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100
Who led the United States during World War I?

A) Herbert Hoover
B) William Jennings Bryan
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Woodrow Wilson
100
What two French provinces were taken by Germany in 1871?

A) Alsace and Lorraine
B) Bavaria and Prussia
C) Polk and Bradley
D) None of the above
A) Alsace and Lorraine
100
In a secret treaty, known as the Treaty of London, Great Britain convinced which country to switch sides?

A) Russia
B) Italy
C) France
D) Belgium
B) Italy
100
Who was chosen as the commander of American forces?

A) Joe Wheeler
B) Alvin York
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) John J. Pershing
D) John J. Pershing
100
The largest naval battle of the war, off the coast of Denmark, was the Battle of _______.

A) Gallipoli
B) Leyte Gulf
C) Jutland
D) Kiel
C) Jutland
200
Who led Germany during World War I?

A) Adolph Hitler
B) Kaiser Wilhelm II
C) King George V
D) Mustafa Kemal
B) Kaiser Wilhelm II
200
Franz Ferdinand was Archduke of __________.

A) France
B) The Ottoman Empire
C) Austria-Hungary
D) Alabama
C) Austria-Hungary
200
The Zimmerman note was a German offer of territory to _________ if they attacked and invovled the United States in a war.

A) Austria-Hungary
B) Russia
C) Japan
D) Mexico
D) Mexico
200
The United States entered World War I in what year?

A) 1915
B) 1916
C) 1917
D) 1941
C) 1917
200
Which weapon was responsible for more deaths than any other?

A) machine guns
B) airplanes
C) artillery
D) guano bombs
C) artillery
300
Who was the top fighter pilot of World War I?

A) The Red Baron aka Manfred von Richthofen
B) The Red Baron aka Alfred von Schlieffen
C) The Red Baron aka Mannheim Steamroller
D) The Red Baron aka Ted Kaczynski
A) The Red Baron aka Manfred von Richthofen
300
The Western Front was fought mostly in what country?

A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Serbia
D) France
D) France
300
The Brest-Livotsk Treaty allowed which country to pull out of the war?

A) Austria-Hungary
B) Italy
C) Russia
D) United States
C) Russia
300
Which of the following was NOT a reason the United States joined the war?

A) Population (Too many people and bullets)
B) Business Interests (loans/investments to Allies)
C) The Zimmerman Note/Telegram
D) Sinking of neutral ships (Lusitania, Sussex)
A) Population (Too many people and bullets)
300
A German U-boat sank the British luxury liner __________ off the coast of Ireland in May, 1915.

A) Titanic
B) Mauritania
C) Lusitania
D) Queen Mary
C) Lusitania
400
Who was America's biggest war hero of WWI (He was a Tennessean)?

A) Audie Murphy
B) Alvin York
C) Eddie Rickenbacker
D) Andrew Jackson
B) Alvin York
400
The Allied victory at the Battle of the Marne (Taxicab battle) saved what city from capture?

A) London
B) Berlin
C) Paris
D) Vienna
C) Paris
400
Which of the following was NOT a condition of the Treaty of Versailles?

A) Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war
B) Germany had to pay harsh reparations
C) Poland received a corridor to the ocean
D) Italy received Alsace and Lorraine
D) Italy received Alsace and Lorraine
400
America's First Amendment right to freedom of speech was threatened by what?

A) Treaty of Paris
B) Espionage Act
C) Brest-Livotsk Treaty
D) Sedition Act
D) Sedition Act
400
The von Schlieffen plan was designed to knock France out of the war quickly, by invading through the neutral country of _____________.

A) Switzerland
B) Italy
C) Serbia
D) Belgium
D) Belgium
500
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

A) Leon Czolgosz
B) Lee Harvey Oswald
C) Charles Guiteau
D) Gavrilo Princip
D) Gavrilo Princip
500
Which of the following is NOT a new country created by the Treaty of Versailles?

A) Austria-Hungary
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Yugoslavia
D) Azerbaijan
A) Austria-Hungary
500
Great Britain promised the same land to what three groups of people?

A) Arabs, Jews, and to split it amongst the British and French
B) Germans, Austrians, and Ottoman Turks
C) Americans, British, and French
D) Russians, Italians, and Polish
A) Arabs, Jews, and to split it amongst the British and French
500
The War Industries Board (WIB) helped shift America to wartime production and was headed by ___________.

A) Herbert Hoover
B) Barnard Baruch
C) Calvin Coolidge
D) J. Edgar Hoover
B) Barnard Baruch
500
Who was picked as the Supreme Allied Commander?

A) General John J. Pershing
B) General Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Marshal Ferdinand Foch
D) Sergeant Alvin York
C) Marshal Ferdinand Foch