5 Written Questions

1. WWI accelerated the Great Migration; Large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North; Was the greatest affect on African Americans
2. Mass production, convoy system, economic boom, new weapons, war industries board, fuel administration, national war labor board, food administration, committee on public information, and the espoinage & sedition acts
3. The nations were scared to disrupt the balance of power between the alliances when a spark between the Allies and Central powers caused conflict; Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
4. Germany agreed to a cease-fire and signed the truce, which ended the war
5. the development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy; Military build up caused by a threat posed by neighbors, turned into an arms race as each nation tried to develop weapons more powerful than their neighbors

5 Matching Questions

1. War Industries Board
2. imperialism
3. Fuel Administration
4. nationalism
5. Neutral Nations

1. a Monitored coal supplies; Rationed gasoline and heating oil; Introduced daylight savings time to conserve and take advantage of long days in the summer; Started "gasless Sundays" and "lightless nights"
2. b Encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency; Urged them to eliminate waste by standardizing products; Industrial production in the US increased by 20%; Retail prices increased because of WIB applying price controls at the wholesale level→costs more to get the necessities; Corporate profits increased
3. c European nations wanted territory held by neighboring countries (Germany fought with France and Britain to be the best and have colonies)
4. d Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Albania, Luxembourg
5. e Attempts to unite all German-speaking peoples under one flag and attempts to unite all Slavic people were bound to conflict as the populations were scattered over the same territories; Led to competition and antagonizing because of devotion to a country; Ethnic groups hated being dominated and wanted to become independent; Russia and Austria-Hungary became rivals through fighting for Serbia

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of new weapons and ships being produced, along with food going to soldiers, there was a great economic boom in the US
   1. Vladimir Lenin
   2. armistice
   3. Convoy system
   4. Economic Boom
2. Wilson based the Fourteen Points on the principle of self-determination; Groups that claimed distinct ethnic identities were to form their own nation-states or decide for themselves to what nations they would belong
   1. Self-determination
   2. Fuel Administration
   3. Neutral Nations
   4. Great Migration
3. Secret terrorist group that was responsible for planning the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; Goal was to create a state that brought the unification of all the Serbs (Austrian emperor saw this as a good excuse to crush Serbia)
   1. Reparations
   2. Economic Boom
   3. the black hand
   4. Neutral Nations
4. Yugoslavia (from Serbia, Albania & Austria-Hungary); Austria and Hungary (from Austria-Hungary); Finland; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; & East Prussia
   1. League of Nations
   2. What were some new weapons from WWI?
   3. What were the new nations after WWI?
   4. Espionage and Sedition Act
5. A person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or war effort; Violated the First Amendment and targeted socialists and labor leaders; Led over 2,000 prosecutions for loosely defined antiwar activities; Victor Berger was refused a seat in the House because of his antiwar views
   1. Espionage and Sedition Act
   2. Reparations
   3. League of Nations
   4. Selective Service Act

5 True/False Questions

1. U-boat attacks → Treaty of Versailles required Germany to pay war damages to the Allies

   True        False

2. Causes of the war → Temporary suspension of fighting to work out a truce

   True        False

3. Espionage and Sedition Act → A person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or war effort

   True        False

4. What four steps did the government take in mass production? → Yugoslavia (from Serbia, Albania & Austria-Hungary); Austria and Hungary (from Austria-Hungary); Finland; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; & East Prussia

   True        False

5. Convoy system → Because of new weapons and ships being produced, along with food going to soldiers, there was a great economic boom in the US

   True        False