INQUIZITIVE; Chapter 19

organizer of a Pan-African Congress who proposed German African colonies be turned into an independent nation

W. E. B. Du Bois

Many politicians in Congress were willing to ratify the League of Nations treaty with some "reservations," but President Woodrow Wilson was unwilling to compromise. Why was he unwilling to compromise?

Wilson believed "the hand of God" was reflected in the treaty

Woodrow Wilson brought a missionary zeal and strong moral righteousness to the office of the presidency. Identify the statements that describe Wilson's foreign policy and actions.

Wilson established a military government in the Dominican Republic in 1916.

Analyze the photograph below. World War I represented one of the first instances of modern warfare. Identify the new technologies used in WWI for the first time that are shown in this image.

motorized trucks machine guns

1919 was a year of worldwide social and political upheaval. Identify the events that took place during this year that contributed to the historic changes taking place around the globe.

the Great Steel Strike the Russian Revolution and civil war

What does Wilson think is the greatest threat to freedom in the world? Select the quotation from the excerpt where he describes this danger.

"The menace to peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people.

Identify the statements that describe the Wilsonian ideal of "self-determination" and the influence it had on global affairs after World War I.

Britain and France did not embrace the concept, as it would mean relinquishing control of their occupied lands all over the world. Japan proposed to include in the League of Nations charter a clause that recognized the equality of all people, regardless of race. Citizens of Arabic countries asked Wilson to declare war in the name of democracy.

Analyze the table below. During World War I, more than 500,000 African-Americans moved to the North seeking better jobs and an escape from the segregated South in what has been called "The Great Migration." What does the table reveal about the African-American population in the United States between 1910 and 1920?

Detroit's black population grew at the fastest rate. New York had the largest African-American population in 1910 and 1920. Large cities across the Northeast and Midwest experienced substantial growth in their African-American populations between 1910 and 1920. Cleveland had an insignificant increase in its African-American population between 1910 and 1920.

World War I led to the difficult question of balancing security with liberty. Wilson portrayed the war as a fight for liberty and for protecting our freedoms, yet it led to some of the worst examples of repression and violations of basic civil liberties in American history. Fill in the blanks to complete the passage about the violation of civil liberties during World War I.

Espionage Act of 1917, Sedition Act, Eugene V. Debs

The Ford Motor Company resisted the "Americanization" of its workers during this time.

False

How did America's use of the Espionage and Sedition Acts infringe on the rights of the people?

Freedom of speech was temporarily suspended. They began a witch hunt to find those who were "un-American."

Analyze the map below. What does this map reveal about the U.S. military intervention in the Caribbean from 1898 to 1941?

In addition to military oversight, the United States also exerted its power by overseeing the financial dealings of countries in the Caribbean. While the United States was active in the Caribbean Islands and Central America, it didn't interfere in the affairs of countries in South America. The United States gained control over territories in the Caribbean through leases, seizures, and purchases. America aided in the acquisition of crucial territory from Colombia in order to facilitate the construction of the Panama Canal.

German-Americans bore the brunt of forced Americanization and nationalism during and after World War I. Which of the following best represent ways that Americans sought to enforce their culture on immigrants?

Iowa passed a law requiring all public conversations to be conducted in English. Hamburgers became known as "liberty sandwiches."

leader of the nonviolent movement for the independence of India

Mohandas K. Ghandi

Identify the statements that describe the "race problem" before and during World War I in the United States.

Most Progressives believed that democracy wouldn't survive in a country divided along racial lines. Pseudo-science attempted to explain the dangers or virtues of different races and categorize them according to their relative worth. American citizens felt that their entire culture and political system were under assault by waves of new immigrants.

leader of Vietnamese nationalists opposed to French colonial rule

Nguyen That Thahn

Identify the statements that describe the construction of the Panama Canal.

Over 60,000 workers labored on the construction of the Panama Canal. The best jobs were reserved for white Americans.

Identify the experiences of the following ethnic groups during World War I.

Progressive intellectuals, social scientists, labor reformers, and suffrage advocates paid little heed to this large minority. Correct label:African-Americans They lacked the right to vote for president or a member of Congress, yet they were subject to the draft. Correct label:Puerto Ricans Wartime demand for labor increased immigration of this group in the Southwest. Correct label:Mexican-Americans

World War I and the importance placed on nationalism in politics created a backlash against ethnic and racial differences in the United States. Identify the examples of "Americanization" that took place in the country.

