APUSH Chapter 18 and 19
Woodrow Wilson had been adamantly opposed to woman's suffrage prior to 1918.
False
What statement about the Red Scare is false?
It resulted in a wave of sympathy for persecuted workers.
Who was the first female member of Congress?
Jeannette Rankin
Which person was a Supreme Court justice and a Progressive reformer who advocated for the labor movement?
Louis Brandeis
Of the great idealogies that had arisen in the 19th century, which by 1920 had proven most powerful?
Nationalism
African-Americans migrated north during the Great Migration for all of the following reasons except:
-The prospect of owning their own homes -The opportunity to help other blacks protest
Dollar Diplomacy:
-Was used by William Taft instead of military intervention -characterizes the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt.
All the following statements about Woodrow Wilson's political ideology and policies are true except:
-Wilson saw American soldiers leaving the rest of the world to liberty -Public ownership of all property
World War I:
-began with the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne -pitted the Allies against the Central Powers -was also known as the Great War -introduced much new military technology -was rooted in European contests over colonial possessions
The "Declaration of Principles" adopted by W.E.B. Du Bois's Niagara Movement:
-called for voting rights for educated African-Americans -called for complete economic and educational equality
The Gentlemen's Agreement:
-restricted immigration -stated that Japan agreed to end migration to the US except for the wives and children of men that were already in the states
When Eugene Debs was sentenced under the Espionage Act, what did he tell the jury?
-that Americans in the past who spoke out against colonialism, slavery, or the Mexican War were not indicted or charged with treason
The Treaty of Versailles:
-was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. -required Germany to pay over $33 billion in reparations -established the League of Nations -helped spread self-determination to oppressed minorities and people seeking independence
How many soldier perished during World War 1 worldwide
10 million
the "open door" policy refers to :
A key principle of American foreign relations that emphasizes the free flow of trade, investment, and informtionan
All of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House are true EXCEPT:
Addams believed that reformers needed to aid the poor from afar
Leader of the national Woman's Party, an organization that employed militant tactics in facor of woman suffrage?
Alice Paul
Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the woman's suffrage movement of the 1910s?
Alice Paul was elected to head the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
Which was the Ellis Island of the West?
Angel Island
In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court:
Argued that women were too weak to work long hours
How did Garveyites define freedom at the time of World War I?
As black self-reliance and national self-determination
The Sixteenth Amendment:
Authorized congress to implement a graduated income tax
All of the following groups supported Prohibition EXCEPT:
Catholics who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by the parishioners.
What best characterizes the relationship Progressives had with civil liberties up to and during much of World War I?
Civil liberties had never been a major concern for Progressives.
The Roosevelt Corollary:
Claimed the right of the United States to act as police power in the western hemisphere
The Ludlow Massacre was a tragic confrontation between:
Colorado mine workers and militia
All of the following statements about immigration policy during World War I are true except:
Congress required that all immigrants pass IQ test
Which of the following best describes the moral imperialism propounded by President Wilson?
Create an irony with regard to the concept of freedom
A leading characterization of U.S. Foreign policy in the early twentieth century was
Dollar Diplomacy
Regions people migrated to in large numbers between 1840 and 1914:
EXCEPT: China.
Angel Island was where most Mexican immigrants entered the United States.
False
Charlotte Perkins Gilman argued that economic independence did not necessarily mean a change in the home and family relationships.
False
Compared to the American Federation of Labor, the Industrial Workers of the World union was conservative for its day.
False
During World War I, most Progressives were outraged at the broad suppression of freedom of expression and spoke out against the Sedition Act.
False
Emiliano Zapata and "Pancho" Villa led rival peasant factions who united in support of Wilson's Mexican ally, Venustiano Carranza in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution.
False
Henry Ford paid his employees five dollars a day because he wished to avoid strikes at his factory.
False
Louis Brandeis was an enemy of the labor movement and led the Supreme Court in its many pro-business decisions.
False
Senators opposing America's participation in the League of Nations:
argued that it would threaten to deprive the country of its freedom of action.
New sexual attitudes during the Progressive age were limited to the radical bohemia of New York's Greenwich Village.
False
Once in office, Woodrow Wilson was a fierce trustbuster, dismantling more than twenty monopolies.
False
Progressives wished to completely overthrow industrial capitalism.
