Question 1

President Wilson's Fourteen Points included

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A)  arms limitation. 
B)  self-determination. 
C)  maintaining great powers' spheres of influence. 
D)  freedom of the seas. 
E)  a permanent international organization. 
A)  arms limitation. 
B)  self-determination. 
C)  maintaining great powers' spheres of influence. 
D)  freedom of the seas. 
E)  a permanent international organization.

Question 2

When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1912, the most serious shortcoming in the country's financial structure was that

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A)  federal paper money was not backed by sound gold or silver. 
B)  heavy state and federal regulation of big business and trusts that handicapped the development of business in America. 
C)  the banking system was too heavily regulated by the federal government. 
D)  the U.S. dollar was rigidly tied to gold. 
E)  money for lending was inelastic and heavily concentrated in New York City. 
A)  federal paper money was not backed by sound gold or silver. 
B)  heavy state and federal regulation of big business and trusts that handicapped the development of business in America. 
C)  the banking system was too heavily regulated by the federal government. 
D)  the U.S. dollar was rigidly tied to gold. 
E)  money for lending was inelastic and heavily concentrated in New York City.

Question 3

Wilson once remarked that he was "going to teach the South American republics to elect good men." Do you think that this was a proper function for the president of the United States? Why or why not? Use U.S. relations with Mexico to illustrate your view.

Accepted Answer

Wilson's remark about teaching South Ame

Question 4

The first Jewish member of the United States Supreme Court, appointed by Woodrow Wilson, was

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A)  Felix Frankfurter. 
B)  Benjamin Cardozo. 
C)  Abraham Cahan. 
D)  Louis D. Brandeis. 
E)  Bernard Baruch. 
A)  Felix Frankfurter. 
B)  Benjamin Cardozo. 
C)  Abraham Cahan. 
D)  Louis D. Brandeis. 
E)  Bernard Baruch.

Question 5

Do you think that the United States was better off for having participated in World War I? If so, in what ways? If not, why? Create a scenario envisaging the outcome of World War I, had the United States not joined the Allies.

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Yes, I believe that the United States wa

Question 6

Wilson's progressive programs provided relief to

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A)  sailors. 
B)  farmers and agricultural colleges. 
C)  civil service workers. 
D)  train employees involved in interstate commerce. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  sailors. 
B)  farmers and agricultural colleges. 
C)  civil service workers. 
D)  train employees involved in interstate commerce. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 7

The election of 1920

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A)  was defined by Warren Harding's clear position on the League. 
B)  indicated the public's exhaustion with moral idealism and self-sacrifice. 
C)  was the first presidential election since passage of the woman suffrage amendment. 
D)  signaled the renewal of progressive domestic reform activity. 
E)  was used by Republican isolationists to kill the League. 
A)  was defined by Warren Harding's clear position on the League. 
B)  indicated the public's exhaustion with moral idealism and self-sacrifice. 
C)  was the first presidential election since passage of the woman suffrage amendment. 
D)  signaled the renewal of progressive domestic reform activity. 
E)  was used by Republican isolationists to kill the League.

Question 8

Congress's passage of the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act demonstrated that the federal government

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A)  was beginning to address the issue of equal treatment of mothers in the workplace. 
B)  was prepared to take substantial steps toward federally funded child care. 
C)  was indifferent to mothers working outside the home and providing maternal and infant health care. 
D)  supported pregnancy and maternity leave benefits for women 
E)  was willing to benefit and support women primarily in their role as mothers. 
A)  was beginning to address the issue of equal treatment of mothers in the workplace. 
B)  was prepared to take substantial steps toward federally funded child care. 
C)  was indifferent to mothers working outside the home and providing maternal and infant health care. 
D)  supported pregnancy and maternity leave benefits for women 
E)  was willing to benefit and support women primarily in their role as mothers.

Question 9

President Wilson insisted that he would hold ____ to "strict accountability" for ____.

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A)  Britain; repaying the loans made to it by American bankers 
B)  Britain; the disruption of American trade with the European continent 
C)  Germany; ship damage and destruction to neutral countries other than the United States 
D)  Germany; fair treatment of civilians in Belgium 
E)  Germany; the loss of American ships and American lives to submarine warfare 
A)  Britain; repaying the loans made to it by American bankers 
B)  Britain; the disruption of American trade with the European continent 
C)  Germany; ship damage and destruction to neutral countries other than the United States 
D)  Germany; fair treatment of civilians in Belgium 
E)  Germany; the loss of American ships and American lives to submarine warfare

Question 10

President Wilson's position at the Paris Peace Conference was weakened by

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A)  his refusal to attend the conference personally. 
B)  Republican party victories in the 1918 midterm elections. 
C)  his lack of popular support among people outside the United States. 
D)  his failure to appoint a leading Senate Republican to the conference delegation. 
E)  his paralyzing stroke. 
A)  his refusal to attend the conference personally. 
B)  Republican party victories in the 1918 midterm elections. 
C)  his lack of popular support among people outside the United States. 
D)  his failure to appoint a leading Senate Republican to the conference delegation. 
E)  his paralyzing stroke.

Question 11

Which of these is NOT a true statement about black soldiers during World War I?

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A)  Most black troops were denied combat duty. 
B)  Black soldiers were more likely to serve in combat than white soldiers. 
C)  Black soldiers typically served as laborers and stevedores. 
D)  Blacks served in segregated units in the military. 
E)  Mothers of slain black soldiers in 1930 were invited to visit their sons' graves in segregated travel arrangements. 
A)  Most black troops were denied combat duty. 
B)  Black soldiers were more likely to serve in combat than white soldiers. 
C)  Black soldiers typically served as laborers and stevedores. 
D)  Blacks served in segregated units in the military. 
E)  Mothers of slain black soldiers in 1930 were invited to visit their sons' graves in segregated travel arrangements.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the Lusitania.

