Chapter 21: America and the Great War

Which of the following best describes the general public's immediate reaction to Wilson's Fourteen Points

The Fourteen Points pleased many in both America and Europe

Which of the following were among the problems faced by President Wilson at home as the war came to a close?

Domestic economic troubles weighed more heavily than peace negotiations in the elections republicans captured majorities in both the House and the Senate

Who were the most frequent targets of the anti-disloyalty groups?

German Americans

The sinking of the ___________ with 128 Americans aboard by a German U-boat made many Americans angry at Germany.

Lusitania

Competing claims over _______ led in 1904 to war between Japan and Russia

Manchuria

The ________, launched in 1917, was renamed the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 1920

National Civil Liberties Bureau

It was justice ______ _________ ________ who wrote, in 1920, that the clash of "fighting faiths" was best resolved "by free trade in ideas-that best test of truth is...the competition of the market."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The term "Dollar Diplomacy" primarily referred to

Taft's efforts to extend American investments into less-developed regions

Marcus Garvey urged his followers to do which of the following?

build a new society in Africa have pride in their own race and culture create black-owned businesses

Ratified in the summer of 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment

guaranteed women the right to vote

By the end of the 1920s, Marcus Garvey's personal influence

had declined, though black nationalism continued to attract followers

In 1919 and 1920, the nation experienced

high inflation

World War I

increased the determination of African Americans to fight for their rights

In his dealings with Mexico, Wilson

on two occasions sent troops across the border, where they clashed violently with the Mexican army alternately supported and opposed a series of leaders who were vying for power

Pancho Villa was

once a lieutenant of leader of Mexico, Venustiano, Carranza, but later his rival for power

The leaders of the Allied powers ________ Wilson's postwar plans

opposed

In the presidential campaign of 1920, Republican Warren Harding

promised to return the country to "normalcy" offered few concrete proposals and no soaring ideals

During the Red Scare, nearly 30 states enacted peacetime sedition laws that imposed harsh penalties on people who were

promoting revolution against the government

Which of the following generally supported Wilson in his efforts to win ratification of the Versailles Treaty?

public sentiment

Wilson's Fourteen Points included which of the following?

recommendations for adjusting postwar boundaries a proposal for a League of Nations general principles to govern international conduct

The Committee on Public Information encouraged reporters to exercise "self-censorship" when covering the war.

True

What happened in the wake of a strike by the Boston police force in September 1919?

The national guard was summoned to restore order the city erupted in violence and looting

What was the status of the German war effort in November 1918?

a convoy system had mostly neutralized the German u-boat threat Allied forces were on the verge of invading the German homeland hundreds of thousands of German soldiers had been captured

Sacco and Vanzetti were both

anarchists

Theodore Rooselvelt's early support of the development of American sea power was a result of his

belief in America's duty to police the world

Theodore Roosevelt's early support of the development of American sea power was a result of his

belief in America's duty to police the world

The rioting that broke out in Chicago in the summer of 1919 pitted

whites against African Americans

The new Bolshevik rulers of Russia _______ at the Paris Peace Conference.

were unrepresented

Which of the following events occurred in the weeks following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

Germany invaded Belgium Germany declared war on both Russia and France Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire began hostillites

Roosevelt wanted the U.S. government to police the world. Therefore, he built up the navy until, by 1906, it was second in size only to the navy of

Great Britain

The "___________ ___________" after World War I led to new, large, African American communities arising in northern cities.

Great Migration

On the surface, what led European naval forces to blockade the coast of Venezuela in 1902?

Venezuela had begun to renege on debts to European bankers

Which of the following occurred in the presidential election of 1920?

Wilson's postwar vision was repudiated by voters Republican Warren Harding won in a landslide The public felt a general sense of disillusionment after the end of World War I

In the presidential election of 1916

Woodrow Wilson won by a small margin

New technologies used by the navy in the war included which of the following?

diesel submarines wireless telegraphy turbine propulsion

Which of the following contributed to workers' discontent in 1919?

difficult working conditions the return of veterans to the workforce inflation

In the early days of the war, the Atlantic Ocean was

dominated on the surface by the British and under the surface by the Germans

The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act, both passed in 1918

expanded the meaning of the Espoinage Act made it illegal for people to say in public that the opposed the war allowed officials to prosecute citizens who dared to criticize the president or the government

Which of the following were significant in prompting the Red Scare?

explosions in eight cities within minutes of one another the post office intercepting parcels that contained explosives the formation of the Communist International

A trade agreement reached by Japan and the United States in 1905

fell apart in the years that followed

Which of the following correctly describes the seizure of Veracruz, Mexico, by American forces in 1914?

it caused over a hundred casualties it was instigated by Wilson after Huerta's army refused to show penance for arresting several U.S. soldiers

Panama was chosen as the canal's location for which of the following reasons?

it offered a shorter route than the alternatives a French company had already done dome of the work there

Which of the following correctly describes the War Industries Board?

it was established to coordinate military supply purchases it did not perform well at first

The American Expeditionary Force

joined Allied forces in turning back a series of new German assaults

When he began his tenure as president, Wilson experience in international affairs was

limited

Which of the following contributed to a groundswell of American support for Great Britain?

media reports of German atrocities extensive trade ties

As new technologies were introduced over the course of the war, trench warfare

sheltered troops from machine guns and artillery replaced the old way of fighting in open fields could not protect troops from mustard gas

In support of its canal project in Panama, the Roosevelt administration did which of the following?

supported a local revolution recognized Panamanian independence landed troops in the area

Which of the following weapons first came into wide use in World War I?

tanks mustard gas airplanes

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination sparked the war, was a key figure in

the Austro-Hungarian Empire

The first opportunity for using the Roosevelt Corollary was a crisis in

the Dominican Republic

What was it about the remoteness of foreign affairs that appealed to Theodore Roosevelt and later presidents

the president could act with less regard for Congress

What was it about the remoteness of foreign affairs that appealed to Theodore Roosevelt and later presidents?

the president could act with less regard for Congress

What happened to most of those arrested Palmer raids?

they were released

Which of the following prompted the United States to enter the war against Germany in 1917?

threats to U.S commerce German naval strategy the Zimmermann telegram

War expenses

vastly increased the federal budget

A work stoppage by thousands of steelworkers in September 1919

was widely opposed by the public led to the death of 18 strikers