Question 1

Compare the issues and candidates in the presidential elections of 1912 and 1916. Account for Wilson's victory in each case.

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The presidential elections of 1912 and 1

Question 2

The United States' primary contributions to the Allied victory in Europe included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  munitions. 
B)  manpower. 
C)  credits and loans. 
D)  foodstuffs. 
E)  multiple battlefield victories. 
A)  munitions. 
B)  manpower. 
C)  credits and loans. 
D)  foodstuffs. 
E)  multiple battlefield victories.

Question 3

The two major battles of World War I in which United States forces engaged the Central Powers in 1918 were

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A)  Ypres and the Ardennes Forest. 
B)  Verdun and the Somme. 
C)  Gallipoli and Locarno. 
D)  Jutland and Trafalgar. 
E)  St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. 
A)  Ypres and the Ardennes Forest. 
B)  Verdun and the Somme. 
C)  Gallipoli and Locarno. 
D)  Jutland and Trafalgar. 
E)  St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Question 4

After the conclusion of World War I, most women who worked

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A)  soon gave up their war jobs. 
B)  kept their war jobs after the war. 
C)  pursued advancement jobs in their jobs in wartime industries. 
D)  gave up their traditional role as mothers. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  soon gave up their war jobs. 
B)  kept their war jobs after the war. 
C)  pursued advancement jobs in their jobs in wartime industries. 
D)  gave up their traditional role as mothers. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 5

Senate opponents of the League of Nations, as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles, argued that it

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A)  failed to provide enough German financial reparations to the United States. 
B)  violated Wilson's own Fourteen Points. 
C)  robbed Congress of its constitutional war-declaring powers by entangling America in an international organization capable of authorizing collective force against an aggressor nation. 
D)  isolated the United States from postwar world affairs. 
E)  made collective international security and alliances of peaceful democratic states more difficult to construct and sustain. 
A)  failed to provide enough German financial reparations to the United States. 
B)  violated Wilson's own Fourteen Points. 
C)  robbed Congress of its constitutional war-declaring powers by entangling America in an international organization capable of authorizing collective force against an aggressor nation. 
D)  isolated the United States from postwar world affairs. 
E)  made collective international security and alliances of peaceful democratic states more difficult to construct and sustain.

Question 6

Besides prohibiting anticompetitive business practices, the Clayton Anti-Trust Act broke new ground by

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A)  exempting labor unions and agricultural cooperatives from antitrust prosecution. 
B)  exempting organized major-league baseball from antitrust prosecution. 
C)  prohibiting colleges and universities from cooperating to establish tuition and fees. 
D)  permitting American businesses to form monopolies when operating overseas. 
E)  creating a federal incorporation law for large businesses. 
A)  exempting labor unions and agricultural cooperatives from antitrust prosecution. 
B)  exempting organized major-league baseball from antitrust prosecution. 
C)  prohibiting colleges and universities from cooperating to establish tuition and fees. 
D)  permitting American businesses to form monopolies when operating overseas. 
E)  creating a federal incorporation law for large businesses.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Carrie Chapman Catt.

Accepted Answer

Suffragist who argue

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Eugene V. Debs.

Accepted Answer

A socialist, he was tried unde

Question 9

In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised

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A)  not to sink passenger ships. 
B)  to maintain the territorial integrity of France. 
C)  to halt its naval blockade of Britain. 
D)  to halt all submarine warfare. 
E)  not to sink passenger ships without warning. 
A)  not to sink passenger ships. 
B)  to maintain the territorial integrity of France. 
C)  to halt its naval blockade of Britain. 
D)  to halt all submarine warfare. 
E)  not to sink passenger ships without warning.

Question 10

The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were

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A)  unable to meet the monetary demands of business expansion. 
B)  regulated by the Federal Reserve Board. 
C)  owned by private banks. 
D)  subject to state banking regulation. 
E)  authorized to issue their own paper money. 
A)  unable to meet the monetary demands of business expansion. 
B)  regulated by the Federal Reserve Board. 
C)  owned by private banks. 
D)  subject to state banking regulation. 
E)  authorized to issue their own paper money.

Question 11

Although Germans were generally loyal citizens, during the war they were subjected to all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  rumors that they were spying and sabotaging in the U.S. 
B)  violent attacks such as tarring, feathering, beatings, and lynchings. 
C)  summary revocation of American citizenship and deportation back to Germany. 
D)  German books were removed from libraries and German academic courses canceled. 
E)  severely damaged by the pressures for loyalty and conformity. 
A)  rumors that they were spying and sabotaging in the U.S. 
B)  violent attacks such as tarring, feathering, beatings, and lynchings. 
C)  summary revocation of American citizenship and deportation back to Germany. 
D)  German books were removed from libraries and German academic courses canceled. 
E)  severely damaged by the pressures for loyalty and conformity.

