Chapter 19 Part 1

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America's empire in the early twentieth century was all of the following EXCEPT:
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cultural.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans, got Supreme Court to declare grandfather clause unconstitutional
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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 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 Roosevelt Corollary:
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claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere.
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Dollar Diplomacy:
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characterizes the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt.
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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 the 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 weaknesses of Wilson's foreign policy.
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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 by both the British and 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 British 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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The Fourteen Points:
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sought to establish the right of national self-determination.
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Most Progressives saw World War I as a golden opportunity because:
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hoped to disseminate Progressive values around the globe.
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During World War I, federal powers:
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increased corporate and individual income taxes.
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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 woman elected to 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 a 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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Catholics who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by the parishioners.
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The Eighteenth Amendment:
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Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918)
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restricted freedom of speech
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The American Protective League:
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worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals and slackers.