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UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION I
Time – 55 minutes
80 Questions
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested
answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding
oval on the answer sheet.
1. The Iroquois Confederacy was able to
menace its Native American and
European neighbors because of
a. its military alliance, sustained by
political and organizational skills.
b. the Iroquois warriors’ skill with the
Europeans’ muskets.
c. the scattered nature of the Iroquois
settlements, which made it difficult
for their enemies to defeat them.
d. the alliance with the Aztecs and
Incas.
e. its use of new weapons.
4. A key reason France needed to control the
Ohio Valley was to
a. stop Spain from extending its
empire.
b. help win the War of Jenkins’s Ear.
c. stop the Indian attacks on its
outposts.
d. link its Canadian holdings with
those of the lower Mississippi
Valley.
e. be able to put more of its settlers
there in order to increase farm
production.
2. Unlike other English voyagers to the New
World, the Puritans
a. transplanted entire communities.
b. lost most of their Old World habits.
c. immigrated as individuals rather
than in groups.
d. came only for religious reasons.
e. renounced their membership in the
Church of England.
5. As a result of the French and Indian War,
Great Britain
a. gained control of Louisiana.
b. became the dominant power in
North America.
c. annexed the island of Cuba.
d. gained exclusive control of the slave
trade.
e. all of the above.
3. One political principle that colonial
Americans came to cherish above most
others was
a. the property qualification for
voting.
b. one man, one vote.
c. the separation of powers.
d. self-taxation through
representation.
e. restricting the right to vote to men
only.
6. When it came to the Revolution, it could
be said that the American colonists were
a. eager revolutionaries.
b. up until the end wanting more than
the “rights of Englishmen.”
c. little concerned about economics.
d. clearly opposed to tightening
commercial bonds to the British.
e. reluctant revolutionaries.
7. The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was
a. an isolated incident.
b. directed only at the British East
India Company.
c. not the only such protest to occur.
d. supported by friends of America in Britain.
e. the result of the Intolerable Acts.
8. Which individual privately advocated
equality for women?
a. Betsy Ross
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Martha Washington
d. Benjamin Franklin
e. Abigail Adams
9. France came to America’s aid in the
Revolution because
a. French officials supported our
cause of democracy.
b. it hoped to gain access to the
American fur trade.
c. it wanted revenge against Britain.
d. it could use America to test new
military tactics.
e. all of the above.
10. The Articles of Confederation left
Congress unable to
a. organize development of the
western lands.
b. deal with foreign affairs.
c. apportion state representation
equally.
d. enforce a tax-collection program.
e. establish a postal service.
11. All of the following are guarantees
provided by the Bill of Rights except
a. the right to vote for all citizens.
b. freedom of speech.
c. freedom of religion.
d. freedom of the press.
e. right to a trial by a jury.
12. In Jay’s Treaty, the British
a. pledged to stop seizing American
ships.
b. released Americans from their preRevolutionary War debt obligations
to British merchants.
c. promised to evacuate the chain of
forts in the Old Northwest.
d. refused to pay damages for seizures
of American ships.
e. were denied most favored nation
status.
13. The main purpose of the Alien and
Sedition Acts was to
a. capture French and British spies.
b. control the Federalists.
c. silence and punish critics of the
Federalists.
d. keep Thomas Jefferson from
becoming president.
e. provide support for the Republican
party.
14. Thomas Jefferson’s presidency was
characterized by his
a. unswerving conformity to
Republican party principles.
b. rigid attention to formal protocol at
White House gatherings.
c. moderation in the administration of
public policy.
d. ruthless use of the patronage power
to appoint Republicans to federal
offices.
e. inability to get legislation passed by
Congress.
15. Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the
United States because
a. he had suffered misfortunes in
Santo Domingo.
b. he hoped that the territory would
one day help America to thwart the
ambitions of the British.
c. he did not want to drive America
into the arms of the British.
d. yellow fever killed many French
troops.
e. all of the above.
16. After killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel,
Aaron Burr
a. fled to France.
b. fled to England.
c. was arrested and found guilty of
murder.
d. was arrested and found innocent of
murder.
e. engaged in a plot to separate the
western part of the United States
from the east.
