- The United States response to events in China during the last years of the nineteenth century was to
Your answer:
send an American gunboat to force the Manchu dynasty to capitulate.
request equal trading privileges and announce the desire to preserve China's territorial integrity.
bomb the capital until Chinese terrorists surrendered.
send covert aid to the Harmonious Righteous Fists in an effort to overthrow the anti-Western Manchu empress.
demand that an arbitration commission be established.
- The Roosevelt Corollary
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claimed that the United States had the right to act as a policeman in Latin America to keep order and prevent chronic wrongdoing.
was issued to justify the role the United States played in ending the Russo-Japanese War.
reversed that part of the Monroe Doctrine that stated the United States would not intervene in European affairs.
demanded that Germany pay reparations for the sinking of the Lusitania.
warned the European powers and Japan not to exclude American business interests from China.
- Theodore Roosevelt's reaction to the Russo-Japanese War included all of the following except he
Your answer:
was pleased to see Russian expansionism checked.
was concerned that a Russian defeat would disrupt the balance of power in the Far East.
wished to strengthen the balance of power by encouraging Japanese expansion in the Far East.
feared that Japanese victory would threaten America's position in the Philippines.
wanted the two sides to negotiate a settlement.
- Dollar diplomacy refers to
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Woodrow Wilson's allowing U.S. bankers to lend more than $2 billion to the Allies between 1915 and 1917.
William Howard Taft's promotion of U.S. commercial interests in Asia and Latin America.
U.S. negotiations with Franz Ferdinand's central bankers to prevent war mobilization.
Theodore Roosevelt's financing of the building of the Panama Canal.
Wall Street's eagerness for the United States to enter World War I.
- Which of the following best describes Woodrow Wilson's policy toward Mexico?
Your answer:
heavy use of air power to force Mexican rebels to capitulate
cautious concern about upsetting the balance of power south of the border
idealistic plans for encouraging political and social democracy
moralistic pronouncements backed by military force
a refusal to have anything to do with Mexico until the Mexican people learned to elect good leaders
- What was President Wilson's first official response when war broke out in Europe in 1914?
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He announced a blockade of Europe on behalf of the Allied Powers.
He announced an embargo of all American products, so that the United States would not repeat the mistakes of the War of 1812.
He announced a declaration of neutrality and called on the nation to be neutral in thought as well as action.
He asked Congress to declare war on Germany to prevent a victory by a militaristic continental power.
He announced a preparedness campaign in order to promote armaments and military training.
- Which of the following nations had the most effective propaganda campaign during World War I?
Your answer:
Great Britain
Germany
France
United States
none of these
- The Zimmermann telegram
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pledged that Germany would not sink any more merchant ships without giving warning and saving civilians.
proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico to conquer the United States; after victory, Mexico would receive New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
demonstrated that Austria-Hungary had turned its back on Germany in order to save Italy.
contained proof that the Germans were committing such atrocities as bayoneting babies.
revealed Germany's designs to conquer and colonize much of Central and South America.
- Which of the following statements best indicates the policy that the United States government followed toward business during World War I?
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The government busted more trusts during the war years than in the preceding dozen years.
The government deregulated most of the transportation and communications industries.
The government nationalized the railroads and created five thousand government agencies to supervise home-front activities.
The government believed that the war for democracy would be won by showing the world that private industry could do the job without regulation.
The government imposed many new regulations on business and industry but supervised them with a minimum of bureaucracy.
- Generally, what attitude did most American intellectuals, cultural leaders, and reformers have about United States participation in World War I?
Your answer:
They were opposed because they believed that the war was a dirty and cruel business.
They were unconcerned with the war because it had little impact on their intellectual pursuits.
Because they had supported President Wilson in his domestic crusades, they now felt obliged to support him in his international crusade.
They saw the war as a struggle to defend culture and believed that increased government activism during wartime would lead to increased reform at home.
They tended to oppose the war because they believed that German culture was superior and the German social-welfare system more humane.
- In the case of Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court
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held that the U.S. Railroad Administration had acted unconstitutionally in taking over privately owned rail lines.
upheld convictions under the Espionage Act on the ground that the government could curtail free speech when exercise of it presented a "clear and present danger" to the country.
ruled that segregated facilities for whites and blacks were acceptable as long as the accommodations were equal.
overturned the conviction of Jeannette Rankin on espionage charges.
held that the federal government did not have the right to propagandize American citizens as George Creel's Committee on Public Information was doing.
- Why did temperance advocates receive a boost from World War I?
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They pointed out that the biggest breweries-like Pabst, Schlitz, and Anheuser-Busch-had German names.
They said it was unpatriotic to use grain to manufacture whiskey and gin at a time when food had to be conserved.
They said that beer was a German plot to undermine America's moral fiber and fighting qualities.
Americans were able to view prohibition as a war measure.
all of these
- The Fourteen Points were
Your answer:
Woodrow Wilson's statement of American war aims.
Herbert Hoover's guidelines for conserving food.
the Russian Bolsheviks' conditions for not revealing the secret treaties made prior to 1914.
Lloyd George's plan for reconstructing the British Empire.
the Creel Committee's guidelines for censorship.
- The Treaty of Versailles
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embodied Woodrow Wilson's vision of a liberal peace.
was agreed upon after brief and harmonious negotiations.
was harshly punitive in that it stripped Germany of territory and saddled that country with immense reparations.
was rejected by the British Parliament because it failed to punish Austria-Hungary.
showed the desire of the Western powers to integrate the new Russian government into the international system.
- In the debate over the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, what was the position of the group led by Henry Cabot Lodge?
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There should be no treaty under any circumstances
There should be a treaty, but with significant modifications
There should be a treaty with minor changes
There should be two treaties: one with Germany and one with Japan
There should be a treaty exactly as Wilson presented it