U.S. History – U.S. in World War I – Flashcards
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How did the actions of pacifists reveal U.S. attitudes about entry into World War I?
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Pacifist protests showed that many people opposed U.S. entry into the war.
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How did Alexander Palmer justify the Palmer Raids of 1919 and 1920?
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Palmer warned of an imminent communist takeover.
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How did American entry into World War I affect the Allied Powers?
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It boosted their morale.
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What had the greatest influence on how Germany was treated after World War I?
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the Allies' desire to seek retribution for Germany's actions
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What summarizes the result of attacks in no-man's-land during World War I?
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Attacks in no-many's-land were usually unsuccessful.
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Many African Americans during World War I
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found work in northern cities.
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Read the quotation.
"Words . . . may become subject to prohibition when of such a nature and used in such circumstances as to create a clear and present danger." - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Schenck v. United States, March 1919.
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the right to free speech had limits that could be enforced by the government.
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In a famous speech at the beginning of World War I, President Wilson declared that the United States would
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remain neutral.
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What helped continue the stalemate on battlefields during World War I?
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the machine gun
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Why was the Selective Service Act an important step toward winning World War I?
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It provided the large numbers of troops needed to reinforce the Allied effort.
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The main reason the U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles was because
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Republicans had gained power in the Senate.
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During World War I, the government raised money for the war effort by
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selling liberty bonds.
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While anarchists became linked with violence in the late 1800s and early 1900s , socialists became linked with
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the labor movement.
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What was the Great Migration during World War I?
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the movement of African Americans from the rural South to northern cities
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During the early 1900s, what movement created tension in Europe?
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nationalism
