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wilson's most effective slogan in the campaign of 1916 was
"He kept us out of the war"
Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her expose: A. David G. Phillips B. Ida Tarbell C. Lincoln Stevens D. Ray Stannard Baker 1. The U.S. Senate 2. The Standard Oil Company 3. City governments 4. The condition of blacks
A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism: A. Thorstein Veblen B. Jack London C. Jacob Riis D. Henry Demarest Lloyd 1. "Bloated trusts" 2. slum conditions 3. "Conspicuous consumption" 4. Destruction of nature
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
The threatened war between the US and Mexico in 1914 was avoided by the mediation of the ABC powers, which consisted of
Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
The western preservationists suffered their worst political setback when
California's Hetch Hetchy Valley was dammed to supply water to San Francisco
Which of the following was not among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement
Ending special regulations governing women in the workplace
Wilson effectively reformed the banking and financial system by
Establishing a third band of the US to issue and regulate the currency
Progressivism was closely tied to the
Feminist movement and women's causes
The political roots of the progressive movement lay in the
Greenback Labor party and the Populists
Progressive reformers included which of the following:
Militarists, Pacifists Female Settlement workers, Labor unionists
The Supreme Court's rule of reason in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving
Northern Securities
The basic contrast between the two progressive candidates, Roosevelt and Wilson, was that
Roosevelt wanted the federal government to regulate the economy and promote social welfare, while wilson wanted to restore economic competition and social equality
While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the
Square Deal
Wilson won the election of 1912 primarily because
Taft and Roosevelt split the former Republican vote
The sympathy of a majority of Americans for the Allies and against Germany was especially conditioned by
The German invasion of neutral Belgium
The Panic of 1807 exposed the need for substantial reform in
U.S. banking and currency policies
Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was inspired by the publication of
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
The real heart of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to
Use the government as an agency of human welfare
TR decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because......
William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's progressive policies.......
13. During World War I, the government's treatment of labor could be best described as a) fair b) strict and financially unrewarding c) extremely brutal d) so good the right to form unions was finally granted e) decent for native Americans but harsh for ethnic groups
a
20. In an effort to make economic mobilization more efficient during World War I, the federal government took over and operated a) the railroads b) the merchant marine c) heavy industry d) American agriculture e) the steel mills
a
22. During World War I the U.S. used naval vessels a) made from concrete b) purchased from Germany c) from the Civil War era d) none of the above e) all of the above
a
24. Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because a) they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve b) the law required the registration of sixteen-year-old males c) women were included in the draft law d) substitutes could be hired to take someone's place e) there was racial discrimination in the military
a
25. During WWI, American troops fought in all of the following countries except a) Czechoslovakia b) Russia c) Belgium d) Italy e) France
a
31. The U.S.' main contributions to the Allied victory in World War I included all of the following except a) battlefield victories b) foodstuffs c) oil d) munitions e) financial credit
a
36. Opposition to the League of Nations by the U.S. Senate during the Paris Peace Conference a) gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position b) resulted in the League's being left out of the final draft of the treaty c) led to an abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine d) reinforced German's unwillingness to sigh the treaty e) forced Wilson to weaken the League idea
a
39. The Republican strategy regarding the Treaty of Versailles was to a) delay and amend the treaty b) defeat the treaty c) appeal to the American public to support it d) rush the treaty to a vote before Wilson could get enough support to pass it e) make the election of 1920 a "solemn referendum" on the treaty
a
7. The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that a) he oversold Wilson's ideals and led the world to expect too much. b) he relied too much on formal laws to gain compliance c) the entertainment industry was not willing to go along with the propaganda campaign d) U.S. allies refused to cooperate e) the public was skeptical of government propaganda
a
During the Wilson administration, Congress excersized the authority granted by the newly enacted 16th Ammendment to pass
a Federal income tax
Wilson's initial attitude toward the Mexican revolutionary government was
a refusal to recognize the legitimacy of General Huerta's regime
While it attacked business monopolies, the Clayton Anti-Trust act exempted from anti-trust prosecution of
agricultural and labor organizations
TR weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he
announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president
The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass
antisweatshop and workers' compensation laws for job injuries
1. President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when a) the Zimmermann note was intercepted and made public b) Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic c) news was received that a revolutionary movement had overthrown the czarists regime in Russia d) Germany rejected Wilson's Fourteen Points for peace e) it appeared that the German army would take Paris
b
12. As a result of their work supporting the war effort, women a) in large numbers secured a foothold in the work force b) finally received the right to vote c) were allowed to join the air force d) organized the National Women's Party e) all of the above
b
17. The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during WWI resulted in a) better race relations in the South b) racial violence in the North c) fewer blacks willing to be used as strikebreakers d) a new black middle class e) all of the above
