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The Americans relied on unrestricted submarine warfare to protect the nation from invasion by Germany in the Great War.
True
False

False

The end of the war, the success of Bolshevism in Russia, and the sense of cultural crisis led to all EXCEPT

a. anarchist bombings.

b. fear of foreign terrorist or military attack.

c. fear of organized conspiracies to overthrow the government.

d. fear of labor militancy at home.

b. fear of foreign terrorist or military attack.

The Mexican revolutionary that prompted President Wilson to order a punitive raid across the border to capture him was

a. Julio Iglasias.

b. Pancho Villa.

c. Victoriano Huerta

d. Emiliano Zapata.

b. Pancho Villa.

It was as allies of the Germans that the Mexican army invaded the United States and brought about the American entry into World War One.
True
False

False

As president, Theodore Roosevelt acquired territorial rights in Panama

a. by threatening Panamanian political leaders.

b. by seizing Panamanian territory by force.

c. by aiding and abetting revolution in Panama against the Colombian government.

d. through persistent negotiations with Colombian authorities.

c. by aiding and abetting revolution in Panama against the Colombian government.

Under the "Roosevelt Corollary," the United States did which of the following?

a. The U.S. declared the canal zone open to any and all nations.

b. The U.S. justified intervention in the internal affairs of Caribbean countries.

c. The U.S. established a system of mutual financial and commercial obligations with Panama.

d. The U.S. agreed to abstain from interfering in the internal affairs of the Caribbean nations.

b. The U.S. justified intervention in the internal affairs of Caribbean countries.

When the draft began as a means to ensure adequate troops for the war, American public opinion

a. was overwhelmingly opposed to it.

b. ranged widely from opposition to support.

c. was enthusiastically approving.

d. was apathetic, since it affected relatively few Americans.

b. ranged widely from opposition to support.

The depression of 1893 had an impact on America's international posture in that

a. it encouraged American manufacturing and agricultural interest in markets abroad.

b. the U.S., with the return of prosperity, felt no great need to participate in the growing world of international trade.

c. the strains of underproduction left America behind in the race for world markets.

d. the U.S. determined to drop its barriers to foreign imports in order to restore domestic competitiveness.

a. it encouraged American manufacturing and agricultural interest in markets abroad.

As a representative at the Paris Peace Conference, Woodrow Wilson worked hardest toward

a. redrawing the political map of Europe.

b. establishing the United Nations.

c. establishing the League of Nations.

d. reducing armaments and weapons of mass destruction.

c. establishing the League of Nations.

President Taft's foreign policy strategy, designed to promote economic stability and peace between debt-ridden nations and the U.S. without military action, is known as _____________.

a. isolationism

b. deficit diplomacy

c. dollar diplomacy

d. gunboat diplomacy

c. dollar diplomacy

Noticeable by their absence from the peace conference following the war were French delegates, whose country had just undergone a revolution and withdrawn from the war.
True
False

False

The Russian Revolution was characterized by which of the following?

a. The execution of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

b. The execution of Vladimir Lenin.

c. The execustion of the czar and his family.

d. The execution of Kaiser Wilhelm.

c. The execustion of the czar and his family.

After World War I broke out in Europe, while the U.S. was still neutral, the advocates of what was called "_____________" urged a buildup of American land and sea forces to keep America at peace.

a. nativism

b. preparedness

c. neutrality

d. isolationism

b. preparedness

The fighting in World War One witnessed new forms of killing technology. Which of the following WAS NOT one of them?

a. Machine guns.

b. Poison gas.

c. Atomic weapons.

d. Tanks.

c. Atomic weapons.

Which of the following is accurate about attitudes in the Senate toward the Treaty of Versailles?

a. Democrats uniformly voted for its amended version against Wilson's express instructions; Republicans consistently voted against it.

b. Most supported it in some form.

c. Few supported it.

d. About half supported it as Wilson submitted it; the other half was irreconcilably opposed to it.

b. Most supported it in some form.

What circumstance led to an American posture in which true neutrality was dead?

a. the British blockade, which infuriated Wilson to the point of embargoing U.S. trade

b. German war propaganda, which so alienated German Americans that they shifted their support to the British

c. the British blockade, which cut off U.S. trade with Germany while supplies still flowed to the Allies

d. German war propaganda, which recruited thousands of influential German Americans to lobby on behalf of the German cause

c. the British blockade, which cut off U.S. trade with Germany while supplies still flowed to the Allies

The commander of the American forces in Europe in 1917 when the U.S. entered the war against Germany was General John Pershing.
True
False

True

The outbreak of the First World War can be said to have occurred with the assassination of the Russian czar in Moscow in 1914.
True
False

False

How did the United States pay for the costs of its involvement in World War I?

a. inflationary currency manipulation by the Federal Reserve

b. reparations from defeated Germany

c. the sale of bonds and savings certificates to U.S. citizens

d. subsidies from Britain and France

c. the sale of bonds and savings certificates to U.S. citizens

Among the "home front" impacts of World War I were all the following EXCEPT

a. a spirit of unity that reduced racial and ethnic tensions.

b. a government information agency designed to stir up patriotic support for the war.

c. a draft to provide military manpower.

d. a government-business partnership to manage the war economy.

a. a spirit of unity that reduced racial and ethnic tensions.

The British ship sunk by Germany with the loss of American lives that contributed to America's entry into the war on the side of the Allies was

a. the U.S.S. Maine.

b. the Titanic.

c. the Lusitania.

d. the Enterprise.

c. the Lusitania.

The chapter 23 introduction tells the story of the Panama Canal to make the point that

a. the United States deliberately differed from European powers in the way they exercised influence abroad.

b. progressives were increasingly willing to flex American muscle to shape world order.

c. the United States followed a pattern of arbitrary intervention in Latin America.

d. Roosevelt essentially took the canal.

b. progressives were increasingly willing to flex American muscle to shape world order.

During the Wilson administration, a revolutionary situation led to U.S. invasions of what country?

a. Mexico.

b. Canada.

c. Argentina.

d. Cuba.

a. Mexico.

Among the key provisions of Wilson's "Fourteen Points" were all the following EXCEPT

a. freedom of the seas.

b. phased rearmament.

c. an organization to guarantee collective security.

d. democratic self-rule.

b. phased rearmament.

The objective of the Committee of Public Information was to persuade the public of the necessity of American involvement in World War One.
True
False

True

Progressive diplomacy embodied all the following EXCEPT

a. a nationalistic commitment to remaining aloof from global power politics in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

b. a belief in moralism in international affairs.

c. a belief in the superiority of Anglo-American institutions, and therefore in America's mission to help civilize the non-Western world.

d. a pragmatic commitment to preserving and enlarging opportunities for international trade.

a. a nationalistic commitment to remaining aloof from global power politics in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Woodrow Wilson took advantage of the fact that the United States had stayed out of World War One to win reelection in 1917.
True
False

True

One of the key terms of the Versailles Treaty stipulated that Germany accept full responsibility for the World War One.
True
False

True

The authors of the text throughout the chapter link progressivism and American diplomacy. Which statement would best summarize this analysis?

a. The humanitarian vision of progressivism was violated by U.S. entry into World War I.

b. All three presidents between 1901 and 1920 were progressives.

c. The progressive administration of Woodrow Wilson led the United States into World War I.

d. Progressive moralism and desire for order were applied both to the international situation and to the wartime home front.

d. Progressive moralism and desire for order were applied both to the international situation and to the wartime home front.

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