True or False Chapter 21 Self-Quiz 1

s3e_TF 21.1

. Not only did German armies win most initial battles in World War I, but they also achieved quick knockout blows against France and Italy.

. In the first three years of World War I, most Americans were embarrassed over their nation's detachment from the fighting in Europe.

. Just as U.S. loans flowed to the Allies, American banks loaned even more money to Germany.

. General Pancho Villa attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916 in retaliation for Wilson's refusal to continue his support.

. The first woman elected to Congress, Jeanette Rankin, ardently supported Wilson's declaration of war.

. Federal and state authorities issued many threats against dissenters but never arrested or jailed anyone during World War I.

. Alice Paul of the National Women's Party defied the ban on demonstrations with a vigil for women's suffrage in front of the White House.

. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in November 1917 accelerated the defeat of German armies on the Eastern front.

. Instead of granting colonies immediate independence, President Woodrow Wilson proposed that they be administered by "advanced powers" as "mandates."

. By 1916, the war in Europe had become a total war.

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