Question 1

When Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916, he received strong support from

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A)  Socialists. 
B)  the working class and former Progressive Bull Moose party members. 
C)  the big business community. 
D)  prowar members of both parties. 
E)  new women voters. 
A)  Socialists. 
B)  the working class and former Progressive Bull Moose party members. 
C)  the big business community. 
D)  prowar members of both parties. 
E)  new women voters.

Question 2

Before his first term ended, Woodrow Wilson had militarily intervened in or purchased all of the following countries EXCEPT

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A)  Haiti. 
B)  the Dominican Republic. 
C)  the Virgin Islands. 
D)  Cuba. 
E)  Mexico. 
A)  Haiti. 
B)  the Dominican Republic. 
C)  the Virgin Islands. 
D)  Cuba. 
E)  Mexico.

Question 3

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge effectively stalled consideration of the Treaty of Versailles by the full Senate

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A)  by holding extended Senate hearings on the treaty, which permitted its various opponents to air their opposition to ratification. 
B)  by engaging in parliamentary procedural maneuvers such as reading the entire treaty aloud on the Senate floor. 
C)  by loading the treaty down with numerous crippling amendments or reservations opposed by Wilson and many Democrats in the Senate. 
D)  by mobilizing liberal intellectual and internationalist opinion against the treaty. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  by holding extended Senate hearings on the treaty, which permitted its various opponents to air their opposition to ratification. 
B)  by engaging in parliamentary procedural maneuvers such as reading the entire treaty aloud on the Senate floor. 
C)  by loading the treaty down with numerous crippling amendments or reservations opposed by Wilson and many Democrats in the Senate. 
D)  by mobilizing liberal intellectual and internationalist opinion against the treaty. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 4

In 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jefferson's day when he

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A)  stopped having formal cabinet meetings. 
B)  appointed a black man to the Supreme Court. 
C)  endorsed woman suffrage. 
D)  personally delivered his presidential State of the Union address to Congress. 
E)  failed to write a presidential State of the Union address to be read by a clerk to Congress. 
A)  stopped having formal cabinet meetings. 
B)  appointed a black man to the Supreme Court. 
C)  endorsed woman suffrage. 
D)  personally delivered his presidential State of the Union address to Congress. 
E)  failed to write a presidential State of the Union address to be read by a clerk to Congress.

Question 5

Difficulties in Mexico in the early 20th century affected the U.S. by

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A)  interfering with trade relations. 
B)  encouraging massive migration of Mexicans across the border. 
C)  providing an investment opportunity for U.S. corporations. 
D)  provoking a full-fledged shooting war between Mexico and the United States. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  interfering with trade relations. 
B)  encouraging massive migration of Mexicans across the border. 
C)  providing an investment opportunity for U.S. corporations. 
D)  provoking a full-fledged shooting war between Mexico and the United States. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Which one of the following was NOT among Wilson's Fourteen Points, upon which he based America's idealistic foreign policy in World War I?

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A)  reduction of armaments 
B)  an international guarantee of freedom of religion 
C)  abolition of secret treaties 
D)  an international organization to guarantee collective security 
E)  The principle of national self-determination for subject peoples 
A)  reduction of armaments 
B)  an international guarantee of freedom of religion 
C)  abolition of secret treaties 
D)  an international organization to guarantee collective security 
E)  The principle of national self-determination for subject peoples

Question 7

The Federal Trade Commission was established in 1914 to address all of these practices EXCEPT

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A)  eliminating unfair and discriminatory trade practices. 
B)  outlawing unfair business competition and bribery. 
C)  sale of stocks without full disclosure of a business's organization and profits. 
D)  prohibiting false and misleading advertising. 
E)  outlawing the mislabeling or adulterating of products. 
A)  eliminating unfair and discriminatory trade practices. 
B)  outlawing unfair business competition and bribery. 
C)  sale of stocks without full disclosure of a business's organization and profits. 
D)  prohibiting false and misleading advertising. 
E)  outlawing the mislabeling or adulterating of products.

