Question 1

A race riot in which thirty-eight people were killed and over 500 injured took place in July 1919 in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Albany, New York 
B)  Birmingham, Alabama 
C)  Cleveland, Ohio 
D)  Detroit, Michigan 
E)  Chicago, Illinois 
A)  Albany, New York 
B)  Birmingham, Alabama 
C)  Cleveland, Ohio 
D)  Detroit, Michigan 
E)  Chicago, Illinois

Question 2

What was the virulent menace that Americans faced in the postwar period that caused more casualties than the war itself?

Accepted Answer

A)  communism 
B)  socialism 
C)  the Spanish flu 
D)  the atomic bomb 
E)  the cholera outbreak 
A)  communism 
B)  socialism 
C)  the Spanish flu 
D)  the atomic bomb 
E)  the cholera outbreak

Question 3

One of the following pairs consists of two countries that were NOT members of the Triple Entente:

Accepted Answer

A)  Italy and France 
B)  France and Great Britain 
C)  Great Britain and Russia 
D)  Russia and France 
E)  Italy and Austria-Hungary 
A)  Italy and France 
B)  France and Great Britain 
C)  Great Britain and Russia 
D)  Russia and France 
E)  Italy and Austria-Hungary

Question 4

Concerning global issues, Wilson:

Accepted Answer

A)  was clueless 
B)  touted his extensive experience 
C)  was the first president to take on this issue 
D)  refused to show concern 
E)  had strong beliefs and principles 
A)  was clueless 
B)  touted his extensive experience 
C)  was the first president to take on this issue 
D)  refused to show concern 
E)  had strong beliefs and principles

Question 5

Why did America enter the war in Europe when it did? Why did it not enter before?

Accepted Answer

America entered the war in Europe when i

Question 6

Despite the fact that the Great War generated many changes in female employment, these changes were:

Accepted Answer

A)  for married women 
B)  only significant on the West Coast 
C)  for single women 
D)  for white women 
E)  limited and brief 
A)  for married women 
B)  only significant on the West Coast 
C)  for single women 
D)  for white women 
E)  limited and brief

Question 7

The so-called Arabic Pledge involved Wilson's stand to stop North Africa's fall into chaos during the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

President Wilson's secretary of state resigned in 1915:

Accepted Answer

A)  in protest of Wilson's pro-Britain stance 
B)  because he discovered that the Lusitania had carried a cargo of arms and ammunition 
C)  because he disapproved of Wilson's conciliatory stance toward Germany 
D)  because Wilson refused to sign the Arabic Pledge 
E)  because he had plans to run for president in 1916 
A)  in protest of Wilson's pro-Britain stance 
B)  because he discovered that the Lusitania had carried a cargo of arms and ammunition 
C)  because he disapproved of Wilson's conciliatory stance toward Germany 
D)  because Wilson refused to sign the Arabic Pledge 
E)  because he had plans to run for president in 1916

Question 9

Former president Theodore Roosevelt was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What gave World War I its lasting character?

Accepted Answer

A)  trench warfare 
B)  ethnic and racial hatred 
C)  fascism in Germany and Italy 
D)  the use of airplanes 
E)  the long stalemate that led to so few deaths 
A)  trench warfare 
B)  ethnic and racial hatred 
C)  fascism in Germany and Italy 
D)  the use of airplanes 
E)  the long stalemate that led to so few deaths

Question 11

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-A. Mitchell Palmer

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 12

Ethnic conflict in Central Europe led the Austro-Hungarian Empire's determination to stop the expansionism of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Croatia 
B)  Bulgaria 
C)  Germany 
D)  Serbia 
E)  Switzerland 
A)  Croatia 
B)  Bulgaria 
C)  Germany 
D)  Serbia 
E)  Switzerland

Question 13

Over 400,000 southern blacks moved northward during the war years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Discuss the various initial American reactions to the start of World War I.

Accepted Answer

The initial American reactions to the st

Question 15

Trace America's attempt at neutrality prior to its entry into World War I.