Public schools paid special attention to the children of immigrants in attempt to teach them American values. The Fourth of July was renamed Loyalty Day, and ethnic groups had to participate in patriotic pageants. Employers regularly assessed how American their employees were and forced immigrants to enroll in English-language courses.

Read and analyze the "Voices of Freedom" primary source document from the chapter, titled "Speech to the Jury Before Sentencing Under the Espionage Act" (1918) by Eugene V. Debs. What arguments does Eugene V. Debs make about the right of dissent in wartime?

Revering once "public enemies" such as William Lloyd Garrison was now hypocritical in light of restricted liberties enacted by the Wilson administration. Debs indicates that dissent is a fundamental aspect of American history.

Analyze the political cartoon below. Identify the imagery in the cartoon that offers a critique of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign diplomacy during his presidency.

Roosevelt is represented as a policeman controlling the non-white population of the world. Roosevelt holds in one hand a document that says "Arbitration," which suggests the promise of a peaceful resolution to conflicts, but in the other hand swings a giant club labeled "The New Diplomacy."

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing the path to World War I.

Russia, Britain, Germany.

The spark that ignited World War I occurred in a far corner of the Balkans that most Europeans were little aware existed. Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

Serbian nationalist, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian empire

According to the Wilson Administration, America's war aims were so virtuous they should not be challenged. Identify the examples of "coercive patriotism" that took place during World War I.

Sympathy for the Russian Revolution was considered "un-American." It was illegal in many states to possess a communist or anarchist flag. Teachers were required to sign loyalty oaths and revise their curriculum to ensure they were patriotic. It was illegal in many states to possess a communist or anarchist flag.

The Great War ushered in significant changes to the political borders within Europe. Evaluate the following two maps, which depict Europe in 1914 and Europe in 1919. What impact did World War I have on Europe's borders?

The Austro-Hungarian empire was divided into two nations, Austria and Hungary.

The Committee on Public Information (CPI) was created by Woodrow Wilson as a propaganda agency to explain to the American public and the world "the cause that compelled America to take up arms in defense of its liberties and free institutions." Identify the statements that describe the CPI.

The CPI was formed to combat growing opposition to entering the war from the Socialist Party and labor unions. The CPI distributed pamphlets, posters, newspapers, and motion pictures with its pro-war message.

Progressive presidents were willing to project American power beyond the borders of the United States. Which of these regions experienced over twenty American interventions between 1901 and 1920?

The Caribbean

The process of the United States entering World War I was drawn out. No single event caused the United States to intervene. Put the events in the order in which they occurred that led to the United States' participation in the war.

The RMS Lusitania, which was carrying a cache of arms, was sunk by German submarines. Germany announced its intention to resume unrestricted submarine warfare against ships sailing to or from the British Isles. The Zimmermann Telegram was intercepted. In it, Germany promised to help Mexico recover territory lost to the United States when it joined the war. Wilson authored the Fourteen Points.

Identify the symbolism and messages deployed by the CPI in the United States during World War I.

The Statue of Liberty became a symbol of the American war effort and the embodiment of freedom. Buying Liberty bonds became a demonstration of patriotism. The war, according to the CPI, was being fought in "the great cause of freedom."

Match each of the following philosophies of American interventionism to their correct definition.

The United States had a moral obligation to spread notions of civility and democracy to other nations. Correct label:moral imperialism Economic investment, rather than military intervention, proved the best means to spread American influence. Correct label:Dollar Diplomacy held that the United States had the right to maintain an "international police power" in the Western Hemisphere Correct label:Roosevelt Corollary

The image below is a piece of wartime propaganda created by an American, Harry Hopps, in 1918. Identify the statement that best describes the artist's message behind this portrayal of Germany.

The artist created this piece of propaganda to encourage American sentiment against Germany in World War I, and here, specifically, to encourage enlistment in the U.S. Army.

What does this map reveal about the United States prior to Prohibition?

The majority of the Northeast was "wet" in 1915. The majority of the South was "dry" in 1915. Many states were a mix of both "dry" and "wet" counties.

Analyze the excerpt below from Woodrow Wilson, "War Message to Congress" (1917). What does Wilson think is the greatest threat to freedom in the world? Select the quotation from the excerpt where he describes this danger.

