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1
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What was the critical cause of the Great War?

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a complex and vulnerable system of secret Alliances between European nations

2
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What was the immediate cause for America’s direct involvement in the war?

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Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare

3
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The American war effort reflected the concepts of what reform group?

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progressives

4
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What did the eighteenth Amendment do?

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gave Congress the authority to enact prohibition

5
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In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution brought who to power in Russia?

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radical Marxist

6
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Warren G. Harding’s idea of a “return to normalcy” repudiated whose ideas?

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Woodrow Wilson

7
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What was the treaty signed by the US and Panama that established the Panama Canal Zone?

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HayBunau-Varilla Treaty

8
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Who did the Gentlemen’s Agreement help integrate in schools?

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Japanese students

9
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What is the name for the use of economic control in order to maintain foreign policy?

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dollar diplomacy

10
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What conference helped end the Russo-Japan war?

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Portsmouth Conference

11
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Who are the ABC powers who negotiated a deal for peace with Mexico?

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Argentina, Brazil, and Chili

12
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What nations were originally in the Triple Alliance?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

13
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What nations were originally in the Triple Entente?

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Britain, France, and Russia

14
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Who were “Hyphenated” Americans?

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Americans who were of foreign birth or origin and displayed an allegiance to a foreign country

15
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What was the name of the promise made to the U.S. from Germany instituting the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare?

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Sussex Pledge

16
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What was the name of the telegram to Mexico from Germany?

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Zimmermann note

17
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What government agency used propaganda to convince American people to accept the war?

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Committee of Public Information

18
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What key suffragist campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment?

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Carrie Chapman Catt

19
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What did the espionage act do?(3)

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it prohibited interference withmilitary operationsorrecruitment, prevented insubordination in the military, and prevented the support of U.S. enemies during wartime

20
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What did the Sedition Act do?

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extend the espionage act to remove negative opinion against the government or bonds

21
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What Supreme Court Case involved the Espionage Act?

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Schenck v. U.S.

22
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What was the main fear behind the red scare?

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communism was going to take over the US

23
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What is the name of the American force that originally fights in Europe?

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AEF, American Expeditionary Force

24
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What U.S. Infantry consisted of some of the most decorated African American fighters?

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369th U.S. infantry

25
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What U.S. general led the AEF?

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John J. Pershing

26
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What was the finalAlliedoffensive ofWorld War Ithat stretched along the entire Western Front

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Meusse-Argonne Offensive

27
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Who were the irreconcilables?

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the group of U.S. senators that refused to accept the treaty and the league of Nations