Question 1

Discuss the Palmer Raids in the context of each of the following: the Bolshevik Revolution; race relations in the United States; labor unions.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the Palmer Raids in the context...

Question 2

Which statement is accurate concerning organized labor during the First World War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The leadership of the AFL supported the war effort and promised to deter strikes. 
B)  The government actively aided organized labor to ensure that workers received their fair share from excess corporate profits. 
C)  Union membership declined dramatically after the War Industries Board labeled organized labor as subversive. 
D)  The National War Labor Board encouraged management to crush existing unions and prevent the emergence of new unions.

Question 3

Which of the following is true of the 1918 congressional elections?

Accepted Answer

A)  The results greatly enhanced the possibility that the Senate would accept a peace agreement based on Wilsonian principles. 
B)  The results clearly indicated the voting public's approval of Wilson's Fourteen Points. 
C)  Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress shortly before Wilson's departure for the Paris Peace Conference. 
D)  Because of significant Republican gains in both the House and the Senate, Wilson was practically forced to invite Republican congressional leaders to accompany him to Paris.

Question 4

The military outcome of the First World War was decided by __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia 
B)  the influx of American men and material into Europe 
C)  the strategic bombing of German factories 
D)  the destroyer campaign against German submarines

Question 5

Which of the following amendments to the constitution granted women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  18th Amendment 
B)  19th Amendment 
C)  20th Amendment 
D)  25th Amendment

Question 6

Discuss the nature and extent of the American peace movement, and explain its failure to prevent American entry into the First World War.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the nature and extent of the...

Question 7

Which of the following events was the immediate cause of Great Britain's entry into the First World War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Austro-Hungarian invasion of France 
B)  The mobilization of the Russian army 
C)  The German invasion of Belgium 
D)  The declaration of war against Serbia by Austria-Hungary

Question 8

Discuss the characteristics of American draftees and volunteers and their lives as soldiers during the First World War. What attempts were made to protect the virtue of American soldiers? Why? How successful were those attempts?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the characteristics of American draftees and...

Question 9

By 1920, the United States had become the world's leading economic power by producing what?

Accepted Answer

A)  40 percent of its coal and 70 percent of its petroleum 
B)  40 percent of its gas and 70 percent of its petroleum 
C)  40 percent of its coal, and 70 percent of its gas 
D)  40 percent of its diesel and 70 percent of its petroleum

Question 10

Examine the impact of the First World War on African Americans and on race relations in the United States.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Examine the impact of the First World...

Question 11

American women during the First World War ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  worked less outside of the home 
B)  found that sex-segregated occupations were a thing of the past 
C)  moved into jobs that had previously been reserved for men 
D)  went on strike frequently to demand equal wages to men

Question 12

Which was the first woman to sit in Congress and vote against a declaration of war against Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jane Addams 
B)  Carrie Chapman Catt 
C)  Jeannette Rankin 
D)  Ida Tarbell

Question 13

In the early years of the First World War, it was difficult for America to remain neutral because

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States had strong economic ties to the Allies. 
B)  most Americans felt the United States should enter the war at once. 
C)  many Wilson administration officials held pro-German sympathies. 
D)  Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan was decidedly pro-British.

Question 14

The typical American soldier in the First World War was _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  married with children 
B)  an African American 
C)  a high-school graduate 
D)  a draftee in his early- to mid-twenties

Question 15

Which of the following contributed to the Red Scare that followed the First World War?

Accepted Answer

A)  A wave of postwar strikes 
B)  Protests on college campuses 
C)  The discovery of Communist agents within the government 
D)  The dramatic growth of the Communist Labor Party

Question 16

Discuss the various factors that prevented America from remaining truly neutral during the First World War, and explain how British and German naval policies eventually drew the United States into the conflict.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the various factors that prevented America...

Question 17

What was the result of Paris Peace Conference?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Allies applied the principle of self-determination to all former colonial empires. 
B)  The Allies established free trade among all of the world's industrialized nations. 
C)  The Allies accepted Wilson's arguments in favor of a small indemnity against Germany. 
D)  The Allies created a chain of pro-Western buffer states around Russia.

Question 18

When Serbia called on its Slavic ally Russia for help, _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  they hesitated 
B)  they declared war against Germany 
C)  they took advantage of the war in Europe to seize Shandong 
D)  they in turn looked for backing from their ally France

Question 19

Who sent a "peace ship" to Europe to propagandize for a negotiated settlement in the First World War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Carnegie 
B)  Henry Ford 
C)  J.P. Morgan 
D)  John D. Rockefeller

Question 20

Which of the following was one of the Lodge reservations to the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A)  The provision affirming the racial equality of all people should be stricken from the treaty and from the League Covenant. 
B)  Any American obligation to use armed force to ensure collective security should require congressional approval. 
C)  The League of Nations should not have jurisdiction over the domestic matters of any member state. 
D)  The Monroe Doctrine should be exempt from the jurisdiction of the League of Nations.

Exam 20: Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920