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Chapter 9.2 Practice



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Propaganda is information designed to influence opinion.
 

 2. 

Most Americans were sympathetic to the Germans.
 

 3. 

By remaining neutral, the United States did not have to choose sides.
 

 4. 

Without approval from Congress, President Wilson declared war on April 2, 1917.
 

 5. 

More than 300,000 African Americans joined the marines.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

To gain support of Americans, both the Allies and the Central Powers used
a.
nationalism.
c.
autocracy.
b.
propaganda.
d.
militarism.
 

 7. 

Germany agreed to warn neutral ships and passenger vessels before attacking according to the
a.
armistice.
c.
Lusitania.
b.
Zimmermann telegram.
d.
Sussex Pledge.
 

 8. 

What was intercepted by the British government and caused Americans to react angrily to the Germans?
a.
U-boat in the Atlantic Ocean
c.
Zimmermann telegram
b.
the Sussex Pledge
d.
Selective Service Act
 

 9. 

Woodrow Wilson claimed that the Allies were fighting a war of democracy against
a.
slavery.
c.
evil.
b.
dictatorships.
d.
autocracy.
 

 10. 

Who was the first American to receive the French Croix de Guerre for bravery?
a.
Henry Johnson
c.
Jeannette Rankin
b.
Woodrow Wilson
d.
Charles Evans Hughes
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Charles Evans Hughes
d.
Jeannette Rankin
b.
"He Kept Us Out of War"
e.
submarines
c.
Lusitania
 

 11. 

German U-boats
 

 12. 

sunk by Germans
 

 13. 

Democrats' slogan
 

 14. 

1916 Republican candidate
 

 15. 

voted against war
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

How much of the nation’s population was either foreign born or the children of immigrants at the start of World War I?
 

 17. 

What action by Great Britain kept the United States from appearing neutral in the war?
 

 18. 

What was the Zimmerman Note?
 

 19. 

What is an autocracy?
 

 20. 

Who was the first woman to serve in Congress?
 



 
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