Question

1: Which of the following was a result of World War I?

A: The United States emerged as a great industrial power.
B: Congress took the lead in pushing for disarmament.
C:Many African Americans moved to European cities.
D:Returning soldiers re-entered the workforce easily.

2:Which statement about peace negotiations is false?

A: The Big Four leaders directed the peace negotiations.
B: France and England ruled parts of the former Ottoman Empire.
C: Germany was made to pay huge reparations to England and France.
D: Russia was allowed to take a leadership role in the peace negotiations.

Answer 1

1. The United States emerged as a great industrial power.

2. Russia was allowed to take a leadership role in the peace negotiations.

Answer 2

#1: Which of the following was a result of World War I?

A. The United States emerged as a great industrial power -- the most powerful nation in the world, in fact.

The growth of the United States as the world's leader in industry had been proceeding rapidly already prior to the Great War (which we know as World War I). By 1900, 38% of the world's wealth was held by the United States. By 1914, the US produced as much coal as Britain and Germany combined, as well as producing over 40% of the world's iron.

But before World War I, the United States tended to take an isolationist stance toward other nations. World War I advanced the US into superpower status as a nation that used its industrial might to involve itself in global affairs.

#2: Which statement about peace negotiations is false?

D: Russia was allowed to take a leadership role in the peace negotiations.

Recall that during World War I, Russia experienced revolution in its own country as communism came to power. When Lenin and the Bolsheviks took over the country, Russia withdrew from the war. So they were not a big factor at the postwar peace conference.