Question 1

In his appearance before Congress to ask for a declaration of war in 1917,Woodrow Wilson

Accepted Answer

A)  asked the European Allies for material compensation for the sacrifices Americans would make. 
B)  emphasized that American involvement would make the world "safe for democracy." 
C)  made it clear that the United States would expect colonial territory in return for its participation. 
D)  promised that American troops would be deployed to Europe only for a finite period of time. 
A)  asked the European Allies for material compensation for the sacrifices Americans would make. 
B)  emphasized that American involvement would make the world "safe for democracy." 
C)  made it clear that the United States would expect colonial territory in return for its participation. 
D)  promised that American troops would be deployed to Europe only for a finite period of time.

Question 2

How did Roosevelt,Taft,and Wilson differ as architects of American imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Answer should ideally include:
- Rooseve

Question 3

For this question,refer to the following table.Note that the figures below for military casualties are rough estimates.Civilian casualties are even more uncertain.   The data above is best understood in the context of

Accepted Answer

A)  the relatively limited role American forces played in the war. 
B)  the unilateral foreign policy practiced by the United States. 
C)  Woodrow Wilson's call for the defense of humanitarian and democratic principles. 
D)  businesses and policymakers increasingly looking to gain greater influence and control over markets and resources outside U.S.borders. 
A)  the relatively limited role American forces played in the war. 
B)  the unilateral foreign policy practiced by the United States. 
C)  Woodrow Wilson's call for the defense of humanitarian and democratic principles. 
D)  businesses and policymakers increasingly looking to gain greater influence and control over markets and resources outside U.S.borders.

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-Treaty of Versailles

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Question 5

Which of the following policies did U.S.naval officer Alfred Mahan support in his 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power upon History?

Accepted Answer

A)  Isolationism for the United States 
B)  Cooperation of the United States with the Asian and African peoples 
C)  An American invasion of Mexico 
D)  An expansion of the American empire in Asia and Africa 
A)  Isolationism for the United States 
B)  Cooperation of the United States with the Asian and African peoples 
C)  An American invasion of Mexico 
D)  An expansion of the American empire in Asia and Africa

Question 6

Answer the following  questions :
-Panama Canal

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Question 7

What was Woodrow Wilson's primary reason for wanting to keep the United States neutral at the outbreak of World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wilson admired and hoped to emulate German culture and the German university system. 
B)  He wanted to arbitrate among the combatants and to influence the settlement of the war. 
C)  The president could not commit to fighting on behalf of a Catholic country such as France. 
D)  He was a pacifist who believed that the United States should never go to war. 
A)  Wilson admired and hoped to emulate German culture and the German university system. 
B)  He wanted to arbitrate among the combatants and to influence the settlement of the war. 
C)  The president could not commit to fighting on behalf of a Catholic country such as France. 
D)  He was a pacifist who believed that the United States should never go to war.

Question 8

Which of the following factors partially contributed to the rising tensions in Europe in the early 1900s that eventually resulted in World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  The demilitarization of France and England 
B)  European competition for African and Asian colonies 
C)  American domination of the Western Hemisphere 
D)  The growing strength and power of the Ottoman Empire 
A)  The demilitarization of France and England 
B)  European competition for African and Asian colonies 
C)  American domination of the Western Hemisphere 
D)  The growing strength and power of the Ottoman Empire

Question 9

Theodore Roosevelt's big-stick policy was demonstrated

Accepted Answer

A)  through his actions with the Rough Riders in Cuba. 
B)  with the strength and effectiveness of the U.S.Navy. 
C)  with his actions in the anthracite coal strike. 
D)  when he mediated the Russo-Japanese War. 
A)  through his actions with the Rough Riders in Cuba. 
B)  with the strength and effectiveness of the U.S.Navy. 
C)  with his actions in the anthracite coal strike. 
D)  when he mediated the Russo-Japanese War.

Question 10

Which of the following was true of race relations during World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  Almost 25 percent of the adult male Native American population served in World War I. 
B)  African Americans were often given hazardous military jobs,such as scouts and snipers. 
C)  Native Americans were not allowed into combat during the war in Europe. 
D)  Blacks and whites were kept separate,eliminating racial violence in the army during the war. 
A)  Almost 25 percent of the adult male Native American population served in World War I. 
B)  African Americans were often given hazardous military jobs,such as scouts and snipers. 
C)  Native Americans were not allowed into combat during the war in Europe. 
D)  Blacks and whites were kept separate,eliminating racial violence in the army during the war.