17. From a global perspective, the War of
1812 was
a. a highly significant conflict.
b. more important to Europeans than
to Americans.
c. of little importance.
d. responsible for the defeat of
Napoleon.
e. more important than the American
Revolution.
18. The Era of Good Feelings
a. was characterized by the absence of
any serious problems.
b. was noted for cooperation between
the Democratic and Republican
parties.
c. marked a temporary end to
sectionalism.
d. was a troubled period.
e. saw the start of the Whig party.
19. As a result of the Missouri Compromise
a. there were more slave than free
states in the Union.
b. slavery was outlawed in all states
north of the forty-second parallel.
c. slavery was banned north of 36
30 in the Louisiana Purchase
territory.
d. Missouri was required to free its
slaves when they reached full
adulthood.
e. there were more free states than
slave states in the Union.
20. At the time it was issued, the Monroe
Doctrine was
a. incapable of being enforced by the
United States
b. greeted with enthusiasm and
gratitude in South America.
c. universally acclaimed in Britain as a
great act of statesmanship.
d. welcomed with relief by European
powers who feared British power
in the Western Hemisphere.
e. opposed by the Whig party.
21. In the 1820s and 1830s one issue that
greatly raised the political stakes was
a. economic prosperity.
b. the Peggy Eaton affair.
c. a lessening of political party
organizations.
d. the demise of the Whig Party.
e. slavery.
22. The purpose behind the spoils system was
a. to press those with experience into
governmental service.
b. to make politics a sideline and not a full-time
business.
c. to reward political supporters with public office.
d. to reverse the trend of rotation in office.
e. the widespread encouragement of a
bureaucratic office-holding class.
23. The dramatic growth of American cities
between 1800 and 1860
a. led to a lower death rate.
b. contributed to a decline in the
birthrate.
c. resulted in unsanitary conditions in
many communities.
d. forced the federal government to
slow immigration.
e. created sharp political conflict
between farmers and urbanites.
24. As a result of the development of the
cotton gin,
a. slavery revived and expanded.
b. American industry bought more
southern cotton than did British
manufacturers.
c. a nationwide depression ensued.
d. the South diversified its economy.
e. the textile industry moved to the
South.
25. The Second Great Awakening tended to
a. promote religious diversity
b. reduce social class differences.
c. blur regional differences.
d. discourage church membership.
e. weaken women’s social position.
26. Women became especially active in the
social reforms stimulated by the Second
Great Awakening because
a. evangelical religion emphasized
their spiritual dignity and religious
social reform legitimized their
activity outside the home.
b. they refused to accept the idea that
there was a special female role in
society.
c. they were looking to obtain as
much power as possible.
d. many of the leading preachers and
evangelists were women.
e. they saw the churches as the first
institutions that needed to be
reformed.
30. The largest single addition to American
territory was
a. the Louisiana Purchase.
b. the Mexican Cession.
c. the Oregon Country.
d. the Old Northwest.
e. Alaska.
27. The plantation system of the South was
a. increasingly monopolistic.
b. efficient at utilizing natural
resources.
c. financially stable.
d. attractive to European immigrants.
e. unable to expand westward.
32. The prime objective of Manifest Destiny
in the 1850s was
a. Panama.
b. Nicaragua.
c. Cuba.
d. Hawaii.
e. the Dominican Republic.
28. The majority of southern whites owned
no slaves because
a. they opposed slavery.
b. they could not afford the purchase
price.
c. their urban location did not require
them.
d. their racism would not allow them
to work alongside AfricanAmericans.
e. they feared the possibility of slave
revolts.
33. Uncle Tom’s Cabin may be described as
a. a firsthand account of slavery.
b. a success only in the United States.
c. a romanticized account of slavery.
d. having little effect on the start of
the Civil War.
e. a powerful political force.
29. The Wilmot Proviso
a. symbolized the burning issue of
slavery in the territories.
b. gained House and Senate approval
in 1846.
c. settled once and for all the issue of
slavery in California.
d. allowed slavery in the territory
taken from Mexico in 1848.
e. left open the issue of slavery in New
Mexico and Utah.
