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All of these innovations changed warfare during World War I EXCEPT:

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blockades

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What was the virulent menace that Americans faced in the postwar period that caused more casualties than the war itself?

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the Spanish flu

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The 1919 police strike in Boston:

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inadvertently launched a presidential career

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Who said, after the sinking of the Lusitania, "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight"?

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Woodrow Wilson

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As a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia:

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the country concluded a separate peace with Germany

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The Treaty of Versailles did all of the following EXCEPT:

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require veterans' pensions to be paid by their home countries

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On November 9, 1918, the German republic was proclaimed after:

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the German Kaiser resigned

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Between 1914 and 1918, World War I was directly responsible for the deaths of:

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over 20 million people, both military and civilian

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When news of the European war first reached the United States:

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Wilson ensured that they would help provide supplies to the Allies

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All of these took place in 1917 EXCEPT:

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the Paris Peace Conference

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Harry T. Burn is best associated with:

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voting to approve the Nineteenth Amendment for Tennessee

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J. Luz Sáenz:

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was a Mexican American World War I veteran who, three days after his discharge, was denied service at various restaurants

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In the case of Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court:

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upheld the conviction of a man who had circulated pamphlets against the draft

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The German delegation at Versailles objected most bitterly to:

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the war guilt clause

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During the presidential election of 1916, the Republicans:

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lost by a small margin

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All of the following influenced the U.S. decision to enter the war against Germany EXCEPT:

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unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans

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The Revenue Act of 1916:

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was primarily to raise money to pay for war preparations

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Concerning global issues, Wilson:

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had strong beliefs and principles

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During the midterm elections of 1918:

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Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress

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For all of his accomplishments and abilities, Woodrow Wilson had:

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little experience in international relations before he was elected president

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To what did Wilson refer when he spoke of "the heart of the League"?

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Article X, which would pledge members to consult on military and economic sanctions against aggressors

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The event that triggered World War I in Europe was:

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a Serb's assassination of the Austrian archduke

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The U.S. military effort in France:

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helped turn back several German offensives

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The congressional resolution for war:

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passed overwhelmingly

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Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918:

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criticism of government leaders or war policies became a crime

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Wilson's Fourteen Points endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:

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U.S. colonies in Africa and Asia

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The Zimmermann telegram:

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urged the Mexican government to invade the United States

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President Wilson's secretary of state resigned in 1915:

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in protest of Wilson's pro-Britain stance

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The Red Scare of 1919-1920 reflected the:

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impact of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia on the United States as a wave of labor strikes and race riots spread

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The French premier during World War I was:

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Georges Clemenceau

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The Spanish flu epidemic:

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killed more than ten times the number of Americans that died of combat deaths in France

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The Food Administration('s)

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goal was to increase agricultural production while reducing civilian food consumption

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A race riot in which thirty-eight people were killed and over 500 injured took place in July 1919 in:

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Chicago, Illinois

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During the early twentieth century, the nation's century-long isolation from European conflicts:

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ended

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Which of the following is true of the Lusitania?

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It secretly carried weapons and ammunition in its cargo

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Vittorio Orlando, prime minister of Italy, focused his efforts on:

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Austria

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The Red Scare of 1919-1920 was directed against:

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all Communists

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One dramatic example of labor unrest in 1919 was a strike in:

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Boston, Massachusetts

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The most important of all the federal mobilization agencies was the:

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War Industries Board

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What was the major cause of the East St. Louis riot in 1917?

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racial tension in a defense factory

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Ethnic conflict in Central Europe led the Austro-Hungarian Empire's determination to stop the expansionism of:

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Serbia

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What gave World War I its lasting character?:

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trench warfare

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For violating the Espionage Act, Socialist leader Eugene Debs:

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received a ten-year prison term

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In negotiating with the Big Four over many postwar territorial issues, President Wilson:

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had to abandon his lofty principle of national self-determination

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Russian participation in World War I ended:

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with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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One of the following pairs consists of two countries that were NOT members of the Triple Entente:

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Italy and Austria-Hungary

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Despite the fact that the Great War generated many changes in female employment, these changes were:

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limited and brief

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Which of the following statements best describes the diplomatic stance of Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan?

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America has a religious duty to spread democracy and Christianity throughout the world.

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President Wilson's response to the sinking of the Lusitania:

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was a series of notes demanding that Germany stop such actions and pay reparations

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The turning point in World War I for the Allies was:

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a massive Allied offensive, which began on September 26, 1918

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