Question 1

In the presidential election of 1916,Woodrow Wilson:

Accepted Answer

A)  chose not to run for reelection. 
B)  lost to the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes. 
C)  was reelected when he promised to support the war effort. 
D)  used the campaign slogan "He kept us out of war." 
E)  received fewer votes in states where women had the right to vote. 
A)  chose not to run for reelection. 
B)  lost to the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes. 
C)  was reelected when he promised to support the war effort. 
D)  used the campaign slogan "He kept us out of war." 
E)  received fewer votes in states where women had the right to vote.

Question 2

What triggered the surge of conservative governments in central Europe at the end of World War I?

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A)  A worldwide revolutionary upsurge. 
B)  The killing of the tsar during the Russian revolution. 
C)  The British suppression of the Indian nationalist movement. 
D)  The revival of the Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman empires. 
E)  The disintegration of European families in the wake of urbanization. 
A)  A worldwide revolutionary upsurge. 
B)  The killing of the tsar during the Russian revolution. 
C)  The British suppression of the Indian nationalist movement. 
D)  The revival of the Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman empires. 
E)  The disintegration of European families in the wake of urbanization.

Question 3

Examine and analyze Woodrow Wilson's ideas about foreign policy.To what extent did Wilson put into practice his stated ideas?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson's ideas about foreign pol

Question 4

It is April 1917,you are a member of Congress,and President Wilson wants a declaration of war.Justify your vote for or against war with Germany.

Accepted Answer

As a member of Congress in April 1917, I

Question 5

Woodrow Wilson certainly meant to include in his democracy black Americans and the colonial peoples of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What did employers,urban reformers,and women reformers hope Prohibition would achieve during the war years?

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A)  A larger turnout among men for the draft. 
B)  The decline in desertions and acts of sabotage. 
C)  A reduction in the public expense associated with alcoholism. 
D)  Peace and order on the home front. 
E)  All hoped for a more pious, spiritual, and god-fearing community. 
A)  A larger turnout among men for the draft. 
B)  The decline in desertions and acts of sabotage. 
C)  A reduction in the public expense associated with alcoholism. 
D)  Peace and order on the home front. 
E)  All hoped for a more pious, spiritual, and god-fearing community.

Question 7

African-Americans migrated north during the Great Migration for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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A)  the prospect of higher wages. 
B)  the prospect of owning their own homes. 
C)  escaping the threat of lynching. 
D)  the prospect of being able to vote. 
E)  being able to educate their children. 
A)  the prospect of higher wages. 
B)  the prospect of owning their own homes. 
C)  escaping the threat of lynching. 
D)  the prospect of being able to vote. 
E)  being able to educate their children.

Question 8

Compare the political ideas of W.E.B.Du Bois and Marcus Garvey.What were the similarities (if any)? What were the differences?

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W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey were bo

Question 9

All of the following statements about African-American participation during World War I are true EXCEPT:

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A)  the navy barred African-Americans entirely. 
B)  the army was segregated. 
C)  President Wilson allowed African-American soldiers to march in a Paris victory parade. 
D)  the army barred most African-Americans from combat. 
E)  the army tried to persuade the French to not treat African-American soldiers as equals. 
A)  the navy barred African-Americans entirely. 
B)  the army was segregated. 
C)  President Wilson allowed African-American soldiers to march in a Paris victory parade. 
D)  the army barred most African-Americans from combat. 
E)  the army tried to persuade the French to not treat African-American soldiers as equals.

Question 10

Persons suspected of disloyalty during World War I were forced to kiss the American flag in public.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Marcus Garvey

Accepted Answer

A) arrested under the Espionage Act 
B) liberal internationalism 
C) Birth of a Nation 
D) first female member of Congress 
E) Niagara movement
F)Universal Negro Improvement Association
G)National Woman's Party
H)"Trans-National America"
I)Monroe Doctrine corollary
J)Dollar Diplomacy 
A) arrested under the Espionage Act 
B) liberal internationalism 
C) Birth of a Nation 
D) first female member of Congress 
E) Niagara movement
F)Universal Negro Improvement Association
G)National Woman's Party
H)"Trans-National America"
I)Monroe Doctrine corollary
J)Dollar Diplomacy

Question 12

The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I was a fair document that all but guaranteed future peace in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Analyze how accurate W.T.Stead was when he argued in his The Americanization of the World: Or,the Trend of the Twentieth Century that the source of American power was located not in military might or territorial acquisition but in America's single-minded commitment to the pursuit of wealth and the relentless international spread of American culture.