b
18. Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on _____________ to prepare the economy for war. a) congressional legislation b) voluntary compliance c) presidential edict d) court decisions e) business trade organizations
b
28. The first significant engagement of American troops in a European battle in American history came in the spring of 1918 a) Meuse-Argonne b) Chateau-Thierry c) St. Mihiel d) The Second Battle of the Marne e) D-Day
b
33. The chief difference between Woodrow Wilson and the parliamentary statesmen at the Paris peace table was that Wilson a) lacked their popularity in Europe b) did not command a legislative majority at home c) brought some of his political opponents with him d) refused to play politics with the peace powers e) was not popular with his own people
b
35. At the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson sought all of the following goals except a) preventing a seizure of territory by the victors b) an end to the European colonial empires in Africa and Asia c) a world parliament of nations to provide collective security d) national self-determination for smaller European nations e) free trade and freedom of the seas
b
37. After the Treaty of Versailles had been signed, Wilson a) remained a popular leader b) was condemned by both disillusioned liberals and frustrated imperialists c) was popular only with the Germans d) admitted that he should nave been willing to compromise e) planned a shrewd strategy for Senate approval
b
6. Of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the one that he hoped would provide a system of collective security was the a) reduction of armaments b) League of Nations c) abolition of secret treaties d) guarantee of freedom of the seas e) principle of national self-determination of peoples
b
Wilson's progressive measures substantially aided all of the following groups except
blacks
Political progressivism emerged in
both political parties, in all religions, at all levels of government
11. Two constitutional amendments adopted in part because of because of wartime influences were the 18th, which dealt with _________________, and the 19th, whose subject was _______________. a) prohibition; an income tax b) direct election of senators; woman suffrage c) prohibition; woman suffrage d) an income tax; direct election of senators e) women suffrage; prohibition
c
15. Grievances of labor during and shortly after World War I include all of the following except a) the inability to gain the right to organize b) war-spawned inflation c) suppression of the American Federation of Labor d) violence against workers by employers e) the use of African-Americans as strike breakers
c
2. The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between a) Britain and France b) Russia and Germany c) Germany and Mexico d) Mexico and France e) Germany and Canada
c
21. The U.S. used all of the flowing methods to support the war effort except a) encouraging people to buy war bonds b) having "heatless Mondays" to conserve fuel c) using government power extensively to regulate the economy d) seizing enemy merchant vessels trapped in American harbors e) restricting the manufacture of beer
c
27. Russia's withdrawal from World War I in 1918 resulted in a) a communist takeover of that country b) the U.S' entry into the war c) the release of thousands of German troops for deployment on the front in France d) Germany's surrender to the Allies e) a setback for the idea of a "war for democracy"
c
32. The Germans were eventually demoralized by a) the U.S.' military performance b) defeat of the Battle of Meuse-Argonne c) the U.S.' troop reserves d) Russia's entry into the war e) American propaganda
c
4. President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by a) appealing to America's tradition of intervention in Europe b) convincing the public of the need to make the world safe from the German submarine c) pledging to make the war "a war to end all wars" and to make the world safe for democracy d) promising territorial gains e) declaring that only the navy would be involved in combat
c
40. Senate opponents of the League of Nations as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles argued that it a) failed to provide any German financial reparations for the U.S. b) violated Wilson's own Fourteen Points c) robbed Congress of its war-declaring powers d) isolated the U.S. from postwar world affairs e) would require U.S. troops to serve in international forces
c
After the Lusitania, Arabic, and Sussex sinkings, Wilson sucessfully pressured the German government to
cease from sinking neutral merchant and passenger ships without warning
According to the text, TR's most important and enduring achievement may have been
conserving American resources and portecting the environment
16. The 1919 steel strike resulted in a) the eight-hour workday b) the right to bargain collectively c) higher wages d) a grievous setback crippling the union movement for a decade e) a "general strike" in Seattle and Pittsburgh
d
30. As a condition of ending World War I, Woodrow Wilson demanded that a) Germany remove its army from Russia b) Germany be present at the peace conference c) the German government pay for war damages d) the German Kaiser be forced from power e) Germany accept guilt for the war
d
34. Woodrow Wilson's ultimate goal at the Paris Peace conference was to a) stop the spread of communism b) blame no one for starting the war c) force Germany to pay reparations for the war d) establish the League of Nations e) create new national states in Europe
d
42. The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations had Wilson a) stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points b) personally gone to Europe to negotiate the League Covenant c) actively campaigned for support from the American public d) had been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress e) run for re-election and won on a pro-League platform
d
8. Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he directed. A. George Creel B. Herbert Hoover C. Bernard Baruch D. William H. Taft 1. War Industries Board 2. Committee on Public Information 3. Food Administration 4. National War Labor Board a) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 b) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 d) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 e) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
d
The case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocated because in its ruling, the Supreme Court