31. The public liked popular sovereignty
because it
a. stopped the spread of slavery.
b. fit in with the democratic tradition
of self-determination.
c. provided a national solution to the
problem of slavery.
d. supported the Wilmot Proviso.
e. upheld the principles of white supremacy.
34. In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown
intended to
a. foment a slave rebellion.
b. discredit abolitionists.
c. force the North and South to
compromise on the slavery issue.
d. make Kansas a free state.
e. overthrow the federal government.
35. The greatest weakness of the South
during the Civil War was its
a. military leadership.
b. navy.
c. slave population.
d. economy.
e. political system.
36. The North’s greatest strength in the Civil
War was its
a. ethnic unity.
b. military leadership.
c. navy.
d. high morale.
e. economy.
37. In the Civil War, the South won the battle of
a. Vicksburg.
b. Bull Run.
c. Gettysburg.
d. Atlanta.
e. Lookout Mountain.
38. The two major battles of the Civil War
fought on Union soil were
a. Shiloh and Chancellorsville
b. Bull Run and Vicksburg.
c. Gettysburg and Antietam.
d. Peninsula Campaign and
Fredericksburg.
e. Mobile and Missionary Ridge.
39. Freedom for Southern blacks at the end of
the Civil War
a. came with relative ease.
b. enabled large numbers to move to
the big cities in the North.
c. came haltingly and unevenly in
different parts of the conquered
Confederacy.
d. was achieved without the use of
Union soldiers.
e. was a source of considerable
anxiety.
41. The passage of the Pendleton Act was a
direct result of the
a. assassination of Abraham Lincoln
b. failure of Reconstruction
c. Assassination of James A. Garfiled
d. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson
e. Assassination of Wlliam McKiley
42. The term vertical integration refers to
a. Reconstruction-era efforts to
assimilate newly freed slaves into
all social strata of American society
b. an architectural movement that
sought to blend urban skyscrapers
with the natural landscape
surrounding theme
c. the industrial practice of assigning
workers a single, repetitive task in
order to maximize productivity
d. control of all aspects of an
industry, from production of raw
materials to delivery of finished
goods
e. the belief that wealthy citizens
have a moral obligation to engage
in philanthropic acts
43. The Haymarket Affair represented a
major setback for the
a. women’s suffrage movement
b. civil rights movement for AfricanAmericans
c. Knights of Labor
d. Temperance movement
e. Populist movement
40. The main purpose of the Black Codes was to 44. A “bird of passage” was an immigrant who
a. guarantee freedom for the blacks.
a. came to the United States to live
b. ensure a stable labor supply.
permanently.
c. allow blacks to marry.
b. only passed through America on
d. prevent blacks from becoming
his or her way to Canada.
sharecroppers.
c. was unmarried.
e. create a system of justice for exd. came to America to work for a
slaves
short time and then returned to
Europe.
e. flew from job to job.
45. Booker T. Washington believed that the
key to political and civil rights for AfricanAmericans was
a. the vote.
b. rigorous academic training.
c. the rejection of accommodationist
attitudes.
d. to directly challenge white
supremacy.
e. economic independence.
46. 46.The Dawes Severalty Act was designed
to promote Indian
a. prosperity.
b. annihilation.
c. assimilation.
d. culture.
e. education.
47. The Homestead Act
a. sold more land to bona fide
farmers than to land promoters.
b. was a drastic departure from
previous government public land
policy.
c. was responsible for the sale of
more land than any other agency.
d. managed to end the fraud that was
common with other government
land programs.
e. was criticized as a federal
government giveaway
48. A major factor in the shift in American
foreign policy toward imperialism in the
late nineteenth century was
a. the need for additional population.
b. the desire for more farmland.
c. the construction of an Americanbuilt isthmian canal between the
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
d. the closing of the frontier.
e. the need for overseas markets for
increased industrial and
agricultural production.
