Question 1

Match each description with the item below.
-William Jennings Bryan

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 2

Which of the following is true of the congressional resolution for war?

Accepted Answer

A)  It came quickly in response to the sinking of the Lusitania. 
B)  It was unanimous. 
C)  It was divided strictly along party lines. 
D)  It passed overwhelmingly. 
E)  It eliminated Wilson's doubts regarding entering the war. 
A)  It came quickly in response to the sinking of the Lusitania. 
B)  It was unanimous. 
C)  It was divided strictly along party lines. 
D)  It passed overwhelmingly. 
E)  It eliminated Wilson's doubts regarding entering the war.

Question 3

Match each description with the item below.
-Herbert Hoover

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 4

Why did America enter the Great War when it did? Why did it not enter before?

Accepted Answer

America entered the Great War (World War

Question 5

On November 9, 1918, a German republic was proclaimed after

Accepted Answer

A)  the Battle of Verdun. 
B)  Germany surrendered to U.S. forces. 
C)  Adolf Hitler took power. 
D)  the German Kaiser resigned. 
E)  a great victory at Belleau Wood. 
A)  the Battle of Verdun. 
B)  Germany surrendered to U.S. forces. 
C)  Adolf Hitler took power. 
D)  the German Kaiser resigned. 
E)  a great victory at Belleau Wood.

Question 6

In negotiating with the Big Four over many postwar territorial issues, President Wilson did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  He remained unbending to the pressure of his European colleagues and true to his core values. 
B)  He visited Europe for the talks only briefly, as he was concerned about domestic issues. 
C)  He continued to demand that democratic states be established in all cases. 
D)  He had to largely abandon his lofty principle of national self-determination. 
E)  He only compromised when it benefited America. 
A)  He remained unbending to the pressure of his European colleagues and true to his core values. 
B)  He visited Europe for the talks only briefly, as he was concerned about domestic issues. 
C)  He continued to demand that democratic states be established in all cases. 
D)  He had to largely abandon his lofty principle of national self-determination. 
E)  He only compromised when it benefited America.

Question 7

During the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan "He kept us out of war" to discredit Wilson.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Many African American men joined the military but were forced to serve in segregated units under white officers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What was the virulent menace that Americans faced in the postwar period that caused more casualties than the war itself?

Accepted Answer

A)  ongoing guerrilla warfare throughout Europe 
B)  a series of labor riots 
C)  the Spanish flu pandemic 
D)  the atomic bomb 
E)  the cholera outbreak 
A)  ongoing guerrilla warfare throughout Europe 
B)  a series of labor riots 
C)  the Spanish flu pandemic 
D)  the atomic bomb 
E)  the cholera outbreak

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The Wilson administration mobilized the

Question 11

During the Great War, some American symphonies refused to perform Bach and Beethoven due to the common assumption of disloyalty associated with anything German.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of Schenck v. United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It struck down as unconstitutional the Lever Act, which had created the Food and Fuel Administrations. 
B)  It upheld the conviction of a man who had circulated anti-war pamphlets among members of the military. 
C)  It ruled that labor organizations did not fall under the jurisdiction of the War Industries Board. 
D)  It overturned the Espionage and Sedition Acts because they were deemed unconstitutional. 
E)  It said that Eugene Debs had been arrested and held without due process, releasing him to return to an active role in politics. 
A)  It struck down as unconstitutional the Lever Act, which had created the Food and Fuel Administrations. 
B)  It upheld the conviction of a man who had circulated anti-war pamphlets among members of the military. 
C)  It ruled that labor organizations did not fall under the jurisdiction of the War Industries Board. 
D)  It overturned the Espionage and Sedition Acts because they were deemed unconstitutional. 
E)  It said that Eugene Debs had been arrested and held without due process, releasing him to return to an active role in politics.

Question 13

Which of the following was a result of Wilson's campaign to win public support for the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A)  His health failed, leading him to be bedridden for months, which inspired sympathy for his position and the official passage of the treaty. 
B)  He won enough support to reach a compromise over a slightly revised treaty known as the Fourteen Points. 
C)  He faced the least opposition from Henry Cabot Lodge, who refused to make any changes to the treaty. 
D)  He successfully pressured senators to pass the treaty without revisions and built a much closer relationship between the United States and Germany. 
E)  His failing health after a stroke, his refusal to compromise, and his alienation of Republican senators ultimately caused the treaty to fail to pass. 
A)  His health failed, leading him to be bedridden for months, which inspired sympathy for his position and the official passage of the treaty. 
B)  He won enough support to reach a compromise over a slightly revised treaty known as the Fourteen Points. 
C)  He faced the least opposition from Henry Cabot Lodge, who refused to make any changes to the treaty. 
D)  He successfully pressured senators to pass the treaty without revisions and built a much closer relationship between the United States and Germany. 
E)  His failing health after a stroke, his refusal to compromise, and his alienation of Republican senators ultimately caused the treaty to fail to pass.