Question 8

The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that

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A)  he oversold Wilson's ideals and led Americans and the world to expect too much. 
B)  relied too much on formal laws and police power to gain compliance with the war effort. 
C)  the entertainment industry was not willing to go along with the propaganda campaign. 
D)  the courts curbed many of Creel's and the committee's war propaganda efforts on constitutional grounds. 
E)  the public was skeptical of government propaganda. 
A)  he oversold Wilson's ideals and led Americans and the world to expect too much. 
B)  relied too much on formal laws and police power to gain compliance with the war effort. 
C)  the entertainment industry was not willing to go along with the propaganda campaign. 
D)  the courts curbed many of Creel's and the committee's war propaganda efforts on constitutional grounds. 
E)  the public was skeptical of government propaganda.

Question 9

Why did President Wilson have such difficulty getting his own allies at the Paris Peace Conference to accept the principles of the Fourteen Points? To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles embody the principles of the Fourteen Points?

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President Wilson faced difficulty in get

Question 10

All of the following are true statements about Mexicans who settled in the area known as the borderlands EXCEPT

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A)  they relocated mostly in Texas, New Mexico, California and Arizona. 
B)  they helped build highways and railroads. 
C)  most were wealthy farmers with significant landholdings. 
D)  many followed the harvest as fruit pickers. 
E)  they helped create a unique culture that blended Mexican and American folkways. 
A)  they relocated mostly in Texas, New Mexico, California and Arizona. 
B)  they helped build highways and railroads. 
C)  most were wealthy farmers with significant landholdings. 
D)  many followed the harvest as fruit pickers. 
E)  they helped create a unique culture that blended Mexican and American folkways.

Question 11

President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by

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A)  appealing to the American intervention in Europe. 
B)  convincing the public for the need to make the world safe from the German submarine. 
C)  declaring it a crusade "to make the world safe for democracy." 
D)  asserting that Germany was committing immoral war crimes in Europe against the British and the French. 
E)  insisting that the war would be fought primarily by the navy. 
A)  appealing to the American intervention in Europe. 
B)  convincing the public for the need to make the world safe from the German submarine. 
C)  declaring it a crusade "to make the world safe for democracy." 
D)  asserting that Germany was committing immoral war crimes in Europe against the British and the French. 
E)  insisting that the war would be fought primarily by the navy.

Question 12

For German military strategists, the entry of the United States into the war in April 1917 meant that

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A)  they would no longer be able to use their submarine weapon effectively. 
B)  they would have to defeat France and Britain before a large American force arrived in Europe. 
C)  they would have to seek an immediate cessation of hostilities and peace treaty with Russia. 
D)  the war would become one of swift movements rather than stalemated trench warfare. 
E)  they would have to switch from an offensive to a defensive strategy. 
A)  they would no longer be able to use their submarine weapon effectively. 
B)  they would have to defeat France and Britain before a large American force arrived in Europe. 
C)  they would have to seek an immediate cessation of hostilities and peace treaty with Russia. 
D)  the war would become one of swift movements rather than stalemated trench warfare. 
E)  they would have to switch from an offensive to a defensive strategy.

Question 13

The Progressive Bull Moose party died when

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A)  Teddy Roosevelt refused to run as the party's presidential candidate in 1916. 
B)  Teddy Roosevelt lost the presidential race in 1916. 
C)  the United States entered World War I. 
D)  the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, advocated the same programs as Roosevelt. 
E)  Woodrow Wilson won over most Bull Moose voters. 
A)  Teddy Roosevelt refused to run as the party's presidential candidate in 1916. 
B)  Teddy Roosevelt lost the presidential race in 1916. 
C)  the United States entered World War I. 
D)  the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, advocated the same programs as Roosevelt. 
E)  Woodrow Wilson won over most Bull Moose voters.

Question 14

How did specific personality characteristics of Woodrow Wilson advance or hinder the accomplishment of particular policy and political goals of the president including his efforts to gain Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and achieve America's entrance into the League of Nations?

