Flashcards and Answers – US History Chapter 19
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How are women so influential in the outcome of the election of 1916?
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Women were able to vote in the presidential election in twelve Western states and heavily favored Wilson.
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Which of the following elements of President Wilson's Fourteen Points most resembled the commissions Progressives had instituted back home?
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The principle of self-determination for all nations.
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Why did the War Industries Board establish standardized specifications during World War I?
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To make sure that workers were all protected and looked after.
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Assess the way in which the Committee on Public Information presented its message to encourage Americans to remain loyal and support the war effort?
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The CPI packaged its appeals in the language of social cooperation and an expanded democracy.
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What did employers, urban reformers, as well as women reformers hope Prohibition would achieve during the war years?
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A reduction in the public expense associated with alcoholism.
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Which of the following statements would have been prosecuted under the Sedition Act of 1918?
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"I call on you to boycott the draft."
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How did eugenics shape public policy during World War I?
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It provided anti-immigrant sentiment with air of professional expertise.
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In what ways was W.E.B. Du Bois a typical progressive?
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He believed that investigation, exposure, and education could solve the nation's problems.
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How did Garveyites define freedom at the time of World War I?
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As a black self-reliance and national self-determination.
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What triggered the surge of conservative governments in central Europe at the end of World War I?
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A worldwide revolutionary upsurge.
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Assess the impact of the bombing of the New York Stock Exchange in September 1920?
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It caused the death of forty people.
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Why did many people in Eastern Europe consider Woodrow Wilson a "popular saint"?
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His criticism of imperialism helped Eastern European peoples carve out new independent nations.
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American's empire in early twentieth century was all of the following EXCEPT:
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Cultural
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All of the following statements about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are true EXCEPT:
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It opposed higher education for African-Americans.
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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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U.S. control of the Panama Canal Zone:
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Was part of Theodore Roosevelt's policy of intervention in Central America.
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Between 1901 and 1920, the United States intervened military numerous times in Caribbean countries:
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In order to protect the economics interests of American banks and investors.
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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 Westerns Hemisphere.
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Dollar Diplomacy:
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Was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention.
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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 spread of democracy.
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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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From 1914 to 1916, U.S. intervention in Mexico:
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Demonstrated the weakness of Wilson's foreign policy.
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World War I:
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Was rooted in European contests over colonial possessions.
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As war broke out in Europe, Americans:
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Were deeply divided
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The policy of U.S. neutrality was:
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Tested only by the Germans.
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In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson:
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Used the campaign slogan " He kept us out of war."
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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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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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Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following principles EXCEPT:
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An end to colonization.
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The Fourteen Points:
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Sought to establish the right of national self-determination.
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The Fourteen Points attempted to:
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Provide a peace agenda to create a new world order.
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Most Progressives saw World War I as a golden opportuinty because:
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They hoped to disseminate progressive values around the globe.
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Durring World War I, most Progressives:
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Supported U.S. entry into the war.
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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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Durring World War I, federal powers:
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expanded greatly
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The industrial Workers of the World and most of the Socialist Party:
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Opposed the War.
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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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Why did World War I threaten to tear the women's suffrage movement apart?
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Many suffragists had been associated with opposition to American involvement in the war.
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jeannette Rankin, the first women elected in Congress:
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Did not support U.S. entry into World War I
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The National Women"s Party:
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was part of the new, More militant generation of college-educated activists.
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The Nineteenth Amendment:
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Barred states from using sex as a qualification for voting
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All of the following groups supported Prohibition EXCEPT:
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Catholic priests who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by parishioners.
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The Eighteenth Amendment:
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Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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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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The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) :
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were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798
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The American Protective League:
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Worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals
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Eugenics is:
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the study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races.
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"Americanization":
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refers to the process of assimilation
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which company fired its employees if they failed to comply with the set standards set by the Sociological Department for Americanization.
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Ford Motor Company
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Why did Americanization programs often target women?
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They understood women as the bearers and transmitters of culture.
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When Eugene Debs was sentenced under the Espionage Act, what did he tell the jury?
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That Americans in the past who spoke out against colonialism slavery, or the Mexican War were not indicted or charged with treason.
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In his piece in the Crisis, W.E.B DuBois states that the United States is a shameful land for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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It under employs its workers.
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During World War 1, Americans reacted to German-Americans and Germans in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
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The director of the Boston Symphony was interned for playing the works of German composors.
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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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All of the following statements about immigration policy during World War 1 are true EXCEPT
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The government temporarily exempted Mexicans from the literacy test.
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The Gentleman"s Agreement:
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restricted Japanese immigration
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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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Birth of a Nation was a film that:
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portrayed the Civil War and Reconstruction , exalting the Ku Klux Klan
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During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:
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Dismissed numerous black federal employees
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The Declaration of Principles " adopted by W.E.B. Du Bois" Nigara Movement:
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called for complete economic and educational equality.
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W.E.B. Du Bois:
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founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ( NAACP).
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All the following statements about African-American participation during World War 1 are true EXCEPT:
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President Wilson allowed African- American soldiers to march in a Paris victory parade.
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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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African- Americans migrated north during the Great Migration for all the following reasons Except:
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the prospect of owning their own homes.
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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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Who led a black Separatist movement?
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Marcus Garvey
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What did freedom mean to Garveyites?
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National self-determination
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in 1919
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there was much unrest and many strikes.
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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 throughout the twentieth century.
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How did World War 1 and the rhetoric of freedom shape the labor movement and workers" expectations?
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Wartime rhetoric inspired hopes for social and economic justice.
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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 non-immigrant workers.
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Wartime repression of dissent and free speech are culminated in:
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the Sedition Act
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The Red Scare:
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was an intense period of political intolerance.
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All of the follwoing statements about the Palmer Raids are true EXCEPT:
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the government deported hundreds of radicals.
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Which phrase describes the scene in Paris upon Woodrow Wilson's arrival?
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Huge, enthusiastic crowds.
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The Treaty of Versailes:
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required Germany to pay over $33 billion in reparations.
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Woodrow Wilson's political ideology included all of the following EXCEPT:
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public ownership of all property
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All of the following statements about Woodrow Wilson's political ideology and policies are true EXCEPT:
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Wilson saw American Soldiers leading the res of the world to libery.
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The Treaty of Versailles:
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Created the United Nations
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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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