Question 1

The most important of all the federal mobilization agencies was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Fuel Administration 
B)  Emergency Fleet Corporation 
C)  U.S. Shipping Board 
D)  War Industries Board 
E)  Committee on Public Information 
A)  Fuel Administration 
B)  Emergency Fleet Corporation 
C)  U.S. Shipping Board 
D)  War Industries Board 
E)  Committee on Public Information

Question 2

President Wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in France while negotiating the peace treaty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Charles Evans Hughes

Accepted Answer

A) was Massachusetts governor at the time of the Boston police strike 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare 
C) was Wilson's first secretary of state 
D) was Wilson's second secretary of state 
E) was the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance 
A) was Massachusetts governor at the time of the Boston police strike 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare 
C) was Wilson's first secretary of state 
D) was Wilson's second secretary of state 
E) was the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance

Question 4

J. Luz Sáenz:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the energetic leader of the War Labor Policies Board 
B)  was a Mexican American World War I veteran who, three days after his discharge, was denied service at various restaurants 
C)  was the first and most celebrated conviction under the Espionage Act of 1917 
D)  was convicted under the "clear and present danger" doctrine 
E)  led the Fifth Army in the Mediterranean during World War I 
A)  was the energetic leader of the War Labor Policies Board 
B)  was a Mexican American World War I veteran who, three days after his discharge, was denied service at various restaurants 
C)  was the first and most celebrated conviction under the Espionage Act of 1917 
D)  was convicted under the "clear and present danger" doctrine 
E)  led the Fifth Army in the Mediterranean during World War I

Question 5

All of these innovations changed warfare during World War I EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  machine guns 
B)  blockades 
C)  land mines 
D)  long-range artillery 
E)  flame throwers 
A)  machine guns 
B)  blockades 
C)  land mines 
D)  long-range artillery 
E)  flame throwers

Question 6

The Food Administration('s)

Accepted Answer

A)  was contested by labor lawyer Frank P. Walsh 
B)  goal was to increase agricultural production while reducing civilian food consumption 
C)  used strict guidelines and coercive authority to achieve its goals 
D)  was managed by a young engineer named Harry Truman 
E)  encouraged Americans to eat as much food as possible in order to support farmers 
A)  was contested by labor lawyer Frank P. Walsh 
B)  goal was to increase agricultural production while reducing civilian food consumption 
C)  used strict guidelines and coercive authority to achieve its goals 
D)  was managed by a young engineer named Harry Truman 
E)  encouraged Americans to eat as much food as possible in order to support farmers

Question 7

During the midterm elections of 1918:

Accepted Answer

A)  Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress 
B)  labor, eastern businessmen, and western farmers expressed support for Democratic policies 
C)  Republican victories in the South were offset by heavy losses in the Northeast 
D)  Wilson asked voters to elect progressive candidates of either party 
E)  Wilson angered Democrats by appointing Taft to the Peace Commission 
A)  Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress 
B)  labor, eastern businessmen, and western farmers expressed support for Democratic policies 
C)  Republican victories in the South were offset by heavy losses in the Northeast 
D)  Wilson asked voters to elect progressive candidates of either party 
E)  Wilson angered Democrats by appointing Taft to the Peace Commission

Question 8

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Robert Lansing

Accepted Answer

A) was Massachusetts governor at the time of the Boston police strike 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare 
C) was Wilson's first secretary of state 
D) was Wilson's second secretary of state 
E) was the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance 
A) was Massachusetts governor at the time of the Boston police strike 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare 
C) was Wilson's first secretary of state 
D) was Wilson's second secretary of state 
E) was the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance

Question 9

Detail the American "preparedness" movement during World War I.

