Question 1

Prior to the United States' construction of the Panama Canal,

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A)  the French had failed to build a channel at the same site.
B)  the United States had failed to build a canal across Nicaragua.
C)  the British had failed to build a canal across Costa Rica.
D)  the Germans had failed to build a canal at the same site.
E)  no country had attempted to build a canal connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

The United States Selective Service Act

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A)  was enacted during the last months of World War I.
B)  gave the government,for the first time,the authority to draft citizens for military duty.
C)  was supported by President Woodrow Wilson.
D)  drafted far fewer men than those who volunteered for military duty.
E)  brought nearly 300,000 men into the army.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

The War Industries Board,which coordinated government purchases of military supplies,was headed by Herbert Hoover.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Would the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt be effective today?

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Question 5

Regarding the Treaty of Versailles,the United States Senate decided in 1919 to

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A)  ratify it without change.
B)  ratify it after Democrats accepted the Republican "reservations."
C)  ratify it with the change that the United States would not join the League of Nations.
D)  ratify it only after Article X was struck from the treaty.
E)  not ratify it.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

After the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905,

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A)  relations between Japan and the Roosevelt administration steadily improved.
B)  President Roosevelt took no direct action against Japan.
C)  the Japanese military presence in the Pacific declined.
D)  the Russian government collapsed.
E)  President Roosevelt negotiated a secret free trade agreement with Russia.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

The diplomatic efforts by President Woodrow Wilson toward Latin America

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A)  were decidedly non-expansionist.
B)  curtailed the use of the military as a tool of diplomacy.
C)  became known as the "good neighbor" policy.
D)  were similar to those of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
E)  were the product of considerable interest and experience in international affairs.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Britain lost more men in World War I then either France or the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In 1918,President Woodrow Wilson antagonized many Republicans

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A)  when he pushed for the election of Democrats to Congress.
B)  when he refused to put prominent Republicans on the peace conference negotiating team.
C)  when he tied support of his peace plans to the midterm elections.
D)  both when he tied support of his peace plans to the midterm elections and when he pushed for the election of Democrats to Congress.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 10

The country that lost the greatest number of lives in World War I was

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A)  Russia.
B)  Great Britain.
C)  France.
D)  Germany.
E)  Italy.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

American casualties in World War I were

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A)  numbered at approximately 350,000.
B)  numbered at approximately 60,000.
C)  as likely to be from disease as from combat.
D)  very low in all battles that U.S.troops participated in.
E)  comparable in number to those of the European powers.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 12

What was the status of the progressive reform movement in America in 1920? What accounts for this status?

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Question 13

The Red Scare of 1919 was partly orchestrated by Attorney General ________.

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Question 14

The United States financed World War I solely by public bond sales.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

President Wilson ordered General ________ to lead an American expeditionary force across Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa.

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Question 16

During World War I,airplanes were used for all the following EXCEPT

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A)  bombing the enemy.
B)  transporting troops.
C)  attacking other aircraft.
D)  reconnaissance.
E)  "dogfighting."F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

In his diplomacy,President Wilson approached Latin America in a way that was very similar to the approach of presidents Roosevelt and Taft.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

President Woodrow Wilson's request to Congress for a declaration of war

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A)  was passed without a dissenting vote.
B)  was nearly voted down in the Senate.
C)  came before Germany took any military action against the United States.
D)  took place two weeks after German submarines had torpedoed three Americans ships.
E)  was supported by Republicans but opposed by most in Wilson's own party.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Immediately following World War I,the American economy

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A)  saw prices plunge.
B)  fell into a protracted recession.
C)  was marked by a continuing labor shortage.
D)  boomed for many months.
E)  fell into a deflationary spiral.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

The so-called Zimmerman telegram

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A)  was intercepted by agents working for the United States.
B)  included a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico.
C)  helped weaken public support in the United States for war.
D)  revealed plans by Germany to expand the use of its submarine fleet.
E)  revealed that Germans were attempting to foment a race riot in the American South.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Exam 21: America and the Great War

Would the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt be effective today?

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The Red Scare of 1919 was partly orchestrated by Attorney General ________.

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