Chapter 19 Study Set – Flashcards
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The Committee on Public Information:
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was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion.
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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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"The Great Migration" refers to:
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blacks moving from the South to the North.
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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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Which act restricted the freedom of speech by authorizing the arrest of anyone who made "false statements" that might impede military success?
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The Espionage Act.
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America's empire in the early twentieth century was all of the following EXCEPT:
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territorial.
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The American Protective League:
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worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals
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During World War I, the federal government:
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increased corporate and individual income taxes.
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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 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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During World War I, federal powers:
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expanded greatly.
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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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The Gentlemen's Agreement:
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restricted Japanese immigration.
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Between 1901 and 1920, the United States intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries:
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in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and investors.
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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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All of the following statements about the Palmer Raids are true EXCEPT:
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the Palmer Raids permanently compromised civil liberties.
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The anti-German crusade included all of the following measures EXCEPT:
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barring German-Americans from serving in the military.
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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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Dollar Diplomacy:
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was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention.
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The Eighteenth Amendment:
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prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
