HISTORY 9

CHAPTER 5 TEST

NAME ___________________________________ SCORE __________________

PART I. VOCABULARY MATCHING. Match the term on the left with the
definition/description on the right. (2 points each)

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e 1. front A. people who refused fight in WWI
due to religious or moral reasons
B. a temporary peace agreement to end
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i 2. yellow journalism the fighting in a war
C. the position of not supporting either
_______ side in a conflict
j 3. mobilization

D. the forced separation of people by

race
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b 4. armistice

E. the place or places where the fighting

takes place in a war
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h 5. rationing
F. the colonization of smaller, weaker
countries by larger, more powerful ones
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D 6. segregation
G. information used to promote or
publicize a particular political cause or
g
_______ 7. conscientious objector point of view

H. a government policy of restricting

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a 8. propaganda certain scarce goods, usually during
times of war

f
_______ 9. imperialism I. a type of reporting that exaggerated
and sensationalized stories to sell more
newspapers
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c 10. neutrality
J. the action of a country and its
government in preparing and organizing
for the fighting of a war
PART II. PEOPLE MATCHING. Match the people on the left with the
description on the right that best matches their contributions to U.S. History.
(2 points each = 14 points)

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g 11. Joseph Pulitzer A. famous composer of popular
propaganda songs “Over There” and
“It’s a Grand Old Flag”

d
_______ 12. Robert LaFollette B. he was the commanding General
of the American Expeditionary Forces
in WWI

c
_______ 13. Eugene V. Debs C. this Wisconsin senator was one of
the few politicians who spoke out
publicly against WWI

a 14. George M. Cohan

_______ D. this Socialist party leader was
jailed for 10 years for speaking out
against the WWI

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b 15. John J. Pershing E. he was president of the United
States during WWI, and proposed the
Fourteen Points peace plan

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e 16. Woodrow Wilson F. this director of the Committee on
Public Information was tasked with
creating public support for the war
effort in America
f
_______ 17. George Creel
G. this yellow journalist owned the
New York World newspaper
 PART III. ALLIANCES. Label the following countries with an A if they were
a part of the Allied Powers, or with a C if they were a part of the Central Powers.
(1point each = 6 points)

A === ALLIED POWERS C === CENTRAL POWERS

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a 18. Great Britain

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c 19. Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

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c 20. Austria-Hungary

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c 21. Germany

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a 22. France

a
_______ 23. United States

PART IV. EVENTS/POLICIES. Specifically describe the following events that

are related to WWI. (2 points each == 6 points total)

24 the sinking of the Lusitania-

great britain's intention was to mine the north sea,
into german territory. it was an illegal blockade
and starving germany. german submarines sunk
the lusitania and killed 23 americans witch got US
wanting to start/join a war
 25. trench warfare-
both sides used a war tack and used
machine guns . they had barbed wire
around and they had no man's land

26. the Zimmerman telegram-

germany tried to send a message to
mexico and in it it said they would give
them land back but mexico would have
to join the central powers. with this the
US wanted to join the war even more
PART V. SHORT ANSWER/ESSAY. Answer the following questions with a
complete, well-organized answer IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

27. Identify the 4 causes of WWI and describe how each contributed to the war
beginning. Be specific. (4 points)

nationalism- pride in your country. it

made people do stuff for their country
that made the country "better"
imperialism- a stronger country takes
over a weaker one because they want
the territory
alliances- agreements between t people
started making alliances and other
countries got scared so they made
alliances. two or more countries that if
one gets into a war with another country
that they will help them fight.
the spark- Franz Ferdinand is
assassinated and it brings all of the
alliances in and started a WW
28. Specifically identify any 2 new technologies or advancements used in the
fighting of WWI and discuss the impact each had on the fighting of the war.
(4 points)
chemical gases- they had 2 different ones
the central had the chlorine gas and the
allies have the mustard gas. the mustard
gad was the worst out of the 2. it killed at
least 90,000 people.
tanks- great Britain first das tanks in the
war. the impact is that it could get over
barbed wire and attack the trenches
warplanes- Britain brought airplanes to
the war and they would drop bombs in the
trenches
machine guns- an American inventor built
the first portable gun the gun's impact was
that it could shoot a lot of ammo and
soldiers wouldn't be able to leave the
trenches before getting shot
 ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO QUESTIONS: (6 points)

29. Mobilization for WWI. Discuss how the United States prepared, as a country,
for their involvement in WWI. Discuss each of the following categories: .
A. Logistically (food and supplies at home and in Europe)
B. Monetarily (ways they paid for the war effort)
C. Opposition to the war (how was it controlled/dealt with?)

A-the US got food from plains that were being flown over europe and then in they needed to bring anything back
they would send it on the planes.
B-most of the time the US got help from other countries in the allines and they would help the US with money and
with other supplies we needed
C-it was very hard for most people to deal with but some how with knowing that you are needed makes you feel
very proud to live where you do
30. IMPERIALISM. Answer the following questions about the policy of
Imperialism used by the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
A. Describe 3 reasons that motivated the U.S. to take part in the policy of
Imperialism.
B. Identify 3 specific examples of U.S. imperialism and what territory was
added as a result of those examples.

EXTRA CREDIT. (+3 POINTS POSSIBLE)

A. Name the President who was elected in 1908, after President Teddy Roosevelt decided
not to run for another term.
WIlliam H. Taft
B. Who assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary and his wife?
Gavrilo Princip
C. On what day, month and year was the armistice signed to end WWI?
november 11, 1918