History Ch. 23 questions

The sinking of the Lusitania was the immediate cause for U.S. entry into WWI.

False

For what reason did most of the opponents of the League of Nations believe that the United States should not join it?

It would increase U.S. involvement in its allies' affairs.

What of the following was not used to control American dissent against the war effort?

National Civil Liberties Bureau

When Carranza attempted to protect Mexico's mineral rights against American oil companies, President Wilson threw his support to this rebel leader.

Pancho Villa

The Palmer Raids were targeted towards which group of people?

Radicals

Which of the following events was not used to justify the United States' entry into World War I in 1917?

Selected Service Act

Which of the following was an indirect outcome of the United States' entering World War I?

Southern African-Americans migrated to northern cities.

What was one cause of the United States' involvement in World War I?

Unrestricted Submarine warfare

In order to pursue his goal of using American influence overseas only when it was a moral imperative, Wilson put which man in the position of Secretary of State?

William Jennings Bryan

Which of the following was not a destabilizing factor immediately following the end of the war?

a women's liberation movement

Senators opposing America's participation in the League of Nations:

argued that it would threaten to deprive the country of its freedom of action.

Why did the war not increase overall prosperity?

because inflation made the cost of living C. higher

Why was the German use of the unterseeboot considered to defy international law?

because they refused to warn their targets before firing

"The Great Migration" refers to:

blacks moving from the South to the North.

From 1914 to 1916, U.S. intervention in Mexico:

demonstrated the weaknesses of Wilson's foreign policy.

During World War I, federal powers:

expanded greatly.

The Fourteen Points attempted to:

provide a peace agenda to create a new democratic world order.

The Treaty of Versailles:

required Germany to pay over $33 billion in reparations.

Which of the following was not enacted in order to secure men and materials for the war effort?

the Sedition Act

What was Article X in the Treaty of Versailles?

the agreement that all nations in the League of Nations would be rendered equal

Which of the following events triggered the actions that led to World War I?

the assassination of Francis Ferdinand

What was the inciting event that led to the Chicago Race Riot of 1919?

the murder of a black boy who swam too close to a white beach

Dollar Diplomacy was:

used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention.

The Committee on Public Information:

was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion.

As war broke out in Europe, Americans:

were deeply divided.