Chapters 20 & 21
After the United States entered World War I,
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As part of his Asian diplomacy, President Theodore Roosevelt
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During World War I, the new technology of warfare
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During the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of
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In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson antagonized many Republicans
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In 1920, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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In the early twentieth century, the United States' actions toward Mexico included
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In the years prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment,
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The brilliant lawyer Louis D. Brandies, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the "curse of bigness"
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While progressivism has many meanings, it tended in this period to be based on the central assumption that
American society was capable of improvement.
The Sierra Club was founded by
John Muir.
In World War I, the American Expeditionary Force was commanded by
John Pershing.
The most prominent exponent of black nationalism following World War I was
Marcus Garvey.
During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
Eugene V. Debs.
On the eve of the Great War, the chief rivalry in Europe was between
Germany and Great Britain.
In the aftermath of the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania,
Germany pledged to the United States it would not repeat such an action.
The country that lost the greatest number of lives in World War I was
Germany.
The first director of the National Forest Service was
Gifford Pinchot.
In 1914, the "Triple Entente" consisted of
Great Britain, France, and Russia.
All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the
Interstate Commerce Act.
During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included
New York's Tammany Hall.
As president, William Howard Taft
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During the Red Scare of 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
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In 1918, President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" received significant political support from
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After the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905,
President Roosevelt sent a fleet of ships around the world, including to Japan, as a show of force.
In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw
President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination.
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to become a candidate for president because
Robert La Follette had been working to secure the nomination for himself.
As a result of the service of African American soldiers in World War I,
activism by blacks for their rights increased.
As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt
added extensive areas of land to the national forest system.
During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World
advocated a single union for all workers.
President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" included
an end to secret treaties.
In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone, the United States
assisted a revolution in Panama.
During the progressive era, reformers of city government frequently tried to
hire professionally trained business managers or engineers as city managers.
Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because
in 1904 he had promised not to run again.
The so-called "Zimmermann telegram"
included a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico.
The term "muckrakers" referred to
journalists
During World War I, the United States military effort in Europe
lasted only a few months but suffered light casualties compared to the other combatants.
During World War I, the Council of National Defense eventually organized the national economy by creating
local defense councils.
The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act of 1918
made illegal any public expression opposing the war.
Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the
meatpacking industry.
Thorstein Veblen argued that
modern societies should rely on a handful of experts to govern the economy.
Regarding divorce in the United States during the progressive era, by 1916
more than ten percent of all marriages ended in divorce.
Many progressives, such as Lincoln Steffens, believed that the first target of reform should be
municipal governments.
Regarding the Treaty of Versailles, the United States Senate decided in 1919 to
not ratify it.
During the progressive era, clubs for African American women
often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions.
In his dealings with Pancho Villa, President Woodrow Wilson
ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa.
In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers, President Theodore Roosevelt
ordered federal arbitration.
In 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, Congress
passed a graduated income tax.
The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken
political parties.
During World War I, the United States government primarily financed the war through
public bond sales and new taxes.
Which of the following did the National War Labor Board, established in 1918, NOT grant to American workers?
recognition of the right to strike
During the progressive era, political "interest groups"
rose to replace the declining power centers of the parties.
During World War I, American ground troops
saw combat that was relatively brief but intense.
During the progressive era, W. E. B. Du Bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that
seeking legal challenges to civil injustice through white-dominated courts was a pointless exercise.
In his political program known as the "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson believed trusts
should be destroyed.
Regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era,
social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women.
The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of
social work.
The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of
state legislatures.
The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"
stated that the U.S. had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries.
In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,
strict regulations were imposed on factory owners.
The Supreme Court, in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,
struck down reform legislation.
In January 1917, President Woodrow Wilson, in a speech before Congress,
suggested the creation of the League of Nations in the postwar period.
As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for
the direct primary, initiative, and referendum.
For western states, the most important target of reform energies was
the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states.
Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by
the political parties.
President Theodore Roosevelt defined "civilized" and "uncivilized" nations on the basis of
both race and economic development.
In regards to organizing the professions during the Progressive Era,
by 1916, all states had established professional bar associations.
In 1914, when war erupted in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson
called on the American public to be completely impartial.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the "Social Gospel" was
chiefly concerned with redeeming the nation's cities.
The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating
child labor.
