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Chapter 24 Review Questions
IDENTIFICATION
Briefly identify the meaning and significance of the following terms:
1.
Lusitania______________________________________________________________________
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2. Roosevelt
Corollary__________________________________________________________________
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3. Sussex
Pledge______________________________________________________________________
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4. "dollar
diplomacy"__________________________________________________________________
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5. League of
Nations_________________________________________________________________
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6. Zimmermann
Telegram____________________________________________________________
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7.
Bolshevik_____________________________________________________________________
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8. Sedition
Act_____________________________________________________________________
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9. War Industries
Board_______________________________________________________________
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10. Fourteen
Points___________________________________________________________________
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11. Committee on Public Information______________________________________
MATCHING
A. Match the following diplomatic measures with the appropriate description:
1. Hay-Herran Convention
a. recognized Japan's control of Korea in return for her
non-interference in the Philippines
2. Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
b. was convened by Roosevelt to end the war between
Japan and Russia
3. Taft-Katsura Agreement
c. contained a promise by the Germans not to fire on
4. Portsmouth
5. Sussex Pledge
zone in
nonmilitary ships in the North Atlantic
d. in agreement with Colombia, gave the U.S. the right
to dig a canal and a ninety-nine-year lease
e. gave U.S. control over the Panama Canal
return for U.S. guarantee of Panamanian
independence
f. increased American suspicion of German
intervention in Mexico
B. Match the following public figures with the appropriate description:
1. George Creel
a. head of the wartime Fuel Administration who
introduced daylight savings time
2. Bernard Baruch
b. Socialist party leader who was imprisoned for
denouncing capitalism and the war
3. Herbert Hoover
c. head of the Food Administration who supplied food
to American armies overseas
4. Eugene V. Debs
d. leader of the Committee on Public Information to
publicize the war effort
5. Harry A. Garfield
e. person who ran the War Industries Board, which
determined manufacturing priorities
f. head of the War Labor Board, which standardized
hours and wages
COMPLETION
Answer the question or complete the statement by filling in the blanks with the correct word or
words.
1. The secretary of state who chose to resign rather than sign a note demanding certain pledges
from
Germany after the sinking of the Lusitania was________ .
2. To consolidate the country's new position in the Caribbean and to strengthen America's twoocean
navy, Roosevelt desired ___________.
3. With the __________, the United States and Japan promised to maintain the status quo in the
Pacific and support Chinese independence.
4. Rejecting "dollar diplomacy," Wilson initially intended to follow a course of _____________
to settle international disputes by right rather than might.
5. The longtime president of Mexico who invited foreign investments into the Mexican economy
was
______________.
6. At the outbreak of war in Europe, Wilson proclaimed _____________ and asked the American
people to remain impartial in thought and action.
7. The new weapon that violated traditional rules of warfare and strained United States-German
relations was the -________________ .
8. The issue that dominated the presidential election of 1916 was ____________.
9. The Mexican leader whom Wilson refused to recognize, calling him instead “the butcher,” was
_________________________.
10. When Du Bois spoke of blacks as being more proud and militant after the war, he used the
term
______________________ to describe them.
TRUE/FALSE
Mark the following statements either T (True) or F (False):
_____1. The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty gave the United States and Britain joint ownership of the
proposed isthmian canal.
_____2. The new approach to Latin American affairs promised by Wilson was to elevate human
rights and national integrity.
_____3. Because the Philippines were strategically crucial to American interests in the Pacific,
Congress decided to fortify the islands promptly after acquisition.
_____4. William Jennings Bryan was appointed secretary of state by Wilson primarily because of
his
previous experience in foreign affairs through the State Department.
_____5. "The dirty hunger for dollars" was to blame for the European war, according to
multimillionaire Henry Ford.
_____6. Because he had fought so doggedly for neutrality, Wilson was able to sympathize with
those
Americans who opposed the U.S. entry into the war in 1917.
_____7. Because of the Zimmermann telegram and the possibility of war with Mexico as well as
because of the universal hatred for Mexicans by southwestern Americans, Congress tightened
immigration restrictions from south of the border after 1917.
_____8. The fact that most African Americans actively supported the war effort had a calming
effect
on racial tensions at home after the war.
_____9. Most Irish immigrants in the United States favored Germany in World War I even though
Irish troops were fighting for the British.
_____10. Because of the almost universal hatred for the American Socialist party expressed
during and after the Paris peace talks, the party became stronger.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Circle the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The Roosevelt Corollary
a. promised an American empire in the Caribbean.
b. warned European nations to eliminate all economic interests in Latin America.
c. warned of American intervention in Latin American affairs when necessary.
d. acquired Cuba for the United States as a territory.
e. promised military assistance to any nation against European incursion.
