Question 1

The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it

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A)  was the first time American troops saw action in France. 
B)  forced the Kaiser to abdicate. 
C)  was the first time American troops fought by themselves. 
D)  saw the first use of combat aircraft. 
E)  marked the beginning of a German withdrawal that was never reversed. 
A)  was the first time American troops saw action in France. 
B)  forced the Kaiser to abdicate. 
C)  was the first time American troops fought by themselves. 
D)  saw the first use of combat aircraft. 
E)  marked the beginning of a German withdrawal that was never reversed.

Question 2

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

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George Creel was an influential figure i

Question 3

For German military strategists,the entry of the United States into the war meant that

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A)  they would no longer be able to use their submarine weapon effectively. 
B)  they would have to defeat France and Britain before a large American force arrived in Europe. 
C)  they would have to continue to fight on the second front in Russia. 
D)  the war would become one of swift movements rather than stalemated trench warfare. 
E)  they would have to switch from an offensive to a defensive strategy. 
A)  they would no longer be able to use their submarine weapon effectively. 
B)  they would have to defeat France and Britain before a large American force arrived in Europe. 
C)  they would have to continue to fight on the second front in Russia. 
D)  the war would become one of swift movements rather than stalemated trench warfare. 
E)  they would have to switch from an offensive to a defensive strategy.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-League of Nations

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The League of Nations was an internation

Question 5

Assess the significance of Wilson's moralistic idealism on his call for America's entry into World War I in 1917,the Fourteen Points,and the campaign for American participation in the League of Nations.

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Wilson's moralistic idealism played a si

Question 6

The United States' main contributions to the Allied victory in World War I included all of the following except

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A)  battlefield victories. 
B)  foodstuffs. 
C)  oil. 
D)  munitions. 
E)  financial credit. 
A)  battlefield victories. 
B)  foodstuffs. 
C)  oil. 
D)  munitions. 
E)  financial credit.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-self-determination

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Self-determination is the concept that i

Question 8

The two groups who suffered most from the violation of civil liberties during World War I were

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A)  Catholics and atheists. 
B)  Irish Americans and Japanese Americans. 
C)  African Americans and Latinos. 
D)  labor unions and women's groups. 
E)  German Americans and social radicals. 
A)  Catholics and atheists. 
B)  Irish Americans and Japanese Americans. 
C)  African Americans and Latinos. 
D)  labor unions and women's groups. 
E)  German Americans and social radicals.

Question 9

Women's participation in the war effort contributed greatly to the fact that they

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A)  became a large, permanent part of the American workforce. 
B)  finally received the right to vote. 
C)  were allowed to join the air force. 
D)  organized the National Women's party. 
E)  All of these 
A)  became a large, permanent part of the American workforce. 
B)  finally received the right to vote. 
C)  were allowed to join the air force. 
D)  organized the National Women's party. 
E)  All of these

Question 10

The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations if Wilson had

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A)  stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points. 
B)  guaranteed that American troops would never be used in League peacemaking operations. 
C)  actively campaigned for support from the American public. 
D)  been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress. 
E)  run for re-election. 
A)  stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points. 
B)  guaranteed that American troops would never be used in League peacemaking operations. 
C)  actively campaigned for support from the American public. 
D)  been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress. 
E)  run for re-election.

Question 11

President Wilson's Fourteen Points included

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

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Espionage and Sedition acts

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The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sediti

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eighteenth Amendment

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The Eighteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 14

In the decade after the war,feminists

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A)  pressed for more laws to protect women workers and end child labor. 
B)  sought full economic and political equality. 
C)  wanted more opportunities for women in the paid workforce. 
D)  made getting women into political office a top priority. 
E)  None of these 
A)  pressed for more laws to protect women workers and end child labor. 
B)  sought full economic and political equality. 
C)  wanted more opportunities for women in the paid workforce. 
D)  made getting women into political office a top priority. 
E)  None of these

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bolsheviks

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The Bolsheviks were a radical, far-left,

Question 16

Why did President Wilson have such difficulty getting his own allies at the Paris Peace Conference to accept the principles of the Fourteen Points? To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles embody the principles of the Fourteen Points?

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President Wilson faced difficulty in get

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Women's Bureau

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The Women's Bureau is an agency within t

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-irreconcilables

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The "irreconcilables" were a group of Un

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Big Four

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The term "Big Four" is historically sign

Question 20

How do you view the quarrel between Henry Cabot Lodge and Woodrow Wilson? Do you think that it was the deciding factor in the outcome of the Senate's vote on American participation in the League of Nations,or were other,less personal,forces responsible for the League's defeat? What were some of these other forces?

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The quarrel between Henry Cabot Lodge an

Exam 30: The War to End War,1917-1918

The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it

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

For German military strategists,the entry of the United States into the war meant that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -League of Nations

Assess the significance of Wilson's moralistic idealism on his call for America's entry into World War I in 1917,the Fourteen Points,and the campaign for American participation in the League of Nations.

The United States' main contributions to the Allied victory in World War I included all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -self-determination

The two groups who suffered most from the violation of civil liberties during World War I were

Women's participation in the war effort contributed greatly to the fact that they

The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations if Wilson had

President Wilson's Fourteen Points included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Espionage and Sedition acts

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eighteenth Amendment

In the decade after the war,feminists

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bolsheviks

Why did President Wilson have such difficulty getting his own allies at the Paris Peace Conference to accept the principles of the Fourteen Points? To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles embody the principles of the Fourteen Points?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Women's Bureau

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -irreconcilables

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Big Four

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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