Question 1

All of the following groups supported Prohibition EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  urban reformers wishing to undermine the city machines. 
B)  women reformers who believed men squandered their earnings on alcohol. 
C)  employers who hoped Prohibition would create a more disciplined labor force. 
D)  anti-immigrant Protestants who saw temperance as an American value. 
E)  Catholic priests who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by parishioners. 
A)  urban reformers wishing to undermine the city machines. 
B)  women reformers who believed men squandered their earnings on alcohol. 
C)  employers who hoped Prohibition would create a more disciplined labor force. 
D)  anti-immigrant Protestants who saw temperance as an American value. 
E)  Catholic priests who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by parishioners.

Question 2

Compare Roosevelt's and Wilson's attitudes toward blacks.How significant were the actions of the federal government in advancing freedoms for blacks during the early twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt and Wilson had differing attit

Question 3

How did the assumptions of "Americanization" not apply to people other than African-Americans,who were considered unfit for citizenship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship. 
B)  With the "Gentleman's Agreement," Japanese migration to the U.S. ended. 
C)  Mexicans in the Southwest faced legal discrimination in public institutions such as schools and hospitals. 
D)  A and B 
E)  B and C 
A)  Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship. 
B)  With the "Gentleman's Agreement," Japanese migration to the U.S. ended. 
C)  Mexicans in the Southwest faced legal discrimination in public institutions such as schools and hospitals. 
D)  A and B 
E)  B and C

Question 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Theodore Roosevelt

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 5

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

Accepted Answer

Eugenics is the belief and practice of i

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The Great Steel Strike of 1919 was a piv

Question 7

How did the Committee on Public Information present its message to encourage Americans to remain loyal and support the war effort?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Creel Committee often relied on veiled threats. 
B)  The CPI frequently invoked the alien and sedition acts. 
C)  The CPI rhetoric commonly tried to pit immigrants against native-born Americans. 
D)  The CPI packaged its appeals in the language of social cooperation and an expanded democracy. 
E)  The Creel Committee combined its patriotic appeals with advertisements on special bargains for household goods. 
A)  The Creel Committee often relied on veiled threats. 
B)  The CPI frequently invoked the alien and sedition acts. 
C)  The CPI rhetoric commonly tried to pit immigrants against native-born Americans. 
D)  The CPI packaged its appeals in the language of social cooperation and an expanded democracy. 
E)  The Creel Committee combined its patriotic appeals with advertisements on special bargains for household goods.

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Gentlemen's Agreement

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 9

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

Accepted Answer

The Niagara Movement was a civil rights

Question 10

Why were Americans divided over the outbreak of the Great War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The American public wanted to join the conflict, but Congress remained opposed to any intervention. 
B)  Irish-Americans and Russian Jews resented Allied powers Great Britain and Russia, and some American reformers lobbied against the war in the name of social justice and peace. 
C)  Some Americans welcomed the military buildup that would accompany American involvement; others worried about large tax increases. 
D)  Democrats hoped to shore up support for Wilson's reelection as a "war president," while Republicans objected to "foreign entanglements." 
E)  Republicans hoped to gain new territory in Eastern Europe while Democrats wanted to focus energies at home. 
A)  The American public wanted to join the conflict, but Congress remained opposed to any intervention. 
B)  Irish-Americans and Russian Jews resented Allied powers Great Britain and Russia, and some American reformers lobbied against the war in the name of social justice and peace. 
C)  Some Americans welcomed the military buildup that would accompany American involvement; others worried about large tax increases. 
D)  Democrats hoped to shore up support for Wilson's reelection as a "war president," while Republicans objected to "foreign entanglements." 
E)  Republicans hoped to gain new territory in Eastern Europe while Democrats wanted to focus energies at home.

Question 11

How were women so influential in the outcome of the election of 1916?

Accepted Answer

A)  The campaign of Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes relied almost exclusively on female volunteers. 
B)  The Wilson administration actively sought the endorsement of women working in war industries. 
C)  Women were able to vote in the presidential election in twelve western states and heavily favored Wilson. 
D)  Although her chances of victory were at best remote, the presidential candidacy of Alice Paul galvanized public opinion. 
E)  Suffragists exercised unprecedented influence and pressure on their husbands, fathers, and brothers. 
A)  The campaign of Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes relied almost exclusively on female volunteers. 
B)  The Wilson administration actively sought the endorsement of women working in war industries. 
C)  Women were able to vote in the presidential election in twelve western states and heavily favored Wilson. 
D)  Although her chances of victory were at best remote, the presidential candidacy of Alice Paul galvanized public opinion. 
E)  Suffragists exercised unprecedented influence and pressure on their husbands, fathers, and brothers.

