History Chapter 25 eCampus Quiz – Flashcards
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All of the following statements about post-World War I America are correct except a) most working women kept their wartime industrial jobs. b) racial violence broke out in Chicago c) the police went on strike in Boston d) a Red Scare erupted against radicals
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a) most working women kept their wartime industrial jobs.
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Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to prison for violating the Espionage Act. a) True b) False
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a) True
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With the Fourteen Points, Wilson hoped to keep Russia in the war and to create disunity between the people and the governments of the Central Powers. a) True b) False
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a) True
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The United States ratified the Treaty of Versailles in 1920. a) True b) False
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b) False
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In the Caribbean, the Wilson administration a) refused to use military force to defend investments b) briefly sent troops to Cuba and Puerto Rico c) withdrew all troops at the start of the World War d) sent marines into Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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d) sent marines into Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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Wilson thought Germany's admission of war guilt was the most necessary part of the peace negotiations. a) True b) False
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b) False
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For two years after the war began in Europe, the Wilson administration pursued a policy that stressed a) secret aid to Britain b) neutrality c) opposition to Britain's "freedom of the seas" policy d) support for Germany if it would stop the U-boat attacks.
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b) neutrality
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The wartime Espionage and Sedition Acts a) were upheld by the Supreme Court b) led to the persecution of more than 1,500 people c) hit hard at socialist and radicals d) all of the above
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d) all of the above
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After World War I, the Senate a) ratified the Treaty of Versailles b) ratified the treaty except for the League of Nations c) accepted the League of Nations, but defeated the Treaty of Versailles d) defeated the Treaty of Versailles
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d) defeated the Treaty of Versailles
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The Zimmerman telegram revealed Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. a) True b) False
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b) False
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Probably the decisive reason the United States entered World War I was the issue of submarine warfare. a) True b) False
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a) True
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William Jennings Bryan resigned as secretary of state a) in the uproar after the sinking of the Lusitania b) after the discovery of the Zimmerman telegram. c) because President Wilson rejected the Sussex pledge. d) to run for president in 1916
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a) in the uproar after the sinking of the Lusitania
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Wilson's Fourteen Points included all the following except a) freedom of the seas b) replacing the tsar on the Russian throne c) the League of Nations d) an independent Poland
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b) replacing the tsar on the Russian throne
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In 1918, the United States sent troops to fight the Bolsheviks in Russia a) True b) False
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a) True
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"Free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic," said a) Woodrow Wilson b) Eugene V. Debs c) Oliver Wendell Holmes d) Henry Cabot Lodge
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c) Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Wilson's failure to take a major Republican to the postwar peace conference was a mistake because a) the Republicans controlled congress b) most Republicans supported the League of Nations c) Theodore Roosevelt advocated the League of Nations. d) all of the above
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a) the Republicans controlled congress
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In 1910, the largest group of hyphenated Americans was from Ireland a) True b) False
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b) False
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The greatest victory by radical progressives during the Wilson administration was the a) expansion of the military before entry into World War I b) Revenue Act of 1916 c) League of Nations. d) War Industries Board
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b) Revenue Act of 1916
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More than 300,000 soldiers died at the Battle of Verdun in 1916 a) True b) False
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a) True
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The irreconcilables were primarily a) Midwestern and western progressives b) representative of hyphenated Americans c) conservative Republicans d) southern Democrats
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a) Midwestern and western progressives