False
Progressivism was restricted to the United States, with the rest of the world concerned about imperialism rather than their own domestic reforms.
False
The "great cause of freedom" was a phrase frequently used in anti-war literature mocking American involvement in the conflict.
False
The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I was a fair document that all but guaranteed future peace in Europe.
False
The doors were locked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on the day of the fire because the manager tragically forgot to unlock them when he arrived in the morning.
False
The federal government created national parks on land that was uninhabited.
False
The federal government enacted most of the era's reform measures.
False
The war weakened the conviction that certain kinds of persons ought to be excluded from immigrating to America, which had lots of support before the war.
False
Woodrow Wilson certainly meant to include in his democracy black Americans and the colonial peoples of the world.
False
Which company fired its employees if they failed to comply with the standards set by the Sociological Department for Americanization?
Ford Motor Company
In what ways was W.E.B. Du Bois a typical progressive?
He believed that investigation, exposure, and education could solve the nation's problems.
Why did many people in Eastern Europe consider Woodrow Wilson a "popular seat"
His criticism of imperialism helped Eastern Europe peoples carve out new independent nations
The Eighteenth Amendment:
Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Progressive governor of Wisconsin, Robert La Follette, instituted all of the following reforms EXCEPT:
using political bosses to staff his administration.
In 1912, New Freedom:
was Woodrow Wilson's campaign pledge that government should renew economic competition with less government intervention
The Committee on Public Information:
was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion.
The Red Scare:
was an intense period of political intolerance and fears of the Russian Revolution.
In the early twentieth century, Angel Island in San Francisco Bay became known as the "Ellis Island of the West" and served as the main entry point for immigrants from:
Japan
Why did World War I threatened to tear the woman's suffrage movement apart?
Many suffragists had been associated with opposition to American involvement in the war
Who led the black separatist movement?
Marcus Garvey
A frank acceptance of the benefits of bigness, coupled with the intervention of government to counteract its abuses, best describes the philosophy behind:
New Nationalism
What did employers, urban reformers, as well as women reformers hope Mission would achieve during the war years?
Peace and order on the homefront
The worst race riot in American History occurred in 1921 when more than 300 blacks were killed and over 10000 were left homeless after white mobs burned an all black section of this city down to the ground
Phillips County, Arkansas
Technology used in War World I
Poison Gas, Submarine, Airplane , & Tank. NOT RADAR!
The Fourteen Points attempted to:
provide a peace agenda to create a new democratic world order.
All of the following statements about African-American participation during World War I are true EXCEPT:
President Wilson allowed African-American soldiers to march in a victory parade in Paris.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Progressive reformers?
Progressives pursued radical alternatives to capitalism
All of the following statements about Urban Progressives are true EXCEPT:
They worked with political machines
Why did the war industries Board establish standardized specifications during World War I?
To increase efficiency and speed up production
Between 1901 and 1920, the United States intervened militarily numerous time in the Caribbean countries:
To protect the economic interests of American banks and investors
Americanization programs often targeted second-generation children as they were less likely to be stuck in the "Old World" ways
True
All of the following people were "muckrakers" EXCEPT:
Samuel Gompers
As a Progressive president, Woodrow Wilson:
Signed into law the Keating-Owen act
Why did workers experience the introduction of scientific management as a loss of freedom?
Skilled workers under scientific management had to obey very detailed instructions.
Which of the following statements is accurate about William Howard Taft?
Taft believed the best way to promote American interests in the Caribbean and Central America was through economic investment.
The policy of US neutrality was:
Tested by both the British in the Germans
Which statement about the American Federation of Labor in the early twentieth century is FALSE?
The AFL proposed an overthrow of the capitalist system.
Assess the way in which the Committee on Public Information presented its message to encourage Americans to remain loyal and support the war effort?
The CPI packaged its appeals in the language of social cooperation and an expanded democracy.
During WWI, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were called
The Central Powers
Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the final passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
The Wilson administration eventually supported the amendment in response to public pressure.
What brought about a new wave of sympathy for the plight of women in the garment industry in Lawrence, Massachusetts?
The appearance of malnourished children evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public.
Which statement about the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 is FALSE?
The strikers asked the American Federation of Labor for assistance
Which of the following elements of President Wilson's 14 points most resembled the commission progressives heard instituted back home?