Question 12

When Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912, he became the first president since the Civil War who was

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A)  born in the South. 
B)  a Democrat. 
C)  a lawyer. 
D)  a non-Civil War veteran. 
E)  a Methodist. 
A)  born in the South. 
B)  a Democrat. 
C)  a lawyer. 
D)  a non-Civil War veteran. 
E)  a Methodist.

Question 13

The Federal Reserve Act gave the Federal Reserve Board the authority to

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A)  issue paper money and increase or decrease the amount of money in circulation by altering interest rates. 
B)  close weak banks. 
C)  take the U.S. dollar off the gold standard. 
D)  permit the free coinage of silver. 
E)  guarantee individual banking deposits against bank failures. 
A)  issue paper money and increase or decrease the amount of money in circulation by altering interest rates. 
B)  close weak banks. 
C)  take the U.S. dollar off the gold standard. 
D)  permit the free coinage of silver. 
E)  guarantee individual banking deposits against bank failures.

Question 14

Summarize the impact of American participation in World War I on the national economy, civil liberties, and public attitudes about race relations and the evolving roles of women in American society. Which wartime impacts on the national economy, civil liberties and public attitudes on race relations, and the evolving roles of women in American society were likely to be sustained in postwar America? Which impacts were likely to recede to the status quo ante? Support your answers with specific wartime examples in these political, economic, and cultural areas.

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The impact of American participation in

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of Alice Paul.

Accepted Answer

A Quaker activist wh

Question 16

Prosecutions under the Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) can be characterized in the following ways EXCEPT

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A)  antiwar socialists and labor leaders were visibly targeted. 
B)  1,900 Americans were prosecuted under these laws. 
C)  the laws meant that any criticism of the government could be censored and punished. 
D)  the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that they were unconstitutional violations of freedom of speech and association. 
E)  after the war, President Harding issued pardons to many of those prosecuted, including labor leader Eugene Debs. 
A)  antiwar socialists and labor leaders were visibly targeted. 
B)  1,900 Americans were prosecuted under these laws. 
C)  the laws meant that any criticism of the government could be censored and punished. 
D)  the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that they were unconstitutional violations of freedom of speech and association. 
E)  after the war, President Harding issued pardons to many of those prosecuted, including labor leader Eugene Debs.

Question 17

What were the most important of Wilson's progressive reforms? Was Wilson actually a more effective progressive than Theodore Roosevelt? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson's most important progress

Question 18

In the 1930s, many Americans came to believe that American business and arms manufacturers had engaged in a conspiracy to get the United States into World War I. Is there any evidence to support such a view? In what ways did American business actually benefit from U.S. neutrality in the war?

Accepted Answer

In the 1930s, many Americans did come to

Question 19

The European Allies were able to finance their costly war effort during the period of American neutrality mainly because of

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A)  confiscation of German property. 
B)  income taxes. 
C)  tariffs. 
D)  sale of armaments to the United States and Russia. 
E)  American bankers, most notably the Wall Street firm of J.P. Morgan and Company. 
A)  confiscation of German property. 
B)  income taxes. 
C)  tariffs. 
D)  sale of armaments to the United States and Russia. 
E)  American bankers, most notably the Wall Street firm of J.P. Morgan and Company.

Question 20

It has been said that despite his intentions and idealistic pronouncements, Woodrow Wilson's Latin American and Caribbean policies were just as imperialistic as those of Theodore Roosevelt. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

I agree with the statement that Woodrow

Exam 29: Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

Compare the issues and candidates in the presidential elections of 1912 and 1916. Account for Wilson's victory in each case.

The United States' primary contributions to the Allied victory in Europe included all of the following EXCEPT

The two major battles of World War I in which United States forces engaged the Central Powers in 1918 were

After the conclusion of World War I, most women who worked

Senate opponents of the League of Nations, as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles, argued that it

Besides prohibiting anticompetitive business practices, the Clayton Anti-Trust Act broke new ground by

Identify and state the historical significance of Carrie Chapman Catt.

Identify and state the historical significance of Eugene V. Debs.

In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised

The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were

Although Germans were generally loyal citizens, during the war they were subjected to all of the following EXCEPT

When Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912, he became the first president since the Civil War who was

The Federal Reserve Act gave the Federal Reserve Board the authority to

Identify and state the historical significance of Alice Paul.

Prosecutions under the Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) can be characterized in the following ways EXCEPT

What were the most important of Wilson's progressive reforms? Was Wilson actually a more effective progressive than Theodore Roosevelt? Why or why not?

In the 1930s, many Americans came to believe that American business and arms manufacturers had engaged in a conspiracy to get the United States into World War I. Is there any evidence to support such a view? In what ways did American business actually benefit from U.S. neutrality in the war?

The European Allies were able to finance their costly war effort during the period of American neutrality mainly because of

It has been said that despite his intentions and idealistic pronouncements, Woodrow Wilson's Latin American and Caribbean policies were just as imperialistic as those of Theodore Roosevelt. Do you agree? Why or why not?

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Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

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America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

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The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

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America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

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