49. The battleship Maine was sunk by
a. the Spanish.
b. an explosion on the ship.
c. Cuban rebels.
d. reporters working for William
Randolph Hearst.
e. a mine planted by pro-Cuban
Americans.
50. Arrange the following events in
chronological order: (A) American
declaration of war on Spain, (B) sinking of
the Maine, (C) passage of the Teller
Amendment, (D) passage of the Platt
Amendment.
a. A, B, D, C
b. D, C, B, A
c. B, A, D, C
d. B, A, C, D
e. C, D, A, B
51. The Roosevelt Corollary added a new
provision to the Monroe Doctrine that
was specifically designed to
a. enable the U.S. to rule Puerto Rico
and the Canal Zone.
b. stop European colonization in the
Western Hemisphere.
c. restore cordial relations between
the United States and Latin
American countries.
d. establish a friendly partnership
with Britain so that it could join the
United States in policing Latin
American affairs.
e. justify U.S. intervention in the
affairs of Latin American countries.
52. The United States’ frequent intervention
in the affairs of Latin American countries
in the early twentieth century
a. established political stability in
the area.
b. was appreciated in the region as
an effective cloak of defense
against European threats.
c. left a legacy of ill will and distrust
of the United States throughout
Latin America.
d. departed from Theodore
Roosevelt’s big-stick diplomacy.
e. was intended to spread
democracy to the region.
53. Match each early-twentieth-century
muckraker below with the target of his or
her exposé.
A. David G. Phillips
1. United States Senate
B. Ida Tarbell
2. Standard Oil Company
C. Lincoln Steffens
3. city governments
D. Ray Stannard Baker
4. the condition of blacks
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
54. The progressive movement was
instrumental in getting both the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth amendments
added to the Constitution. The
Seventeenth called for , and the
Eighteenth called for .
a. prohibition; woman suffrage
b. direct election of senators;
prohibition
c. woman suffrage; income taxes
d. income taxes; direct election of
senators
A.
B.
C.
D.
55. Match each 1912 presidential candidate
below with his political party.
Woodrow Wilson
1.
Socialist
Theodore Roosevelt 2.
Democratic
William Howard Taft 3.
Republican
Eugene V. Debs
4.
Progressive
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
A-4, B-3, C-2, D-l
A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
A-2, B-4, C-3, D-l
56. In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised
a. not to sink passenger ships.
b. to maintain the territorial
integrity of France.
c. to halt its naval blockade of
Britain.
d. to halt all submarine warfare.
e. not to sink passenger ships
without warning.
57. The United States declared war on
Germany
a. in response to demands by
American munitions makers.
b. as a result of treaty obligations.
c. because Wall Street bankers
demanded it.
d. after Mexico signed an alliance
with Germany.
e. after German U-boats sank four
unarmed American merchant
vessels.
58. The chief difference between Woodrow
Wilson and the parliamentary statesmen
at the Paris peace table was that Wilson
a. lacked their popularity in Europe.
b. did not command a legislative
majority at home.
c. brought some of his political
opponents with him.
d. refused to play politics with the
peace powers.
e. was not popular with his own
people.
59. The red scare of 1919–1920 was
provoked by
a. the wartime migration of rural
blacks to northern cities.
b. the strict enforcement of
prohibition laws.
c. evolutionary science’s challenge
to the biblical story of the
Creation.
d. the public’s association of labor
violence with its fear of
revolution.
e. the threat created by the
Communist Revolution in Russia.
60. The prosperity that developed in the
1920s helped
a. to accumulate a cloud of debt.
b. to reduce buying on credit.
c. labor unions to gain strength.
d. enable the railroads to make more profits.
e. close the gap between rich and
poor
61. In America, the Great Depression caused
a. people to blame the economic
system, not themselves, for their
problems.
b. a decade-long decline in the
birthrate.
c. an increase of foreign investment
because prices were so low.
d. the price of common stock to
remain low while blue-chip stocks
suffered only moderate losses.
e. a shift in the economic philosophy
of business
62. As a result of America’s insistence that
war debts be repaid,
a. the French and British demanded
enormous reparations payments
from Germany.
b. the German mark was ruined by
drastic inflation.
c. nearly all U.S. allies repaid their
loans.
d. the United States became more
involved in European affairs to
ensure repayment.
e. the allies insisted on lower U.S.
tariffs.