The league of Nations
Assess the impact of the bombing of the New York Stock Exchange in September 1920
The triggered the notorious raids against radical labor organizations
Who used the Sherman Antitrust Act to dissolve J.P. Morgan's Northern Securities Company?
Theodore Roosevelt
What statement about race and the presidents is false?
Theodore Roosevelt believed that blacks were fit for soldiering and suffrage.
The Progressive presidents were:
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
Why did World War I transform Western civilization so profoundly?
The mass slaughter of World War I was hard to reconcile with the optimist playing with the western civilization was a tram reason and human progress
Who emphasized economic investment and loans from American banks, rather than direct military intervention, in what was called Dollar Diplomacy
William Howard Taft
Who was NOT a candidate in the 1912 presidential election
William Jennings Bryan
Assess the effectiveness of President Woodrow Wilson's response to Mexico's civil war.
Wilson's attempts to teach Mexican people how to select good men only led to the war spilling over into the United States.
How were women so influential in the outcome of the election of 1916?
Women were able to vote in the presidential election in 12 Western states and heavily favored Wilson
What triggered the search of conservative government in Central Europe at the end of regular one?
Worldwide revolutionary upsurge
Drawing on the reform programs of the Gilded Age and the example of European legislation, Progressives sought to reinvigorate the idea of an activist, socially conscious government.
True
During the Progressive era, the working woman became a symbol of female emancipation.
True
Eugenics, which studied the alleged mental characteristics of different races, gave anti-immigrant sentiment an air of professional expertise.
True
In 1912, the socialist weekly newspaper, Appeal to Reason, was the largest weekly paper in the country.
True
In some ways, W. E. B. Du Bois was a typical Progressive who believed that investigation, exposure, and education would lead to solutions for social problems.
True
Marcus Garvey launched a separatist movement, encouraging blacks to embrace their African heritage.
True
Patriotism during World War I meant support for the government, the war, and the American economic system.
True
Progressive intellectuals, social scientists, labor reformers, and suffrage advocates displayed a remarkable indifference to the black condition in the early twentieth century.
True
Progressive-era immigration formed part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by industrial expansion and the decline of traditional agriculture.
True
Socialism flourished in places such as Milwaukee and New York during the first two decades of the twentieth century.
True
Socialism had made such inroads in popularity that by 1914 the U.S. Congress had a socialist representative.
True
Suffrage for women had been granted in the western states more than in the eastern states
True
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited not only spying and interfering with the draft but also "false statements" that might impede military success.
True
The Red Scare was a short-lived but intense period of political intolerance inspired by the postwar strike wave and the social tensions and fears generated by the Russian Revolution.
True
The Red Scare was a short-lived, but intense period of political intolerance inspired by the postwar strike wave and the social tensions and fears generated by the Russian Revolution.
True
The Roosevelt Corollary claimed for the United States the right to exercise an international police power in the Western Hemisphere.
True
The conservation movement reflected the Progressive thrust toward efficiency and control.
True
The election of 1912 evolved into a national debate over the relationship between political and economic freedom in the age of big business.
True
The ideal of economic abundance would eventually come to define the American way of life, in which personal fulfillment was to be found through acquiring material goods.
True
The new woman was college educated, middle class, and devoted to providing social services.
True
The patriotic efforts of American women during World War I helped achieve passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
True
Theodore Roosevelt was more active in international diplomacy than most of his predecessors.
True
When Theodore Roosevelt failed to win the Republican nomination for president in 1912, he formed his own political party.
True
Woodrow Wilson issued the Fourteen Points in January 1918, which established the agenda for the peace conference that followed World War I.
True
World War I opened thousands of industrial jobs to black laborers for the first time, inspiring a large-scale migration from South to North called the Great Migration.
True
The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:
Upton Sinclair
How did World War I and the rhetoric of freedom shape the labor movement and workers' expectations?
Wartime rhetoric inspired hopes for social and economic justice
US control the Panama Canal zone:
Was part of Theodore Roosevelt's policy of intervention in Central America
Eugene V. Debs was:
a Socialist candidate for president.
