Question 1

Prosecutions under the Espionage Act (1917)and the Sedition Act (1918)can be characterized in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A)  antiwar socialists and labor leaders were visibly targeted. 
B)  1,900 Americans were prosecuted under these laws. 
C)  the laws meant that any criticism of the government could be censored and punished. 
D)  the Supreme Court ruled that they were unconstitutional violations of free speech. 
E)  after the war, President Harding issued pardons to many of those prosecuted, including labor leader Eugene Debs. 
A)  antiwar socialists and labor leaders were visibly targeted. 
B)  1,900 Americans were prosecuted under these laws. 
C)  the laws meant that any criticism of the government could be censored and punished. 
D)  the Supreme Court ruled that they were unconstitutional violations of free speech. 
E)  after the war, President Harding issued pardons to many of those prosecuted, including labor leader Eugene Debs.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Woodrow Wilson

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of

Question 4

Most wartime mobilization agencies primarily relied on ____ to prepare the economy for war.

Accepted Answer

A)  congressional legislation 
B)  voluntary compliance 
C)  presidential edict 
D)  court decisions 
E)  business trade organizations 
A)  congressional legislation 
B)  voluntary compliance 
C)  presidential edict 
D)  court decisions 
E)  business trade organizations

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.

Accepted Answer

Yes, I believe that the United States wa

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Franklin D.Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly known by

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Chateau-Thierry

Accepted Answer

Chateau-Thierry is a town in northern Fr

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-collective security

Accepted Answer

Collective security is a concept in inte

Question 9

The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain and France. 
B)  Russia and Germany. 
C)  Germany and Mexico. 
D)  Mexico and France. 
E)  Germany and Canada. 
A)  Britain and France. 
B)  Russia and Germany. 
C)  Germany and Mexico. 
D)  Mexico and France. 
E)  Germany and Canada.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The Fourteen Points was a statement by P

Question 11

Why did President Wilson finally decide that the United States needed to enter World War I? What were the essential principles underlying Wilson's idealistic appeal for a "war to make the world safe for democracy"? Why does the text call those principles "prophetic"?

Accepted Answer

President Wilson finally decided that th

Question 12

Before Woodrow Wilson would agree to an armistice ending World War I fighting,he demanded that

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany remove its army from the large territories it had taken from Russia. 
B)  Germany pledge never again to wage aggressive warfare. 
C)  the German government pay for war damages. 
D)  the German kaiser be forced from power. 
E)  Germany accept guilt for the war. 
A)  Germany remove its army from the large territories it had taken from Russia. 
B)  Germany pledge never again to wage aggressive warfare. 
C)  the German government pay for war damages. 
D)  the German kaiser be forced from power. 
E)  Germany accept guilt for the war.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Conscription, commonly known as the draf

Question 14

Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he directed.

Accepted Answer

A)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
B)  A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-l, D-4 
D)  A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 
E)  A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3 
A)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
B)  A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 
C)  A-3, B-2, C-l, D-4 
D)  A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 
E)  A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-War Industries Board

Accepted Answer

The War Industries Board was a United St

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

Prosecutions under the Espionage Act (1917)and the Sedition Act (1918)can be characterized in all of the following ways except

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Woodrow Wilson

Most wartime mobilization agencies primarily relied on ____ to prepare the economy for war.

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.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Franklin D.Roosevelt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Chateau-Thierry

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -collective security

The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between

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

Why did President Wilson finally decide that the United States needed to enter World War I? What were the essential principles underlying Wilson's idealistic appeal for a "war to make the world safe for democracy"? Why does the text call those principles "prophetic"?

Before Woodrow Wilson would agree to an armistice ending World War I fighting,he demanded that

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

Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he directed.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -War Industries Board

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Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

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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

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The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

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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

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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

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