63. President Roosevelt’s “Court-packing”
scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to
make the Supreme Court
a. more conservative.
b. more independent of Congress.
c. more sympathetic to New Deal
programs.
d. less burdened with appellate
cases.
e. more respectful of the
Constitution’s original intent.
64. The first Agricultural Adjustment Act
(AAA) raised the money paid to farmers
not to grow crops by
a. raising the tariff.
b. imposing a tax on the sale of
farms.
c. selling government surplus grain.
d. increasing taxes on the wealthy.
e. taxing processors of farm
products.
65. The Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and
1937 stipulated that when the president
proclaimed the existence of a foreign war,
a. Americans would be prohibited
from sailing on the ships of the
warring nations.
b. America would sell arms and war
materials only to the victim of
aggression.
c. American bankers would be
allowed to make loans to only one
of the warring nations.
d. the United States intended to
uphold the tradition of freedom of
the seas.
e. U.S. diplomats and civilians would
be withdrawn from both warring
nations.
66. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in
1941 came as a great surprise because
a. President Roosevelt suspected
that if an attack came, it would be
in Malaya or the Philippines.
b. there was no way of knowing that
the Japanese had been provoked
to the point of starting a war with
the United States.
c. Japanese communications were in
a secret code unknown to the
United States.
d. the United States was, at the time,
Japan’s main source of oil and
steel.
e. it was believed that Japan had
insufficient aircraft carriers to
reach near Hawaii.
67. Franklin Roosevelt’s sensational
“Quarantine Speech” resulted in
a. immediate British support of U.S. policy.
b. a wave of protest by isolationists.
c. support from both Democratic
and Republican leaders.
d. Japanese aggression in China.
e. a modification of the Neutrality
Acts.
68. Arrange these events in chronological
order: (A) V-J Day, (B) V-E Day, (C) D Day,
(D) Invasion of Italy.
a. D, C, B, A
b. A, C, B, D
c. B, D, A, C
d. C, A, D, B
e. A, D, B, C
69. The Potsdam Conference
a. determined the fate of Eastern
Europe.
b. brought France and China in as
part of the “Big Five.
c. concluded that the Soviet Union
would enter the war in the Pacific.
d. was Franklin Roosevelt’s last
meeting with Churchill and Stalin.
e. issued an ultimatum to Japan to
surrender or be destroyed
70. When the Soviet Union denied the United
States, Britain, and France
a. access to Berlin in 1948, President
Truman responded by asking the
United Nations to intervene.
b. denying the Soviets access to
West Germany.
c. declaring that an “iron curtain”
had descended across Central
Europe.
d. organizing a gigantic airlift of
supplies to Berlin.
e. sending an armed convoy to
Berlin.
71. President Truman’s domestic welfare
legislative plan was dubbed the
a. Square Deal.
b. New Deal.
c. Fair Deal.
d. Redeal.
e. New Frontier.
72. Dwight Eisenhower’s greatest asset as
president was his
a. vast military experience.
b. willingness to take a partisan
stand.
c. commitment to social justice.
d. willingness to involve himself in
rough campaigning.
e. enjoyment of the affection and
respect of the American people
73. 73. President Dwight Eisenhower’s
attitude toward racial justice can best be
described as
a. not inclined toward promoting
integration.
b. very supportive.
c. endorsing the concept of using
laws to compel people to change
their opinions and actions.
d. supporting racial justice over
social harmony.
e. adhering to the philosophy of
“states’ rights.”
74. In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka, the
Supreme Court
a. declared that the concept of
“separate but equal” facilities for
blacks and whites was
unconstitutional.
b. upheld its earlier decision in
Plessy v. Ferguson.
c. rejected desegregation.
d. supported the “Declaration of
Constitutional Principles” issued
by Congress.
e. ordered immediate and total
integration of all American
schools.