During World War I, the War Industries Board (WIB)
coordinated government purchases of military supplies.
The Federal Reserve Act
created a new type of paper currency.
The Federal Trade Commission Act
created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government.
During the Progressive Era, some supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters
deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women.
During World War I, technologically-advanced submarines used engines powered by
diesel.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the leaders of the settlement house movement
directed their attention to improving urban living conditions.
Marcus Garvey
encouraged African Americans to reject assimilation into white society.
In 1914-1915, the United States responded to a British naval blockade of Germany by
ending trade with Germany but continuing trade with Great Britain.
The policy idea behind "Dollar Diplomacy" was to
extend investments and influence of the United States in less-developed regions.
The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919
gained momentum as a result of World War I.
In 1920, passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
gave women the right to vote.
In 1910, in Osawatomie, Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for
greater activism by the federal government.
During the progressive era, the Socialist Party of America
grew stronger.
During the progressive era, the women's club movement
had a national organization to coordinate club activities.
During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,
he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities.
During the last eighteen months of Woodrow Wilson's presidency
he was essentially an invalid.
In the election of 1916, supporters of Woodrow Wilson
hinted that his Republican opponent would lead the nation into war.
During the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT
the urban middle class.
President Theodore Roosevelt's policies, in regard to Asia, were intended
to prevent both China and Russia from becoming dominant there.
President Woodrow Wilson's request to Congress for a declaration of war
took place two weeks after German submarines had torpedoed three Americans ships.
During World War I, airplanes were used for all of the following EXCEPT
transporting troops.
The election of 1920 saw
voters turn away from idealism and toward "normalcy."
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson believed the Paris Peace Conference treaty
was a success because of the acceptance of the League of Nations.
A distinctive characteristic of women in professional work during the progressive era was that
women were concentrated in the "helping" professions.
In 1919, the racial climate in the United States
worsened in both the North and South.
Immediately following World War I, the American economy
boomed for many months.
In 1919, all of the following figures were at the Paris Peace Conference EXCEPT
Alexander Kerensky of Russia.
All of the following were progressive reformers from western states EXCEPT
Alfred E. Smith.
As the United States entered World War I,
Britain and France had few reserves of combat-age men.
Which statement regarding the controversy over Hetch Hetchy Valley is FALSE?
Theodore Roosevelt led the fight in favor of building a dam at Hetch Hetchy.
"Dollar Diplomacy" is associated primarily with the administration of
William Howard Taft.
In the 1912 presidential election results,
Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote.
In 1919, American labor unrest saw
a general strike in Seattle that brought the city to a standstill.
In the United States during World War I, the Committee on Public Information (CPI)
became increasingly sensationalist in its information campaign.
During World War I, extensive systems of trenches were used by both sides
because the destructive power of weapons made conventional field battles too destructive.
World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States
because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country.
After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson
began another round of progressive legislation.
In the fall of 1915, President Woodrow Wilson
began to support a rapid increase of the nation's armed forces.
By the fall of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson
believed his reform program had largely been accomplished.
At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists
believed in the importance of social cohesion.
In the early twentieth century, eugenics
supported the restriction of immigration by nationality.
When President Woodrow Wilson presented the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate,
the American public clearly supported its ratification.
As the United States entered World War I, its most immediate military effect was in
the Atlantic Ocean.
During the progressive era, significant voting rights for women were first won in
the Far West.
Prior to the United States' construction of the Panama Canal,
the French had tried but failed to build a canal at the same site.
The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between
the Old Guard and what was to become the "Bull Moose."
In 1904, Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on
the Standard Oil trust.
The immediate spark for hostilities in Europe in 1914 was
the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
In March 1917, the United States moved closer to entering the Great War when
the czarist government of Russia was overthrown.
In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft
was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him.
The 1913 Underwood-Simmons Tariff
was intended to weaken the power of business trusts.
During President Woodrow Wilson's first term, Colonel Edward House
was one of Wilson's closest advisors.
In 1919, the Red Scare in the United States
was partly motivated by a series of bombings.
The Selective Service Act in the United States
was supported by President Woodrow Wilson.
The temperance crusade
was supported by business employers.
When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt
was the youngest American ever to hold the office.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history.
American casualties in World War I
were as likely to be from disease as from combat.
The diplomatic efforts of President Woodrow Wilson toward Latin America
were similar to those of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
