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Chapter 19 Learning Objectives - TEST 2
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1Which of the following are examples of the worldwide influence of the U.S. in these areas known as the "America's empire."
- AArt
- BMusic
- CJournalism
- DIdeas about religion and culture
- Eall of the above
2Which of the following explains how the U.S. defined "freedom" in its foreign policy agenda.
- AThe "open door"
- BThe "closed door"
- CFreedom of rights
3Published in 1911, by the U.S. Immigration commission, listed no less than 45 different "races."
- AThe Dictionary of Races of people
- BThe Passing of the Great Race
- C"Trans-national America"
4Published in 1916, by Madison Grant, warned that the influx of new immigrants and the low birthrate of native white women threatened the foundations of American civilization.
- AThe Melting Pot
- BThe Passing of the Great Race
- C"Trans-national America"
5An essay by Randolph Bourne, in 1916, exposed the fundamental flaw in the Americanization model.
- A"Trans-national America"
- BThe Passing of the Great Race
- CThe Melting Pot (1908 play)
6By Jewish immigrant writer Israel Zangwill, who gave popular name to process by which newcomers were supposed to merge their identify into existing American nationality.
- AThe Passing of the great race
- BThe Melting Pot
- C"Trans-national America"
7Identify the key areas of American society that the federal government regulated and coordinated in the name of the US. war efffort.
- AIndustry
- BTransportation
- CLabor relations
- DAgriculture
- EAll of the above
8[blank_start]The Committee on Public Information[blank_end] set a precedent for governmental efforts to shape public opinion in later international conflicts. (WWII to the Cold War & Iraq). It was possible to "sway the ideas of whole populations," change their habits of life, create belief, universal in any idea or policy.
- ACommittee on Public Information
9Which of the following summarizes how the home front in the U.S. reflected an intensified conception of "freedom," and how this helped generate American prejudice against Germany?
- AMeant improving "industrial democracy"
- BFought in "the great cause of freedom"
- CThousands of draftees were seen as symbols of liberty
- DU.S. fought alongside "a concert of free people" to secure self-determination for the oppressed peoples of the world.
- Eall of the above
10Which of the following explains how the Wilson Administration's war for "democracy" and "freedom" strengthened women's rights activists' arguments for women's voting rights?
- ACombination of women's patriotic service and widespread outrage pushed the administration toward support for women suffrage
- BRatification of the 19th Amendment
- CU.S. was the 27th country to allow women to vote
- Dall of the above
11Which of these does NOT Identify the key groups that advocated Prohibition, as well as their reasons for doing so.
- AEmployers - for a more disciplined labor force
- BUrban reformers to promote orderly city environment and undermine political machines
- CWomen to protect wives and children from domestic violence
- DNative-born Protestants to impose "American" values on immigrants
- E18th Amendment - National legislation
12How are the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 examples of the U.S. government's abuse of Americans' civil liberties during the war?
- AProhibited spying and interfering, as well as "false statements" that might impede success
- BIt was a crime to make spoken or printed statements intended to cast "contempt, scorn, or disrepute" on the form of government or that advocated interference with war effort
- Call of these are correct
- Dnone of these are correct
13Which of these identify the points of view that were regarded as "unpatriotic" and "un-American" during the war.
- AAntiwar sentiment
- BLabor radicalism
- CSympathy for the Russian Revolution
- Dall of these are correct
14The author's concept of [blank_start]"coercive patriotism"[blank_end] was that it came to be equated with support for the government, the war, and the American economic system.
- A"coercive patriotism"
- B"anti-Western nationalism"
- C"democracy"
15Which of the following is NOT one of the types of political repression that were unleashed by the U.S. participation in the war?
- AMost failed to speak out against the broad suppression of freedom of expression
- BMost used their education and training to challenge inequality
- CStrong belief in use of national power to improve social conditions
- DIll prepared to develop a defense of minority rights against a majority or governmental tyranny
16[blank_start]Progressives[blank_end] often accepted or even condoned the abuses of political repression unleashed by the U.S. participation in the war because they saw elimination of Socialists and Alien radicals as necessary prelude to the integration of labor and immigrants into an ordered society.