Randolph Bourne's vision of America was one in which
a cosmopolitan, democratic society in which immigrants and natives would together create a new "trans-national" culture
Why did Americanization programs often target women?
accused as bearers and transmitters of culture
The Industrial Workers of the World:
advocated a workers' revolution
Jane Addams:
advocated for the working poor
The United States entered World War I in April of 1917 only after Germany resumed submarine warfare against its ships in the Atlantic and:
after discovery of the Zimmerman telegram.
On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war:
against Germany, "to make the world safe for democracy."
The new concepts of a "living wage" and the "American standard of living":
allowed for criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power
Wilson's Fourteen Points did not include:
an end to colonization.
The word "Progressivism" came into common use around 1910:
as a way of describing a broad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups
The anti-German crusade included what measures?
banning German music.
The Nineteenth Amendment:
barred states from using sex as a qualification for voting.
The anti-German crusade included all of the following measures EXCEPT:
barring German-Americans from serving in the military
As president, Woodrow Wilson:
believed that the export of U.S. manufactured goods went hand in hand with the spread of democracy.
Which of the following social groups was NOT heavily involved in the Progressive movement?
big-city-machine politicians
What Progressive-era issue became a crossroads where the paths labor radicals, cultural modernists, and feminists intersected?
birth control
Margert Sanger was a:
birth-control advocate.
"The Great Migration" refers to:
blacks moving from the South to the North
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:
brought in its wake increased union organizing among New York City garment workers and much-needed safety legislation
America's empire in the early twentieth century was all of the following EXCEPT:
cultural and territorial
The 1912 strike in Lawerence, Massachusetts:
is also known as the Bread and Roses strike
What statement is not true about the NAACP?
it opposed higher education for African-Americans.
In his piece in The Crisis, W. E. B. Du Bois states that the United States is a shameful land for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
it steals labor from its workers.
President Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy that called for active intervention to remake the world in America's image, and which asserted the view that greater freedom worldwide would follow from increased American investment and trade abroad was called:
liberal internationalism.
All of the following measures expanded democracy during the Progressive era EXCEPT:
literacy tests and residency requirements
Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century:
lived in close-knit communities.
The right to dissent from government policy during World War I:
met sweeping repression
The Progressive movement drew its strength from:
middle-class reformers
Woodrow Wilson's moral imperialism in Latin America produced:
more military interventions than any other president before or since.
Between 1901 & 1920, the US Marines landed in Caribbean countries
more than 20 times
Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as:
muckrakers
In the early twentieth century, the Socialist Party advocated for all of the following EXCEPT:
national health insurance
During the Progressive era:
new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak.
The Industrial Workers of the World and most of the Socialist Party:
opposed the war.
The Zimmermann Telegram:
outlined the German plan for an attack on the United States by Mexico.
Birth of a Nation was a film that:
portrayed the Civil War and Reconstruction, glorifying the Ku Klux Klan.
The Espionage Act of 1917
prohibited not only spying and interfering with the draft but also "false statements" that might impede military success.
Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
publication of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk; founding of NAACP; Silent Protest Parade in New York City; Chicago race riot
In response to the Russian Revolution that led to the creation of the communist Soviet Union, the United States:
pursued a policy of anticommunism that would remain at the center of American foreign policy during the 20th century
"Americanization":
refers to the process of assimilation.
The main difference between New Nationalism and New Freedom was over:
regulating versus trust-busting.
To create national parks such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier, the federal government:
removed Indians who hunted and fished on these lands.
A worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a:
scab
The program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically controlling costs and work practices was called:
scientific management
Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy rhetoric focused on:
self-determination
Feminism:
sought to attack the tradition roles of sexual behavior of women.
The Fourteen Points:
sought to establish the right of national self-determination.
All of the following statements about mass consumption in the early twentieth century are true EXCEPT:
southerners fully participated in the mass-consumption society
During World War I, most Progressives:
supported U.S. entry into the war.
As a Progressive president, Theodore Roosevelt:
supported the conservation movement
Which act restricted the freedom of speech by authorizing the arrest of anyone who made "false statements" that might impede military success?
the Espionage Act
Wartime repression of dissent and free speech culminated in:
the Red Scare.
The American foreign policy principle that held that the United States had a right to exercise "an international police power" in the Western Hemisphere was called:
the Roosevelt Corollary.
