Question 1

Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism by

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A)  opposing workingmen's compensation. 
B)  opposing the entry of women into politics. 
C)  endorsing immigration limitations on Japanese and Chinese immigrants. 
D)  refusing to appoint the Jewish Louis D. Brandeis to the Federal Trade Commission. 
E)  accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy. 
A)  opposing workingmen's compensation. 
B)  opposing the entry of women into politics. 
C)  endorsing immigration limitations on Japanese and Chinese immigrants. 
D)  refusing to appoint the Jewish Louis D. Brandeis to the Federal Trade Commission. 
E)  accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy. E

Question 2

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the sinking of the Lusitania?

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A)  128 Americans onboard lost their lives. 
B)  Germany expressed profound regret. 
C)  Afterwards, Germany issued a warning to travelers about the perils of traveling in war zone waters. 
D)  Germany immediately pledged not to sink unarmed passenger ships anymore. 
E)  The incident helped feed a growing anti-Germany sentiment in the U.S. 
A)  128 Americans onboard lost their lives. 
B)  Germany expressed profound regret. 
C)  Afterwards, Germany issued a warning to travelers about the perils of traveling in war zone waters. 
D)  Germany immediately pledged not to sink unarmed passenger ships anymore. 
E)  The incident helped feed a growing anti-Germany sentiment in the U.S. D

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of John J. Pershing.

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American general who led the American forces at the Meuse-Argonne offensive-the largest U.S. battle at that point.

Question 4

Unlike Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson tended to

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A)  favor progressive reform. 
B)  lack the common touch. 
C)  find it difficult to compromise. 
D)  believe that the president should defer to congressional leadership. 
E)  be uninterested in ideas. 
A)  favor progressive reform. 
B)  lack the common touch. 
C)  find it difficult to compromise. 
D)  believe that the president should defer to congressional leadership. 
E)  be uninterested in ideas.

Question 5

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

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A)  stop the spread of communism. 
B)  blame no one for starting the war. 
C)  force Germany to pay reparations for the war. 
D)  establish the League of Nations. 
E)  destroy the Austrian and Russian empires. 
A)  stop the spread of communism. 
B)  blame no one for starting the war. 
C)  force Germany to pay reparations for the war. 
D)  establish the League of Nations. 
E)  destroy the Austrian and Russian empires.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of William D. ("Big Bill") Haywood.

Accepted Answer

International Worker

Question 7

The chief political difference between President Woodrow Wilson and the European parliamentary statesmen represented at the Paris peace table was that Wilson

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A)  lacked a comparable personal popularity among Europeans. 
B)  did not appreciate or attempt to galvanize domestic political support among Americans for a postwar Paris peace settlement. 
C)  respected the opinions of his domestic political adversaries and made a good-faith effort to include them in the Paris peace conference. 
D)  refused to appreciate fully the need to break a reasonable political compromise between democratic idealism and great power of imperialism or colonialism for quickly coming to a peace agreement that all the Allies could support enthusiastically. 
E)  was generally not popular with Americans at home; while, the European Allied leaders enjoyed overwhelming popularity with their own peoples. 
A)  lacked a comparable personal popularity among Europeans. 
B)  did not appreciate or attempt to galvanize domestic political support among Americans for a postwar Paris peace settlement. 
C)  respected the opinions of his domestic political adversaries and made a good-faith effort to include them in the Paris peace conference. 
D)  refused to appreciate fully the need to break a reasonable political compromise between democratic idealism and great power of imperialism or colonialism for quickly coming to a peace agreement that all the Allies could support enthusiastically. 
E)  was generally not popular with Americans at home; while, the European Allied leaders enjoyed overwhelming popularity with their own peoples.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Woodrow Wilson.

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The first person bor

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Victoriano Huerta.

Accepted Answer

Mexican General inst

Question 10

Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines?

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A)  Lusitania 
B)  Arabic 
C)  Sussex 
D)  All of these American ships were sunk. 
E)  None of these were American ships. 
A)  Lusitania 
B)  Arabic 
C)  Sussex 
D)  All of these American ships were sunk. 
E)  None of these were American ships.

Question 11

President Wilson's legal attack on anticompetitive and unfair business practices was implemented by passage of the

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A)  Jones Act. 
B)  Federal Trade Commission Act. 
C)  Clayton Act. 
D)  Adamson Act. 
E)  Federal Reserve Act. 
A)  Jones Act. 
B)  Federal Trade Commission Act. 
C)  Clayton Act. 
D)  Adamson Act. 
E)  Federal Reserve Act.

Question 12

Based on the run-up to World War I, the wartime experience of America as a political and military ally of Great Britain and France, and the immediate postwar political conflict and disillusionment America experienced in trying to determine and establish its proper place in world affairs, why is it fair to say that the issue of Wilsonianism has dominated discussions and debates of American foreign policy from the World War I era to the present? How does the debate among American historians about Woodrow Wilson in "Varying Viewpoints: Woodrow Wilson: Realist or Idealist?" help you form your answer about the fundamental place of Wilsonianism in the debates over American foreign policy from 1914 to the present?