- AProgressives
- BUrban reformers
- CNative-American immigrants
17[blank_start]Lewis Terman[blank_end], a Stanford University psychologist, introduced the term "IQ" in 1916, claiming that this single number could measure an individual's mental capacity.
- ALewis Terman
- BW.E.B. Du Bois
- CWoodrow Wilson
18The unifying theme of [blank_start]W.E.B. Du Bois[blank_end] career was his effort to reconcile the contradiction between what he called "American freedom for whites and the continuing subject of Negroes."
- AW.E.B. Du Bois
- BWilliam Howard Taft
- CPhilippe Bunae-Varilla
19In [blank_start]Bailey v. Alabama (1911)[blank_end], the Supreme Court overturned Southern "peonage" laws that made it a crime for sharecroppers to break their labor contracts.
- ABailey v. Alabama (1911)
- BAmerican individualism
- CThe Johnson-Reed Act
20The [blank_start]Tulsa Riot[blank_end] erupted after a group of black veterans tried to prevent the lynching of a youth who accidentally tripped and fell on a white female elevator operator, causing rumors of rape to sweep the city.
- ATulsa Riot
- BGreat Migration
- CSeattle general strike
21[blank_start]Woodrow Wilson[blank_end] articulated his vision of America's relationship to the rest of the world by his faith in American's historic destiny, and in the righteousness of its ideals enabled the country's leaders to think of the US. as an emerging power and as the worldwide embodiment of freedom.
- AWoodrow Wilson
- BWilliam Howard Taft
- CBernard Baruch
22[blank_start]William Howard Taft[blank_end] supported the "Dollar Diplomacy," and landed marines in Nicaragua to protect a government friendly to American economic interests. He emphasized economic investment and loans from American banks as the best way to spread American influence, rather than direct military intervention.
- AWilliam Howard Taft
- BWoodrow Wilson
- CKarl Muck
23The Foreign Policy was [blank_start]"Liberal Internationalism,"[blank_end] suggesting that economic and political progress went hand in hand.
- A"Liberal Internationalism,"
- B"Clouds of corruption,"
- C"Democratic freedom,"
24A representative of the Panama Canal Company, [blank_start]Philippe Bunae-Varilla[blank_end], signed a treaty giving the U.S. the right to construct and operate a canal and sovereignty over the Panama Canal Zone.
- APhilippe Bunae-Varilla
- BTom Watson
- CGovernor William L. Harding
25Secretary of State, [blank_start]William Jennings Bryan[blank_end], was a strong anti-imperialist.
- AWilliam Jennings Bryan
- BWoodrow Wilson
- CTom Watson
26[blank_start]Victoriano Huerta[blank_end] assassinated Madero and seized power.
- AVictoriano Huerta
- BKarl Muck
- CTom Watson
27[blank_start]Bernard Baruch[blank_end] headed the War Industries.
- ABernard Baruch
- BJeanette Rankin
- CTom Watson
28[blank_start]Jeanette Rankin[blank_end] (Montana) was the first woman member of Congress, and the only member to oppose the Declaration of War against Japan in 1941, ending her political career.
- AJeanette Rankin
- BClara Bow
- CMarilyn Monroe
29[blank_start]Tom Watson[blank_end] was an ex-populist leader who criticized the draft of The Jeffersonian as a violation of state's rights.
- ATom Watson
- BEdward Bernay
- CWalter Lippman
30[blank_start]Governor William L. Harding[blank_end] issued a proclamation requiring that all oral communication in schools, public places, and over the telephone be conducted in English.
- AGovernor William L. Harding
- BFranklin D. Roosevelt
- CEdward Bernay
31Director of the Boston Symphony and a Swiss citizen, [blank_start]Karl Muck[blank_end], was an enemy alien, insisting on including the works of German composers like Beethoven in his concerts.
- AKarl Muck
- BFranklin D. Roosevelt
- CGovernor William L. Harding
32Identify the basic circumstances in Europe on the eve of WWI that contributed to the outbreak of armed conflict.
- ASerbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- BDeed set in motion a chain of events
- CEuropean nations scrambled to obtain colonial possessions overseas
- DConstructed a shifting series of alliances seeking military domination with Europe
- Eall of these
- Fnone of these
33Which of the following is NOT one of the allies in World War I?
