U.S. History Practice Test: World War I and the 1920s
- World War I and the 1920s
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
These 10 questions cover America's path into World War I and the changes of the decade that followed. Several questions ask why something happened, so look for the cause, not just the event.
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Question 1
What did Germany propose in the Zimmermann Telegram of 1917?
Correct answer: A
The intercepted message offered Mexico Texas, New Mexico and Arizona if it joined Germany against the United States. Its publication, together with German submarine attacks, pushed the U.S. into the war in April 1917.
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Question 2
In 1915, a German submarine sank which British passenger ship, killing 128 Americans?
Correct answer: D
The sinking of the Lusitania turned many Americans against Germany, although the U.S. did not enter the war until 1917. The Titanic sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
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Question 3
Which idea from Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points became part of the peace settlement after World War I?
Correct answer: B
Wilson hoped a League of Nations would settle disputes peacefully, and it was written into the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty actually made Germany pay large reparations.
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Question 4
Why did the United States never join the League of Nations?
Correct answer: C
Senators led by Henry Cabot Lodge feared the League would draw the U.S. into future wars without Congress's approval. The League did exist, from 1920 until it was replaced by the United Nations.
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Question 5
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were leading figures of
Correct answer: A
In the 1920s, Harlem in New York City became the center of a flowering of Black literature, music and art. Hughes was a poet, and Hurston was a novelist and folklorist.
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Question 6
Henry Ford was able to sell the Model T at a lower price mainly because he
Correct answer: D
Starting in 1913, the moving assembly line cut the time to build a Model T from many hours to about 90 minutes. Lower costs meant a lower price, and millions of families could buy a car.
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Question 7
What was one unintended result of Prohibition in the 1920s?
Correct answer: C
Bootleggers and gangsters such as Al Capone made fortunes from illegal liquor and secret bars called speakeasies. Prohibition was repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933.
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Question 8
The Scopes Trial of 1925 in Tennessee was about whether a teacher could
Correct answer: B
John Scopes was tried for breaking a state law against teaching evolution, and he was found guilty and fined. The trial showed the conflict between traditional religious views and modern science.
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Question 9
What did the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924 do?
Correct answer: D
The quotas were based on the makeup of the U.S. population in earlier years, which favored Northern and Western Europe. The 1924 law also barred almost all immigration from Asia.
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Question 10
During and after World War I, the Great Migration was the movement of
Correct answer: B
Jobs in war industries and the hope of escaping Jim Crow laws drew Black families to cities such as Chicago, Detroit and New York. The move from the Plains to California belongs to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
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