The menace to peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people.

D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation chronicled the early days of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and had its premiere at Woodrow Wilson's White House in 1915. Identify the statements that describe the movie.

The movie glorified the Ku Klux Klan not as racist terrorists, but as heroes protecting virtuous white southerners from "uncivilized" blacks. The movie depicted African-Americans as unworthy of participation in government and dangerous to white women.

Identify the statements that describe the role of women in World War I.

The woman suffrage movement argued that if the war was about "freedom" abroad then it should also aim to expand "freedom" at home. Many women did jobs previously reserved for men before the war.

American forces, augmenting the British and French, assaulted the German front along the Meuse-Argonne, effectively ending the Great War.

True

British, American, French, and Japanese troops occupied Russian territory in 1918 in an attempt to reverse communist successes in the Russian civil war. Unable to form a coherent policy nor find a worthy anticommunist ally, the force had no lasting impact on the eventual outcome of the Russian Civil War and Lenin's victory.

True

The English editor W. T. Stead accurately predicted in 1902 that the United States would increasingly get involved in the affairs of other countries in order to strengthen its influence—both cultural and political—around the globe.

True

Identify the role the following individuals played in the Red Scare of 1919-1920.

attorney general who dispatched federal agents to raid leftist and labor organizations throughout the United States Correct label: A. Mitchell Palmer the director of the Justice Department who was in charge of the "Palmer Raids" Correct label: J. Edgar Hoover secretary of labor who forced the release of imprisoned immigrants bringing an end to the Red Scare Correct label: Louis Post

Complete the following passage about the United States' involvement with Mexico during the 1910s.

civil war, Woodrow Wilson, Pancho Villa, unsuccessful

President William Howard Taft was a strong proponent of using military intervention to achieve his foreign diplomacy goals.

false

Read and analyze the "Voices of Freedom" primary source document titled "War Message to Congress" (1917) by Woodrow Wilson. Afterward, complete the following statement.

did not desire, autocratic, democratic

American troops played a key role in the Battle of Berlin, cutting off German reinforcements from East Prussia.

false

Identify the accomplishments of the following African-Americans.

founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, a movement for African independence and black self-reliance Correct label: Marcus Garvey wrote The Souls of Black Folk (1903) in which he explored the meaning of being black in America Correct label: W. E. B. Du Bois editor of the Boston Guardian and founder of the all-black National Equal Rights League Correct label: William Monroe Trotter

Identify the roles of the following government agencies during World War I.

instituted a minimum wage and eight-hour workday to ensure workers' rights Correct label:War Labor Board monitored all aspects of wartime production, and put into place standard specifications for the manufacture of goods Correct label:War Industries Board instructed farmers on modern methods of cultivation and distributed food to war-torn countries in Europe Correct label:the Food Administration

Identify the main objectives of these Allied leaders at the Paris peace conference.

primarily concerned with getting what was due to the British empire and ensuring Germany was morally held responsible for the war Correct label: Prime Minister Lloyd George wanted to approve his Fourteen Points plan in order to achieve a just peace and new world order Correct label: President Woodrow Wilson concerned with the interests of France, as the country had suffered the most damage and causalities out of all of the Allies Correct label: Prime Minister George Clemenceau did not attend due to conflicts in his home country Correct label: Vladimir Lenin

To what outcomes did many Progressives hope American participation in World War I would lead?

realign American society's values around science, rather than religion disseminate American Progressive values around the globe instill a sense of national unity and self-sacrifice, and expand social justice

Review the following video with author Eric Foner about Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles. Afterward, complete the following statement.

self-government, supported, Ho Chi Minh

As president, Theodore Roosevelt was far more active in international diplomacy than any of his predecessors. Which of these international events were the results of Roosevelt's active foreign policy?

the Panama Canal Zone peace settlement ending the Russo-Japanese War

The year 1919 was one of worldwide social and political upheaval. Identify the events that took place during this year that contributed to the historic changes taking place around the globe.

the Russian Revolution and civil war the Great Steel Strike

Which of these events moved President Wilson, and America, toward entering World War I?

the Zimmermann Telegram the sinking of the RMS Lusitania

During World War I, the U.S. government intervened in the economy to spur efficient war production and to maintain the flow of war materials to British and American troops in Europe.

true