Deck 20: War and Revolution, 1912-1920

Question 1

American desires in China __________.

A) were backed up with overwhelming military force
B) clashed with Britain's desire to keep Chinese trade open to all
C) were supported by the Chinese nationalists
D) clashed with Japan's plans

Answer 1

clashed with Japan's plans

Question 2

How did the 1914 miners strike in Ludlow, Colorado come to an end?

A) The state government intervened on behalf of the miners.
B) The federal government intervened on behalf of the miners.
C) The mining company gave in to the miners' demands.
D) State militia and company guards attacked the miners and their families.

Answer 2

State militia and company guards attacked the miners and their families.

Question 3

The __________ Amendment marked the single largest increase in political equality in American history.

A) Nineteenth
B) Fifteenth
C) Twelfth
D) Twenty-first

Answer 3

Nineteenth

Question 4

The American tradition of isolationism went as far back as the __________.

A) Washington administration
B) Civil War
C) Spanish-American War
D) Jackson administration

Question 5

Which of the following was true of the tax put in place by the Revenue Act of 1916?

A) It was a progressive income tax.
B) It was a sales tax.
C) It was an estate tax.
D) It was a regressive income tax.

Question 6

Before World War I, the most important region of the world for the United States was __________.

A) East Asia
B) Africa
C) western Europe
D) Latin America

Question 7

Wilson's reform agenda focused on taxes, the money system, and __________.

A) race relations
B) monopolies
C) child labor
D) temperance

Question 8

In 1914, Woodrow Wilson urged Americans to __________.

A) prepare for war
B) side with Germany
C) side with Britain
D) remain neutral

Question 9

The __________ led major strikes in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Paterson, New Jersey.

A) AFL
B) CIO
C) UMW
D) IWW

Question 10

Which of the following helped spark the Russian Revolution of 1905?

A) a poor harvest
B) defeat at the hands of Japan
C) war with Poland
D) an alliance with France

Question 11

On the eve of World War I, __________ of the world's population lived under the rule of Europeans or their descendants.

A) three-quarters
B) one-half
C) one-third
D) one-quarter

Question 12

World War I began with the outbreak of war between Serbia and __________.

A) Turkey
B) Germany
C) Austria-Hungary
D) Russia

Question 13

After __________'s attack on Columbus, New Mexico, President Wilson sent United States troops into Mexico.

A) Pancho Villa
B) Emiliano Zapata
C) Venustiano Carranza
D) Victoriano Huerta

Question 14

Which of the following helps explain the enormous loss of life on the western front during World War I?

A) the advent of industrialized warfare
B) the incompetence of the average soldier
C) the unwillingness of officers to follow orders
D) the use of cavalry charges and bold maneuvers

Question 15

In 1911, nationalist revolutionaries in China over threw the __________ dynasty.

A) Qing
B) Ming
C) Tang
D) Song

Question 16

The __________ Antitrust Act was passed in 1914 to supplement the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act.

A) Roosevelt
B) Morgan
C) Clayton
D) Wilson

Question 17

__________, France, and Russia formed an alliance that became known as the Entente.

A) Italy
B) Britain
C) Spain
D) Germany

Question 18

Which of the following was true of Wilson's New Freedom slogan?

A) It did not apply to African Americans.
B) It did not apply to the working classes.
C) It did not apply to women.
D) It did not apply to Southerners.

Question 19

President Wilson __________.

A) blocked legislation granting United States citizenship to Puerto Ricans
B) refused to segregate the few federal agencies that had employed blacks
C) approved requests from the NAACP to support an anti-lynching law
D) ignored minorities and appointed only white Southerners to his cabinet

Question 20

Which of the following was true of the Panama Canal?

A) It was initially opposed by Theodore Roosevelt.
B) It was a financial failure.
C) It was completed in a mere three months.
D) It cut travel time by water from the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States in half.

Question 21

The Selective Service Act established __________.

A) rationing targets
B) draft boards
C) a propaganda agency
D) female auxiliary units

Question 22

The American Expeditionary Force was __________.

A) made up of hardened veterans
B) first deployed in North Africa
C) made up of some 100,000 volunteers
D) led by General John Pershing

Question 23

Which of the following was banned by the Espionage and Sedition Acts?

A) written and verbal organizing against the war
B) material support for the Central Powers
C) travel to and from Germany
D) the sale of war materials to the Central Powers

Question 24

The Zimmerman telegram secretly offered German aid to __________.

A) Mexico
B) Turkey
C) the United States
D) Italy

Question 25

Which of the following contributed to the Great Migration?

A) the panic of 1893
B) the outbreak of World War I
C) the influenza epidemic of 1919
D) the election of Woodrow Wilson in 1912

Question 26

Congress approved the __________ Amendment in December 1917 as a way to save grain for the war effort.

A) Sixteenth
B) Seventeenth
C) Eighteenth
D) Nineteenth

Question 27

The sinking of the __________ in May 1915 shocked the American public.

