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| Which of the following statements best describes diplomatic stance of Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan? |
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| America must not interfere in the affairs of other nations. |
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| In an effort to topple Victoriano 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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| killed a number of Americans in an attempt to provoke American intervention in Mexico. |
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| Concerning U.S. action in the Caribbean, President Wilson: |
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| kept marines in Nicaragua and sent marines to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. |
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| The event that triggered World War I in Europe was: |
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| a Serb's assassination of the Austrian archduke. |
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| When news of the Europe war first reached the United States: |
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| most high government officials were pro-British. |
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| President Wilson's response to the sinking of the Lusitania: |
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| was a series of notes demanding that Germany stop such actions and pay reparations. |
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| was primarily to raise money to pay for war preparations. |
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| In the presidential election of 1916, the Republicans: |
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| blew their chances when they did not allow the progressives to support Hughes. |
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| asked for help from Mexico in the case of war between Germany and the United States. |
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| The congressional resolution for war: |
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| All of the following influenced the U.S. decision to enter the war against Germany: Germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, Germany's offer of an alliance to Mexico, unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans, and Germany's sudden breakthrough on the western front EXCEPT: |
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| the overthrow of the czarist government in Russia. |
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| the most important of all the mobilization agencies was the: |
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| Despite the fact that the Great War generated many changes in female employment, these changes were: |
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| was a Denver newspaperman in charge of propaganda. |
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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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| Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917-1918: |
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| criticism of government leaders or war policies became a crime. |
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| For violating the Espionage Act, Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs: |
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| received a ten-year prison term. |
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| The U.S. military effort in France: |
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| helped turn back several German offensives. |
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| As a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia: |
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| Lenin concluded a separate peace treaty with Germany. |
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| Wilson's Fourteen points endorsed freedom of the seas, the creation of a "league" of nations, an end to secret treaties, and removal of trade barriers EXCEPT: |
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| U.S. colonies in African and Asia |
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| In the midterm elections of 1918: |
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| Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress. |
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| To what did Wilson refer when he spoke of "the heart of the League?" |
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| Article X, which would pledge members to consult on military and economic sanctions against aggressors. |
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| In negotiating with the Big Four over many postwar territorial issues, President Wilson: |
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| had to compromise his principle self-determination. |
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| The German delegation at Versailles objected most bitterly to: |
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| reparations for the entire war. |
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| The Treaty of Versailles: |
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| was not agreeable to the Germans. |
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| In the 1915 Treaty of London, the Allies had promised: |
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| Italy land if they entered the war. |
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| Why did Wilson travel around the country giving speeches in 1919? |
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| He wanted to drum up support for his version of the war treaty. |
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| The Spanish flu epidemic: |
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| killed nearly seven times the number of Americans as died of combat deaths in France. |
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| The 1919 police strike in Boston: |
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| inadvertently launched a presidential career. |
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| A race riot in which 38 people were killed and more than 500 were injured took place in July 1919 in: |
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| The Red Scare of 1919-1920 reflected the: |
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| impact of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the actions of the militants in the United States. |
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| headed the War Industries Board. |
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| William Jennings Bryan... |
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| was Wilson's first secretary of state. |
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| was a Massachusetts governor at time of Boston police strike. |
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| headed the committee on Public Information. |
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| was jailed for encouraging draft resistance. |
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| was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916. |
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| was Wilson's second secretary of state. |
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| was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations. |
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| was the U.S. attorney general that led Red Scare. |
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| was a World War I general. |
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| T/F: General Pershing's incursion into Mexico resulted in the defeat and capture of Pancho Villa. |
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| T/F: Many immigrant groups in the United States supported the Central Powers in the European war. |
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| T/F: Because of their belief in "freedom of the seas," the British allowed Americans to trade with Germany. |
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| T/F: The so-called Arabic Pledge involved Wilson's stand to stop North Africa's fall into chaos during the war. |
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| T/F: The Republican candidate for president in 1916 was Charles Evans Hughes. |
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| T/F: In the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan "He kept us out of war" to discredit Wilson. |
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| T/F: The Zimmermann telegram, sent to the Mexican government from the White House, was intercepted by the Germans. |
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| T/F: The adoption of the convoy system dramatically reduced Allied losses to German submarines. |
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| T/F: More than 400,000 southern blacks moved northward during the war years. |
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| T/F: Women in "war work" were usually able to keep their jobs after the war. |
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| T/F: George Creel led a special-operations unit of the U.S. Army. |
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| T/F: During World War I, popular prejudice associated anything German with disloyalty. |
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| T/F: Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate Republicans, who demanded amendments to the Treaty of Versailles. |
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| T/F: Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations. |
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| T/F: President Wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in France while negotiating the peace treaty. |
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