President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace prize for helping to negotiate a settlement of
the Russo-Japanese War of 1905
What was not a principle espoused in Wilson's Fourteen points
the abolition of colonial rule around the globe
Woodrow Wilson issued the Fourteen Points in January 1918, which established
the agenda for the peace conference that followed World War I
Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by all of the following forces EXCEPT:
the annexation of the Philippines.
During World War I, Americans reacted to German-Americans and Germans in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
the federal government barred German immigration to the United States
All of the following statements about the Great Steel Strike of 1919 are true EXCEPT:
the strike involved mostly nonimmigrant workers.
Eugenics is:
the study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman claimed that the road to woman's freedom lay through:
the workplace
In 1919:
there was much unrest and many strikes.
When American troops finally arrived in Europe:
they helped push back a German offensive near Paris.
Most Progressives saw World War I as a golden opportunity because:
they hoped to disseminate Progressive values around the globe.
During the Progressive era:
urban development highlighted social inequalities
In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson:
used the campaign slogan "He kept us out of war."
The battle for free speech among workers in the early twentieth century:
was led by the Industrial Workers of the World
The National Women's Party:
was part of a new, more militant generation of college-educated activists.
Scientific management:
was pioneered by Frederick W. Taylor.
Maternalist reform:
was supported by both feminists and more traditional women
As war broke out in Europe, Americans:
were deeply divided
Nickelodeons
were motion-picture theaters with a five-cent admission charge
The Espionage Act(1917) and the Sedition Act (1918):
were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798.
The American Protective League:
worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals and slackers.
Which of the following statements would have been prosecuted under the Sedition Act of 1918?
"I call on you to boycott the draft."
in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson sent more than 10.000 troops into Mexico in an effort (that proved unsuccessful) to arrest:
"Pancho" Villa, who had killed 17 Americans in an attack on Columbus new mexico
What statement about the Palmer Raids are false?
-George Creel oversaw the Palmer Raids -The Palmer raids permanently compromised civil liberties
During World War I, the federal government:
-Increased corporate and individual income taxes -established the minimum wage and the eight-hour day -expanded greatly
Electoral reform during the Progressive era:
Actually limited many Americans right to vote
W.E.B. Du Bois:
founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
During the Progressive era:
growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices.
By 1912, the Socialist Party:
had elected scores of local officials
President Theodore Roosevelt:
helped striking coal miners to negotiate a favorable settlement with their employers
Theodore Roosevelt's taking of the Panama Canal Zone is an example of:
his belief that civilized nations had an obligation to establish order in an unruly world.
Birds of passage were:
immigrants who planned on returning to their homeland
After 1900, the campaign for women's suffrage:
included both middle- and working-class women
Like the abolitionist movement before it, the labor movement, in the name of freedom, demanded the right to assemble, organize, and spread its views.
True
What phrase accurately describes the scene in Paris upon Woodrow Wilson's arrival?
huge, enthusiastic crowds
A cause not widely championed by Progressives was:
civil rights for blacks
W.T. Stead:
claimed American world power in the twentieth century would rest in part on the spread of American culture.
Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:
clustered in the West as agricultural workers
During the Progressive era:
commercial farming grew
Vaudeville is a:
form of live entertainment.
Who wrote The Melting Pot and gave a popular name to the immigrants' process of assimilation and adaption in the United States?
Israel Zangwill
Which of the following statements about World War I is NOT accurate?
It actually had little to do with European colonial possessions overseas.
How did Eugenics shape public policy during World War I?
It provided anti-immigrant sentiment with an air of professional expertise
Which institution became a pillar of stability for the immigrants as they settled into the communities in American cities?
church
The painters who were part of the Aschan School focused their art on:
city life
Founder of the Society of American Indians, Carlos Montezuma:
demanded that American Indians be left alone in
From 1914 to 1916, U.S. intervention in Mexico:
demonstrated the weaknesses of Wilson's foreign policy.
The term "Fordism"
describes as economic system based on mass production and mass consumption
Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress:
did not support U.S. entry into World War I.
During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:
dismissed numerous black federal employees.
Marcus Garvey launched a separatist movement
encouraging blacks to embrace their African heritage
African-Americans who migrated to the North during the "Great Migration" encountered all conditions except:
exclusion from the public school system
Muckrakers:
exposed the problems of industrial and urban life.