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1 American involvement in World War I brought about which of the
following social and economic changes in the United States?:
extensive black migration to the North.
A
B
decline of trade unions.
C
a loosening of controls on freedom of speech.
D
reduction of the number of women in the workplace.
E
a strengthening of anti-trust laws.
2 Which of the following was most crucial in bringing about U. S.
participation in World War I?:
British propaganda.
A
B
German use of submarines against merchant and passenger ships.
C
revelation of a German proposal to Mexico for a joint war against
the United States.
German violation of Belgian neutrality.
D
E
German atrocities against French and Belgian civilians in the
occupied areas of those countries.
3 The Sedition Act of 1918 was most often used to punish?:
persons who criticized the war effort.
A
B
rich progressives who did not contribute money to the war effort.
C
groups organized by George Creel to drive Bolsheviks and
Germans out of the cities.
members of the press from the Hearst and Pulitzer syndicates.
D
E
Egyptians, Iranians, and others emigrating from the Middle East
to the United States.
4 Germany's notorious Zimmermann telegram?:
promised a temporary halt to submarine warfare.
A
B
apologized for the sinking of the Lusitania.
C
warned the United States not to send merchant ships to belligerent
nations.
rejected U. S. efforts for a truce in the fighting.
D
E
proposed an alliance with Mexico if the United States declared
war on Germany.
5 Woodrow Wilson failed to obtain ratification of the Versailles
Treaty because?:
a majority of the senators opposed the Treaty and the League of
A
Nations under any circumstances.
he made too many compromises with the Republican opposition.
B
D
he was unwilling to make any compromise with Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge.
the Republican senators wanted a stronger League of Nations.
E
he was unwilling to publicly campaign for the Treaty.
C
6 The Red Scare of 1919 was influenced by all of the following
EXCEPT?:
the October Russian Revolution.
A
B
labor strikes in several areas of the United States.
C
terrorist bombings.
D
the continuation of World War I.
E
formation of the American Communist Party.
7 Evidence that labor played a key role during World War I may be
supported by all of the following EXCEPT?:
the AFL, led by Samuel Gompers, actively supported the war
A
effort.
despite labor cooperation, there were thousands of strikes (none of
B
them major) during World War I.
women for the first time entered the labor force in large numbers
C
during the war.
blacks came North in large numbers to fill the ranks of labor in
D
mining, steel production, and transportation.
8 As a result of their work supporting the war effort, women?:
finally received the right to vote.
A
B
in large numbers secured a permanent foothold in the work force.
C
were allowed to join the Air Force.
D
all of these choices are correct.
9 In the first few years after World War I, relations between blacks
and whites in America were generally characterized by?:
grudging acceptance due to common economic distress.
A
B
relative cordiality due to the gallant service of blacks in the war.
C
notable improvement due to new legal safeguards for blacks,
which had been enacted during the Progressive Era.
extreme resentment, race riots, and numerous lynchings.
D
10 All were true of the impact of World War I on the federal
government EXCEPT?:
centralized management along the lines of Roosevelt's Square
A
Deal accelerated the creation of the modern bureaucratic state.
the national debt multiplied tenfold.
B
C
D
the Supreme Court struck down acts of Congress that curtailed
American civil liberties.
government-sponsored propaganda promoted psychological and
social conformity.
11 Which of the following statements is most consistent with the
Supreme Court's ruling in Schenck v. U. S.?:
the government's seizure and operation of the railroad industry is
A
a constitutional use of its wartime powers.
the government can restrict the First Amendment right to free
B
speech in time of war.
the government's prohibition of the manufacture and sale of
C
distilled liquor is a constitutional use of its wartime powers.
the government does have the power to compel young men to
D
serve in the armed forces during time of war.
12 From the Red Scare of 1919 and 1920, it became clear that?:
large numbers of Soviet agents had infiltrated the federal
A
government.
communism tended to gain influence in times of economic
B
prosperity.
loyalty oaths helped to prevent espionage.
C
D
people's fears of disloyalty could lead to the erosion of civil
liberties.
1 By the end of the 19c, jingoism in the United States was encouraged
by all of the following EXCEPT?:
European imperialism.
A
B
yellow journalism.
C
international Darwinism.
D
naval views of Alfred Thayer Mahan.
E
new immigrants.
2 During the 1890s, leaders who, like Grover Cleveland, favored
economic expansion but not the annexation of overseas territory?:
became more vocal and began to dominate government decision
A
making.
gradually lost ground to those who advocated both formal and
B
informal imperialism.
completely abandoned their position in the aftermath of the
C
Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War.
came to be concentrated almost exclusively in the Republican
D
party.
3
The price which society pays for the law of competition...is great; but
the advantages of this law are also greater....[W]hether the law be
benign or not, we must say of it: It is here; we cannot evade it;... it is
best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every
department.
The above passage is characteristic of?:
Calvinism.
