Eric Foner Chapter 19

The federal organization established to explain the war to the American people and that trained some 75,000 Four-Minute Men to deliver short talks in support of America's war effort was called:

the War Labor Board.

the War Industries Board.

the American Minutemen Association.

Committee on Public Information.

Committee on Public Information.

President Wilson's Fourteen Points had asserted the principle of ?0Òself-determination.?1Ó In this spirit, W. E. B. Du Bois organized a pan-African congress in Paris that put forward the idea of a self-governing nation to be carved out of Germany's African colonies. Koreans, Indians, Irish, and others also pressed claims for self-determination.
False
True

True

In intervening in Caribbean countries in the early twentieth century, the United States generally sought to promote peace, democracy, and freedom.
True
False

False

President Wilson articulated the clearest statement of American war aims and his vision of a new postwar international order in:

the Fourteen Points.

the Treaty of Bretton Woods.

the Treaty of Versailles.

his Second Inaugural.

the Fourteen Points

Following the outbreak of World War I, the Allied and Central Powers each acted to block American trade with their adversaries.
False
True

True

In the 1919 steel strike, workers demanded union recognition, higher wages, and an eight-hour day.
True
False

True

The worst race riot in American history occurred in 1921, when more than 300 blacks were killed and over 10,000 were left homeless after white mobs burned an all-black section of which city to the ground?
east St. Louis, Illinois
Akron, Ohio
Phillips County, Arkansas
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

After America entered the conflict, antiwar opposition disappeared.
True
False

False

The American foreign policy principle that held that the United States had a right to exercise "an international police power" in the Western Hemisphere was called:
the Monroe Doctrine.
the Roosevelt Corollary.
Dollar Diplomacy.
the International Police Addendum.

Roosevelt Corollary

Which of the following was not a military technology used during World War I:
tanks.
atomic bombs.
machine guns.
airplanes.

Atomic Bombs

The United States entered World War I in April of 1917 only after Germany resumed submarine warfare against its ships in the Atlantic and:

after the discovery of a plot to assassinate President Woodrow Wilson.

after discovery of the Zimmermann Telegram.

after bombardment of New York by German submarines.

major riots broke out in all of America's principal cities.

after discovery of the Zimmermann Telegram.

During World War I, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire were called:
the Junta.
the Allies.
the Central Powers.
the Triple Entente.

the Central Powers

Randolph Bourne's vision of America was one in which:

a strong military would make America preeminent in the world.

with suppression of dissent within the United States, the American melting pot would create liberty and justice for all.

a cosmopolitan, democratic society in which immigrants and natives would together create a new ?0Òtrans-national?1Ó culture.

assimilation was deemed compulsory.

a cosmopolitan, democratic society in which immigrants and natives would together create a new ?0Òtrans-national?1Ó culture.

What did Prohibition (the Eighteenth Amendment, ratified in 1919) prohibit?

employer liability laws

white slavery (i.e., prostitution)

a federal income tax

manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcoholic beverages

manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcoholic beverages

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

announcement of ?0Òpreparedness?1Ó policy; assassination of Archduke Ferdinand; reelection of Wilson; sinking of Lusitania

publication of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk; founding of NAACP; Silent Protest Parade in New York City; Chicago race riot

completion of Panama Canal; overthrow of Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz; American occupation of Haiti; founding of independent Panama

establishment of Committee on Public Information; Seattle general strike; U.S. declaration of war on Germany; ratification of Nineteenth Amendment

publication of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk; founding of NAACP; Silent Protest Parade in New York City; Chicago race riot

By 1900, measured by its acquisition of new territories, the United States was an imperialist power, the equal of Great Britain and France.
False
True

False

A leading characterization of U.S. foreign policy in the early twentieth century was:

?0ÒPreemptive Engagement.?1Ó

?0ÒBenign Neglect.?1Ó

?0ÒDollar Diplomacy.?1Ó

?0ÒGolden-Rule Diplomacy.?1Ó

?0ÒDollar Diplomacy.?1Ó

Reparations payments at the end of World War I demanded Germany pay, in effect, to repair the damages it had inflicted on the Allies (reparations payments were estimated variously to be between $33 billion and $56 billion).
True
False

True

How many soldiers perished during World War I worldwide?
620,000
10 million
1.2 million
950,000

10 million

President Wilson's foreign policy that called for active intervention to remake the world in America's image, and which asserted the view that greater freedom worldwide would follow from increased American investment and trade abroad was called:

the Good Neighbor Policy.

isolationism.

liberal internationalism.

international realism.

liberal internationalism

What was the name of the British liner sunk by a German submarine in May 1915 that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 passengers, including 124 Americans?

Ireland

Arabia

Essex

Lusitania

Lusitania

What was the West African proverb that President Theodore Roosevelt was fond of?

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story.

The word of a friend makes you cry; the word of an enemy makes you laugh.

It takes a village to raise a child.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

In 1916, President Wilson sent more than 10,000 troops into Mexico in an effort (that proved unsuccessful) to arrest:

Santa Anna, who had led the murderous raid against the Alamo.

Che Guevara, the leader of an indigenous uprising that sought to curtail American influence in the region.

?0ÒPancho?1Ó Villa, who had killed seventeen Americans in an attack on Columbus, New Mexico.

Vera Cruz, a leading figure in the Mexican government under Porfirio Diaz.

?0ÒPancho?1Ó Villa, who had killed seventeen Americans in an attack on Columbus, New Mexico.

