Question 1

Which of the following best indicates the policy that the United States government followed toward business during World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  busting more trusts during the war years than in the preceding dozen years. 
B)  deregulating most of the transportation and communications industries. 
C)  operating the railroads and creating five thousand government agencies to supervise home-front activities. 
D)  proclaiming that the war for democracy would be won by showing the world that private industry could do the job without regulation. 
E)  imposing many new regulations on business and industry but supervised them with a minimum of bureaucracy. 
A)  busting more trusts during the war years than in the preceding dozen years. 
B)  deregulating most of the transportation and communications industries. 
C)  operating the railroads and creating five thousand government agencies to supervise home-front activities. 
D)  proclaiming that the war for democracy would be won by showing the world that private industry could do the job without regulation. 
E)  imposing many new regulations on business and industry but supervised them with a minimum of bureaucracy.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Selective Service Act of 1917

Accepted Answer

The Selective Service Act of 1917 was a

Question 3

Analyze America's military involvement in World War I from April 1917 to November 1918. How prepared was the military for the war and what did it do to mobilize once it was involved? How successful was its mobilization? How important was the military to the war effort?

Accepted Answer

America's military involvement in World

Question 4

What tied the United States to the Allies even before it entered the war in 1917?

Accepted Answer

A)  significant economic and cultural ties. 
B)  an alliance with the French guaranteeing French colonial possessions. 
C)  an agreement with the British exchanging bases for destroyers. 
D)  a pledge to support only democracies in wartime. 
E)  membership in the League of Nations. 
A)  significant economic and cultural ties. 
B)  an alliance with the French guaranteeing French colonial possessions. 
C)  an agreement with the British exchanging bases for destroyers. 
D)  a pledge to support only democracies in wartime. 
E)  membership in the League of Nations.

Question 5

What goals underlay America's early-twentieth-century involvements in Asia and Latin America?

Accepted Answer

America's early-twentieth-century involv

Question 6

The Creel Committee on Public Information

Accepted Answer

A)  was established by Woodrow Wilson to ensure that the American people had access to the full truth about the war. 
B)  used propaganda to spread the U.S. government's official version of the war and discredit those who disagreed. 
C)  was a propaganda agency secretly sponsored by the German foreign ministry. 
D)  worked to drum up support for the election of Republican presidential candidate George Creel. 
E)  attempted to turn public opinion against immigrants by painting them as agents of foreign revolution. 
A)  was established by Woodrow Wilson to ensure that the American people had access to the full truth about the war. 
B)  used propaganda to spread the U.S. government's official version of the war and discredit those who disagreed. 
C)  was a propaganda agency secretly sponsored by the German foreign ministry. 
D)  worked to drum up support for the election of Republican presidential candidate George Creel. 
E)  attempted to turn public opinion against immigrants by painting them as agents of foreign revolution.

Question 7

Which of the following was a new technique of warfare that was introduced in World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  ground warfare 
B)  sea conflict 
C)  air conflict 
D)  use of the bayonet 
E)  tactical nuclear warfare 
A)  ground warfare 
B)  sea conflict 
C)  air conflict 
D)  use of the bayonet 
E)  tactical nuclear warfare

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
George Creel, Committee on Public Information

Accepted Answer

George Creel was an American journalist

Question 9

What were the experiences of American soldiers during World War I? How did army life and training change the outlook of hundreds of thousands of Americans? Why were these new experiences important?

Accepted Answer

During World War I, American soldiers ha

Question 10

Why did black Americans migrate to northern cities during World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  The federal government had used the wartime emergency as an opportunity to end southern sharecropping. 
B)  Southern blacks knew that race relations in the North were idyllic compared with those in the South. 
C)  They were seeking the economic opportunities afforded by northern industrial expansion. 
D)  They had been told that northern agriculture was more prosperous than southern agriculture. 
E)  They knew of the northern race riots and decided to move north to help their brothers. 
A)  The federal government had used the wartime emergency as an opportunity to end southern sharecropping. 
B)  Southern blacks knew that race relations in the North were idyllic compared with those in the South. 
C)  They were seeking the economic opportunities afforded by northern industrial expansion. 
D)  They had been told that northern agriculture was more prosperous than southern agriculture. 
E)  They knew of the northern race riots and decided to move north to help their brothers.

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
War Labor Board, Bureau of War Risk Insurance

Accepted Answer

The War Labor Board was a federal agency

Question 12

In Schenck v. United States , the Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  the U.S. Railroad Administration had acted unconstitutionally in taking over privately owned rail lines. 
B)  the government could curtail free speech when exercise of it presented a "clear and present danger" to the country. 
C)  segregated facilities for whites and blacks were acceptable as long as the accommodations were equal. 
D)  the conviction of Ethel Rosenberg on espionage charges had been unconstitutional. 
E)  the federal government did not have the right to propagandize American citizens. 
A)  the U.S. Railroad Administration had acted unconstitutionally in taking over privately owned rail lines. 
B)  the government could curtail free speech when exercise of it presented a "clear and present danger" to the country. 
C)  segregated facilities for whites and blacks were acceptable as long as the accommodations were equal. 
D)  the conviction of Ethel Rosenberg on espionage charges had been unconstitutional. 
E)  the federal government did not have the right to propagandize American citizens.