Accepted Answer

Prior to its entry into World War I, Ame

Question 16

The U.S. military effort in France:

Accepted Answer

A)  helped turn back several German offensives 
B)  had little if any significance 
C)  resulted in millions of American casualties 
D)  was commanded by Herbert Hoover 
E)  showed that small elite fighting forces were more effective than trench warfare 
A)  helped turn back several German offensives 
B)  had little if any significance 
C)  resulted in millions of American casualties 
D)  was commanded by Herbert Hoover 
E)  showed that small elite fighting forces were more effective than trench warfare

Question 17

What was the major cause of the East St. Louis riot in 1917?

Accepted Answer

A)  racial tension in a defense factory 
B)  a white man was accused of murdering an African American child 
C)  an African American was accused of rape 
D)  misunderstanding of the homeowners' restrictive clauses 
E)  black members of the National Guard were told to not wear their uniforms 
A)  racial tension in a defense factory 
B)  a white man was accused of murdering an African American child 
C)  an African American was accused of rape 
D)  misunderstanding of the homeowners' restrictive clauses 
E)  black members of the National Guard were told to not wear their uniforms

Question 18

The Treaty of Versailles did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  include a "war guilt" clause that blamed Germany for World War I 
B)  create new nations such as Poland and Yugoslavia 
C)  require Germany to pay reparations 
D)  transfer vast territories to France on Germany's west and to Poland on its east and north 
E)  require veterans' pensions to be paid by their home countries 
A)  include a "war guilt" clause that blamed Germany for World War I 
B)  create new nations such as Poland and Yugoslavia 
C)  require Germany to pay reparations 
D)  transfer vast territories to France on Germany's west and to Poland on its east and north 
E)  require veterans' pensions to be paid by their home countries

Question 19

The German delegation at Versailles objected most bitterly to:

Accepted Answer

A)  England's attempt to arrest a young politician named Adolf Hitler 
B)  the reparations to be paid to the United States 
C)  reparations for only civilian damages 
D)  France's attempt to kidnap the Kaiser 
E)  the war guilt clause 
A)  England's attempt to arrest a young politician named Adolf Hitler 
B)  the reparations to be paid to the United States 
C)  reparations for only civilian damages 
D)  France's attempt to kidnap the Kaiser 
E)  the war guilt clause

Question 20

As a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia:

Accepted Answer

A)  the country got its first democratic government 
B)  the country renewed its war effort against Germany 
C)  the country concluded a separate peace with Germany 
D)  the United States loaned Russia millions of dollars 
E)  the United States put thousands of Russian communist labor activists in jail in 1918 
A)  the country got its first democratic government 
B)  the country renewed its war effort against Germany 
C)  the country concluded a separate peace with Germany 
D)  the United States loaned Russia millions of dollars 
E)  the United States put thousands of Russian communist labor activists in jail in 1918

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

A race riot in which thirty-eight people were killed and over 500 injured took place in July 1919 in:

What was the virulent menace that Americans faced in the postwar period that caused more casualties than the war itself?

One of the following pairs consists of two countries that were NOT members of the Triple Entente:

Concerning global issues, Wilson:

Why did America enter the war in Europe when it did? Why did it not enter before?

Despite the fact that the Great War generated many changes in female employment, these changes were:

The so-called Arabic Pledge involved Wilson's stand to stop North Africa's fall into chaos during the war.

President Wilson's secretary of state resigned in 1915:

Former president Theodore Roosevelt was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations.

What gave World War I its lasting character?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -A. Mitchell Palmer

Ethnic conflict in Central Europe led the Austro-Hungarian Empire's determination to stop the expansionism of:

Over 400,000 southern blacks moved northward during the war years.

Discuss the various initial American reactions to the start of World War I.

Trace America's attempt at neutrality prior to its entry into World War I.

The U.S. military effort in France:

What was the major cause of the East St. Louis riot in 1917?

The Treaty of Versailles did all of the following EXCEPT:

The German delegation at Versailles objected most bitterly to:

As a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia:

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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