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes the diplomatic stance of Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan, his secretary of state?

Accepted Answer

A)  America must be the first nation to declare war to have the most say in shaping the war. 
B)  America must refuse to interfere in the affairs of other nations in all cases. 
C)  America has a duty to spread democracy and Christianity throughout the world. 
D)  America should prove its military might wherever and whenever possible. 
E)  America must always put internationality above nationality. 
A)  America must be the first nation to declare war to have the most say in shaping the war. 
B)  America must refuse to interfere in the affairs of other nations in all cases. 
C)  America has a duty to spread democracy and Christianity throughout the world. 
D)  America should prove its military might wherever and whenever possible. 
E)  America must always put internationality above nationality.

Question 15

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 16

At what point did Russian participation in the Great War end?

Accepted Answer

A)  when Russia was defeated on the battlefield at the hands of the Germans because Russian industrialization was unable to keep up with German industrialization 
B)  after Vladimir Lenin had taken power in Russia and was willing to accept harsh terms ending Russian participation in order to concentrate on the ongoing civil war there 
C)  when Russia threatened to withdraw from the League of Nations because the stipulations of the league would have hurt its economy 
D)  during the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles because Vladimir Lenin was affronted when the Allies only offered him negative terms and refused to accept them 
E)  when Joseph Stalin withdrew all Russian forces from Germany, anticipating that the Allies would soon win the war without Russian intervention 
A)  when Russia was defeated on the battlefield at the hands of the Germans because Russian industrialization was unable to keep up with German industrialization 
B)  after Vladimir Lenin had taken power in Russia and was willing to accept harsh terms ending Russian participation in order to concentrate on the ongoing civil war there 
C)  when Russia threatened to withdraw from the League of Nations because the stipulations of the league would have hurt its economy 
D)  during the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles because Vladimir Lenin was affronted when the Allies only offered him negative terms and refused to accept them 
E)  when Joseph Stalin withdrew all Russian forces from Germany, anticipating that the Allies would soon win the war without Russian intervention

Question 17

Match each description with the item below.
-Jeanette Rankin

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 18

Match each description with the item below.
-Henry Cabot Lodge

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 19

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 20

Which of the following occurred during the midterm elections of 1918?

Accepted Answer

A)  Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress, in part due to Wilson's offending Republicans who had mostly backed his war policies. 
B)  Laborers, eastern businessmen, and western farmers expressed support for Democratic policies, especially due to the policies Wilson made to benefit the wheat crop. 
C)  Republican victories in the South were offset by heavy losses in the Northeast, and most continued to support Wilson due to the long road ahead in the war. 
D)  Wilson asked voters to elect progressive candidates of either party, but the Democrats still took the most seats in Congress. 
E)  Wilson angered Democrats by appointing Taft to the Peace Commission, thereby causing many in his own party to reject his policies. 
A)  Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress, in part due to Wilson's offending Republicans who had mostly backed his war policies. 
B)  Laborers, eastern businessmen, and western farmers expressed support for Democratic policies, especially due to the policies Wilson made to benefit the wheat crop. 
C)  Republican victories in the South were offset by heavy losses in the Northeast, and most continued to support Wilson due to the long road ahead in the war. 
D)  Wilson asked voters to elect progressive candidates of either party, but the Democrats still took the most seats in Congress. 
E)  Wilson angered Democrats by appointing Taft to the Peace Commission, thereby causing many in his own party to reject his policies.

Exam 22: America and the Great War

Match each description with the item below. -William Jennings Bryan

Which of the following is true of the congressional resolution for war?

Match each description with the item below. -Herbert Hoover

Why did America enter the Great War when it did? Why did it not enter before?

On November 9, 1918, a German republic was proclaimed after

In negotiating with the Big Four over many postwar territorial issues, President Wilson did which of the following?

During the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan "He kept us out of war" to discredit Wilson.

Many African American men joined the military but were forced to serve in segregated units under white officers.

What was the virulent menace that Americans faced in the postwar period that caused more casualties than the war itself?

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

During the Great War, some American symphonies refused to perform Bach and Beethoven due to the common assumption of disloyalty associated with anything German.

What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of Schenck v. United States?

Which of the following was a result of Wilson's campaign to win public support for the Treaty of Versailles?

Which of the following statements best describes the diplomatic stance of Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan, his secretary of state?

Who was Alvin York?

At what point did Russian participation in the Great War end?

Match each description with the item below. -Jeanette Rankin

Match each description with the item below. -Henry Cabot Lodge

What was the Great Migration?

Which of the following occurred during the midterm elections of 1918?

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, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

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

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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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