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Chapter 23: World War I
      
  1.The immediate cause of World War I was the __________.  
  a.   German invasion of Belgium  
  b.   assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand  
  c.   sinking of the Lusitania  
  d.   unification of Italy  
      
  2.The Allied Powers were made up of Great Britain, France, and __________.  
  a.   the Ottoman Empire  
  b.   Austria-Hungary  
  c.   Serbia  
  d.   Russia  
      
  3.All but which of the following were new weapons in World War I?  
  a.   the airplane  
  b.   poison gas  
  c.   cannons  
  d.   tanks  
      
  4.In May 1915, 128 Americans were killed when the Germans __________.  
  a.   sank the Lusitania  
  b.   ordered Mexico to attack Texas  
  c.   executed Americans living in Berlin  
  d.   bombed Washington, D.C.  
      
  5.Russia withdrew from the war after __________.  
  a.   its defeat at Moscow  
  b.   the Bolshevik Revolution  
  c.   Czar Nicholas II abdicated the throne  
  d.   the sinking of the Lena  
      
  6.The leader of the American Expeditionary Force was __________.  
  a.   John J. Pershing  
  b.   Douglas MacArthur  
  c.   Marshall Foch  
  d.   Henry Cabot Lodge  
      
  7.The Great Migration refers to the movement of __________.  
  a.   thousands of Europeans to the United States to escape the war  
  b.   Allied troops across Europe to Germany  
  c.   African Americans to Northern cities  
  d.   women to jobs in factories  
      
  8.Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace was called the __________.  
  a.   Right to Self-Determination  
  b.   American Journey  
  c.   Square Deal  
  d.   Fourteen Points  
      
  9.As part of the Treaty of Versailles, __________ had to accept full responsibility for the war.  
  a.   Serbia  
  b.   Germany  
  c.   Austria-Hungary  
  d.   Gavrilo Princip  
      
  10.One of the most controversial parts of the Treaty of Versailles concerned an international organization called the __________.  
  a.   United Nations  
  b.   League of Nations  
  c.   North Atlantic Treaty Organization  
  d.   Red Cross  

 






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