Unit 8 Test 1.24.16

Question 1

The 1912 presidential election was notable because

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it gave the voters a clear choice of political and economic philosophies

Question 2

Before he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson had been

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a state governor

Question 3

In 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency on a Democratic platform that included all of the following EXCEPT a call for

a. tariff reductions.
b. dollar diplomacy.
c. antitrust legislation.
d. monetary reform.

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b. dollar diplomacy.

Question 4

Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom

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favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship

Question 5

Match each presidential candidate below with his political party.

A. Woodrow Wilson 1. Socialist
B. Theodore Roosevelt 2. Democratic
C. William Howard Taft 3. Republican
D. Eugene V. Debs 4. Progressive

a. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
b. A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
c. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
d. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

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a. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1

Question 6

Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism

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supported a broad program of social welfare and government regulation of business

Question 7

As governor of New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson established a record as a

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passionate reformer

Question 8

When Jane Addams placed Teddy Roosevelt’s name in nomination for the presidency in 1912, it

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symbolized the rising political status of women

Question 9

When Congress passed the Underwood Tariff Bill in 1913, it intended the legislation to

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lower tariff rates

Question 10

In 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jefferson’s day when he

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personally delivered his presidential address to Congress

Question 11

Woodrow Wilson’s political philosophy included all of the following EXCEPT

a. scorn for the ideal of self-determination for minority peoples in other countries.
b. a belief that the president should provide leadership for congress.
c. faith in the masses.
d. a belief in the moral essence of politics.

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a. scorn for the ideal of self-determination for minority peoples in other countries

Question 12

In 1912, Woodrow Wilson became the first ____________________ elected to the presidency since the Civil War.

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person born in the South

Question 13

The Sixteenth Amendment provided for

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a personal income tax

Question 14

According to the text, the runaway philisophical winner in the 1912 election was

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progressivism

Question 15

Woodrow Wilson was most comfortable surrounded by

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academic scholars

Question 16

The Clayton-Antitrust Act

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explicitly legalized strikes and peaceful picketing

Question 17

Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the _____________________ “labor’s Magna Charta.”

Answer 17

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Question 18

The first Jew to sit on the United States Supreme Court, appointed by Woodrow Wilson, was

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Louis D. Brandeis

Question 19

The Federal Reserve Act gave the Federal Reserve Board the authority to

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issue paper money and increase the amount of money in circulation

Question 20

When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1912, the most serious shortcoming in the country’s financial structure was the

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currency was inelastic

Question 21

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 guaranteed a substantial measure of public control over the American banking system through the final authority given to the

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presidentially appointed Federal Reserve Board

Question 22

Woodrow Wilson’s attitude towards the masses can best be described as

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having faith in them if they were properly educated

Question 23

Congress passed the Underwood Tariff because

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President Wilson aroused public opinion to support its passage

Question 24

As a politician, Woodrow Wilson was

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inflexible and stubborn

Question 25

When Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916, he received strong support from the

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working class

Question 26

Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines? a. Sussex b. Lusitania c. Arabic d. None of these was an American ship.

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d. None of these was an American ship

Question 27

The Progressive "Bull Moose" party died when

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Teddy Roosevelt refused to run as the party's presidential candidate in 1916

Question 28

With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americans

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earnestly hoped to stay out of the war

Question 29

President Wilson insisted that he would hold __________________ to "strict accountability" for __________________.

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Germany; the loss of American ships and lives to submarine warfare

Question 30

Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria

Question 31

ABC Powers

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Argentina, Brazil, and Chile

Question 32

Woodrow Wilson's early efforts to conduct an anti-imperialist U.S. foreign policy were first undermined when he

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sent American marines to Haiti

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Allies

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France, Britain, Russia, Japan, and Italy

Question 34

Before his first term ended, Woodrow Wilson had militarily intervened in or purchased all of the following countries EXCEPT a. Haiti. b. the Dominican Republic. c. the Virgin Islands. d. Cuba.

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d. Cuba.

Question 35

Which term best characterizes Woodrow Wilson's approach to American foreign policy diplomacy?

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moralistic

Question 36

From 1914 to 1916, trade between the United States and Britain

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pulled the American economy out of a recession

Question 37

President Woodrow Wilson refused to intervene in the affairs of Mexico until

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American sailors were arrested in the Port of Tampico

Question 38

One primary effect of World War I on the United States was that it

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conducted an immense amount of trade with the Allies

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German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger ships without warning

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in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany

Question 40

In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised

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not to sink passenger ships without warning

Question 41

Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism by

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accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy

Question 42

As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-Hungary as leaders of the______________________, while Russia and France were among the _____________________.

