the dangerous proviso that germany attached to its sussex pledge nott to attack unarmed neutral shipping was the requirement that
the us would have to persaude the allies to end their blockade of germany or sub wafare wuld be resumed
german subs began sinking unarmed and unresisted amrican and british merchant and passenger ships without warning
in retailiation for the british naval blockade of germany
the second battle of marne was significant because it
marked the beginning of german withdraw that was never reversed
after the conlusion of ww1, most women who worked
soon gave up their war jobs
president wilson viewed americas entry into ww1 as an opportunity for the us to
shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy
when Woodrow wilson won reelection in 1916, he recieved strong support from
the working class and former progressive bull moose part members
because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, samuel gompers called ______ "labors magna carta"
clayton anti trust act
the federal trade commission was est in 1914 to address all of these practices except
prohibitng false and misleading advertising
the european allies were able to finance their costly war effort during the period of american neutrality mainly because
american bakers, most notably the wall street firm of jp morgan and co
the central provisions of the clayton ant trust act
outlawed corporate interlocking directorates and price discrimination against different purchasers
the germans gained an immense military advantage in the first months of 198 beause
the bolsheviks took russia out of the war allowing german troops to move to the western front
prosecutions under the espionage at and the sedition act can be characterized in the following ways except
the supreme court ultimately ruled that they were unconstitutional violations of the freedom of speech and association
The United States declared war on Germany
After German U-boats sink for unarmed American merchant vessels
The chief political difference between president Woodrow Wilson, and the European parliamentary statesman represented at the Paris peace table Was that Wilson
Refused to appreciate fully the need to break a reasonable political compromise between democratic, idealism, and great power of imperialism or colonialism for quickly coming to a peace agreement that all the allies could support enthusiastically
Woodrow Wilson’s administration refused to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the government in Mexico, headed by
Victorians huerta
In 1913 Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jeffersons day when he
Personally delivered his presidential state of the union address to Congress
To secure passage of the underwood tariff bill, President Woodrow Wilson broke new ground by
Personally presenting his case to Congress and arousing public opinion
President Wilson insisted that he would hold ___ to strict accountability for ___
Germany, the loss of American ships and American lives to submarine warfare
In the United States, the most controversial aspect of the treaty of Versailles was the
League of Nations
After the treaty of Versailles had been signed Woodrow Wilson
Was the subject of the rhetorical ire of German political leaders who felt the terms of the treaty were excessively punitive
The progressive bull moose party died when
Teddy Roosevelt refused to run as the parties presidential candidate in 1916
When the United States entered the war in April 1917, most Americans did not believe that
It would be necessary to send a large American army to Europe for more than a year
The United States primary contributions to the Allied victory in Europe, included all of the following, except
Multiple battlefield victories
President broke diplomatic relations with Germany when
Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic
In the Sussexx pledge Germany promised
Not to sink passenger ships without warning
When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1912, the most serious shortcoming in the countries financial structure was that
Money for lending was inelastic and heavily concentrated in New York City
Which of the following American passenger liners was sung by submarines
None of these were American ships
President Wilson’s first direct use of American military forces in Revolutionary when he
Seized Mexican port of Vera Cruz to prevent Germany delivery of arms to heurta
All of the following are true statements about Mexicans, who settled in the area known as the border lands except
Most were wealthy, farmers with significant land holdings
Passage of the shepherd towner maternity act demonstrated that the Federal government
Was willing to benefit and support women their role as mothers
Woodrow Wilson’s political philosophy included all of the following except
A belief that compromise was necessary to become an effective leader
Which of these is not a true statement about black soldiers during World War I
Black soldiers were more likely to serve in combat than white soldiers
Which term best characterizes Woodrow Wilson’s fundamental approach to American foreign policy
Moralistic
The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the league of nations, and America would have been welcomed by the other nations into the league of nations if President Wilson had
Willing to compromise with moderate league opponents in Congress on some constitutional and American sovereignty issues surrounding American participation league matters
One primary effect of World War II on the United States was that it?
Conducted an immense amount of trade with the allies
Which of the following was not among Wilson’s 14 points upon which he based America’s idealistic foreign policy in World War I?