- ABritain
- BFrance
- CRussia
- DJapan
- EGermany
34Which of the following is NOT one of the nations that constituted the Central Powers?
- AGermany
- BAustria-Hungary
- COttomon Empire
- DRussia
35Which of these was a result of the World War I combat conditions and the scale of destruction it caused?
- ASevere blow to the optimism and self-confidence of Western Civilization
- BGerman forces overran Belgium and part of northern France
- CSubmarines, airplanes, machine guns, tanks, and poison gas produced slaughter.
- Dall of these are correct
- E600,000 French and German soldiers perished
- FThe end result estimated 10 million soldiers and uncounted millions of civilians were perished
36Which of these summarizes why American public opinion leaned toward support for Britain against Germany, particularly after the "Lusitania" incident?
- AStrengthened belief that the U.S. must prepare for possible entry into war
- BWilson had strong pro-British sympathies
- CViewed Germany as "natural foe of liberty"
- DPolicy of "preparedness" was a crash program to expand American army and navy
- Eall of these are correct
37Which of these explains why American public opinion regarding the Great War was divided along ethnic lines, and why social reformers opposed the war?
- AAssociated Great Britain with liberty and democracy and Germany with repressive government
- BPeace was essential to enhance social justice at home
- CLobbied against American involvement
- Dall of the above
38Explain how Germany's submarine warfare, the Russian Revolution, and the Zimmerman Telegram combined to convince President Wilson to ask Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.
- AThe Zimmerman Telegram called on Mexico to join the war with U.S., promising to help it recover territory lost in the Mexican War (1846-1848)
- BRevolution in Russia established constitutional government
- CIt was believable that U.S. would fight on Democracy's side
- Dall of these are correct
- EWilson believed political liberty was safe for democracy
39Analyze how President Wilson's Fourteen Points reflect his moral vision of the role of the U.S. in the world, as epitomized by his call for a League of Nations.
- ASelf-determination for all nations
- BFreedom of the seas
- CFree trade
- DOpen diplomacy
- EReadjustment of colonial claims with colonized people (equal weight)
- FCreation of "General Association of nations" to preserve peace
- Gall of these are correct
40Which of the following describes how the Progressive reformers responded to the U.S. involvement in the Great War, and how they imagined the war might help fulfill their reform objectives?
- AStruck them as golden opportunity
- BWar offered possibility of reforming American society along scientific lines
- CInstilling a sense of national unity and self-sacrifice
- DExpanding social justice
- EThat American power could disseminate Progressive values around the globe heightened the wars appeal
- FProgressive intellectuals and reformers, joined by prominent labor leaders and native-born socialists (rallied with born Wilson)
- Gall of the above
41Which of the following describes how the wartime experience in the U.S. intensified racist views of immigrants?
- ANationalization of politics and economic life served to heighten awareness of ethnic and racial difference.
- BAn end to racial segregation
- CComplete equality in economic and educational opportunity to challenge inequality.
42Which of these explains how educators, reformers, and government officials sought to "Americanize" the intensified racist views of immigrants in the U.S.?
- AMust use their education and training to challenge inequality
- BNewcomers were supposed to merge their identity into existing American nationality
- CLaws restricting the teaching of foreign language.
43Which of the following was NOT an area of life in which immigrant languages and culture were suppressed, particularly those of German origin?
- AOral communication was English
- BLaws restricting the teaching of any foreign language
- CPopular words changed
- DBanned German music
- EGerman newspapers reduced to 276 (1/3 of that 20 years earlier)
- FComplete equality in economic and educational opportunity
44Which of the following describes the status and life opportunities of non-white immigrants and African-Americans during and after World War I?
- AFar below others on IQ scale
- BIn 1907, Indiana passed law authorizing doctors to sterilize insane and "feeble-minded" inmates in mental institutions in order to not pass "defective genes" onto their children
- Call of these
- Dnone of these
- EIn the 1960's, 63,000 were involuntarily sterilized
45In 1917, President Wilson vetoed which lead to Congress requiring immigrants to be literate in English or another language.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
46Which of these explains the way the black scholar and activist W.E.B. DuBois, waged the struggle against racism?