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Central Powers; Allies

Question 43

Woodrow Wilson's administration refused to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the government in Mexico headed by

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Victoriano Huerta

Question 44

President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by

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pledging to make the war "a war to end all wars" and to make the world safe for democracy

Question 45

During World War I, the government's treatment of labor could be best described as

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fair

Question 46

The major problem with George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that

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he oversold Wilson's ideals and led the world to expect too much

Question 47

The United States declared war on Germany

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after German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels

Question 48

The Zimmerman note involved a proposed secret agreement between

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Germany and Mexico

Question 49

When the United States entered World War I, it was

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poorly prepared to leap into global war

Question 50

Which of the following was NOT among Wilson's Fourteen Points upon which he based America's idealistic foreign policy in World War I? a. reduction of armaments. b. abolition of secret treaties. c. a new international organization to guarantee collective security. d. international religious freedom and toleration.

Answer 50

d. international religious freedom and toleration.

Question 51

Match each civilian adminitrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he directed A. George Creel 1. War Industries Board B. Herbert Hoover 2. Committee on Public Information C. Bernard Baruch 3. Food Administration D. William Howard Taft 4. National War Labor Board

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A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4

Question 52

As a result of their work supporting the war effort, women

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finally received the right to vote

Question 53

President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when

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Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic

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President Wilson viewed America's entry into World war I as an opportunity for the United States to

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shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy

Question 55

During World War I, civil liberties in America were

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denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty

Question 56

The two groups who suffered most from the violation of civil liberties during World War I were

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German Americans and social radicals

Question 57

Two constitutional amendments adopted in part becuse of wartime influences were the Eighteenth, which dealt with ____________________________, and the Nineteenth, whose subject was ____________________________.

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prohibition; woman suffrage

Question 58

Grievances of labor during and shortly after World war I include all of the following EXCEPT a. suppression of the American Federation of Labor. b. the inability to gain the right to organize. c. violence against workers by employers. d. war-spawned inflation.

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a. suppression of the American Federation of Labor.

Question 59

Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on _________________ to prepare the economy for war.

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voluntary compliance

Question 60

Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because

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they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve

Question 61

When the United States entered the war in 1917, most Americans did not believe that

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it would be necessary to send a large American army to Europe

Question 62

Russia's withdrawl from World War I in 1918 resulted in

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the release of thousands of German troops for deployment on the front in France

Question 63

As a condition of ending World War I, Woodrow Wilson demanded that

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the German kaiser be forced from power

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The second battle of the Marne was significant because it

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marked the beginning of a German withdrawl that was never reversed

Question 65

The supreme military commander of American forces during World War I was

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John J. Pershing

Question 66

The 1919 steel strike resulted in

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a grievous setback crippling the union movement for a decade

Question 67

The United States used all of the following methods to support the war effort EXCEPT a. forcing some people to buy war bonds. b. having "heatless Mondays" to conserve fuel. c. seizing enemy merchant vessels trapped in American harbors. d. using government power extensively to regulate the economy.

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d. using government power extensively to regulate the economy.

Question 68

The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during WWI resulted in

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racial violence in the North

Question 69

In order to make eonomic mobilization more efficient during World War I, the federal government took over and operated

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the railroads

Question 70

Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from

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loans from the American public

Question 71

The two major battles of World War I in which United States forces were engaged were

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St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Question 72

The World War I military draft

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generally worked fairly and effectively to provide military manpower

Question 73

During World War I, American troops fought in all of the following countries EXCEPT a. Russia. b. Czechoslovakia. c. Belgium. d. Italy.

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b. Czechoslovakia

Question 74

In Congress, the most reliable support for Wilson's position on the League of Nations came from

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Democrats

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The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations if Wilson had

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been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress

Question 76

The chief difference between Woodrow Wilson and the parliamentary statesman at the Paris peace table was that Wilson

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did not command a legislative majority at home

Question 77

The initial Republican strategy regarding the Treaty of Versailles was to

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delay and amend the treaty

Question 78

The United States' main contribution to the Allied victory in World War I included all of the following EXCEPT a. munitions. b. battlefield victories. c. oil. d. foodstuffs.

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b. battlefield victories

Question 79

Republican isolationists successfully turned Warren Harding's preidential victory into a

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death sentence for the League of Nations

Question 80

Senate opponents of the League of Nations as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles argued that it

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robbed Congress of its war-declaring powers

Question 81

Woodrow Wilson's call for a "solemn referendum" in 1920 referred to

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his belief that the presidential election should determine the fate of the Treaty of Versailles

Question 82

Opposition to the League of Nations by many United States Senators during the Paris Peace Conference

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gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position

Question 83

The major weakness of the League of Nations was that it

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did not include the United States

Question 84

After the Treaty of Versailles had been signed, Woodrow Wilson

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was condemned by both disillusioned liberals and frustrated nationalists and imperialists

Question 85

The Germans were heavily demoralized by

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the United States' unlimited troop reserves

Question 86

Woodrow Wilson's ultimate goal at the Paris Peace Conference was to

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establish the League of Nations

Question 87

At the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson sought all of the following goals EXCEPT a. preventing a seizure of territory by the victors. b. an end to the European colonial empires in Africa and Asia. c. a world parliament of nations to provide collective security. d. free trade and freedom of the seas.

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b. an end to the European colonial empires in Africa and Asia

Question 88

In the United States, the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was

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Article X

Question 89

Who was finally most responsible for the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles?

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Woodrow Wilson