Question 11

What economic and intellectual factors promoted U.S.imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Answer should ideally include:
- Economi

Question 12

"Chronic wrong doing ...may ...require intervention by ...the United States [in adherence to] the Monroe Doctrine ... ,however reluctantly,in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence,to the exercise of an international police power." The philosophy exemplified in this quote reveals that it was taken from

Accepted Answer

A)  The Influence of Seapower upon History. 
B)  the Platt Amendment. 
C)  the Roosevelt Corollary. 
D)  a speech by William Jennings Bryan. 
A)  The Influence of Seapower upon History. 
B)  the Platt Amendment. 
C)  the Roosevelt Corollary. 
D)  a speech by William Jennings Bryan.

Question 13

U.S.wartime beliefs about Germany were exemplified by

Accepted Answer

A)  school districts' strengthening German language programs. 
B)  the imprisonment of tens of thousands of Germans in internment camps. 
C)  the distribution of posters by the U.S.government warning citizens of German spies. 
D)  celebration of German culture by renaming sauerkraut "liberty cabbage." 
A)  school districts' strengthening German language programs. 
B)  the imprisonment of tens of thousands of Germans in internment camps. 
C)  the distribution of posters by the U.S.government warning citizens of German spies. 
D)  celebration of German culture by renaming sauerkraut "liberty cabbage."

Question 14

Answer the following  questions :
-National War Labor Board

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Question 15

When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1913,he

Accepted Answer

A)  promised to continue using American economic leverage in foreign policy. 
B)  vowed that the United States would not seek further territorial gains by conquest. 
C)  approved a loan by an international consortium to China for modernizing its infrastructure. 
D)  argued that practicality should take precedence over morality in dealings with Latin America. 
A)  promised to continue using American economic leverage in foreign policy. 
B)  vowed that the United States would not seek further territorial gains by conquest. 
C)  approved a loan by an international consortium to China for modernizing its infrastructure. 
D)  argued that practicality should take precedence over morality in dealings with Latin America.

Question 16

How did the United States curb dissent against World War I on the home front?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Committee on Public Information educated Americans about the war's necessity for their safety. 
B)  The "One Hundred Percent Americans" campaign provided cash incentives for immigrants to obtain U.S.citizenship. 
C)  The Committee on Public Information produced government propaganda to support the war. 
D)  The American Protective League sponsored short prowar speeches at movie theaters and other public venues. 
A)  The Committee on Public Information educated Americans about the war's necessity for their safety. 
B)  The "One Hundred Percent Americans" campaign provided cash incentives for immigrants to obtain U.S.citizenship. 
C)  The Committee on Public Information produced government propaganda to support the war. 
D)  The American Protective League sponsored short prowar speeches at movie theaters and other public venues.

Question 17

Herbert Hoover emerged from World War I as one of the nation's most admired men because of his leadership of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Food Administration. 
B)  Railway War Board. 
C)  Fuel Administration. 
D)  National War Labor Board. 
A)  Food Administration. 
B)  Railway War Board. 
C)  Fuel Administration. 
D)  National War Labor Board.

Question 18

In the late 1800s and early 1900s,which nation's growing power in East Asia most surprised Europe and the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia 
B)  China 
C)  Korea 
D)  Japan 
A)  Russia 
B)  China 
C)  Korea 
D)  Japan

Question 19

The War Industries Board was responsible for

Accepted Answer

A)  recruiting women to take jobs in industry. 
B)  ordering factories to convert to wartime production. 
C)  negotiating military contracts based on below-market rates. 
D)  working with labor unions to ensure their concessions during wartime. 
A)  recruiting women to take jobs in industry. 
B)  ordering factories to convert to wartime production. 
C)  negotiating military contracts based on below-market rates. 
D)  working with labor unions to ensure their concessions during wartime.

Question 20

Answer the following  questions :
-League of Nations

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Exam 20: An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

In his appearance before Congress to ask for a declaration of war in 1917,Woodrow Wilson

How did Roosevelt,Taft,and Wilson differ as architects of American imperialism?

For this question,refer to the following table.Note that the figures below for military casualties are rough estimates.Civilian casualties are even more uncertain. The data above is best understood in the context of

Answer the following questions : -Treaty of Versailles

Which of the following policies did U.S.naval officer Alfred Mahan support in his 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power upon History?

Answer the following questions : -Panama Canal

What was Woodrow Wilson's primary reason for wanting to keep the United States neutral at the outbreak of World War I?

Which of the following factors partially contributed to the rising tensions in Europe in the early 1900s that eventually resulted in World War I?

Theodore Roosevelt's big-stick policy was demonstrated

Which of the following was true of race relations during World War I?

What economic and intellectual factors promoted U.S.imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

U.S.wartime beliefs about Germany were exemplified by

Answer the following questions : -National War Labor Board

When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1913,he

How did the United States curb dissent against World War I on the home front?

Herbert Hoover emerged from World War I as one of the nation's most admired men because of his leadership of the

In the late 1800s and early 1900s,which nation's growing power in East Asia most surprised Europe and the United States?

The War Industries Board was responsible for

Answer the following questions : -League of Nations

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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