Unit 2 History Ch. 25
America: A Narrative History 8th Edition
- 1.General Pershing’s incursion into Mexico resulted in the defeat and capture of “Pancho” Villa.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Many immigrant groups in the United States supported the Central Powers in the European War.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Due to their belief in “freedom of the seas,” the British allowed Americans to trade with Germany.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The so-called Arabic Pledge involved Wilson’s stand to stop North Africa’s fall into chaos during the war.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.In the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan “He kept us out of war” to discredit Wilson.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The Republican candidate for president in 1916 was Charles Evans Hughes.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The Zimmermann telegram, sent to the Mexican government from the White House, was intercepted by the Germans.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The adoption of the convoy system dramatically reduced Allied losses to German submarines.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Over 400,000 southern blacks moved northward during the war years.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Women in “war work” were usually able to keep their jobs after the war.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.“Four-minute men” were a special-operations unit of the U.S. Army.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.During World War I, some American symphonies refused to perform Bach and Beethoven.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Former president Theodore Roosevelt was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate Republicans who demanded amendments to the Treaty of Versailles.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.President Wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in France while negotiating the peace treaty.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Which of the following statements best describes the diplomatic stance of Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan? Ref: Idealistic diplomacy
- A.
America must, above all else, protect American interests around the world.
- B.
America must not interfere in the affairs of other nations.
- C.
America has a religious duty to spread democracy and moral progress throughout the world.
- D.
America should prove its might wherever and whenever possible.
- 17.Concerning United States action in the Caribbean, President Wilson: Ref: In Caribbean, U.S. Marines helped put down disorders
- A.
Firmly renounced the policies of Taft’s “dollar diplomacy”
- B.
Announced that “the fruit companies will be supported with American force to ensure American prosperity”
- C.
Argued that the United States should recognize any government that exercised de facto power
- D.
Kept marines in Nicaragua and sent marines to Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- 18.“Pancho” Villa:
- A.
Was captured and executed by American forces in 1914
- B.
Led the Mexican forces against an unsuccessful invasion by U.S. Marines and sailors at Vera Cruz
- C.
Led the rebellion against Mexican president Porfirio Díaz
- D.
Killed a number of Americans in an attempt to provoke American intervention in Mexico
- 19.One of the following pairs consists of two countries that were NOT members of the Triple Entente.
- A.
Austria-Hungary and France
- B.
France and Great Britain
- C.
Italy and Austria-Hungary
- D.
Russia and France
- 20.When news of the European war first reached the United States:
- A.
President Wilson immediately called on Congress to build up America’s military strength
- B.
Most high government officials were pro-British
- C.
Most old-line Americans were sympathetic to the Central Powers
- D.
Irish-Americans leaned toward support for the Allies
- 21.President Wilson’s response to the sinking of the Lusitania: Ref: American neutrality strained
- A.
Was a series of notes demanding that Germany stop such actions and pay reparations
- B.
Was to sever diplomatic ties with Germany
- C.
Included a speech in which he said that if Germany was responsible for the killing of any more Americans, then a state of war would exist between the United States and Germany
- D.
Was conciliatory
- 22.President Wilson’s secretary of state resigned in 1915 because: Ref: American neutrality strained
- A.
He thought Wilson’s note to Germany denouncing the sinking of the Lusitania would draw America closer to war
- B.
He discovered that the Lusitania had carried a cargo of arms and ammunition
- C.
He disapproved of Wilson’s conciliatory stance toward Germany
- D.
Wilson refused to sign the Arabic Pledge
- 23.In the case of Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court:
- A.
Struck down as unconstitutional the Lever act, which had created the Food and Fuel Administrations
- B.
Upheld the conviction of a man who had circulated pamphlets against the draft
- C.
Ruled that labor organizations as such did not fall under the jurisdiction of the War Industries Board
- D.
Overturned the Espionage and Sedition Acts
- 24.The Revenue Act of 1916: Ref: The debate over preparedness
- A.
Was primarily to raise money to pay for war preparations
- B.
Hit farmers and low-income Americans the hardest
- C.
Was vetoed by President Wilson
- D.
Was designed to make Republicans support the war
- 25.In the presidential election of 1916, the Republicans:
- A.
Nominated Theodore Roosevelt
- B.
Lost by a small margin
- C.
Nominated Woodrow Wilson
- D.
Won by a large margin
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