Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Clayton Act

Accepted Answer

The Clayton Act, officially known as the

Question 2

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 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 4

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

Accepted Answer

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 5

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?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson's personal qualities grea

Question 6

Wilson's progressive programs provided relief to

Accepted Answer

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Treaty of Versailles

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Fourteen Points

Accepted Answer

The Fourteen Points was a statement by P

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bernard Baruch

Accepted Answer

Bernard Baruch (1870–1965) was an Americ

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​George Creel

Accepted Answer

George Creel was an influential figure i

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-La Follette Seaman's Act

Accepted Answer

The La Follette Seaman's Act, also known

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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 14

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were

Accepted Answer

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 15

Woodrow Wilson's administration refused to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the government in Mexico headed by

Accepted Answer

A) Porfirio Diaz. 
B) Venustiano Carranza. 
C) Pancho Villa. 
D) Victoriano Huerta. 
E) Santa Anna. 
A) Porfirio Diaz. 
B) Venustiano Carranza. 
C) Pancho Villa. 
D) Victoriano Huerta. 
E) Santa Anna.

Question 16

Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines?

Accepted Answer

A) Lusitania 
B) Arabic 
C) Sussex 
D) All of these American ships were sunk. 
E) None of these were American ships. 
A) Lusitania 
B) Arabic 
C) Sussex 
D) All of these American ships were sunk. 
E) None of these were American ships.

Question 17

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 18

The chief political difference between President Woodrow Wilson and the European parliamentary statesmen represented at the Paris peace table was that Wilson

Accepted Answer

A) lacked a comparable personal popularity among Europeans. 
B) did not appreciate or attempt to galvanize domestic political support among Americans for a postwar Paris peace settlement. 
C) respected the opinions of his domestic political adversaries and made a good-faith effort to include them in the Paris peace conference. 
D) refused to appreciate fully the need to break a reasonable political compromise between democratic idealism and great power of imperialism or colonialism for quickly coming to a peace agreement that all the Allies could support enthusiastically. 
E) was generally not popular with Americans at home; while, the European Allied leaders enjoyed overwhelming popularity with their own peoples. 
A) lacked a comparable personal popularity among Europeans. 
B) did not appreciate or attempt to galvanize domestic political support among Americans for a postwar Paris peace settlement. 
C) respected the opinions of his domestic political adversaries and made a good-faith effort to include them in the Paris peace conference. 
D) refused to appreciate fully the need to break a reasonable political compromise between democratic idealism and great power of imperialism or colonialism for quickly coming to a peace agreement that all the Allies could support enthusiastically. 
E) was generally not popular with Americans at home; while, the European Allied leaders enjoyed overwhelming popularity with their own peoples.

Question 19

As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-Hungary as leaders of the ____, while Russia and France were among the ____.

Accepted Answer

A) Central Powers; Holy Alliance 
B) Central Powers; Triple Alliance 
C) Allies; Central Powers 
D) Triple Alliance; Central Powers 
E) Central Powers; Allies 
A) Central Powers; Holy Alliance 
B) Central Powers; Triple Alliance 
C) Allies; Central Powers 
D) Triple Alliance; Central Powers 
E) Central Powers; Allies

Question 20

Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the ____ "labor's Magna Charta."

Accepted Answer

A) Federal Reserve Act 
B) Underwood Tariff Act 
C) Clayton Anti-Trust Act 
D) Wagner National Labor Relations Act 
E) Workmen's Compensation Act 
A) Federal Reserve Act 
B) Underwood Tariff Act 
C) Clayton Anti-Trust Act 
D) Wagner National Labor Relations Act 
E) Workmen's Compensation Act

Exam 29: Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Clayton Act

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?

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

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

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?

Wilson's progressive programs provided relief to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Treaty of Versailles

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Fourteen Points

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bernard Baruch

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​George Creel

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -La Follette Seaman's Act

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

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were

Woodrow Wilson's administration refused to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the government in Mexico headed by

Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines?

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.

The chief political difference between President Woodrow Wilson and the European parliamentary statesmen represented at the Paris peace table was that Wilson

As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-Hungary as leaders of the ____, while Russia and France were among the ____.

Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the ____ "labor's Magna Charta."

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Treaty of Versailles

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fourteen Points

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Creel

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

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were

As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-Hungary as leaders of the , while Russia and France were among the .