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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 15 questions.

	The Roosevelt Corollary   warned European nations to eliminate all economic interests in Latin America. acquired Cuba as a territory of the United States. warned that the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary. promised an American empire in the Caribbean. established tariff levels for international economics.

	President Taft's approach to foreign affairs was to   oppose all non-democratic regimes. promote American financial and business interests. attract European capital and loans to Latin America. adopt an isolationist stance. increase military buildup and involvement.

	According to Woodrow Wilson, the objectives and pursuits of the American people should be   overwhelming concern for domestic progressive issues to the sacrifice or preclusion of foreign problems. moral principle, preservation of peace, and extension of democracy. material interests and "dollar diplomacy." military power and increased armaments. money and strategic power over weak neighbors.

	One of the major reasons for the war in Europe in 1914 was   Hitler's invasion of Poland. the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the desire for additional territories by her southeastern European neighbors. the fear of Britain and France toward the rising power of Russia. a web of entangling alliances which caused a local problem to escalate into a major war. the fear of creeping communist revolutions throughout Europe.

	At the outset of World War I, most Americans   accepted neutrality as advisable and moral. blamed Britain for the war because of its extensive imperial system. favored entering the war on the side of Britain and France. were unconcerned with events in Europe. readily heeded the call to arms, joining the military in large numbers.

	The preparedness advocates called for   Roosevelt to run for the presidency in 1916. American entry into the war at any cost. military readiness in case of war. naval destroyers to accompany merchant vessels across the North Atlantic. None of the answers are correct.

	The Committee on Public Information (CPI) was responsible for   using the arts, advertising, and film industries to publicize the war and launching a propaganda campaign to popularize the war effort against the Germans. keeping a watchful eye on antiwar sympathizers and publicly discrediting them. distributing news items to the major daily papers and other media. All of the answers are correct. giving the American people clear and objective reasons why the United States was compelled to intervene in the war.

	The effect of the war on organized labor was to   allow the government to forbid strikes or work slowdowns. weaken labor because most workers were called into the armed forces. disband, via martial law, many of the larger unions and compelling workers to labor for much less pay. bring labor into partnership with the federal government and greatly increase union membership. allow women to unionize on the same basis as men.

	African American participation in World War I could best be described in which of the following ways?   Emancipation was repealed under martial law, returning thousands of African Americans into slavery. African Americans were not allowed in the armed forces in any capacity. African Americans were enlisted in support and supply units but were not allowed in combat. More than forty thousand African Americans served in combat, but they were commonly discriminated against when they returned home. African Americans were fully integrated into the armed forces and treated the same as white troops for the most part.

	Which of the following was NOT one of Wilson's major goals at the Paris Peace Conference?   imposing enormous financial reparations upon the Germans reducing tensions through disarmament and free trade national self-determination for European ethnic and nationalist groups All of the answers are correct. a League of Nations to settle international disputes

	The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty granted   Columbia preferential treatment in using the canal. the United States a ninety-nine year lease on a canal zone in return for payments to Columbia. the United States control of a canal zone through Panama. the United States and Britain joint ownership of the canal. None of the answers are correct.

	Most progressives in the United States believed that the European war was the result of   the failure of international diplomacy. Hitler's invasion of Poland the absence of American leadership in encouraging other nations to establish their own progressive reform agendas. the greed of financiers, munitions manufacturers, stockbrokers, and others eager for wartime profits. the lack of commitment on the part of European governments to liberal reforms.

	The German policy that was most directly responsible for bringing the United States into the war was the   revelation of wartime objectives including territorial gains in Europe and Africa. None of the answers are correct sinking of the Lusitania. support for Mexico with arms and money during the punitive expedition. decision to renew unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic against American vessels.

	The key issue in the 1916 presidential campaign was   the proposed extension of suffrage to women. whether civil rights for African Americans continued in the progressive agenda. the Great Depression. whether we would eventually come into the European war on the side of Germany or on the side of Britain and France. that Wilson had kept us out of war and that Hughes was perceived to be more aggressive toward Germany.

	Wilson's attitude toward antiwar dissent after American entry was to   refuse to concern himself because of the greater importance of directing the war in Europe. None of the answers are correct. encourage repression and humiliation of antiwar sympathizers. crack down on super patriotic vigilantism directed against antiwar sympathizers. tolerate it because of his own moral revulsion to war.

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