A) Edmund Fitzgerald
B) Leopard
C) Lusitania
D) Maine

Question 28

What did Theodore Roosevelt and Elihu Root suggest America do in 1914?

A) prepare for war
B) give economic aid to the Central Powers
C) remain neutral in every way
D) provide troops to both sides

Question 29

The German use of __________ pulled the United States into the war.

A) submarines
B) tanks
C) airplanes
D) zeppelins

Question 30

Who benefited the most from the Underwood-Simmons Tariff of 1913?

A) consumers
B) manufacturers
C) bankers
D) ranchers

Question 31

Which of the following was responsible for inspiring and maintaining public support for Wilson's war policies?

A) the Federal News Distribution Service
B) the Selective Service Administration
C) the Committee on Public Information
D) the War Labor Board

Question 32

Why did the Allied war effort in the east collapse in 1917?

A) Germany doubled the number of divisions on the eastern front.
B) Britain withdrew its troops from the eastern front.
C) The Austrians broke through the Russian lines.
D) The Russian czar was forced to abdicate.

Question 33

During the Great Migration more than half a million __________ moved from one part of the country to another.

A) yeoman farmers
B) African Americans
C) Irish Americans
D) Mormons

Question 34

Why did Lenin agree to the Brest-Litovsk Treaty?

A) Russia gained substantial territory under the terms of the treaty.
B) He was facing civil war in Russia and needed peace with Germany.
C) Germany agreed to recognize him as Russia's legitimate leader.
D) He benefited financially from the treaty.

Question 35

__________ tied the United States to the Allied side.

A) economic interests
B) existing treaties
C) national security interests
D) racial solidarity

Question 36

What was the aim of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

A) to redistribute wealth
B) to regulate wages
C) to strengthen industry
D) to abolish depressions

Question 37

In Wilson's view, what was the difference between the United States and the other combatant nations in World War I?

A) The United States was the only true democracy.
B) The United States sought to defend principles rather than to acquire territory.
C) The United States had nothing to gain from the fighting.
D) The United States was destined for world domination.

Question 38

Wilson followed in Roosevelt's footsteps by __________.

A) creating the National Park Service
B) shrinking the size of the federal government
C) calling for the repeal of the Clayton Antitrust Act
D) fighting for the civil rights of African Americans

Question 39

President Wilson's insistence on the right to __________ clashed with both British and German objectives.

A) trade with both sides
B) speak out against the war
C) remain out of the fighting
D) sink ships from both sides

Question 40

Why did most Americans who paid attention to events abroad favor the Allies over the Central Powers?

A) Americans admired French food and wine.
B) The Central Powers were clearly to blame for the war.
C) The United States stood to gain new colonies if the Allies won.
D) America had close cultural ties to Britain.

Question 41

The Red Scare led to the __________ of Emma Goldman.

A) execution
B) deportation
C) imprisonment
D) extradition

Question 42

Why did Americans' fear of radical social and political movements intensify in 1919? How did the American government respond to such fears?

Question 43

Which of the following was one of the main tasks facing the "Big Three" at the Paris peace talks?

A) quelling revolutions in Latin America
B) redrawing the map of eastern and central Europe
C) starting the process of decolonization
D) distributing relief to European refugees

Question 44

How did the federal government and the private sector work together to support the American war effort?

Question 45

In October 1917, Vladimir Lenin and the __________ seized control of the Russian government.

A) Bolsheviks
B) Mensheviks
C) Anarchists
D) National Socialists

Question 46

The Treaty of Versailles included which of the following provisions?

A) the creation of the United Nations
B) a war-guilt clause holding Italy responsible for the war
C) a plan for the partition of Poland
D) a war-guilt clause holding Germany responsible for the war

Question 47

Most Republicans __________.

A) were in favor of impeaching Wilson
B) supported Wilson's efforts in Paris
C) supported all aspects of the Versailles Treaty
D) objected to Article 10 of the League of Nations

Question 48

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points __________.

A) detailed his domestic agenda
B) laid out his plan to win the war
C) were enthusiasticaly embraced by the leaders of France and Britain
D) outlined his plans for the postwar peace

Question 49

Which of the following provoked fears of a Soviet-style revolution in the United States in 1919?

A) race riots
B) industrial unrest
C) the influenza epidemic
D) the assassination of General John Pershing

Question 50

Why did the United States declare its neutrality at the beginning of World War I?

Question 51

What was the initial rationale for Allied intervention in the civil war between the Bolsheviks and counterrevolutionary forces in Russia?

A) to reopen the eastern front against Germany
B) to prevent communism from spreading west
C) to capture Lenin and his associates
D) to put the czar back on the Russian throne

Question 52

__________ led the Republican fight against the Treaty of Versailles.

A) Henry Cabot Lodge
B) Elihu Root
C) Charles Evans Hughes
D) Warren G. Harding

Question 53

What was the connection between European global expansion and the growing tensions between European powers?

Question 54

__________ was the target of an anarchist bombing campaign in 1919.

A) Philander C. Knox
B) Andrew Melton
C) A. Mitchell Palmer
D) James C. Cox