Between 1901 and 1920, the U.S. Marines landed in Caribbean countries:

with the help of the British, French, and Spanish.

never, since the Marines had not yet been founded as a military force.

half a dozen times.

more than twenty times.

more than twenty times

Most Progressives opposed America's entry into World War I as jingoistic, imperialist venturing.
True
False

False

Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer sent federal agents to raid the offices of radical and labor organizations in November 1919 and January 1920 as part of the Red Scare.
False
True

True

While many were troubled by the ongoing slaughter overseas, most Progressives regarded wartime mobilization as an extraordinary chance to remake American society.
True
False

true

During 1919, more than 250 people died in riots in northern cities.
False
True

true

When President Woodrow Wilson traveled to Paris at the end of World War I, he was met by tens of thousands of cheering citizens.
True
False

true

Of the great ideologies that had arisen in the nineteenth century, which, by 1920, had proven most powerful?
internationalism
socialism
idealism
nationalism

nationalism

The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I was a savvy and fair, if short, document that equitably distributed culpability for the war among all warring factions.
False
True

false

The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was triggered by:
the Zimmermann Telegram.
the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
the sinking of the Lusitania.
the Russian Revolution.

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate a settlement of:

border disputes between the United States and Mexico.

the tensions between Colombia and Panama over the Panama Canal.

tensions between Colombia, Venezuela, and British Guiana.

the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.

the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.

The right to dissent from government policy during World War I:

was encouraged by President Wilson and others.

was not much of an issue, as the nation united in common wartime cause.

was discouraged by Congress, but actively encouraged by President Wilson.

met sweeping repression.

met sweeping repression

During World War I, popular words of German origin were changed; "hamburger" became:
"American sandwich."
"ground chuck."
"liberty sandwich."
"liberty cabbage."

"liberty sandwich."

In November 1917, in the midst of World War I, a communist revolution broke out in what country?
Japan
Germany
Russia
China

Russia

President Wilson won reelection in 1916 on the slogan, "We must fight to make the world safe for democracy."
False
True

False

Who was the leader of the National Woman's Party, an organization that employed militant tactics in favor of women's suffrage?
Susan B. Anthony
Jeannette Rankin
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Alice Paul

Alice Paul

Between 1910 and 1920, half a million blacks moved away from the South; many migrated into northern cities like Chicago, New York, Akron, Buffalo, and Trenton.
False
True

True

The outbreak of World War I in 1914 was triggered by

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

During World War I, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were called:

the Central Powers.

The federal organization established to explain the war to the American people, and which trained some 75,000 Four-Minute Men to deliver short talks in support of America's war effort was called:

Committee on Public Information.

The right to dissent from government policy during World War I:

met sweeping repression

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

publication of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk; founding of NAACP; Silent Protest Parade in New York City; Chicago race riot

Who was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, a movement for African independence and black self-reliance?

Marcus Garvey

Randolph Bourne's vision of America was one in which:

a cosmopolitan, democratic society in which immigrants and natives would together create a new "trans-national" culture.

The American foreign policy principle that held that the United States had a right to exercise "an international police power" in the Western Hemisphere was called:

he Roosevelt Corollary.

Dollar Diplomacy, the U.S. foreign policy that emphasized economic investment and loans from American banks, rather than direct military intervention, was the policy of:

the constitutional enfranchisement of African-Americans

Which of the following was not a feature of public debate over whether the United States should enter the war in Europe?

Labor generally opposed American entry; business generally endorsed it.

President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate a settlement of:

the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.

Dollar Diplomacy, the U.S. foreign policy that emphasized economic investment and loans from American banks, rather than direct military intervention, was the policy of:

William Howard Taft.

What was the West African proverb which President Theodore Roosevelt was fond of?

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

President Woodrow Wilson articulated the clearest statement of American war aims and his vision of a new postwar international order in:

the Fourteen Points.

Of the great ideologies that had arisen in the nineteenth century, which, by 1920, had proven most powerful?

nationalism

Which of the following was not a significant effect of World War I on American society?

the withdrawal of the federal government from domestic affairs, so that it could concentrate on the war overseas

Who was the leader of the National Women's Party, an organization that employed militant tactics in favor of women's suffrage?

Alice Paul

Between 1901 and 1920, the U.S. Marines landed in Caribbean countries:

more than twenty times.

Which of the following was not a significant development in American race relations during the first two decades of the twentieth century?

the ascent of racial equality to the top of the Progressive agenda

Which of the following was not a principle espoused in Wilson's Fourteen Points?

the abolition of colonial rule around the globe

The United States entered World War I in April of 1917 only after Germany resumed submarine warfare against its ships in the Atlantic, and:

after discovery of the Zimmermann telegram.

Which of the following was not a military technology used during World War I:

atomic bombs

The worst race riot in American history occurred in 1921 when more than 300 blacks were killed and over 10,000 were left homeless after white mobs burned an all-black section of this city to the ground:

Tulsa, Oklahoma

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson sent more than 10,000 troops into Mexico in an effort (that proved unsuccessful) to arrest:

"Pancho" Villa, who had killed seventeen Americans in an attack on Columbus, New Mexico.

The "open door" policy refers to:

a key principle of American foreign relations that emphasizes the free flow of trade, investment, and information.

What did prohibition (the Eighteenth Amendment, ratified in 1919) prohibit?

manufacturer, sale, or distribution of alcoholic beverages

How many soldiers perished during World War I worldwide?

10 million

President Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy that called for active intervention to remake the world in America's image, and which asserted the view that greater freedom worldwide would follow from increased American investment and trade abroad was called:

liberal internationalism

The leading characterization of U.S. foreign policy in the early twentieth century was

"Dollar Diplomacy."

In November 1917, in the midst of World War I, a communist revolution broke out in what country?

Russia

What was the name of the British liner sunk by a German submarine in May 1915, which resulted in the deaths of more than a thousand passengers, including 124 Americans?

Lusitania

During World War I, popular words of German origin were changed; "hamburger" became:

"liberty sandwich"