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Chapter 25
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Undergraduate 1
02/17/2013

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Which country was not part of the Triple Alliance?
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Russia
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The event that triggered World War I was?
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The assassination of the Austrian archduke by a Serbian terrorist.
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Which of the following is true of the Lusitania?
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It secretly carried weapons and ammunition in its cargo.
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Due to poor relations with Huerta's dictatorial government in Mexico, President Wilson:
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sent the military to occupy the port of Veracruz.
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How did President Wilson respond to the sinking of the Lusitania?
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He sent a series of notes demanding Germany stop such actions and pay reparations
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Who was President Wilson's Secretary of State?
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William Jennings Bryan
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Which of the following is true about the Zimmermann Telegraph?
Definition
It asked Mexico to help Germany in a war against the United States.
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Who was the director of the Committee on Public Information?
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George Creel
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In the case of "Schenck v. United States", the Supreme Court:
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upheld the conviction of a man who had circulated pamphlets against the draft
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Wilson's Fourteen Points for peace included all of the following except:
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increase in global tariffs.
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Which of the following is true about the Spanish flu epidemic?
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It killed nearly seven times the number of Americans as died in combat in France.
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The Treaty of Versailles:
Definition
included a "war guilt" clause, blaming Germany for the war.

resulted in the creation of new nations like Poland and Yugoslavia.

required Germany to pay reparations.
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Did the Treaty of Versailles pass and the United States join the League of Nations?
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No
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What did they call the senators in Congress that refused to vote for the Treaty of Versailles until limits were put on US involvement in the League of Nations?
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reservationists
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Americans' fear of revolution and radicals like communists led to mass arrest during the:
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Red Scare
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