Question 1

Americanization:

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refers to the process of assimilation.

Question 2

The Great Migration refers to:

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blacks moving from the South to the North.

Question 3

All of the following groups supported Prohibition EXCEPT:

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Catholics who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by the parishioners.

Question 4

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.

Question 5

As war broke out in Europe, Americans:

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were deeply divided.

Question 6

Between 1898 and 1934, 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.

Question 7

Birth of a Nation was a film that:

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portrayed the Civil War and Reconstruction, glorifying the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 8

Dollar Diplomacy was:

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used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention.

Question 9

During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:

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premiered the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House.

Question 10

During World War I, federal powers:

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expanded greatly.

Question 11

Eugenics is the:

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study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races.

Question 12

From 1914 to 1916, U.S. intervention in Mexico:

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demonstrated the weaknesses of Wilson's foreign policy.

Question 13

In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson:

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used the campaign slogan He kept us out of war.

Question 14

Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress:

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did not support U.S. entry into World War I.

Question 15

Most Progressives saw World War I as a golden opportunity because they:

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hoped to disseminate Progressive values around the globe.

Question 16

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war:

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gainst Germany, to make the world safe for democracy.

Question 17

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.

Question 18

The American Protective League:

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worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals and slackers.

Question 19

The Committee on Public Information:

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was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion.

Question 20

The Eighteenth Amendment:

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prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

Question 21

The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918):

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restricted freedom of speech.

Question 22

The Fourteen Points attempted to

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provide a peace agenda to create a new democratic world order.

Question 23

The Gentlemen's Agreement:

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restricted Japanese immigration.

Question 24

The Industrial Workers of the World and most of the Socialist Party:

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opposed the war.

Question 25

The National Women's Party:

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was part of a new, more militant generation of college-educated activists.

Question 26

The Nineteenth Amendment:

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barred states from using sex as a qualification for voting.

Question 27

The policy of U.S. neutrality was:

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tested by both the British and Germans.

Question 28

The Red Scare:

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was an intense period of political intolerance and fears of the Russian Revolution.

Question 29

The Roosevelt Corollary:

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claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere.

Question 30

The Treaty of Versailles:

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required Germany to pay over $33 billion in reparations.

Question 31

The Treaty of Versailles:

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was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.

Question 32

The Zimmermann Telegram:

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outlined the German plan for an attack on the United States by Mexico.

Question 33

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.

Question 34

U.S. control of the Panama Canal Zone:

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was part of Theodore Roosevelt's policy of intervention in Central America.

Question 35

W. E. B. Du Bois:

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founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Question 36

Wartime repression of dissent and free speech culminated in:

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the Red Scare.

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

Which phrase accurately describes the scene in Paris upon Woodrow Wilson's arrival?

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huge, enthusiastic crowds

Question 40

Who led a black separatist movement?

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Marcus Garvey

Question 41

Who was the first female member of Congress?

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Jeannette Rankin

Question 42

Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following principles EXCEPT:

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an end to colonization.

Question 43

Woodrow Wilson's moral imperialism in Latin America produced:

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more military interventions than any other president before or since

Question 44

Woodrow Wilson's political ideology included all of the following ideals EXCEPT:

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public ownership of all property.

Question 45

World War I:

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was rooted in European contests over colonial possessions.

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