Chapter 11 Self Quiz

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. Which of these was NOT a member of the Allied Powers?

the Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

Russia correct incorrect

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. Which of these led World War I to turn into a stalemate?

tanks correct incorrect

trenches correct incorrect

airplanes correct incorrect

machine guns correct incorrect

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. At the outbreak of World War I, the US government and most Americans favored ________.

joining the Allied Powers correct incorrect

getting involved in the conflict only by supplying arms correct incorrect

allying with the Central Powers correct incorrect

staying out of the war correct incorrect

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. The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) was created in ________.

1922 correct incorrect

1911 correct incorrect

1905 correct incorrect

1916 correct incorrect

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. Which of these was the trigger that brought the US into World War I?

the sinking of the Lusitania correct incorrect

the Zimmermann Telegram correct incorrect

Germany's sinking of five US merchant ships correct incorrect

Britain's declaration of war correct incorrect

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. The American Expeditionary Forces that arrived in France in 1917 were ________.

a largely symbolic force requiring training correct incorrect

not actually armed forces correct incorrect

the main body of the American army correct incorrect

sent immediately into battle correct incorrect

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. American troops first took a significant part in World War I in ________.

September 1917 correct incorrect

May 1918 correct incorrect

May 1917 correct incorrect

January 1918 correct incorrect

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. In general, American troops fought ________.

exclusively under American generals correct incorrect

in their own divisions correct incorrect

in multinational regiments correct incorrect

under French and British generals correct incorrect

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. African Americans faced ________ discrimination in France than in the US.

somewhat less correct incorrect

much more correct incorrect

far less correct incorrect

somewhat more correct incorrect

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. The Army Air Service was created ________.

during the Punitive Expedition correct incorrect

for service in the Great War correct incorrect

in the Spanish-American War correct incorrect

following World War I correct incorrect

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. World War I ended in ________.

November 1918 correct incorrect

August 1917 correct incorrect

June 1918 correct incorrect

January 1919 correct incorrect

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. It is most accurate to say that American forces ________ the Allied victory.

ensured correct incorrect

had little impact correct incorrect

had an important role in correct incorrect

were critical to correct incorrect

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. Following well established tradition support for maintaining a large standing army ________ after World War I.

increased correct incorrect

faded correct incorrect

continued correct incorrect

evaporated correct incorrect

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. The army's attack on the "Bonus Army" was ________.

similar to previous uses of the army correct incorrect

unprecedented correct incorrect

criticized by both Eisenhower and Patton correct incorrect

instrumental in the election of President Hoover correct incorrect

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. The Civilian Conservation Corps was part of ________.

the Fourteen Points correct incorrect

the National Defense Act of 1920 correct incorrect

the New Deal correct incorrect

demobilization correct incorrect

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. Concerning Latin America Franklin Roosevelt essentially ________ his predecessors' policies.

continued correct incorrect

expanded correct incorrect

reversed correct incorrect

modified correct incorrect

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. War Plan Orange concerned preparation for was with ________.

Mexico correct incorrect

Germany correct incorrect

Japan correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

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. Which of these explains US lack of interest in developing tanks in the interwar period?

general disinterest in new technologies correct incorrect

the failures of tanks in World War I correct incorrect

the success of other technologies correct incorrect

the useless ness of tanks in trench warfare correct incorrect

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. Which of these was established in 1926?

the Army Air Service correct incorrect

the Army Air Corps correct incorrect

the Naval Air Service correct incorrect

the Air Force correct incorrect

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. The draft in 1940 was unprecedented because it ________.

was announced by the president correct incorrect

conscription had never been used before correct incorrect

came in peacetime correct incorrect

broke the tradition of an all-volunteer army correct incorrect