World War I Quiz

World War I - Test 2

Multiple-choice exercise

Choose the correct answer for each question.

Select each of the following items that showed the United States was not ready to enter World War I. You will select more than 1 answer.
1. less than 200,000 men in the army
2. not enough ships in the navy
3. 1,500 machine guns for the army
4. America had about 100 trained pilots.
5. America had a small population in which to create an army.
6. America had very little steel in which to make weapons.
7. America had about 55 airplanes
President Woodrow Wilson gathered an American army by ______________.
1. taking volunteers
2. creating a draft
3. hired soldiers from South America
Why did the United States not have a large supply of airplanes ready when she entered World War I.
1. The United States was having a difficult time getting steel to build planes with Germany's blockades.
2. Since the United States thought she wouldn't be entering the war, she sold her planes to the Allies.
3. The airplane was a new invention, and the government had just signed a contract to have a miltary plane built a few years before she entered the war.
4. The German army had bombed the air force base where the Air Force housed most of her planes.
American soldiers in World War I were called _____________.
1. G.I.'s
2. Yankees
3. doughboys
4. trench dogs
Posters like this encouraged Americans to have __________________ .
1. Meatless Mondays
2. Wheatless Wednesdays
3. Porkless Days
4. All of the above
The Navy was more prepared for war than the other branches of service. They were able to transport American troops to Europe. They were able to transport soldiers _______________.
1. by plane
2. using a convoy system
3. in submarines
4. in cargo ships
Russia left the war when _____________.
1. the Russian Revolution started
2. America entered the war
3. the League of Nations was formed
4. America started the draft
How many Americans died in World War I?
1. 500
2. 3000
3. 100,000
4. 2,000,000
Although the League of Nations was the idea of Woodrow Wilson, _______________.
1. the League of Nations headquarters would not be in the United States. Instead it would be in Paris, France.
2. he allowed Thomas Marshall to present his fourteen points programin Versailles
3. Congress rejected the Versailles Peace Treaty and would not let the Americans join
4. Congress would not accept the peace treaty unless Germany was punished by breaking up their industry and their army and navy.
Select each new country that was created. You will select more than one.
1. Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Poland
4. Belgium
5. Czechoslovakia
6. France
7. Switzerland
8. Austria
9. Hungary
10. Italy
11. Yugolslavia
12. Romania
13. United Kingdom
14. Lithuania
15. Ireland
16. Latvia
17. Estonia
18. Turkey
19. Finland