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Woodrow Wilson's specific personality ch

Question 15

The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations and America would have been welcomed by other nations into the League of Nations if President Wilson had

Accepted Answer

A)  stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points. 
B)  guaranteed that American troops would never be used in League for collective security military operations to maintain peace among nations. 
C)  actively campaigned for support from the American public. 
D)  been willing to compromise with moderate League opponents in Congress on some constitutional and American sovereignty issues surrounding American participation in League matters. 
E)  run for re-election. 
A)  stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points. 
B)  guaranteed that American troops would never be used in League for collective security military operations to maintain peace among nations. 
C)  actively campaigned for support from the American public. 
D)  been willing to compromise with moderate League opponents in Congress on some constitutional and American sovereignty issues surrounding American participation in League matters. 
E)  run for re-election.

Question 16

Most wartime mobilization agencies prepared the economy for the war by relying on

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A)  congressional legislation. 
B)  voluntary compliance. 
C)  presidential edict. 
D)  court decisions. 
E)  business trade organizations. 
A)  congressional legislation. 
B)  voluntary compliance. 
C)  presidential edict. 
D)  court decisions. 
E)  business trade organizations.

Question 17

Summarize President Wilson's Fourteen Points. Which were substantially attained as a result of American participation in World War I? Which were not? Why? Which political leaders in America and Europe bear the greatest responsibility for the failure to attain the most critically important of Wilson's Fourteen Points concerning peace, collective security, democracy, and self-determination?

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President Wilson's Fourteen Points were

Question 18

Critically evaluate Woodrow Wilson's personal qualities as they affected his conduct of foreign policy. How did his strong belief in promoting morality and democracy in other countries emerge from his own view of the world?

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Woodrow Wilson's personal qualities grea

Question 19

Among the major targets of the wartime Espionage and Sedition Acts were

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A)  the American Federation of Labor. 
B)  Samuel Gompers. 
C)  the Industrial Workers of the World. 
D)  Eugene V. Debs. 
E)  German Americans. 
A)  the American Federation of Labor. 
B)  Samuel Gompers. 
C)  the Industrial Workers of the World. 
D)  Eugene V. Debs. 
E)  German Americans.

Question 20

From 1914 to 1916, America's growing trade with Britain and loss of trade with Germany essentially occurred because

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A)  the British needed American goods and weapons and the Germans did not. 
B)  more Americans sympathized with Britain than with Germany. 
C)  Germany raised tariffs and other protectionist barriers on America's exports to Germany. 
D)  American bankers like J.P. Morgan were willing to loan money to Britain but not to Germany. 
E)  the British navy controlled the Atlantic shipping lanes. 
A)  the British needed American goods and weapons and the Germans did not. 
B)  more Americans sympathized with Britain than with Germany. 
C)  Germany raised tariffs and other protectionist barriers on America's exports to Germany. 
D)  American bankers like J.P. Morgan were willing to loan money to Britain but not to Germany. 
E)  the British navy controlled the Atlantic shipping lanes.

Exam 29: Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

When Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916, he received strong support from

Before his first term ended, Woodrow Wilson had militarily intervened in or purchased all of the following countries EXCEPT

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge effectively stalled consideration of the Treaty of Versailles by the full Senate

In 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jefferson's day when he

Difficulties in Mexico in the early 20th century affected the U.S. by

Which one of the following was NOT among Wilson's Fourteen Points, upon which he based America's idealistic foreign policy in World War I?

The Federal Trade Commission was established in 1914 to address all of these practices EXCEPT

The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that

Why did President Wilson have such difficulty getting his own allies at the Paris Peace Conference to accept the principles of the Fourteen Points? To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles embody the principles of the Fourteen Points?

All of the following are true statements about Mexicans who settled in the area known as the borderlands EXCEPT

President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by

For German military strategists, the entry of the United States into the war in April 1917 meant that

The Progressive Bull Moose party died when

How did specific personality characteristics of Woodrow Wilson advance or hinder the accomplishment of particular policy and political goals of the president including his efforts to gain Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and achieve America's entrance into the League of Nations?

The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations and America would have been welcomed by other nations into the League of Nations if President Wilson had

Most wartime mobilization agencies prepared the economy for the war by relying on

Critically evaluate Woodrow Wilson's personal qualities as they affected his conduct of foreign policy. How did his strong belief in promoting morality and democracy in other countries emerge from his own view of the world?

Among the major targets of the wartime Espionage and Sedition Acts were

From 1914 to 1916, America's growing trade with Britain and loss of trade with Germany essentially occurred because

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