CH. 21 HIST

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.

How did the British naval blockade of Germany threaten the ability of the United States to maintain its neutrality?

The U.S. ended trade with Germany but continued it with Britain.

Which of the following statements about the last eighteen months of Woodrow Wilson's presidency are correct?

- He became even more resistant to compromise. - He was infirm and engaged in a limited official schedule.

In 1917 the United States began sending American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) troops to resist the German invasion of what country?

France

In World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces were led by ______.

General John J. Pershing

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

Manchuria

At first, Roosevelt favored construction of a channel in ______.

Nicaragua

The 1917 law that created a national draft to enlist soldiers to fight in the First World War was known as the ______.

Selective Service Act

Advertisements financed by the Committee on Public Information implored wartime citizens to report to authorities anyone who showed disloyalty, pessimism, or yearning for peace.

TRUE

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

TRUE

At the beginning of the war, Woodrow Wilson ______.

called on Americans to remain neutral

Immediately following World War I, the American economy ______.

continued its boom

World War I emerged most directly out of a(n) ______.

controversy involving nationalist movements in the Austro-Hungarian Empire

The "Great Migration" of African Americans that began during the war was primarily a movement ______.

from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North

As the conflict continued, the Committee on Public Information's pro-war propaganda ______.

grew increasingly lurid

The sacrifice of Black soldiers in the war ______.

had almost no impact on white racial attitudes

In the election of 1916, one of the most prominent arguments of Wilson's supporters for his reelection was that he ______.

had kept the country out of war

In 1919 and 1920, the nation experienced ______.

high inflation

One downfall of the site of the eventual Panama Canal was that it was ______.

not at sea level

The Fourteen Points are best described as the ______.

principles for which Wilson believed the nation was fighting

As Wilson's support for military preparedness grew in 1915 and 1916, the peace faction of the Democratic Party ______.

remained strong and active

The foreign policy of William Howard Taft was most concerned with ______.

the advancement of U.S. economic interests

What happened to most of those arrested in the Palmer Raids?

They were released.

To Wilson, a broader purpose for U.S. intervention was ______.

a new era of democracy, open diplomacy, and self-determination

The heavy-handed actions of the federal government during the Red Scare led to ______.

a powerful backlash that gave new force to the Bill of Rights

To Wilson, the most important victory at the Paris Peace Conference was ______.

acceptance of the covenant of the League of Nations

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

In 1919, the racial climate in the United States ______.

worsened in both the North and the South

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

fell apart in the years that followed

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

mustard gas tanks

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

were unrepresented

Wilson's Fourteen Points included which of the following?

1) a proposal for a League of Nations 2) recommendations for adjusting postwar boundaries 3) general principles for governing international conduct

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

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

Which of the following statements about trench warfare during World War I are correct?

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

The Paris Peace Conference was characterized by which of the following?

> a spirit of national self-interest > a sense of unease about communism

The powerful backlash against the federal government's heavy-handed actions during the period of the Red Scare resulted in which of the following?

> end of A. Mitchell Palmer's career > creation of an organization for protecting civil liberties, which would become the ACLU > damage to the Democratic Party

When the Nineteenth Amendment was enacted in 1920, ______.

> it marked the end of an era of reforms promoted by the progressive movement > women were guaranteed the right to vote

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

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

Which of the following made it difficult for the United States to deal with the belligerents on equal terms?

> public sympathies for Britain > extensive trade ties with Britain

Taft's responses to the changing political situation in Nicaragua included which of the following?

> substantial loans to the government > military support for the new regime

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

> the formation of the Communist International > interception by the post office of parcels containing explosives > explosions in eight cities within minutes of one another

Between 1920 and 1921, postwar inflation caused a severe recession marked by which of the following?

> the loss of nearly 5 million jobs > a sharp decline in the gross national product > the bankruptcy of 100,000 businesses

Who orchestrated the Palmer Raids against alleged radicals?

Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover

The negotiations to build the canal were initially done with what country that owned the land?

Colombia

Which of the following statements about the standing army of the United States at the time it entered the war in 1917 is correct?

Enlistments were not adequate, so a national draft was instituted.

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

Great Britain

Which of the following statements about Republican Warren Harding's presidential campaign of 1920 are correct?

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

Which of the following statements about the new military technology that was used in World War I are true?

It led to trench warfare. It required elaborate maintenance.

Which of the following statements about Wilson's campaign to get the Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles is true?

It was a grueling, cross-country speaking tour that exhausted Wilson and eventually resulted in him suffering a stroke.

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.

In the presidential election of 1916, ______.

Woodrow Wilson won by a small margin

At the same time Roosevelt was helping to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth, he ______.

entered into a secret agreement with Japan to ensure free trade for America in the region

Which of the following was a main cause of both the U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and the U.S. purchase of the Virgin Islands?

fear of European influence

Racially motivated riots were not new in American history, but the riots of 1919 differed from those prior to World War I in that they ______.

involved African Americans fighting back against white people's attacks

The American Expeditionary Forces ______.

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

When he began his tenure as president, Wilson's experience in international affairs was ______.

limited

Out of the postwar turmoil, Supreme Court jurisprudence began to ______.

robustly defend the right to free speech

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

German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann's telegram to the government of Mexico primarily involved ______.

the idea that Mexico could regain territory in the American Southwest if it joined the war on Germany's side

What was the purpose of the "war boards" that organized the national economy into specific sectors?

to meet essential war needs without paralyzing the domestic economy

War expenses ______.

vastly increased the federal budget