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| 1. What objectives did "Progressive diplomacy" include? |
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- More overseas commercial opportunities for the United States
- Order on the international scene
- The promotion of morality abroad
- The view that the United States had a God-given role in world affairs |
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| 2. What did the United States do when Panama rebelled from Colombia? |
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| The United States indirectly supported the revolutionaries |
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| 3. Under the Roosevelt Corollary, in what countries did the United States intervene? |
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- Cuba
- Nicaragua
- Haiti
- The Dominican Republic
- Mexico |
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| 4. What did the Root-Takahira Agreement do? |
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- Recognized China and Japan's respective colonies in East Asia
- Agreed to uphold the "Open Door" policy in China
- Affirmed support for the status quo in Asia
- Recognized Japan's colonial dominance in Korea and Southern Manchuria |
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| 5. To what did Dollar Diplomacy lead? |
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| Military intervention to protect American investments |
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| 6. What did the Taft administration policies in Chana favor? |
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| A revived, stornger China |
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| 7. How did Woodrow Wilson respond when the Mexican Revolution began? |
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| Interfered with Mexican sovereignty using a moral justification |
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| 8. What did Wilson want to do in regard to international diplomacy? |
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| He wanted to reform international diplomacy according to moral principles |
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| 9. Why did the United States have difficulty remaining truly neutral when World War I began? |
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- The US population was divided about the war
- The US became heavily involved economically with the allies
- The Wilson administration tended to be Pro-British
- Citizens were horrified by the reports of fighting in Europe |
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| 10. What did the United States do in response to interference with U.S. trade during World War I? |
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- Demanded the observation of our neutral rights
- Passed the National Defense Act in June 1916 (doubled army size)
- Threatened to break relations with Germany over submarine warfare
- Enacted a system of universal military training |
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| 11. What persons or groups were opposed to U.S. preparations for war? |
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- Some House Democrats led by Congressman Claude Kitchin
- Jane Addams
- Thomas Ince and his movie, Civilization
- Lillian D. Wald |
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| 12. What was the fundamental reason Wilson gave as to why the United States should declare war on Germany in 1917? |
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| The cause of moral right against wrong |
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| 13. What developments pushed the United States to declare way in April 1917? |
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- Germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare
- The Zimmerman note
- The sinking of 7 US ships in March
- The threat of a Germany Mexico alliance |
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| 14. What did the Committee on Public Information do? |
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- Create films to support the war
- Depict Germans as barbarians
- Develop literature explaining the causes of war
- Organized patriotic speeches before plays and movies |
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| 15. What did Carrie Chapman Catt support the United States entry into World War I? |
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| She began supporting the war in order to promote women's suffrage |
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| 16. What did the Stanford-Binet Test, given to all US recruits, reveal? |
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| The test revealed illiteracy rates of about 25% |
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| 17. During World War I, how did U.S. military treatment of black soldiers compare to how the French treated them? |
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| The US military segregated black soldiers while the French treated them generally as equals |
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| 18. What was the record of the all-black 369th United States regiment? |
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| The regiment was under French command and became one of the most highly decorated units |
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| 19. According to the Map of the Western front in 1918, which nations remained neutral in World War I? |
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The Netherlands
Luxembourg
Switzerland |
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| 20. In what offensive did the AEF take a leading role? |
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| The Meuse-Argonne offensive |
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| 21. What resulted from government economic regulations during World War I? |
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| Less laissez faire and more government-business cooperation |
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| 22. What wartime developments continued in the postwar years? |
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- The federal debt increased from $1-20 Billion
- Large corporations with more marketing power became more important
- Taxes on incomes and profits became the primary source of government revenue
- War bond drives raised $23 billion for the war effort
- Government reliance on the income tax
- More lobbyists seeking special interest legislation
- The Federal Reserve board continued as a regulator of the economy
- The Farm Bureau |
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| 23. What did the National War Labor Board do to prevent strikes? |
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| It improved working conditions in order to prevent strikes |
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| 24. What effect did the demand for labor during World War I have? |
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- The suspension of the Immigration Act of 1917
- Support for time and a half pay for people willing to work overtime
- Increased support for equal pay for women
- The government-approved importation of Mexican workers |
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| 25. What was true of women during World War I? |
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- They entered into the armed forces for the 1st time
- Many became workers in war industries such as munition plants
- The wartime guidelines were continued by the women's bureau
- More than half of the women involved in war labor worked in manufacturing |
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| 26. According to the map of women suffrage by state between 1869 and 1919, where were most of the states that failed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment located? |
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| 27. Why was the right for women to vote established in 1920? |
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| Because the war made denying the women the right to vote seem impractical and wrong |
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| 28. What was one reason why the Eighteenth Amendment passed? |
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| Because breweries generally had German names |
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| 29. What medical and social improvements resulted from World War I? |
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- A law in 1921 improving prenatal and obstetrical care
- Clinics organized by the Divsion of venereal diseases
- The enforcement of child labor laws
- Congress did appropriate $1 million to the public health service (maternity and infancy act in 1921) |
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| 30. Why did the government decide to suppress dissent in the United States during World War I? |
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- The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
- Some of the worst race riots in US history took place during World War I
- The need to unite the nation behind the war
- A militant labor movement (IWW) |
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| 31. To what did the Espionage Act of 1917 lead? |
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| Led to an increase in government spying on US citizens |
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| 32. According the table on the Great Migration, what city had the largest percentage increase in black population between 1910 and 1920? |
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| 33. What group within the black community were often the ones who moved north first? |
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| Women (they found jobs more easily) |
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| 34. What was the purpose of the labor strikes of 1919? |
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| The labor strikes of 1919 were efforts to retain and advance the gains that labor had made during World War I |
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| 35. Who were the "Big Four" at the Versailles peace conference? |
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The United States (Woodrow Wilson)
France (George Clemenceau)
Great Britain (David Lloyd George)
Italy (Vittorio Orlando) |
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| 36. What were the principal elements in Wilson's Fourteen Points? |
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- An international body to keep the peace through collective security
- Liberal principles for international behavior such as freedom of the seas
- Resetting boundaries to allow nations and people to practice self-determination
- The right to national self-detemination |
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| 37. On whom did the Versailles Treaty place the blame for World War I? |
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| 38. What was the primary reason Henry Cabot Lodge opposed the Versailles Treaty? |
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| Because the treaty would commit the United States to collective security |
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| 39. Why did the Senate defeat the Versailles Treaty? |
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-Wilson refused to compromise on the Republican proposals
- The "irreconcilables" voted against it in any form
- The Republicans insisted that Article 10 would compromise United States sovereignty
- Amendments to the treaty could not be agreed upon |
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| 40. How did the Allies respond to the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917? |
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| The Allies sent troops into Russia |
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| 41. Why did the United States send troops into Russia in 1918? |
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| Because Woodrow Wilson wanted to protect the railroads and pacify Britain and France |
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| 42. What was the result of the Palmer raids? |
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| The Palmer raids deported hundreds of people without trial |
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| 43. What kind of atmosphere did the Red Scare of 1919 create? |
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| An atmosphere that suppressed labor, women, and change generally |
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