Question 12

Between 1901 and 1920,the United States intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries:

Accepted Answer

A)  in order to gain territory for the United States. 
B)  in order to spread liberty and freedom in the region. 
C)  because the democratic leaders of the region asked the United States for aid in suppressing rebellions. 
D)  in order to fight European powers who sought to establish colonies in the area. 
E)  in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and investors. 
A)  in order to gain territory for the United States. 
B)  in order to spread liberty and freedom in the region. 
C)  because the democratic leaders of the region asked the United States for aid in suppressing rebellions. 
D)  in order to fight European powers who sought to establish colonies in the area. 
E)  in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and investors.

Question 13

Explain how Americans used the language of freedom when discussing foreign policy.Look specifically at the foreign policies of Roosevelt,Taft,and Wilson in your answer.Did the meaning of freedom change with each administration or stay constant?

Accepted Answer

The language of freedom has been a centr

Question 14

The Espionage Act (1917)and the Sedition Act (1918):

Accepted Answer

A)  were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798. 
B)  drew mostly from similar language in state law. 
C)  came after strong public calls for a more "defensible democracy." 
D)  copied similar legislation from Germany, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. 
E)  were put on the books but never applied. 
A)  were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798. 
B)  drew mostly from similar language in state law. 
C)  came after strong public calls for a more "defensible democracy." 
D)  copied similar legislation from Germany, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. 
E)  were put on the books but never applied.

Question 15

Which of the following assessments of the Roosevelt Corollary is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  It represented a vow to defend the Western Hemisphere against European intervention. 
B)  It signaled to Japan that the United States was the predominant military power in the Pacific. 
C)  It was a warning to Central and South American nations to accept a colony-like status vis-à-vis the United States. 
D)  It held that the United States had the right to exercise an international police power. 
E)  The Roosevelt Corollary strongly limited the sovereignty of Canada. 
A)  It represented a vow to defend the Western Hemisphere against European intervention. 
B)  It signaled to Japan that the United States was the predominant military power in the Pacific. 
C)  It was a warning to Central and South American nations to accept a colony-like status vis-à-vis the United States. 
D)  It held that the United States had the right to exercise an international police power. 
E)  The Roosevelt Corollary strongly limited the sovereignty of Canada.

Question 16

Eugenics is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races. 
B)  movement toward colonization in Africa by blacks from the United States. 
C)  practice of using poison gas by the Germans during World War I. 
D)  socialist strategy of infiltrating labor unions in the United States. 
E)  genetic modification of human behavior. 
A)  study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races. 
B)  movement toward colonization in Africa by blacks from the United States. 
C)  practice of using poison gas by the Germans during World War I. 
D)  socialist strategy of infiltrating labor unions in the United States. 
E)  genetic modification of human behavior.

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Committee on Public Information

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 18

Progressive intellectuals,social scientists,labor reformers,and suffrage advocates displayed a remarkable indifference to the black condition in the early twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why did the War Industries Board establish standardized specifications during World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  To prevent private businesses from extracting excess profits. 
B)  To fulfill the long-standing demands of consumer rights groups. 
C)  To meet the demands of labor unions. 
D)  To increase efficiency and speed up production. 
E)  To make sure that workers were well protected and looked after. 
A)  To prevent private businesses from extracting excess profits. 
B)  To fulfill the long-standing demands of consumer rights groups. 
C)  To meet the demands of labor unions. 
D)  To increase efficiency and speed up production. 
E)  To make sure that workers were well protected and looked after.

Question 20

Although Roosevelt had invited Booker T.Washington to dine with him at the White House,he still felt blacks were "wholly unfit for the suffrage."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

All of the following groups supported Prohibition EXCEPT:

Compare Roosevelt's and Wilson's attitudes toward blacks.How significant were the actions of the federal government in advancing freedoms for blacks during the early twentieth century?

How did the assumptions of "Americanization" not apply to people other than African-Americans,who were considered unfit for citizenship?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

How did the Committee on Public Information present its message to encourage Americans to remain loyal and support the war effort?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Gentlemen's Agreement

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

Why were Americans divided over the outbreak of the Great War?

How were women so influential in the outcome of the election of 1916?

Between 1901 and 1920,the United States intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries:

Explain how Americans used the language of freedom when discussing foreign policy.Look specifically at the foreign policies of Roosevelt,Taft,and Wilson in your answer.Did the meaning of freedom change with each administration or stay constant?

The Espionage Act (1917)and the Sedition Act (1918):

Which of the following assessments of the Roosevelt Corollary is accurate?

Eugenics is the:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Committee on Public Information

Progressive intellectuals,social scientists,labor reformers,and suffrage advocates displayed a remarkable indifference to the black condition in the early twentieth century.

Why did the War Industries Board establish standardized specifications during World War I?

Although Roosevelt had invited Booker T.Washington to dine with him at the White House,he still felt blacks were "wholly unfit for the suffrage."

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