- ACalled for restoring the right to vote
- BAn end to racial segregation
- CComplete equality in economic and educational opportunity
- Dall of these are correct
47Which of these was NOT a characteristic of how W.E.B. DuBois' concept of the "talented tenth" lead to the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- AEducated African-Americans
- BMust use their education and training to challenge inequality
- CEscape from threat of lynching and prospect of exercising right to vote
48Which of these describes the actions of black Americans from the South to the North during the Great Migration?
- AHalf a million blacks left the South
- BChicago's population of blacks doubled
- Call of these
- DNew York City's population rose to 66% of blacks
49Which of these describes the chief causes of the Great migration of black Americans from the South to the North?
- AHigher wages
- Beducation for their children
- CEscape from the threat of lynching and prospect of exercising right to vote
- Dall of these
50Explain the conditions blacks found in the North resulting in disappointment of their expectations (during the Great Migration).
- ASeverely restricted employment opportunities
- BExclusion from Unions
- CRigid housing segregation
- DOutbreaks of violence made it clear that no region was free from racial hostility
- Eall of these
51Describe the circumstances that led to explosive racial violence in Chicago during and immediately after World War I.
- ATouched off by the drowning of white bathers of a black teen who crossed unofficial dividing line between black and white beaches on lake Michigan. 38 were killed and 500+ were injured.
- BWorst race riot in American history
- C300+ blacks killed
- D10,000+ left homeless after white mob burned an all-black section of the city to the ground.
52Which of the following was NOT one of the circumstances that led to explosive racial violence in Tulsa, Oklahoma during and immediately after World War I?
- ATouched off by the drowning of white bathers of a black teen who crossed unofficial dividing line between black and white beaches on lake Michigan. 38 were killed and 500+ were injured
- BWorst race riot in American history
- C300+ blacks killed
- D10,000+ were left homeless after a white mob burned an all-black section of the city to the ground
53Which of these explains why the year 1919 is regarded as one of political turmoil worldwide, and how the war had contributed to this state of affairs?
- AWorldwide flu-epidemic that resulted in over 20 million killed (including 700,000 Americans)
- BRacial violence was widespread
- CIn June, Bobs exploded at the homes of prominent Americans, including A. Mitchell Palmer (Attorney General)
- Dall of these
- Enone of these
54Which of these explains how the Wilson Administration's wartime messages about freedom and democracy in the U.S. motivated American workers to engage in a record number of strikes in 1919?
- AWorkers appropriated the imagery and rhetoric of the war
- Bdenouncing employers as "kaisers" and demanding "freedom in the workplace"
- Call of these
55Which of these does NOT describe the example of the Seattle General Strike in 1919?
- AMet by unprecedented mobilization of employers, government, and private patriotic organizations
- BUnited AFL and WWI
- CBoston policemen struck for higher wage and shorter working hours
- DDemanded union recognition, higher wages, and an 8-hour work day.
56Which of the following states how employers in the steel industry used anti-immigrant and anti-radical messaging to defeat the Great Steel Strike of 1919?
- ADemanded union recognition, higher wages, and an 8-hour work day.
- BAppealed to anti-immigrant sentiment among native-born workers, many of whom returned to work and conducted propaganda campaign that associated strikes with IWW, Communism, and disloyalty
- CAmericanism v. Alienism was the issue of strike
- Dall of these are correct
57Which of these does NOT explain why the United States Justice Department launched raids against radical and labor organizations during the Red Scare of 1919-1920?
- AConvinced that episodes like the Steel Strike were part of a world wide communist conspiracy.
- BGovernment deported hundreds of immigrant radicals
- CDestroyed European claims that there was higher civilization
58Summarize the consequences of the Versailles Treaty for the map of Europe, and for the political and economic status of Germany in particular.
- AEstablished the League of Nations, which was central to his vision of a new international order
- BThe principle of self-determination to eastern Europe redrew the map
- CNew European nations emerged from the war, such as Finland, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Austria, Hungary, Latria, Lithuania, Estonia, and Yugoslavia
- Dall of these
59Analyze how the carnage of World War I changed the perceptions that non-Europeans had of Europeans.