A
B
Progressivism.
C
cultural pluralism.
D
egalitarianism.
E
Social Darwinism.
4 What was the significance of the Venezuelan crisis of 1895 and
America's "jingoistic" behavior?:
it provided Americans with control of the gold of the Orinoco
A
basin.
it proved the cooperative partnership of the new Pan-American
B
C
D
Union could work.
it showed that the U. S. should not try to build a canal across
Venezuela.
it revived the Monroe Doctrine and strengthened U. S. power in
Latin America.
5 The Spanish-American War resulted in which of the following?:
a guerilla war between Americans and Filipinos.
A
B
American colonization of Cuba.
C
Theodore Roosevelt's election as president in 1900.
D
the decline of the anti-imperialist movement.
E
independence of Puerto Rico.
6 The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine established which
of the following?:
the right of European nations to forcefully collect debts in the
A
Western Hemisphere.
the right of the United States to build and fortify an AtlanticB
Pacific canal.
the independence of Panama from Columbia.
C
D
E
the right of the U. S. to act as an arbitrator in European conflicts
with Western hemisphere nations.
the right of the U. S. to act as a police power in the Western
Hemisphere nations.
7 At the Portsmouth Peace Conference ending the Russo-Japanese
War, Teddy Roosevelt helped to establish?:
U. S. control over the potentially rich Manchurian peninsula.
A
C
that Portsmouth, New Hampshire, would be the headquarters of
the World Court established to resolve international disputes.
a new balance of power between the Russians and the Japanese.
D
the end of British influence over the affairs of China.
E
the expulsion of all foreign nations from China.
B
8 McKinley officially urged the Senate to accept acquisition of the
Philippines for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?:
A
we couldn't give them back to Spain.
B
C
someone else such as Germany may take the Philippines if we
don't.
the Filipinos were unfit for self-government.
D
we were obligated to Christianize and civilize the Filipinos.
E
the Phlippines were a potential source for corporate business
profits.
9 The policy of imperialism in the U. S. from 1890 to 1910 was largely
the result of?:
demands for commercial expansion.
A
B
the theory of isolation.
C
a desire to build up a colonial empire.
D
a widespread desire to become a world power.
E
missionary zeal.
10 The anti-imperialists in the 1890s opposed U. S. acquisition of an
empire for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?:
acquiring Pacific territories would bring "inferior" Asian races
A
into the nation as potential citizens.
an empire would require a large standing army and entangling
B
foreign alliances.
the vast majority of Americans opposed such empire-building.
C
D
imperialism was simply immoral, a repudiation of America's
commitment to human freedom.
1 Most urban working people opposed the actions of the progressives
against the party machines because?:
the machines were a source of jobs and services.
A
B
C
D
the bosses tended to be of the same nationality as the
progressives.
they felt that the progressives were meddling, middle-class
snobs who did not understand their lives.
they had been threatened with violence by the bosses if they
supported the progressives.
2 The income tax amendment to the Constitution adopted in 1913?:
A
recovered revenue lost by reducing the tariff.
B
applied the same tax rate to all incomes.
C
redistributed wealth from the rich to the poor.
D
paid for the social-welfare programs of the Wilson
administration.
was repealed at the beginning of the Depression.
E
3 Which of the following does NOT correctly describe the
Progressives?:
they favored government regulation of business on behalf of
A
the public interest.
they were concerned with the social and economic conditions
B
of the city.
they advocated a more orderly and efficient society.
C
D
they called for a stronger state and federal government.
E
they represented farmers and the working class.
4 Jacob Coxey's 1894 march on Washington, D. C. called for?:
tougher immigration restrictions.
A
B
a government takeover of the railroads.
C
an increase in the supply of paper money.
D
recognition of the legitimacy of labor unions.
E
generosity in granting pensions to Civil War veterans.
5 The advocates of women's suffrage significantly increased their
general public support during the Progressive Era when they put
increased emphasis on the argument that women's suffrage would?:
lead to full social and economic power for women within a
A
generation.
increase political power and office-holding opportunities
B
available to women.
bring more women into the industrial work force, thereby
C
countering recession.
enhance the likelihood of the successful enactment of other
D
progressive reform causes.
6 With respect to government-controlled public lands, Roosevelt
generally favored?:
absolute preservation in their natural states.
A
B
leasing for unrestricted private exploitation.
C
conservation with carefully managed development.
D
outright sale to private developers who could use the land in
any way they wished.
7 Which statement describes both the "Square Deal" and the "New
Freedom"?:
they were the legislative programs of reforming presidents.
A
B
they stressed the importance of conservation.
C
they were chiefly supported by Republicans.
D
they included only political and legal reforms, not economic
reforms.
8 Which of the following statements best summarizes Theodore
Roosevelt's position on trusts?:
trusts are an economic evil and should be destroyed in every
A
case.
only trusts in the railroad and oil industries are acceptable.