declared a law limited work to ten hours a day unconstitutional
President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed
dollar diplomacy
10. During World War I, civil liberties in America were a) protected by the Espionage Act b) limited, but no one was actually imprisoned for his or her convictions c) extended to everyone in this country, because the war was fought for democracy d) protected for everyone except German-Americans e) denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty
e
14. The strikes and sabotage of the Industrial Workers of the World during WWI were a) aimed at undermining the war effort b) unjust c) never taken seriously by the government d) based on Samuel Gompers' union philosophy e) the result of some of the worst working conditions in the country
e
19. Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from a) confiscation of German property b) income taxes c) tariffs d) sale of armaments to Britain and France e) loans
e
23. When the U.S. entered WWI in 1917, most Americans did not believe that a) the navy was obligated to defend freedom of the seas b) it would be necessary to continue making loans to the Allies c) the U.S. would have to ship war materials to the Allies d) mobilization for war should be largely voluntary e) it would be necessary to send a large American army to Europe
e
26. A unique feature of the U.S. armed forces during World War I was a) the absence of a draft b) the use of black soldiers in combat c) the formation of the Marine Corps d) the formation of a separate air force e) the entry of women for the first time
e
29. The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it a) was the first time American troops saw action in France b) forced the Kaiser to abdicate c) was the first time American troops fought by themselves d) saw the first use of combat aircraft e) marked the beginning of a German withdrawal that was never reversed
e
3. The U.S. declared war on Germany a) in response to demands by American munitions makers b) as a result of treaty obligations c) because Wall Street bankers demanded it d) after Mexico signed an alliance with Germanye) after German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels
e
38. In the U.S., the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was a) arms limitation b) open diplomacy c) the permanent U.S. alliance with France d) self-determination e) Article X
e
41. In Congress, the most reliable support for Wilson's position on the League of nations came from a) Henry Cabot Lodge b) pro-league Republicans c) the irreconcilables d) Midwestern senators e) Democrats
e
5. President Wilson viewed America's entry into World War I as an opportunity for the U.S. to a) reestablish the balance of power in European diplomacy b) expand America's territorial holdings c) rebuild its dangerously small military and naval forces d) establish a permanent military presence in Europe e) shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy
e
9. When the U.S. entered World War I, it was a) well prepared thanks to the foresight of Woodrow Wilson b) well prepared militarily but not industrially c) well prepared for land combat but not for naval warfare d) well prepared industrially but not militarily e) poorly prepared to leap into global war
e
The Elkins and Hepburn Acts were designed to
end corrupt and exploitative practices by the railroad trusts
In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that
female workers required special rules and protection on the job
Progressive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the progressives' highest priority was
government efficiency
As a part of his reform program, teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except
guaranteed recognition of labor unions
Wilson's primary weakness as a politician was
his tendency to be inflexible and refuse to compromise
The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was a key progressive reform designed to
make the Senate millionaire's club directly elected by the people
Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to
make the public aware of social problems
According to progressives, the cure for all of American democracy's ills was
more democracy
When Upton Sincalir wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the
plight of workers in the stockyards and meat -packing industry
The real purpose of TR's assault on trusts was to
prove that democratic federal government, not private business, goverened the U.S.
The Newlands ACt, passed under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was designed to
reclaim and irrigate unproductive lands
President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ________ trusts
regulating
To regain the power that the people had lost to the interests, progressives advocated all of the following except
socialism
During his presidency, TR did al of the following except
substantially weaken corporate capitalism
the new regulatory agency created by the Wilson administration in 1914 that attacked monopolies, false advertisment and consumer fraud was
the Federal Trade Comission
The religious movement that was closely linked to progressivism was
the Social Gospel
The leading progressive organization advocating prohibition of liquor was
the Women's Christian Temperance Union
The multiple-use conservationists generally believed that
the environment could be effectively protected without shutting it off to human use
General Pershing's expedition into Mexico was sent in direct response to
the killing of American citizens in New Mexico by "Pancho" Villa
One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that
the national government did not automatically side with the owners in the dispute
While president, Theodore Roosevelt enhanced
the power and prestige of the presidency
the "Triple Wall of Privilege" that WIlson set out to reform consisted of
the tariffs, the banks, and the trusts
Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of
their being essentially and extension of women's traditional roles as wives and mothers
Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by
threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops
The muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they
trusted in publicity to reform capitalism rather than overthrow it
Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities
unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government
As president, William Howard Taft
was wedded more to the status quo than to progressive change
Teddy Roosevelt believed that large corporate trusts
were bad only if they acted as monopolies against the public interest