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British passenger liner sunk o

Question 13

The flood of progressive legislation during Wilson's first term included laws to

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A)  provide disability assistance to civil-service workers. 
B)  establish the eight-hour day for interstate railroad workers. 
C)  end discrimination against black employees of the federal government. 
D)  provide credit and low-interest loans to farmers. 
E)  establish decent treatment and a living wage on American merchant ships. 
A)  provide disability assistance to civil-service workers. 
B)  establish the eight-hour day for interstate railroad workers. 
C)  end discrimination against black employees of the federal government. 
D)  provide credit and low-interest loans to farmers. 
E)  establish decent treatment and a living wage on American merchant ships.

Question 14

German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting American and British merchant and passenger ships without warning

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A)  because they were violating international law by operating in a war theater. 
B)  in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany. 
C)  in an effort to keep the United States out of the war. 
D)  because international law now allowed this new style of warfare. 
E)  in a last-ditch effort to win the war. 
A)  because they were violating international law by operating in a war theater. 
B)  in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany. 
C)  in an effort to keep the United States out of the war. 
D)  because international law now allowed this new style of warfare. 
E)  in a last-ditch effort to win the war.

Question 15

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 guaranteed a substantial measure of public control over the American banking and currency system through the great authority given to

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A)  the secretary of the treasury. 
B)  the House and the Senate. 
C)  banking shareholders. 
D)  regional Federal Reserve banks. 
E)  the presidentially appointed Federal Reserve Board. 
A)  the secretary of the treasury. 
B)  the House and the Senate. 
C)  banking shareholders. 
D)  regional Federal Reserve banks. 
E)  the presidentially appointed Federal Reserve Board.

Question 16

To secure passage of the Underwood Tariff Bill, President Woodrow Wilson broke new ground by

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A)  enlisting organized business groups to lobby for its passage. 
B)  personally presenting his case to Congress and arousing public opinion. 
C)  writing a book showing that high tariffs were harming the American economy. 
D)  stirring up Western and Southern regional hostility against the high-tariff East. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  enlisting organized business groups to lobby for its passage. 
B)  personally presenting his case to Congress and arousing public opinion. 
C)  writing a book showing that high tariffs were harming the American economy. 
D)  stirring up Western and Southern regional hostility against the high-tariff East. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 17

Why did the United States fail to join the League of Nations? Consider the role of Wilson himself, Henry Cabot Lodge, the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, and American political traditions including isolationism, constitutionalism, and nationalism.

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The United States failed to join the Lea

Question 18

Assess Wilson's conduct of foreign policy from 1914 to 1917. Do you think that he could have pursued a different course that would have kept the United States out of the war? Should he have? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson's conduct of foreign poli

Question 19

Assess America's policy of neutrality at the outset of World War I. Consider both Wilson's policies in regard to Britain and Germany and the sentiments of the American public. Were we "neutral in thought as well as deed"? Explain.

Accepted Answer

At the outset of World War I, America's

Question 20

Woodrow Wilson's political philosophy included all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  faith in the masses. 
B)  a belief that compromise was necessary to be an effective leader. 
C)  a belief that the president should provide leadership for Congress. 
D)  a belief that the president should appeal over the heads of legislators to the sovereign people. 
E)  a belief in the central importance of morality of politics. 
A)  faith in the masses. 
B)  a belief that compromise was necessary to be an effective leader. 
C)  a belief that the president should provide leadership for Congress. 
D)  a belief that the president should appeal over the heads of legislators to the sovereign people. 
E)  a belief in the central importance of morality of politics.

Exam 29: Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

President Wilson's Fourteen Points included

When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1912, the most serious shortcoming in the country's financial structure was that

Wilson once remarked that he was "going to teach the South American republics to elect good men." Do you think that this was a proper function for the president of the United States? Why or why not? Use U.S. relations with Mexico to illustrate your view.

The first Jewish member of the United States Supreme Court, appointed by Woodrow Wilson, was

Do you think that the United States was better off for having participated in World War I? If so, in what ways? If not, why? Create a scenario envisaging the outcome of World War I, had the United States not joined the Allies.

Wilson's progressive programs provided relief to

The election of 1920

Congress's passage of the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act demonstrated that the federal government

President Wilson insisted that he would hold ____ to "strict accountability" for ____.

President Wilson's position at the Paris Peace Conference was weakened by

Which of these is NOT a true statement about black soldiers during World War I?

Identify and state the historical significance of the Lusitania.

The flood of progressive legislation during Wilson's first term included laws to

German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting American and British merchant and passenger ships without warning

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 guaranteed a substantial measure of public control over the American banking and currency system through the great authority given to

To secure passage of the Underwood Tariff Bill, President Woodrow Wilson broke new ground by

Why did the United States fail to join the League of Nations? Consider the role of Wilson himself, Henry Cabot Lodge, the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, and American political traditions including isolationism, constitutionalism, and nationalism.

Assess Wilson's conduct of foreign policy from 1914 to 1917. Do you think that he could have pursued a different course that would have kept the United States out of the war? Should he have? Why or why not?

Assess America's policy of neutrality at the outset of World War I. Consider both Wilson's policies in regard to Britain and Germany and the sentiments of the American public. Were we "neutral in thought as well as deed"? Explain.

Woodrow Wilson's political philosophy included all of the following EXCEPT

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

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

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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