75. The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964
accomplished all of the following except
a. creation of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
b. prohibiting discrimination based
on gender.
c. banning sexual as well as racial
discrimination.
d. banning racial discrimination in
most private facilities open to the
public.
e. requiring “affirmative action”
against discrimination.
76. The common use of poll taxes to inhibit
black voters in the South was outlawed by
the
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
c. Twenty-fourth Amendment.
d. War on Poverty.
e. Twenty-fifth Amendment.
77. The Pentagon Papers, published in 1971,
a. revealed President Nixon’s role in
the Watergate scandal.
b. documented the North
Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of
Tonkin.
c. exposed President Nixon’s secret
bombing war of Cambodia.
d. was the first the American public
knew of the Nixon Doctrine.
e. exposed the deception that had
led the United States into the
Vietnam War.
78. Richard Nixon’s policy of détente
a. was designed to improve relations
between the Soviet Union and
China.
b. was aimed at ending the division
of Germany and Korea.
c. was a failure.
d. found support in the Democratic
party but not the Republican
party.
e. ushered in an era of relaxed
tensions between the United
States and the two leading
communist powers, China and the
Soviet Union.
79. Ronald Reagan planned to reduce the size
of government by
a. cutting back on military
expenditures.
b. not allowing the government to
intrude into people’s private lives
in such areas as abortion and
pornography.
c. shrinking the federal budget and
lowering taxes.
d. refusing to replace officials who
retired.
e. eliminating welfare and education
programs.
80. For the Soviet Union’s new policies of
glasnost (openness) and perestroika
(restructuring) to work, it was essential
that the
a. Soviets keep control of Eastern
Europe.
b. communist party engage in
democratic competition.
c. Middle East oilfields to be
controlled by Soviet allies.
d. United States send aid to Russia.
e. Cold War end.
END OF SECTION I
UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION II
Part B and Part C
(Suggested total planning and writing time – 70 minutes)
Percent of Section II score – 55
Part B
Directions: Choose ONE question from this part. You are advised to spend 5 minutes planning
and 30 minutes writing your answer. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your
generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically.
1. Manifest Destiny was a popular belief in the Nineteenth Century United States. The
belief itself was that we, as United States citizens, are supposed to expand across
our continent. Pick four of the following sources and explain
 How the source represents Manifest Destiny
 Whether the source claims Manifest Destiny as a good or bad thing
 The negative or positive effects the source represents on Manifest Destiny
Document A
.
"It is America's right to stretch from sea to shining sea. Not only do we have a
responsibility to our citizens to gain valuable natural resources we also have a
responsibility to civilize this beautiful land."
From: http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_32_Notes.htm
Document B
"America has no right to take the lands west of the Louisiana Territory. Those lands are
rightfully owned by Mexico and to enter into conflict with the Mexicans just to expand
and take that land would violate the principles of this great nation."
From: http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_32_Notes.htm
Document C
“Manifest Destiny
More blood on the hands of Christ
They called themselves Christians
And gave themselves the rights
Disguised as missionaries
They were really after gold
Many Indians died for that
How many's never told”
Song lyrics found at: ://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_32_Notes.htm
Document D
“American Progress” Found on Wikipedia
Document E
Found on: http://www.common-place.org/vol-09/no-01/edling/
Document F
Document G
Document H
END OF DOCUMENTS FOR QUESTION 1
Part B
Directions: Choose ONE question from this part. You are advised to spend 5 minutes planning
and 30 minutes writing your answer. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your
generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically.
1. Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776
intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican
values.
2. How did each of the following contribute to the North’s victory in the Civil War?
Part C
Directions: Choose ONE question from this part. You are advised to spend 5 minutes planning
and 30 minutes writing your answer. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your
generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically.
1. Assess the relative influence of THREE of the following in the American decision
to declare war on Germany in 1917.
 German naval policy
 American economic interests
 Woodrow Wilson's idealism
 Allied propaganda
 America's claim to world power
2. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is commonly thought of as a liberal and President
Herbert C. Hoover as a conservative. To what extent are these characterizations
valid?