Question 13

Why did the United States begin to lend money to the European powers after August 1915?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Wilson administration believed that it had to make more than just a symbolic show of support for the Central Powers. 
B)  Respected legal authorities in the United States had decided that neutrality regulations did not apply to financial loans. 
C)  Theodore Roosevelt had convinced Woodrow Wilson that the United States had to do everything in its power short of war to ensure Allied victory. 
D)  The Wilson administration feared the economic, financial, and social consequences of American industry's failing to secure European business. 
E)  Secretary of State William Bryan feared that the allied powers might lose without American financial aid. 
A)  The Wilson administration believed that it had to make more than just a symbolic show of support for the Central Powers. 
B)  Respected legal authorities in the United States had decided that neutrality regulations did not apply to financial loans. 
C)  Theodore Roosevelt had convinced Woodrow Wilson that the United States had to do everything in its power short of war to ensure Allied victory. 
D)  The Wilson administration feared the economic, financial, and social consequences of American industry's failing to secure European business. 
E)  Secretary of State William Bryan feared that the allied powers might lose without American financial aid.

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Herbert Hoover and the Food Administration

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

Accepted Answer

The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) r

Question 16

In the two years after the conclusion of World War I, which of the following occurred in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against blacks, and a rash of strikes 
B)  resurgence of the liberal reform spirit of the prewar years 
C)  renewed commitment to the Wilsonian vision of a liberal democratic world 
D)  a split in the Democratic party into Eastern Internationalist and Western Isolationist branches 
E)  the political vindication of Woodrow Wilson at the polls 
A)  wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against blacks, and a rash of strikes 
B)  resurgence of the liberal reform spirit of the prewar years 
C)  renewed commitment to the Wilsonian vision of a liberal democratic world 
D)  a split in the Democratic party into Eastern Internationalist and Western Isolationist branches 
E)  the political vindication of Woodrow Wilson at the polls

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
U.S., Neutrality

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Neutrality refers to the policy

Question 18

How did the war further the goals of progressivism and yet also undermine its best side? How do you account for the race riots and Red Scare that occurred at the end of the war?

Accepted Answer

The war furthered the goals of progressi

Question 19

Which of the following statements about the experiences of blacks during World War I is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black soldiers found the French even more racist than American whites were. 
B)  Black soldiers served in segregated units. 
C)  Blacks found it impossible to get jobs in northern industry. 
D)  There was a mass movement of blacks from northern cities to southern farms. 
E)  Blacks followed the advice of Booker T. Washington to "put down their buckets where they were," and for that reason few moved north. 
A)  Black soldiers found the French even more racist than American whites were. 
B)  Black soldiers served in segregated units. 
C)  Blacks found it impossible to get jobs in northern industry. 
D)  There was a mass movement of blacks from northern cities to southern farms. 
E)  Blacks followed the advice of Booker T. Washington to "put down their buckets where they were," and for that reason few moved north.

Question 20

Which of the following was not one of the ways that Germany alienated many Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  It financed espionage in American war plants. 
B)  It sank American merchant ships. 
C)  It promised Mexico the return of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. 
D)  It engaged in unrestricted submarine warfare. 
E)  It distributed lurid and exaggerated propaganda about atrocities by the British. 
A)  It financed espionage in American war plants. 
B)  It sank American merchant ships. 
C)  It promised Mexico the return of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. 
D)  It engaged in unrestricted submarine warfare. 
E)  It distributed lurid and exaggerated propaganda about atrocities by the British.

Exam 22: Global Involvements and World War I

Which of the following best indicates the policy that the United States government followed toward business during World War I?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Selective Service Act of 1917

Analyze America's military involvement in World War I from April 1917 to November 1918. How prepared was the military for the war and what did it do to mobilize once it was involved? How successful was its mobilization? How important was the military to the war effort?

What tied the United States to the Allies even before it entered the war in 1917?

What goals underlay America's early-twentieth-century involvements in Asia and Latin America?

The Creel Committee on Public Information

Which of the following was a new technique of warfare that was introduced in World War I?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. George Creel, Committee on Public Information

What were the experiences of American soldiers during World War I? How did army life and training change the outlook of hundreds of thousands of Americans? Why were these new experiences important?

Why did black Americans migrate to northern cities during World War I?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. War Labor Board, Bureau of War Risk Insurance

In Schenck v. United States , the Supreme Court ruled that

Why did the United States begin to lend money to the European powers after August 1915?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Herbert Hoover and the Food Administration

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

In the two years after the conclusion of World War I, which of the following occurred in the United States?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. U.S., Neutrality

How did the war further the goals of progressivism and yet also undermine its best side? How do you account for the race riots and Red Scare that occurred at the end of the war?

Which of the following statements about the experiences of blacks during World War I is correct?

Which of the following was not one of the ways that Germany alienated many Americans?

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