Question 1

All of the following are examples of wartime repression except​

Accepted Answer

A) ​businessmen spying on workers and neighbors.​ 
B) ​opening mail and tapping phones of anyone suspected of disloyalty.​ 
C) ​firing professors for speaking out against U.S. involvement in the war.​ 
D) ​passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution.​ 
E) ​banning and intercepting socialist materials from the mails. 
A) ​businessmen spying on workers and neighbors.​ 
B) ​opening mail and tapping phones of anyone suspected of disloyalty.​ 
C) ​firing professors for speaking out against U.S. involvement in the war.​ 
D) ​passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution.​ 
E) ​banning and intercepting socialist materials from the mails.

Question 2

The Palmer raids confirmed the depth of the radical threat to American society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Passed in 1917 and 1918, the Espionage, Sabotage, and Sedition Acts​

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A) ​authorized the government to prosecute enemy spies living in the U.S. 
B) allowed citizens to be prosecuted for writing or saying anything that could be construed as profaning the flag, the Constitution, or the military. 
C) ​required the deportation of all known anarchists residing in the United States. 
D) ​seemed extreme but had little social impact. 
E) All of these choices. 
A) ​authorized the government to prosecute enemy spies living in the U.S. 
B) allowed citizens to be prosecuted for writing or saying anything that could be construed as profaning the flag, the Constitution, or the military. 
C) ​required the deportation of all known anarchists residing in the United States. 
D) ​seemed extreme but had little social impact. 
E) All of these choices.

Question 4

In 1919, over 300,000 ____________________ workers went out on strike demanding and eight-hour day and recognition of their union. Strikers were met by violence and intimidation from employers who succeeded in turning public opinion against them.

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The answer of In 1919, over 300,000 ____________________ workers went...

Question 5

Congress granted the president the power to silence those who criticized the war effort by passing the ____________________ in 1917 and 1918.

Accepted Answer

Espionage,

Question 6

Before entry into the war, the United States

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A) traded with both Great Britain and Germany. 
B) traded only with Great Britain. 
C) refused to loan money to combatants. 
D) suspended exports to Great Britain in protest of the British blockade. 
E) ceased trade with both sides. 
A) traded with both Great Britain and Germany. 
B) traded only with Great Britain. 
C) refused to loan money to combatants. 
D) suspended exports to Great Britain in protest of the British blockade. 
E) ceased trade with both sides.

Question 7

The United States was completely neutral in word and deed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Only France shared Woodrow Wilson's goal of a "peace without victory."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

"Doughboys" was a nickname for U.S. Army cooks during World War I.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The act passed by Congress to enforce prohibition was the ____________________ Act.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The act passed by Congress to enforce...

Question 11

Discuss the social climate in post World War I America. ​

Accepted Answer

The social climate in post-World War I A

Question 12

The ____________________ Party gained control of the U.S. Senate in 1918.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ Party gained control of the...

Question 13

All of the following supported Woodrow Wilson's efforts to stay out of the war except

Accepted Answer

A) German Americans. 
B) prominent U.S. socialists. 
C) Theodore Roosevelt. 
D) Irish ethnics. 
E) Jane Addams. 
A) German Americans. 
B) prominent U.S. socialists. 
C) Theodore Roosevelt. 
D) Irish ethnics. 
E) Jane Addams.

Question 14

Progressive reformer Jane Addams

Accepted Answer

A) founded the Women's Peace Party and strongly opposed war. 
B) encouraged President Wilson to ask for a declaration of war. 
C) remained neutral on the war issue. 
D) favored Germany in World War I. 
E) favored the British in World War I. 
A) founded the Women's Peace Party and strongly opposed war. 
B) encouraged President Wilson to ask for a declaration of war. 
C) remained neutral on the war issue. 
D) favored Germany in World War I. 
E) favored the British in World War I.

Question 15

____________________ and ____________________ were two Italian-born anarchists convicted of first degree murder and executed, although the evidence against them was weak and their trial tainted by prejudice because of their nationality and political beliefs.

Accepted Answer

Sacco, Van

Question 16

Contrast the goals and provisions of the Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles.

Accepted Answer

The Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Ve

Question 17

The Lusitania ignored warnings that it was about to be torpedoed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Woodrow Wilson's unwillingness to compromise on the peace treaty is the chief reason it failed to pass in the Senate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The War Industries Board

Accepted Answer

A) represented Woodrow Wilson's attempt to have a decentralized approach toward war mobilization. 
B) possessed complete authority over military and civilian wartime production. 
C) was criticized by Progressives as inefficient. 
D) nationalized all industries in the U.S. 
E) lacked the authority to force businesses to adhere to its plans. 
A) represented Woodrow Wilson's attempt to have a decentralized approach toward war mobilization. 
B) possessed complete authority over military and civilian wartime production. 
C) was criticized by Progressives as inefficient. 
D) nationalized all industries in the U.S. 
E) lacked the authority to force businesses to adhere to its plans.

Question 20

At the beginning of World War I, many Americans identified more closely with the Germans than with the English.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: War and Society, 1914-1920

All of the following are examples of wartime repression except​

The Palmer raids confirmed the depth of the radical threat to American society.

Passed in 1917 and 1918, the Espionage, Sabotage, and Sedition Acts​

In 1919, over 300,000 ____________________ workers went out on strike demanding and eight-hour day and recognition of their union. Strikers were met by violence and intimidation from employers who succeeded in turning public opinion against them.

Congress granted the president the power to silence those who criticized the war effort by passing the ____________________ in 1917 and 1918.

Before entry into the war, the United States

The United States was completely neutral in word and deed.

Only France shared Woodrow Wilson's goal of a "peace without victory."

"Doughboys" was a nickname for U.S. Army cooks during World War I.

The act passed by Congress to enforce prohibition was the ____________________ Act.

Discuss the social climate in post World War I America. ​

The ____________________ Party gained control of the U.S. Senate in 1918.

All of the following supported Woodrow Wilson's efforts to stay out of the war except

Progressive reformer Jane Addams

____________________ and ____________________ were two Italian-born anarchists convicted of first degree murder and executed, although the evidence against them was weak and their trial tainted by prejudice because of their nationality and political beliefs.

Contrast the goals and provisions of the Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles.

The Lusitania ignored warnings that it was about to be torpedoed.

Woodrow Wilson's unwillingness to compromise on the peace treaty is the chief reason it failed to pass in the Senate.

The War Industries Board

At the beginning of World War I, many Americans identified more closely with the Germans than with the English.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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All of the following are examples of wartime repression except

Passed in 1917 and 1918, the Espionage, Sabotage, and Sedition Acts

Discuss the social climate in post World War I America.

and were two Italian-born anarchists convicted of first degree murder and executed, although the evidence against them was weak and their trial tainted by prejudice because of their nationality and political beliefs.