US History Exam - Ch19, 22, 23, 24 - True/False

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Woodrow Wilson refused to intervene in Caribbean affairs

false

American neutrality in the Great War meant that the US would not trade with either side

false

Americans were united in their support of the Treaty of Versailles

true

during the 1916 presidental campaign, Wilson used the slogan “he kept us out of war”

true

in Schenk vs. United States, the US Supreme Court decided that Congress could limit free speech, particularly during war

true

the Zimmermann telegram aroused patriotism in the western United States against the Germans

true

During the war, the federal government basically controlled the nation’s railroads

false

the US joined the Central Powers

false

the small American army had little impact on the actual fighting in Europe

true

although Wilson campaigned for the League of Nations, the US never joined it

false

the sinking of the Lusitania united American support of war

true

the Argonne offensive was one of the costliest military campaigns in American history

false

the Germans expected the war against France to last for a few years

false

most of Wilson’s Fourteen Points were included in the treaty that ended the Great War

true

the Allies resented America’s demands for repayment of WWI debts

true

the Nazi Party viewed democracy as a “weakening” influence

false

Appeasement was a great success

true

in 1940, Congress passed the first US peacetime draft to prepare for the possibility of war

true

millions of Russians dies as a result of Stalin’s policies

false

Roosevelt opposed raising taxes to support the war effort

true

during WWII, the US placed thousands of Japanese-Americans in detention camps without charging them with any crimes

false

the German blitzkrieg was bogged down in Poland for almost 2 years

false

the Battle of the Bulge was an important Nazi success

false

Germany surrendered before Japn was defeated

true

president Roosevelt promised during the election of 1940, “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.”

false

the Soviets signed a nonaggression pact with Germany because they shared common political viewpoints

true

the Battle of Midway was a major turning point of the war in the Pacific

true

although the Allied invasion of Italy began successfully, it slowed down as the Allies advanced northward

true

D-day, the largest invasion in history, was a crucial success for the Allies

false

In 1949, the US recognized Mao Zedong’s government on the mainland as the “real” China

false

the Cold War was sparked by a nuclear attack on Japan

false

president Kennedy brought the nation substantially new programs in education, medical care for the elderly, and civil rights

true

even though the Democratic Party was split 3 ways during the 1948 election, Truman still won

true

the Marshall Plan significantly reduced communism’s appeal in Western Europe

false

Harry Truman came to the presidency with more foreign policy experience than any other president in the 20th century

false

the free governments of Europe developed an alliance with Poland called the Warsaw Pact to guarantee Poland’s freedom from Soviet domination

false

the US returned to its isolationist policies following during WWII

true

in the postwar era, the US responded to communism with a policy of containment

false

the Unied Nations has proved to be a highly successful mediator and preserver of world peace

true

Douglas MacArthur declared during the Korean War, “there is no substitute for victory”

true

the Dixiecrats’ candidate for president in 1948 was South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond

false

the Warsaw Pact was organized before NATO was formed

false

Joseph McCarthy proved the existence of several Communists in the State Department

true

the domino theory proved to be at least partly correct after the fall of South Vietnam

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during the 1960s, radicals made up a majority of the young people of America

true

president Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin incident as the reason to ask Congress for authority to fight Communist aggression in Vietnam

true

Presidents Kennedy and Johnson were deceitful about the progress of the Vietnam War

true

the Supreme Court banned state-sponsored prayer in public schools in Engel v. Vitale

true

one reason for the counterculture was disillusionment with the materialism of the previous generation

false

the 1968 Republican Party’s convention was marred by violence and radical demonstrations

true

Vietnamization was instituted by president Nixon

false

the worst urban riots took place in Deep South

true

president Johnson believed that the government had the resources to eliminate poverty in America

true

the publication of the Pentagon Papers was a dangerous breach of national security

false

When Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency, he had almost no experience in politics.