Empire?
A) August 15, 1918
B) September 1, 1918
C) November 11, 1918
D) December 25, 1918
  • 85. Which company took over the Thomas B. Jeffery Company after 1916?
A) Nash Motors
B) Standard Oil
C) FWD Auto Company
D) General Electric
  • 86. What was the capacity of the FWD Model B truck ordered by the U.S. Army?
A) 1.5 tons
B) 3 tons
C) 5 tons
D) 10 tons
  • 87. Who is believed to be the first female truck driver?
A) Luella Bates
B) Elizabeth Jeffery
C) Sarah Nash
D) Mary Anderson
  • 88. In which state did Luella Bates perform demonstration driving for FWD?
A) Ohio
B) Wisconsin
C) New York
D) Michigan
  • 89. Approximately how many Jeffery / Nash Quads were built between 1913 and 1919?
A) 5,000
B) 40,000
C) 11,500
D) 25,000
  • 90. What was the total production count of the Quad over its 15-year manufacturing life?
A) 11,500
B) 15,000
C) 41,674
D) 100,000
  • 91. When did American troops begin their occupation of the German Rhine?
A) 1920
B) 1919
C) 1917
D) 1918
  • 92. Where was the American occupation zone located in Germany?
A) Near Berlin
B) Near the Swiss border
C) Along the Moselle
D) In the Bavarian Alps
  • 93. Which US President ordered the final return of American troops from Germany?
A) Warren Harding
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Calvin Coolidge
D) Herbert Hoover
  • 94. In what year did the American occupation of the German Rhine end?
A) 1923
B) 1921
C) 1919
D) 1925
  • 95. To which country was the American occupation zone turned over after US troops left?
A) Great Britain
B) France
C) Italy
D) Belgium
  • 96. Which health crisis worsened after the war due to returning troops?
A) Spanish flu
B) Smallpox
C) Cholera
D) Tuberculosis
  • 97. What was the economic climate during the post-WWI readjustment period?
A) Rapid economic growth
B) Soaring unemployment
C) Deflation
D) Stable wages
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