Accepted Answer

W. T. Stead's argument in "The Americani

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Fourteen Points

Accepted Answer

A) improving the human species by controlling heredity 
B) relocation of blacks to the North 
C) international police power in Western Hemisphere 
D) a world organization 
E) assimilating immigrants
F)British ship sunk by Germans
G)proposed a German-Mexican alliance
H)proposed agenda for the peace conference
I)Four-Minute Men
J)anti-labor crusade after the war
K)opposed U.S.entry into war
L)restricted Japanese immigration 
A) improving the human species by controlling heredity 
B) relocation of blacks to the North 
C) international police power in Western Hemisphere 
D) a world organization 
E) assimilating immigrants
F)British ship sunk by Germans
G)proposed a German-Mexican alliance
H)proposed agenda for the peace conference
I)Four-Minute Men
J)anti-labor crusade after the war
K)opposed U.S.entry into war
L)restricted Japanese immigration

Question 15

Woodrow Wilson had been adamantly opposed to women's suffrage prior to 1918.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

W.T.Stead:

Accepted Answer

A)  accurately predicted the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. 
B)  claimed American world power in the twentieth century would rest in part on the spread of American culture. 
C)  expressed grave concern over the growth of America's military and its seizure of new territory. 
D)  was discredited as a hack with the publication of The Americanization of the World. 
E)  criticized American expansion as undemocratic. 
A)  accurately predicted the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. 
B)  claimed American world power in the twentieth century would rest in part on the spread of American culture. 
C)  expressed grave concern over the growth of America's military and its seizure of new territory. 
D)  was discredited as a hack with the publication of The Americanization of the World. 
E)  criticized American expansion as undemocratic.

Question 17

How did eugenics shape public policy during World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  It opened Americans' eyes to the commonalities both native-born citizens and immigrants had. 
B)  It successfully undermined nativism and exposed it for the bigotry it was. 
C)  It provided anti-immigrant sentiment with an air of professional expertise. 
D)  It proved the superior traits of allied soldiers over German soldiers. 
E)  It led to a ban on military service for African-Americans. 
A)  It opened Americans' eyes to the commonalities both native-born citizens and immigrants had. 
B)  It successfully undermined nativism and exposed it for the bigotry it was. 
C)  It provided anti-immigrant sentiment with an air of professional expertise. 
D)  It proved the superior traits of allied soldiers over German soldiers. 
E)  It led to a ban on military service for African-Americans.

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Eugene Debs

Accepted Answer

A) arrested under the Espionage Act 
B) liberal internationalism 
C) Birth of a Nation 
D) first female member of Congress 
E) Niagara movement
F)Universal Negro Improvement Association
G)National Woman's Party
H)"Trans-National America"
I)Monroe Doctrine corollary
J)Dollar Diplomacy 
A) arrested under the Espionage Act 
B) liberal internationalism 
C) Birth of a Nation 
D) first female member of Congress 
E) Niagara movement
F)Universal Negro Improvement Association
G)National Woman's Party
H)"Trans-National America"
I)Monroe Doctrine corollary
J)Dollar Diplomacy

Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Moral imperialism

Accepted Answer

Moral imperialism refers to the impositi

Question 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Red Scare

Accepted Answer

A) improving the human species by controlling heredity 
B) relocation of blacks to the North 
C) international police power in Western Hemisphere 
D) a world organization 
E) assimilating immigrants
F)British ship sunk by Germans
G)proposed a German-Mexican alliance
H)proposed agenda for the peace conference
I)Four-Minute Men
J)anti-labor crusade after the war
K)opposed U.S.entry into war
L)restricted Japanese immigration 
A) improving the human species by controlling heredity 
B) relocation of blacks to the North 
C) international police power in Western Hemisphere 
D) a world organization 
E) assimilating immigrants
F)British ship sunk by Germans
G)proposed a German-Mexican alliance
H)proposed agenda for the peace conference
I)Four-Minute Men
J)anti-labor crusade after the war
K)opposed U.S.entry into war
L)restricted Japanese immigration

Exam 19: Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

In the presidential election of 1916,Woodrow Wilson:

What triggered the surge of conservative governments in central Europe at the end of World War I?

Examine and analyze Woodrow Wilson's ideas about foreign policy.To what extent did Wilson put into practice his stated ideas?

It is April 1917,you are a member of Congress,and President Wilson wants a declaration of war.Justify your vote for or against war with Germany.

Woodrow Wilson certainly meant to include in his democracy black Americans and the colonial peoples of the world.

What did employers,urban reformers,and women reformers hope Prohibition would achieve during the war years?

African-Americans migrated north during the Great Migration for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Compare the political ideas of W.E.B.Du Bois and Marcus Garvey.What were the similarities (if any)? What were the differences?

All of the following statements about African-American participation during World War I are true EXCEPT:

Persons suspected of disloyalty during World War I were forced to kiss the American flag in public.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Marcus Garvey

The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I was a fair document that all but guaranteed future peace in Europe.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Fourteen Points

Woodrow Wilson had been adamantly opposed to women's suffrage prior to 1918.

W.T.Stead:

How did eugenics shape public policy during World War I?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Eugene Debs

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Moral imperialism

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Red Scare

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Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

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The American Revolution,1763-1783

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Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

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