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