B
C
D
E
good trusts should be tolerated while bad trusts are prevented
from manipulating markets.
only trusts in the meatpacking industry should be broken up.
anything that stands in t he way of complete and unrestricted
economic competition is evil and should be removed.
9 The progressive-inspired city-manager system of government?:
brought democracy to urban dwellers.
A
C
was designed to remove politics from municipal
administration.
was developed in Wisconsin.
D
made giant strides under the leadership of Hiram Jackson.
B
10 Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom?:
advocated social-welfare programs.
A
B
opposed fragmentation of big industrial combines.
C
favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship.
D
supported minimum-wage laws.
11 The ideology of progressivism, insofar as it had one, generally?:
called for redistribution of incomes from wealthy to poor and a
A
socialist approach to government.
was rooted in firm and fixed standards of morality and truth.
B
C
D
stressed trying to meet the special needs of each identifiable
private interest.
mixed a liberal concern for the poor with a conservative wish
to control social disorder.
12 Which of the following was, in large part, a consequence of Upton
Sinclair's 1906 book, The Jungle?:
President Theodore Roosevelt supported passage of the Meat
A
Inspection Act.
drug manufacturers agreed to stop selling impure merchandise.
B
C
D
railroad rate-making was taken out of the hands of the railroad
industry and put into the hands of the ICC.
President Roosevelt supported legislation to guarantee the
rights of workers to bargain collectively.
1 Those who question whether U. S. policy from 1914-1916 was truly
neutral point to?:
the sinking of unarmed ships by German submarines.
A
B
the president's prejudices on racial issues.
C
increased U. S. trade with Britain and France.
D
the reelection of President Woodrow Wilson.
E
Germany's secret diplomacy with Mexico.
2 During World War I, thousands of blacks moved north because?:
the best-paying jobs were located in the industrialized North.
A
B
they would be better protected by northern anti-lynching laws.
C
northern cities had finally started to desegregate.
D
southerners finally allowed them to leave.
3 Which statement best describes the "Irreconcilables" during the
debate over the Treaty of Versailles?:
they opposed the Treaty because it failed to adequately protect
A
national minorities in eastern Europe.
they supported the Treaty if certain changes were made on the
B
reparations issue.
they were opposed to American participation in the League of
C
Nations on any terms.
they were willing to accept the Treaty if limitations were placed
D
on U. S. participation in the League of Nations.
they accepted the Treaty as presented by Wilson but refused to
E
make any changes.
4 The Creel Commission during World War I represented the United
States' first successful attempt at large-scale governmental?:
armament manufacture.
A
B
food production.
C
shipbuilding.
D
railroad management.
E
propaganda.
5 Such expressions as "liberty cabbage" and "liberty sausage," as
used during World War I, were an indication of?:
food shortages.
A
B
American hostile reaction to things German.
C
American food relief to Belgium.
D
American patriotic fervor to increase the food supply by planting
home "victory gardens."
6 President Woodrow Wilson viewed America's entry into World War
I as an opportunity for the United States to?:
A
reestablish the balance of power in European diplomacy.
B
expand America's territorial holdings.
C
rebuild its dangerously small military and naval forces.
D
shape a new international order based on the ideals of
democracy.
7 Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917-1918?:
criticism of government leaders or war policies was a crime.
A
B
there were 25 prosecutions and 10 convictions.
C
speaking and writing against Germany and Italy was a crime.
D
censorship was aimed more at "middle America" than at
Socialists or other radicals.
8 President Wilson's response to the sinking of the Lusitania?:
was to sever diplomatic ties with Germany.
A
B
C
D
included a speech in which he said that if Germany was
responsible for the killing of any more Americans, then a state of
war would exist between the United States and Germany.
was a series of notes demanding that Germany stop such actions
and pay reparations.
was conciliatory.
9 President Woodrow Wilson sent thousands of troops to Russia in
1918 to?:
subvert the new Russian Bolshevik government.
A
B
act as a peacekeeping force in the Russian civil war.
C
aid the new Russian government against Japanese aggression.
D
counter Russian aggression against Hungary and
Czechoslovakia.
10 The global Spanish flu epidemic of 1918?:
struck the United States earlier in 1913.
A
C
killed five times the number of Americans as died of combat
deaths in France.
ended suddenly in 1914.
D
all of these choices are correct.
B
11 The Red Scare of 1919-1920 was most influenced by?:
massive steel strikes in western Pennsylvania.
A
B
C
D
the shock of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the actions
of a "lunatic fringe" in the U. S.
the demobilization of the American army.
the tremendous growth of the Socialist party during World War
I.
12 What was the primary focus of United States foreign policy in the
decade after World War I?:
to defend the price of freedom of the seas.
A
B
to reduce United States commitments to other nations.
C
to contain the spread of communism in Eastern Europe.
D
to fulfill collective security agreements with Western European
nations.