unit 4

Question 1

_____ eluded 15,000 U.S. troops sent to capture him after a raid on American soil.

Answer 1

Pancho Villa

Question 2

Who was awarded the Medal of honor for killing 28 enemy soldiers while capturing 32 machine guns and 132 German soldiers?

Answer 2

Alvin York

Question 3

_____ was a Senator who opposed the League of Nations.

Answer 3

Henry Cabot Lodge

Question 4

What was legalized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, this is the process of mandatory military service?

Answer 4

Conscription

Question 5

Who was the last emperor of Russia?

Answer 5

Nicholas II

Question 6

Who created the first practical lightbulb?

Answer 6

Thomas Edison

Question 7

What is a legal entity with authority to manage the assets of a person or group?

Answer 7

Trust

Question 8

What is an informal agreement of owners to work together in order to control an industry or market?

Answer 8

Pool

Question 9

The first voice message via radio waves was sent by who?

Answer 9

Reginald Fesseden

Question 10

What provided for the preservation of national landmarks?

Answer 10

Antiquities Act

Question 11

Who followed Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States

Answer 11

William Howard Taft

Question 12

What marked the end of World War I at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

Answer 12

Armistice

Question 13

Who commanded the American Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

Answer 13

John Pershing

Question 14

The assassination of who triggered the events leading to the start of WWI?

Answer 14

Archduke Ferdinand

Question 15

What was thought to foster world peace by President Wilson?

Answer 15

Fourteen Points

Question 16

What is a policy that extends control over another country through colonization or conquest?

Answer 16

Imperialism

Question 17

Before American reinforcements arrives, what was the final attempt to win WWI?

Answer 17

the Spring Tet Offensive

Question 18

The black tom explosion was an act of ______ that destroyed two million pounds of ammunition.

Answer 18

German sabatoge

Question 19

______ sent a telegram to Mexico, seeking their support against the United States.

Answer 19

Arthur Zimmermann

Question 20

The _____ Campaign was a three-pronged attack that brought World War I to an end.

Answer 20

Meuse-Argonne

Question 21

_____ was a Senator who opposed the League of Nations.

Answer 21

Henry Cabot Lodge

Question 22

_____ allowed Americans of lesser means to make incremental contributions towards financially supporting the war effort.

Answer 22

Thrift Stamps

Question 23

George Westinghouse won the War of Currents by encouraging the adoption of ______ current.

Answer 23

alternating

Question 24

The sinking of the passenger ship ___ by a German submarine alarmed American and British citizens.

Answer 24

Lusitania

Question 25

The ___ Act created a banking system to assist commerce and to issue paper currency.

Answer 25

Federal Reserve

Question 26

founder of the Bull Moose (Progressive) Party

Answer 26

Theodore roosevelt

Question 27

The Treaty of ______ officially ended the war between the Allies and Germany.

Answer 27

Versailles

Question 28

not important to the tent of progressivism

Answer 28

impierlism

Question 30

The Wright Brothers
built and successfully flew the first ______.

Answer 30

Airplane