Question 1

Which statement most accurately reflects the situation facing organized labor during World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wartime pressures brought about a record number of strikes. 
B)  Unions died out as workers embraced a new spirit of cooperation, communalism, and patriotism. 
C)  In an effort to ensure ideological conformity and to prevent dissent, the War Labor Board generally pursued anti-labor policies. 
D)  Union membership nearly doubled during the war. 
E)  Because of the booming wartime economy and a shortage of male workers, most workers were required to work twelve-hour days. 
A)  Wartime pressures brought about a record number of strikes. 
B)  Unions died out as workers embraced a new spirit of cooperation, communalism, and patriotism. 
C)  In an effort to ensure ideological conformity and to prevent dissent, the War Labor Board generally pursued anti-labor policies. 
D)  Union membership nearly doubled during the war. 
E)  Because of the booming wartime economy and a shortage of male workers, most workers were required to work twelve-hour days.

Question 2

Which of the following is not true about the American economy during World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  Factory production increased by one-third. 
B)  Agricultural prices more than doubled 
C)  Cigarette consumption more than tripled. 
D)  The civilian work force contracted as Americans joined the armed forces. 
E)  Prices and wages rose. 
A)  Factory production increased by one-third. 
B)  Agricultural prices more than doubled 
C)  Cigarette consumption more than tripled. 
D)  The civilian work force contracted as Americans joined the armed forces. 
E)  Prices and wages rose.

Question 3

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Accepted Answer

A)  struck infants and the elderly particularly hard. 
B)  killed as many as 50 to 100 million people worldwide. 
C)  began as an avian flu in Asia. 
D)  originated in China. 
E)  was kept out of the U.S. by stringent government health regulations. 
A)  struck infants and the elderly particularly hard. 
B)  killed as many as 50 to 100 million people worldwide. 
C)  began as an avian flu in Asia. 
D)  originated in China. 
E)  was kept out of the U.S. by stringent government health regulations.

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

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. 
Commission on Training Camp Activities

Accepted Answer

The Commission on Training Camp Activiti

Which statement most accurately reflects the situation facing organized labor during World War I?

Which of the following is not true about the American economy during World War I?

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

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

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. Commission on Training Camp Activities

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

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Exam 22: Global Involvements and World War I

Which statement most accurately reflects the situation facing organized labor during World War I?

Which of the following is not true about the American economy during World War I?

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

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

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. Commission on Training Camp Activities

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

Filters