Accepted Answer

The American "preparedness" movement dur

Question 10

The Red Scare of 1919-1920 reflected the:

Accepted Answer

A)  massive steel strikes around Chicago and in western Pennsylvania 
B)  tremendous growth of the Socialist party during World War I 
C)  impact of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia on the United States as a wave of labor strikes and race riots spread 
D)  demobilization of the American army 
E)  bloody nature of the race riots 
A)  massive steel strikes around Chicago and in western Pennsylvania 
B)  tremendous growth of the Socialist party during World War I 
C)  impact of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia on the United States as a wave of labor strikes and race riots spread 
D)  demobilization of the American army 
E)  bloody nature of the race riots

Question 11

Who said, after the sinking of the Lusitania, "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Evans Hughes 
B)  Theodore Roosevelt 
C)  Woodrow Wilson 
D)  John Pershing 
E)  Alvin York 
A)  Charles Evans Hughes 
B)  Theodore Roosevelt 
C)  Woodrow Wilson 
D)  John Pershing 
E)  Alvin York

Question 12

The Great Migration, a mass movement that would continue through the 1920s, changed the political and social chemistry of southern cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Vittorio Orlando, prime minister of Italy, focused his efforts on:

Accepted Answer

A)  defeating Russia 
B)  destroying the United States 
C)  Austria 
D)  surrendering Luxembourg 
E)  annexing Switzerland 
A)  defeating Russia 
B)  destroying the United States 
C)  Austria 
D)  surrendering Luxembourg 
E)  annexing Switzerland

Question 14

Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate Republicans who demanded amendments to the Treaty of Versailles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The event that triggered World War I in Europe was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany's invasion of Belgium 
B)  Russia's decision to ally with France and Britain 
C)  Germany's determination to build a navy as large as Britain's 
D)  the fallout from the Bolshevik Revolution 
E)  a Serb's assassination of the Austrian archduke 
A)  Germany's invasion of Belgium 
B)  Russia's decision to ally with France and Britain 
C)  Germany's determination to build a navy as large as Britain's 
D)  the fallout from the Bolshevik Revolution 
E)  a Serb's assassination of the Austrian archduke

Question 16

One dramatic example of labor unrest in 1919 was a strike in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston, Massachusetts 
B)  San Francisco, California 
C)  Seattle, Washington 
D)  Chicago, Illinois 
E)  Atlanta, Georgia 
A)  Boston, Massachusetts 
B)  San Francisco, California 
C)  Seattle, Washington 
D)  Chicago, Illinois 
E)  Atlanta, Georgia

Question 17

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Bernard Baruch

Accepted Answer

A) was Massachusetts governor at the time of the Boston police strike 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare 
C) was Wilson's first secretary of state 
D) was Wilson's second secretary of state 
E) was the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance 
A) was Massachusetts governor at the time of the Boston police strike 
B) was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare 
C) was Wilson's first secretary of state 
D) was Wilson's second secretary of state 
E) was the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance

Question 18

During the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan "He kept us out of war" to discredit Wilson.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Discuss the economic transition from wartime production to peacetime consumerism immediately following World War I. How did organized labor adjust to these changes?

Accepted Answer

The economic transition from wartime pro

Question 20

During the presidential election of 1916, the Republicans :

Accepted Answer

A)  nominated Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  lost by a small margin 
C)  nominated Woodrow Wilson 
D)  won by a large margin 
E)  blew their chances when they did not allow the progressives to support Hughes 
A)  nominated Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  lost by a small margin 
C)  nominated Woodrow Wilson 
D)  won by a large margin 
E)  blew their chances when they did not allow the progressives to support Hughes

Exam 22: America and the Great War, 1914-1920

The most important of all the federal mobilization agencies was the:

President Wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in France while negotiating the peace treaty.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Charles Evans Hughes

J. Luz Sáenz:

All of these innovations changed warfare during World War I EXCEPT:

The Food Administration('s)

During the midterm elections of 1918:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Robert Lansing

Detail the American "preparedness" movement during World War I.

The Red Scare of 1919-1920 reflected the:

Who said, after the sinking of the Lusitania, "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight"?

The Great Migration, a mass movement that would continue through the 1920s, changed the political and social chemistry of southern cities.

Vittorio Orlando, prime minister of Italy, focused his efforts on:

Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate Republicans who demanded amendments to the Treaty of Versailles.

The event that triggered World War I in Europe was:

One dramatic example of labor unrest in 1919 was a strike in:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Bernard Baruch

During the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan "He kept us out of war" to discredit Wilson.

Discuss the economic transition from wartime production to peacetime consumerism immediately following World War I. How did organized labor adjust to these changes?

During the presidential election of 1916, the Republicans :

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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