An international guarantee of freedom of religion
President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by
Declaring a crusade to make the world safe for Democracy
With the outbreak of World War II in 1914, the majority of Americans
Earnestly hope to stay out of the war
In the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote the United States was
Following the path already taken by wartime governments like Britain and Germany and states like New York, Michigan, Oklahoma, and South Dakota
Progressive programs provided relief to
All of these are correct
Opposition to the league of nations many United States senators during the Paris peace conference
Gave Allied leaders in a stronger bargaining position
Woodrow Wilson was most comfortable when surrounded by
Academic scholars
The 16th amendment reflected Wilson’s progressive goals by
Establishing the first graduated, federal income tax
Wartime mobilization agencies relied on ___ to prepare the economy for the war
Voluntary compliance
In 1912 Woodrow Wilson became the first ___ elected to the presidency since the Civil War
Person born in the south
Woodrow Wilson show the limits of his progressism by
Accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy
Difficulties in Mexico in the early 20th century affected the US by
Encouraging, massive migration of Mexicans across the border
When the US entered World War I, it was
Poorly prepared, militarily and industrially to leap into a global war
Despite the reluctance by both the president and Congress, the United States resorted to forced conscription in 1917 because
There was no other way to raise the huge numbers of American army servicemen efficiently that would need to be sent to Europe
Woodrow Wilson’s ultimate goal at the Paris peace conference was to
Establish the league of Nations
The Senate opponents to the league of Nations, as proposed in the treaty of Versailles argued that it
Robbed Congress of its constitutional war, declaring powers by entangling America in an international organization, capable of authorizing collective force against an aggressor nation
Republican isolationist successfully turned warren Harding 1920 presidential victory into
Death sentence for the league of Nations
Grievances of labor during World War I and wars and included all of the following except
Suppression of the American Federation of labor
Although Germans were generally loyal citizens during the war, they were subjected to all of the following, except
Rumors that they were spying and sabotaging in the US
The automobile revolution resulted in all of the following, except
The increased dependence of women on men
The most tenacious pursuer of radical elements during the red scare of the early 1920s was
A Mitchell Palmer
According to John Dewey, a teachers primary goal is to
Educate students for the broad range of life challenges through active participatory learning method
The 1920 census revealed that for the first time most
Americans lived in cities
Enforcement of the Volstead act met the strongest resistance
Foreign peoples who brought European styles of sociability with them when they immigrated to America
The main problem faced by American manufacturer in the 1920s involved
Developing mass markets in America and overseas to create sufficient consumer demand for American manufactured goods being produced during that decade at unprecedented production level
Which of the following was not among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile
Railroads
The immigration act of 1924 discriminated directly against
Southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese
Buying stock on margin meant purchasing
Stock on credit with only a small down payment
With 5 million members at its peak in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was known for all of the following except
Lack of support in the Midwest in the Bible belt
In response to the need to develop greater and greater mass markets for their products American business in the 1920s relied, especially on the new techniques of
Consumer advertising
Jazz music was developed by
American BlackS
Among the major figures promoted by mass media image makers, and the new sports industry in the 1920s were
Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey
The cultural offerings of programs and motion in the 1920s
Contributed to the standardization of American life
Job opportunities for women in the 1920s
Tended to cluster few paying fields
Charles Lindbergh solo flight across the Atlantic made him an American hero especially because
His wholesome usefulness contrasted with this cynicism and the debunking of the jazz age
The zeal of federal agents and enforcing prohibition laws against liquor, smuggler strained US diplomatic relations with
Canada
The post World War I, Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following except
Opposition to prohibition
Business people use the red scare to
Break the backs of fledgling unions
The Ku Klux Klan nearly collapsed in late 1920s when
The organization was publicly exposed as a corrupt and cynical racket
Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of
The nativist belief that the northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans
The scopes monkey trial represented a tragic, embarrassing and final political curtain call for prosecution expert
William Jennings, Brian
During the 1920s many American immigrant ethnic groups
Lived in neighborhoods with their own churches or synagogues, newspapers, and theaters
Match each literary figure below with the correct work
A. Ernest
Hemingway. 1. The sun also rises.
B. F Scott Fitzgerald. 2. Main
Street.
C. Sinclair Lewis. 3. The Sound and the Fury.
D.
William Faulkner. 4. The great Gatsby.
A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
All of the following help to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible except
Government stimulation of the economy
Cultural pluralist like horace kallen and Randolph borne generally advocated that
Immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American melting pot
One of the primary obstacles to work in class solidarity and organization in America was
Ethnic diversity
The American Airlines industry in the 1920s made most of its early profits through
Mail Contracts with the federal government
Although speakeasies and hard liquor florist, historians argued that prohibition wasn’t entirely a failure for all of the following reasons except
Crime levels decreased
The influential cultural film during the 1920s birth of a nation by DW. Griffith stirred extensive protest by African-Americans because.
The film glorified the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed as corrupt politicians or rapists
The long-term outcome of the scopes of monkey trial
Represented at victory for fundamental ridicule of the fundamental cause and highlighted the dubious rationality of a relying on a literal theological reading of the Bible over the findings of modern science
Advertisements in the 1920s reach out to the mass market of American female consumers and all the following ways except
Illustrating how automobiles could permit women to ignore their traditional duties as household managers and advance, their professional career goals, and ambitions
To justify their sexual frankness, many Americans pointed to
The theories of sigmund Freud
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a reaction against
The forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture
Secretary of treasury, Andrew Mellon placed the heaviest tax burden on
Middle income groups
The short term legal outcome of the 1925 scopes trial was that
Biology teacher john scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined
The leading cultural critic of the 1920s HL menKen attacked all of the following except
Technology
The red scare of 1919 to 1920 was provoked by
The Publix fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutions
Most distinctive contribution to automobile industry was
Production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile
Besides controlling the illegal liquor industry, American gangsters in the 1920s earned rich profits from which of the following illegal enterprises
All of these choices are correct
Disillusioned by war and peace Americans in the 1920s did all of the following except
Struggle to achieve economic prosperity
The religion of almost all Polish immigrants to America was
Roman Catholicism
Top gangster, Al Capone was finally convicted and sent to prison for the crime of
Income tax evasion
The Harlem renaissance can best be described as
A celebration of black culture and creative expression of a prominent vibrant black community in the north
During the 1920s, the new system of buying credit resulted in all of the following except
Providing a fundamental solid basis for sustainable long-term prosperity in the nation
which of the following was not among prominent African-American culture figures of the 1920s
Ralph ellison
The first talkie motion picture was
The jazz singer
John Dewey can rightly be called the father of
Progressive education
The following are true Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro improvement association, except he
Advocated the idea of developing elite, talented African-American, economic, and social progress and promote racial integration in the United States
The American radio industry was distinctive radio, and European nations because it
Was a commercial business dependent on advertising