Exam 19: Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

A) Suffragists' state-by-state efforts had largely failed.
B) Congressmen from western states backed the amendment in exchange for an end to suffragist support of Prohibition.
C) The Wilson administration eventually supported the amendment in response to public pressure.
D) Jeanette Rankin of Montana cast the deciding vote.
E) Suffragettes refused to support the war effort unless they were promised the vote at the end of the war.

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A) was indirectly threatened by Britain's naval blockade, because it led to German submarine warfare.
B) prevented Wilson's attempts to initiate policies of "preparedness" in 1915.
C) was supported by Wilson's secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan.
D) A and C
E) was wanted by pacifists and social reformers, but not feminists.

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A) arrested under the Espionage Act
B) liberal internationalism
C) Birth of a Nation
D) first female member of Congress
E) Niagara movement
F) Universal Negro Improvement Association
G) National Woman's Party
H) "Trans-National America"
I) Monroe Doctrine corollary
J) Dollar Diplomacy

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A) dismissed numerous black federal employees.
B) banned the showing of the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House.
C) outlawed discrimination in federal agencies.
D) appointed several black judges.
E) built on his civil rights record as governor of Virginia.

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A) arrested under the Espionage Act
B) liberal internationalism
C) Birth of a Nation
D) first female member of Congress
E) Niagara movement
F) Universal Negro Improvement Association
G) National Woman's Party
H) "Trans-National America"
I) Monroe Doctrine corollary
J) Dollar Diplomacy

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A) Its failure to reflect the ideals of self-determination inspired cynicism in the non-European world.
B) It sparked the rise of a new anti-Western nationalist movement.
C) It was opposed by Republicans in Congress and never ratified by the United States.
D) It demonstrated Woodrow Wilson's considerable negotiation skills.
E) Disappointment with the Treaty pushed some leaders toward communism.

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A) World War I had a minimal impact on the labor movement.
B) There were very few labor strikes after the war.
C) Wartime propaganda turned the labor movement toward nationalism.
D) Wartime rhetoric inspired hopes for social and economic justice.
E) Workers abandoned their push for the eight-hour day.

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A) It began with the assassination of the heir to the throne of the Austrian-Hungarian empire.
B) It produced casualties on a massive scale, due in part to new military technologies such as tanks and submarines.
C) It actually had little to do with European colonial possessions overseas.
D) It was the result of European powers interlocking military alliances.
E) C and D

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A) was directed by William Jennings Bryan.
B) protected civil liberties.
C) was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion.
D) was affiliated with the Socialist Party.
E) was limited in its efforts.

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A) his ability to speak softly in diplomatic situations when he knew he was outgunned.
B) international Progressivism-the United States was intervening with the sole purpose to uplift the peoples of Central America.
C) liberal internationalism, since he worked closely with the French to work out a deal favorable to Panama.
D) his belief that civilized nations had an obligation to establish order in an unruly world.
E) one of the many wars in which Roosevelt involved the United States.

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A) failed to achieve the inclusion of a League of Nations in the peace treaty.
B) refused a treaty clause holding Germany morally responsible for the war.
C) were thwarted by angry Parisian crowds upon his arrival.
D) did not include support for the independence of peoples still under British and French colonial rule.
E) were well respected by the other diplomats, especially the Allies.

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A) A large number of activists were German-American.
B) The leadership of the suffrage movement was predominantly socialist.
C) Many of the women in leadership positions were recruited into government service.
D) Many suffragists had been associated with opposition to American involvement in the war.
E) The demands of the home front pulled women away from political activism.

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A) improving the human species by controlling heredity
B) relocation of blacks to the North
C) international police power in Western Hemisphere
D) a world organization
E) assimilating immigrants
F) British ship sunk by Germans
G) proposed a German-Mexican alliance
H) proposed agenda for the peace conference
I) Four-Minute Men
J) anti-labor crusade after the war
K) opposed U.S.entry into war
L) restricted Japanese immigration

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A) in Iowa, the governor required that all oral communication be done in English.
B) "hamburger" was changed to "liberty sandwich."
C) the director of the Boston Symphony was interned for playing the works of German composers.
D) the teaching of foreign languages was restricted in many states.
E) the federal government barred German immigration to the United States.

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