Question 1

What were the consequences of the war at home and abroad?

Accepted Answer

The consequences of the war at home and

Question 2

Who was Alvin York?

Accepted Answer

A)  the head of the Committee of Public Information under the Wilson administration 
B)  a Bolshevik spy within the American army; he was executed for espionage in 1918 
C)  the first commander of the American Expeditionary Force 
D)  the only congressman from Tennessee to vote against declaring war on Germany 
E)  an American soldier from Tennessee who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor 
A)  the head of the Committee of Public Information under the Wilson administration 
B)  a Bolshevik spy within the American army; he was executed for espionage in 1918 
C)  the first commander of the American Expeditionary Force 
D)  the only congressman from Tennessee to vote against declaring war on Germany 
E)  an American soldier from Tennessee who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor

Question 3

Which of the following was true of the Revenue Act of 1916?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was primarily to raise money to pay for war preparations. 
B)  It hit farmers and low-income Americans the hardest. 
C)  It was never passed due to a veto by President Wilson. 
D)  It was designed to make Republicans support the war. 
E)  It amounted to the progressives' biggest failure in the Wilson period. 
A)  It was primarily to raise money to pay for war preparations. 
B)  It hit farmers and low-income Americans the hardest. 
C)  It was never passed due to a veto by President Wilson. 
D)  It was designed to make Republicans support the war. 
E)  It amounted to the progressives' biggest failure in the Wilson period.

Question 4

What was the Great Migration?

Accepted Answer

A)  the movement of women to cities around the country to take the jobs vacated by men off to war 
B)  the immigration of much of the American Expeditionary Force to Europe after the war 
C)  the transition of Mexican Americans from farm labor to industrial jobs in southwestern cities 
D)  the movement of southern African Americans to the North and West during the war 
E)  the massive influx of immigrants to the United States early in the war 
A)  the movement of women to cities around the country to take the jobs vacated by men off to war 
B)  the immigration of much of the American Expeditionary Force to Europe after the war 
C)  the transition of Mexican Americans from farm labor to industrial jobs in southwestern cities 
D)  the movement of southern African Americans to the North and West during the war 
E)  the massive influx of immigrants to the United States early in the war

Question 5

On both sides of the Great War, many soldiers experienced "shell shock," now known as post-traumatic stress disorder, due to the experience of trench warfare.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following was part of the Versailles negotiations and contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party?

Accepted Answer

A)  England's attempt to arrest a young politician named Adolf Hitler due to his role in the war 
B)  favorable terms for Germany that would inadvertently cause it to become the most powerful nation 
C)  the call for Germans to pay for reparations only for civilian damages but leave the rest to the Allies 
D)  France's attempt to kidnap the German Kaiser who refused to resign at all costs 
E)  the "war guilt" clause that forced Germans to accept responsibility for the war and its full expense 
A)  England's attempt to arrest a young politician named Adolf Hitler due to his role in the war 
B)  favorable terms for Germany that would inadvertently cause it to become the most powerful nation 
C)  the call for Germans to pay for reparations only for civilian damages but leave the rest to the Allies 
D)  France's attempt to kidnap the German Kaiser who refused to resign at all costs 
E)  the "war guilt" clause that forced Germans to accept responsibility for the war and its full expense

Question 7

How did the Wilson administration mobilize the home front? How did these mobilization efforts affect society?

Accepted Answer

The Wilson administration mobilized the

Question 8

Harry T. Burn is best associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  the Boston police strike of 1919. 
B)  the Homestead strike of 1892. 
C)  racial rioting during the Great War. 
D)  the deciding vote needed for the Nineteenth Amendment. 
E)  the Haymarket affair. 
A)  the Boston police strike of 1919. 
B)  the Homestead strike of 1892. 
C)  racial rioting during the Great War. 
D)  the deciding vote needed for the Nineteenth Amendment. 
E)  the Haymarket affair.

Question 9

What was the "last straw" that provoked the United States to declare war on Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany's attack on the Maine in 1914 
B)  Germany's invasion of France in 1914 
C)  Germany's sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 
D)  the discovery of the Zimmermann telegram in 1917 
E)  Germany's sinking of five American ships in the North Atlantic in 1917 
A)  Germany's attack on the Maine in 1914 
B)  Germany's invasion of France in 1914 
C)  Germany's sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 
D)  the discovery of the Zimmermann telegram in 1917 
E)  Germany's sinking of five American ships in the North Atlantic in 1917

Question 10

Which of the following was recommended to Wilson as a Fifteenth Point but went ignored?

Accepted Answer

A)  "freedom of the seas" 
B)  national self-determination 
C)  the creation of a "league" of nations 
D)  an end to racial discrimination 
E)  military disarmament 
A)  "freedom of the seas" 
B)  national self-determination 
C)  the creation of a "league" of nations 
D)  an end to racial discrimination 
E)  military disarmament

Question 11

Match each description with the item below.
-Vladimir Lenin

Accepted Answer

A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft 
A) was the executive director of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) who organized it into four divisions 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare and promoted raids on alien "radicals" 
C) was a strict pacifist, served as Wilson's first secretary of state, and foresaw the implications of sending aid to the Allies 
D) was a Republican representative from Montana who voted against American entry into the Great War 
E) was the leading Republican in Congress as well as the reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)was the business magnate who headed the Food Administration during the Great War
G)was the Marxist radical who returned to Russia with the help of the Germans and led the Bolshevik Revolution
H)was originally a pacifist but went on to be an American soldier who captured more than 100 Germans during the Great War
I)was a general who commanded U.S. forces in France, such as in the Battle of Belleau Wood
J)was a Socialist leader who was jailed for sympathizing with men who encouraged avoidance of the draft

Question 12

Immediately following the war the nation was hit by a terrible flu pandemic that killed even more people than the war, and did so in a single year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 22: America and the Great War

What were the consequences of the war at home and abroad?

Who was Alvin York?

Which of the following was true of the Revenue Act of 1916?

What was the Great Migration?

On both sides of the Great War, many soldiers experienced "shell shock," now known as post-traumatic stress disorder, due to the experience of trench warfare.

Which of the following was part of the Versailles negotiations and contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party?

How did the Wilson administration mobilize the home front? How did these mobilization efforts affect society?

Harry T. Burn is best associated with

What was the "last straw" that provoked the United States to declare war on Germany?

Which of the following was recommended to Wilson as a Fifteenth Point but went ignored?

Match each description with the item below. -Vladimir Lenin

Immediately following the war the nation was hit by a terrible flu pandemic that killed even more people than the war, and did so in a single year.

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South

Religion

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First Century America

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