CH 19

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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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The American Protective League:
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worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals.
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Progressive intellectuals, social scientists, labor reformers, and suffrage advocates displayed a remarkable indifference to the black condition in the early twentieth century.
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True
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How did Garveyites define freedom at the time of World War I?
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As black self-reliance and national self-determination
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Woodrow Wilson had been adamantly opposed to woman's suffrage prior to 1918.
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False
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In some ways, W. E. B. Du Bois was a typical Progressive who believed that investigation, exposure, and education would lead to solutions for social problems.
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True
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The "great cause of freedom" was a phrase frequently used in anti-war literature mocking American involvement in the conflict.
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False
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How did World War I 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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The war weakened the conviction that certain kinds of persons ought to be excluded from immigrating to America, which had lots of support before the war.
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False
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The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I was a fair document that all but guaranteed future peace in Europe.
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False
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Which of the following statements is accurate about William Howard Taft?
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Taft believed the best way to promote American interests in the Caribbean and Central America was through economic investment.
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Emiliano Zapata and "Pancho" Villa led rival peasant factions who united in support of Wilson's Mexican ally, Venustiano Carranza in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution.
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False
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Eugenics, which studied the alleged mental characteristics of different races, gave anti-immigrant sentiment an air of professional expertise.
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True
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Patriotism during World War I meant support for the government, the war, and the American economic system.
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True
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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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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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Which of the following best describes the moral imperialism propounded by President Woodrow Wilson?
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It created an irony with regard to the concept of freedom.
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How did World War I 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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Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following principles EXCEPT:
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an end to colonization.
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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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Woodrow Wilson had been adamantly opposed to woman's suffrage prior to 1918.
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False
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The patriotic efforts of American women during World War I helped achieve passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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True
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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 Committee on Public Information:
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was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion.
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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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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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World War I opened thousands of industrial jobs to black laborers for the first time, inspiring a large-scale migration from South to North called the Great Migration.
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True
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Emiliano Zapata and "Pancho" Villa led rival peasant factions who united in support of Wilson's Mexican ally, Venustiano Carranza in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution.
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False
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Marcus Garvey launched a separatist movement, encouraging blacks to embrace their African heritage.
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True
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How did eugenics shape public policy during World War I?
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It provided anti-immigrant sentiment with an air of professional expertise.
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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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All of the following statements about the Great Steel Strike of 1919 are true EXCEPT:
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the strike involved mostly nonimmigrant workers.
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Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress:
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did not support U.S. entry into World War I.
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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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The Red Scare was a short-lived, but intense period of political intolerance inspired by the postwar strike wave and the social tensions and fears generated by the Russian Revolution.
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True
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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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Theodore Roosevelt was more active in international diplomacy than most of his predecessors.
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True
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Woodrow Wilson certainly meant to include in his democracy black Americans and the colonial peoples of the world.
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False
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Woodrow Wilson issued the Fourteen Points in January 1918, which established the agenda for the peace conference that followed World War I.
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True
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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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Eugenics is:
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the study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races.
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Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the woman's suffrage movement of the 1910s?
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Alice Paul was elected to head the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
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The Roosevelt Corollary claimed for the United States the right to exercise an international police power in the Western Hemisphere.
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False
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W.T. Stead:
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claimed American world power in the twentieth century would rest in part on the spread of American culture.
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During World War I, most Progressives were outraged at the broad suppression of freedom of expression and spoke out against the Sedition Act.
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False
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How did World War I 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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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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Why did World War I transform Western civilization so profoundly?
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The mass slaughter of World War I was hard to reconcile with the optimist claim that Western civilization was the triumph of reason and human progress.
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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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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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Theodore Roosevelt was more active in international diplomacy than most of his predecessors.
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True
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Emiliano Zapata and "Pancho" Villa led rival peasant factions who united in support of Wilson's Mexican ally, Venustiano Carranza in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution.
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False
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Which of the following statements about World War I is NOT accurate?
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It actually had little to do with European colonial possessions overseas.
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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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Which of the following assessments of the Roosevelt Corollary is accurate?
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It held that the United States had the right to exercise an international police power.
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World War I opened thousands of industrial jobs to black laborers for the first time, inspiring a large-scale migration from South to North called the Great Migration.
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True
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In some ways, W. E. B. Du Bois was a typical Progressive who believed that investigation, exposure, and education would lead to solutions for social problems.
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True
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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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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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All of the following statements about African-American participation during World War I are true EXCEPT:
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President Wilson allowed African-American soldiers to march in a Paris victory parade.
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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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Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the final passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
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The Wilson administration eventually supported the amendment in response to public pressure.
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Woodrow Wilson had been adamantly opposed to woman's suffrage prior to 1918.
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False
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During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:
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dismissed numerous black federal employees.
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When American troops finally arrived in Europe:
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they helped push back a German offensive near Paris.
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Assess the effectiveness of President Woodrow Wilson's response to Mexico's civil war.
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Wilson's attempts to teach Mexican people how to select good men only led to the war spilling over into the United States.
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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.