2. The approach of President Taft toward foreign affairs was to
a. increase military buildup and involvement.
b. promote American financial and business interests.
c. oppose all non-democratic regimes.
d. attract European capital and loans to Latin America.
e. act as a diplomat in as many international conflicts as possible.
3. According to Woodrow Wilson, the objectives and pursuits of the American people should be
a. moral principle, preservation of peace, and extension of democracy.
b. military power and increased armaments.
c. material interests and "dollar diplomacy."
d. overwhelming concern for domestic progressive issues to the sacrifice or preclusion of foreign
problems.
e. an international policeman, enforcing human rights around the globe.
4. One of the major reasons for the war in Europe in 1914 was
a. the fear of Britain and France toward the rising power of Russia.
b. the fear of creeping communist revolutions throughout Europe.
c. the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the desire for additional territories by her
southeastern European neighbors.
d. a web of entangling alliances that could cause a local problem to escalate into a major war.
e. imperialistic desires of the German nation.
5. At the outset of the European war, most Americans
a. accepted neutrality as advisable and moral.
b. favored entering the war on the side of Britain and France.
c. blamed Britain for the war because of its extensive imperial system.
d. were unconcerned with events in Europe.
e. encouraged young men to emigrate to Canada, so they could join the war on the side of
Britain.
6. The preparedness advocates called for
a. American entry into the war at any cost.
b. naval destroyers to accompany merchant vessels across the North Atlantic.
c. Roosevelt to run for the presidency in 1916.
d. military readiness in case of war.
e. industry to convert factories in order to supply Britain and France with military equipment.
7. The Committee on Public Information was responsible for
a. giving the American people clear and objective reasons why the United States was compelled
to
intervene in the war.
b. distributing news items to the major daily papers and other media.
c. using the arts, advertising, and film industries to publicize the war and launching a propaganda
campaign to popularize the war effort against the barbaric Germans.
d. keeping a watchful eye on antiwar sympathizers and publicly discrediting them.
e. providing the American people with a report on how the Government was involved in
censorship during the war.
8. The effect of the war on organized labor was to
a. bring labor into partnership with the federal government and greatly increase union
membership.
b. allow the government to forbid strikes or work slowdowns.
c. weaken labor because most workers were called into the armed forces.
d. allow women to unionize on the same basis as men.
e. provide government the opportunity to outlaw unions.
9. African American participation in the war could best be described in which of the following
ways?
a. African Americans were not allowed in the armed forces in any capacity.
b. African Americans were enlisted in support and supply units but were not allowed in combat.
c. More than forty thousand African Americans served in combat but were commonly
discriminated against when they returned home.
d. African Americans were fully integrated into the armed forces and treated the same as white
troops for the most part.
e. The contributions made by African Americans during the war allowed them to become equal in
the eyes of American society when they returned home.
10. Which of the following was not a major goal of Wilson's at the Paris Peace Conference?
a. enforcement of enormous financial reparations upon the Germans
b. national self-determination for European ethnic and nationalist groups
c. a League of Nations to settle international disputes
d. reduction of tensions through disarmament and establishment of free trade
e. none of the above.
11. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty granted
a. the United States control of a canal zone through Panama.
b. the United States and Britain joint ownership of the canal.
c. the United States a ninety-nine year lease on a canal zone in return for payments to Columbia.
d. Columbia preferential treatment in using the canal.
e. the United States the ability to manage the canal, but ownership would be a joint American-
British endeavor.
12. Most progressives in the United States believed that the European war was the result of
a. the failure of international diplomacy.
b. the lack of fully democratic states in central and eastern Europe.
c. the lack of commitment on the part of European governments to liberal reforms.
d. the absence of American leadership in encouraging other nations to establish their own
progressive reform agendas.
e. the greed of financiers, munitions manufacturers, stockbrokers, and others eager for wartime
profits.
13. The German policy that was most directly responsible for bringing the United States into the
war was
the
a. support for Mexico with arms and money during the punitive expedition.
b. support for Asia imperialism in the Pacific.
c. sinking of the Lusitania.
d. revelation of wartime objectives including territorial gains in Europe and Africa.
e. decision to renew unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic against American
vessels.
14. The key issue in the 1916 presidential campaign was
a. that Wilson had kept us out of war and that Hughes was perceived to be more aggressive
toward
Germany.
b. the proposed extension of suffrage to women.
c. whether civil rights for African Americans continued in the progressive agenda.
d. whether we would eventually come into the European war on the side of Germany or on the
side
of Britain and France.
e. the American economic and industrial support for the British war effort.
15. Wilson’s attitude toward antiwar dissent after American entry was to
a. tolerate it because of his own moral revulsion to war.
b. crack down on super patriotic vigilantism directed against antiwar sympathizers.
c. encourage repression and humiliation of antiwar sympathizers.
d. refuse to concern himself because of the greater importance of directing the war in Europe.
e. attempt to broker a ceasefire and eventual peace treaty between the warring factions.