- ADestroyed European claims that there was higher civilization
- BHelped to heighten the international prestige of the U.S.
- CWilson's language put "dangerous" ideas into the minds of certain races" and would inspire "impossible demands, and cause trouble in many lands"
- DSelf-determination
- Eall of these
60Disappointed at the failure to apply the Fourteen Points to the non-European world, the Versailles Treaty generated "anti-Western nationalism" among peoples in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
61Wilson's willingness to accede to the demands of the imperial powers helped to spark a series of popular protest movements.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
62Assess the lasting legacy of Wilson's idealistic foreign policy, in terms of how it provided a model for U.S. international relations for the rest of the 20th century. He appealed to:
- ADemocracy
- BOpen markets
- CAmerican mission to instruct the world in freedom
- DWillingness to intervene abroad militarily to promote American interests and values
- EAll of these
63What does the author mean when he asserts that "America's empire" was "economic, cultural, and intellectual, rather than territorial"
- ACommitment to "pursuit of wealth," international spread of American culture
- BSaw a future in which the U.S. promoted its interest and values through an unending involvement in the affairs of other nations
- Cboth of these
64Which of the following is NOT an example of the worldwide influence of the U.S. in the areas of economic, cultural, and intellectual.
- AArt
- BMusic
- CJournalism
- DIdeas about religion and gender
- EIncreasing stream of goods, investments and people flowed from country to country
- FMoral imperialism
65The [blank_start]"open door"[blank_end], consisted of the free flow of trade, investment, information and culture, and rested on the conviction that economic and political progress went hand in hand.
- A"open door"
- B"coercive patriotism"
- C"clouds of suspicion"
66In Woodrow Wilson's "liberal internationalism," he believed that greater worldwide freedom would follow from increased American investment and trade abroad.
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
67Which of these describes the process of how President Theodore Roosevelt secured access to the Panama Canal Zone?
- AHelped set in motion an uprising by conspirators (Phillipe Bunae-Varilla)
- BAmerican gunboat prevented the Columbian army from suppressing rebellion
- CThe largest construction project in American history to date
- DImmigrant labor from Carribean islands (Barbedos/Jamaica) and others came from Europe, Asia, U.S.)
- Eall of these
68The [blank_start]Roosevelt Corollary[blank_end] to the Monroe Doctrine helped that the United States had the right to exercise "an international police power" in the Western Hemisphere - a significant expansion of Monroe's pledge to defend the hemisphere against European intervention.
- ARoosevelt Corollary
- BPanama Canal Zone
- CDollar Diplomacy
69Which of these explains how the Roosevelt Corollary shaped the U.S. military and diplomatic activities in the Caribbean and Central America?
- ARoosevelt soon arranged an "executive agreement" giving a group of American banks control over Dominican finances.
- BProject required massive effort to eradicate the mosquitoes that carried the tropical diseases
- CHe appointed as secretary of State William Jennings Bryan
70Which of these explains President Wilson's foreign policy vision, particularly in terms of how American commercial and financial activity was connected to American political ideals?
- AHe pressed for a more efficient revenue collection, stable government, and access to land and labor by American companies
- BHe emphasized economic investment and loans from American banks as the best way to spread American influence
- Call of these
- Dnone of these
71Which of these explains Roosevelt and Taft's foreign policy vision, particularly in terms of how American commercial and financial activity was connected to American political ideals?
- APressed for more efficient revenue collection, stable government, and access to land and labor by American companies
- BEmphasized economic investment and loans from American banks as the best way to spread American influence
- Call of these
- Dnone of these
72[blank_start]Moral Imperialism[blank_end] produced more military interventions in Latin America than the foreign policy of any other president before or since Wilson.
- AMoral Imperialism
- BDollar Diplomacy
- CRoosevelt Corollary
73Identify the contradiction between President Wilson's moralistic foreign policy and his propensity to invade other countries, using the Mexican intervention as an illustration.
- AMexico was a warning that it might be more difficult than Wilson assumed to use American might to reorder the internal affairs of other nations, or to apply moral certainty to foreign policy.
- BThe war offered possibility of reforming American society along scientific lines
- CWilson had strong pro-British sympathies
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