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American History II
Historical Periods
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| World War I started with the assassination of the archduke of | Austria Hungary |
| The Triple Entente consisted of | Great Britian, France and Russia |
| The most causalities in World War I were inflicted by | machine guns |
| In 1916, which of these were Allied Powers: | France, Great Britian, and Russia |
| The sinking of this British ocean linear with 128 Americans killed moved the United States closer to war: | Lusitania |
| The League of Nations was proposed by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Which president was reelected with this slogan: "He kept US out of war?" | Woodrow Wilson |
| In March and April of 1918, Germany tried desperately to defeat these two countries before American help arrived: | France and Great Britain |
| This event allowed the president to ask for a declaration of war was the fall of the | Russian government |
| Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War I was | General John J Pershing |
| World War I ended on | November 11, 1918 |
| This group worked to remove all German influence from American life | The American Protective League |
| The Zimmerman Telegraph was sent to what country? | Mexico |
| The Paris Peace Conference included | 32 nations |
| The Big Three at the Paris Conference were | Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau |
| The treaty signed at the send of World War I was the Treaty of | Versailles |
| The person that is considered the founder of Black Nationalism | Marcus Garvey |
| Became the 29th president of the United States, He promoted himself as a common man | Warren G Harding |
| In the 1920's replaced as the center for the world banking | New York replaced London |
| This president, elected in 1924, thought that the best government was the one that governed least | Calvin Coolidge |
| Was elected president in 1928 | Herbert Hoover |
| In the mid-1920's, this organization gained strength over 6 million members | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) |
| The Scopes Trial was a test of which amendment? | Emergency Act Quota |
| In the 1920's, African Americans moved in large numbers to | First Amendment |
| A section of a city where a minority or economically deprived group is segregated called | Northern cities |
| Which amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transpiration of alcohol | Ghetto |
| This act was passed to enforce the amendment which banned alcohol | Volstead Act |
| This was a time of great cultural achievements by African Americans | Harlem Renaissance |
| The immigration act passed in the 1920s caused immigration to drop by ? percent | 85% |