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Chapter 24: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War

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	At the beginning of his administration, President Wilson pledged to raise the moral level of American diplomacy by dealing with Latin American nations on terms of equality and honor.    True  False

	World War I began in Europe in 1914 when diplomacy failed and German leaders decided to seize the French Alsace-Lorraine region by force.    True  False

	When World War I began, most Americans, basking in their traditional isolationism, did not care which side won the war.    True  False

	American attitudes toward World War I were most influenced by British and German propaganda.    True  False

	Between 1914 and 1916, American trade with the Allies grew enormously, but trade with the Central Powers actually declined.    True  False

	Fearing he might not win reelection in 1916, President Wilson decided to choose the still-popular Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate in the presidential election.    True  False

	In the 1916 presidential election, the leading issue was American policy toward the warring nations in Europe.    True  False

	By the time the United States entered World War I in 1917, the nation's military was well prepared for combat.    True  False

	When the United States entered World War I, the federal government initiated extensive regulation of the economy.    True  False

	When the United States entered World War I, farm income rose dramatically.    True  False

	During World War I, many African Americans left the South to take jobs in war-production factories in America's cities.    True  False

	In order to combat black cynicism that World War I was a "white man's war," President Wilson ordered the desegregation of American armed forces.    True  False

	For the most part, those who had taken the Fourteen Points literally were satisfied with the terms of the peace treaty President Wilson returned from Paris with in 1919.    True  False

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