Foner Chapter 19 – Flashcards
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During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:
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premiered the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House.
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In response to the Russian Revolution that led to the creation of the communist Soviet Union, the United States:
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pursued a policy of anticommunism that would remain at the center of American foreign policy during the twentieth century.
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All of the following statements about the Great Steel Strike of 1919 are true EXCEPT:
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the strike involved mostly nonimmigrant workers.
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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:
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it steals labor from its workers.
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On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war:
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against Germany, "to make the world safe for democracy."
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Senators opposing America's participation in the League of Nations:
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argued that it would threaten to deprive the country of its freedom of action.
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The Fourteen Points:
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sought to establish the right of national self-determination.
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African-Americans migrated north during the Great Migration for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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the prospect of owning their own homes.
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As president, Woodrow Wilson:
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believed that the export of U.S. manufactured goods went hand in hand with the spread of democracy.
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In 1919:
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there was much unrest and many strikes.
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Which phrase accurately describes the scene in Paris upon Woodrow Wilson's arrival?
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huge, enthusiastic crowds
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Which statement about race and the presidents is FALSE?
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Theodore Roosevelt believed that blacks were fit for soldiering and suffrage.
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"The Great Migration" refers to:
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blacks moving from the South to the North.
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Dollar Diplomacy:
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was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention.
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Theodore Roosevelt's taking of the Panama Canal Zone is an example of:
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his belief that civilized nations had an obligation to establish order in an unruly world.
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Most Progressives saw World War I as a golden opportunity because:
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they hoped to disseminate Progressive values around the globe.
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The Zimmermann Telegram:
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outlined the German plan for an attack on the United States by Mexico.
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The "Declaration of Principles" adopted by W. E. B. Du Bois's Niagara Movement:
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called for complete economic and educational equality.
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Woodrow Wilson's moral imperialism in Latin America produced:
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more military interventions than any other president before or since.
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Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following principles EXCEPT:
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an end to colonization.
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Wartime repression of dissent and free speech culminated in:
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the Red Scare.
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The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918):
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restricted freedom of speech.
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The Gentlemen's Agreement:
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restricted Japanese immigration.
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The Roosevelt Corollary:
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claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere.
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Who led a black separatist movement?
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Marcus Garvey
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African-Americans who migrated to the North during the "Great Migration" encountered all of the following conditions EXCEPT:
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exclusion from the public school system.
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The policy of U.S. neutrality was:
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tested by both the British and Germans.
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All of the following statements about African-American participation during World War I are true EXCEPT:
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President Wilson allowed African-American soldiers to march in a victory parade in Paris.
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During World War I, Americans reacted to German-Americans and Germans in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
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the federal government barred German immigration to the United States.
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U.S. control of the Panama Canal Zone:
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was part of Theodore Roosevelt's policy of intervention in Central America.