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The issue of Wilsonianism has dominated

Question 13

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

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A)  opened new markets in Germany and Austria-Hungary. 
B)  reduced opportunities for trade with the Allies. 
C)  conducted an immense amount of trade with the Allies. 
D)  turned more of its economic activity toward Latin America and Asia. 
E)  virtually ended American international trade. 
A)  opened new markets in Germany and Austria-Hungary. 
B)  reduced opportunities for trade with the Allies. 
C)  conducted an immense amount of trade with the Allies. 
D)  turned more of its economic activity toward Latin America and Asia. 
E)  virtually ended American international trade.

Question 14

Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the ____ "labor's Magna Charta."

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A)  Federal Reserve Act 
B)  Underwood Tariff Act 
C)  Clayton Anti-Trust Act 
D)  Wagner National Labor Relations Act 
E)  Workmen's Compensation Act 
A)  Federal Reserve Act 
B)  Underwood Tariff Act 
C)  Clayton Anti-Trust Act 
D)  Wagner National Labor Relations Act 
E)  Workmen's Compensation Act

Question 15

Upon becoming president, Woodrow Wilson launched an attack on the "triple wall of privilege," which he said consisted of

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A)  high tariffs. 
B)  racial discrimination. 
C)  powerful monopolistic trusts. 
D)  conservative banking practices. 
E)  exclusive private social clubs. 
A)  high tariffs. 
B)  racial discrimination. 
C)  powerful monopolistic trusts. 
D)  conservative banking practices. 
E)  exclusive private social clubs.

Question 16

Woodrow Wilson was most comfortable when surrounded by

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A)  African Americans. 
B)  Catholics. 
C)  political professionals. 
D)  journalists. 
E)  academic scholars. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  Catholics. 
C)  political professionals. 
D)  journalists. 
E)  academic scholars.

Question 17

Examples of forceful federal government action to organize the nation for war were

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A)  the conscription of certain essential wartime workers. 
B)  rationing of certain foodstuffs for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. 
C)  the federal government takeover of the railroads. 
D)  the federal government's imposition of nationwide daylight savings time. 
E)  the issuance of production quotas and the allocation of raw materials by the War Industries Board. 
A)  the conscription of certain essential wartime workers. 
B)  rationing of certain foodstuffs for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. 
C)  the federal government takeover of the railroads. 
D)  the federal government's imposition of nationwide daylight savings time. 
E)  the issuance of production quotas and the allocation of raw materials by the War Industries Board.

Question 18

The World War I military draft

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A)  generally worked fairly and effectively to provide military manpower. 
B)  caused widespread resistance and riots. 
C)  permitted men to purchase substitutes to go in their place. 
D)  included women as well as men. 
E)  was not as fair as the Civil War draft. 
A)  generally worked fairly and effectively to provide military manpower. 
B)  caused widespread resistance and riots. 
C)  permitted men to purchase substitutes to go in their place. 
D)  included women as well as men. 
E)  was not as fair as the Civil War draft.

Question 19

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

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A)  dispatched U.S. military forces to protect American interests in China. 
B)  told the Filipinos that they could not obtain their independence for at least forty years. 
C)  sent American marines to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 
D)  sent the U.S. Navy to seize the Virgin Islands from Denmark. 
E)  began constructing a massive U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 
A)  dispatched U.S. military forces to protect American interests in China. 
B)  told the Filipinos that they could not obtain their independence for at least forty years. 
C)  sent American marines to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 
D)  sent the U.S. Navy to seize the Virgin Islands from Denmark. 
E)  began constructing a massive U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Question 20

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

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A)  imperialistic 
B)  moralistic 
C)  realistic 
D)  balance-of-power 
E)  isolationist 
A)  imperialistic 
B)  moralistic 
C)  realistic 
D)  balance-of-power 
E)  isolationist

Exam 29: Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism by

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the sinking of the Lusitania?

Identify and state the historical significance of John J. Pershing.

Unlike Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson tended to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of William D. ("Big Bill") Haywood.

The chief political difference between President Woodrow Wilson and the European parliamentary statesmen represented at the Paris peace table was that Wilson

Identify and state the historical significance of Woodrow Wilson.

Identify and state the historical significance of Victoriano Huerta.

Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines?

President Wilson's legal attack on anticompetitive and unfair business practices was implemented by passage of the

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

Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the ____ "labor's Magna Charta."

Upon becoming president, Woodrow Wilson launched an attack on the "triple wall of privilege," which he said consisted of

Woodrow Wilson was most comfortable when surrounded by

Examples of forceful federal government action to organize the nation for war were

The World War I military draft

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

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

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