APUSH - Ch. 30 Study Guide

Question 1

Why were U.S. diplomatic relations with Germany broken? (2)

Answer 1

Because Germany waged unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking all ships, including America’s, into the war zone

they did this b/c the distinction between fighters and non fighters was a luxury they couldn’t afford

Question 2

What was the Zimmermann telegram? (Note)

Answer 2

German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman had secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the U.S. When the note was intercepted and published in March 1917, it caused an uproar that made some Americans more willing to go into war.

Question 3

What was the lofty goal of the US entry into the war?

Answer 3

a crusade “to make the world safe for democracy”

Question 4

What did we hope would happen after the war? (2)

Answer 4

to shape an international order in which democracy could flourish w/o the fear of power-crazed autocrats and militarists

League of nations

Question 5

What were the main 5 points of Wilson’s Fourteen Points Address? (5)

Answer 5

1. a proposal to abolish secret treaties
2. freedom of the seas
3. a removal of economic barriers among nations
4. a reduction of military weapon burdens
5. an adjustment of colonial claims in the interests of both native peoples and the colonizers

Question 6

When the United States entered World War I, it was (3)

Answer 6

unprepared

disorganized

ill prepared

???

Question 7

What happened to basic civil liberties during World War I? (2)

Answer 7

people became suspicious and discriminate towards German Americans b/c they suspected that they were spies or agents; civil liberty disappeared in this period

Damaged bc with pressure for loyalty and conformity

Question 8

Identify Amendments 17, 18 & 19.

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Answer 8

17. Senators shall be elected by popular vote
18. the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors is forbidden
19. Women guaranteed the right to vote

Question 9

Women’s participation in the war effort contributed greatly to the fact that they

Answer 9

took over the men’s jobs while they were gone

Question 10

How was labor treated during the war years by government?

Answer 10

they neglected to support their right to organize into unions (to go on strikes)

Question 11

What two groups were the victims of discrimination during the war?

Answer 11

African Americans and German Americans or social radicals

Question 12

Grievances of labor during and shortly after World War I include all of the following

Answer 12

Right to organize

Inflation

Violence

Black strike breakers

Question 13

How did World War I affect the U.S. economy?

Answer 13

It improved

Question 14

Describe the outcome of the 1919 steel strike.

Answer 14

Racial tensions and violence, set back for labor movement

Question 15

How did people react to blacks migrating to the northern cities to find work?

Answer 15

Badly, they discriminated against them and even resulted to violence

Question 16

Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from

Answer 16

War bonds

Loans from American public

Herbert C. Hoover

Question 17

In an effort to make economic mobilization more efficient during World War I, the federal government took over and operated

Answer 17

Railroads

Question 18

The United States used all of the following methods to support the war effort (2)

Answer 18

Seizing enemy ships in US harbors

restrict beer

Question 19

The World War I military draft

Answer 19

= conscription required all males ages 18-45 with no subs or buying exemption from war

Question 20

The conscription law during World War I differed from the Civil War draft especially because it

Answer 20

Didn’t offer exemption passes or subs

Question 21

What was the impact of the Russian Revolution on the war in Europe?

Answer 21

Freed German troops to western front - advantage

Question 21

The Germans were heavily demoralized by

Answer 21

By americas military presence and the prospect of endless troops

Question 22

Wilson was forced to bargain away many of the 14 points—what was he NOT willing to give away?

Answer 22

League of nations

Question 22

22. What were the provisions of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

Answer 22

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Question 23

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge effectively stalled the Treaty of Versailles by

Answer 23

Reading the treaty out loud

Question 24

Why did Wilson NOT want Democrats to vote for the League of Nations that came to a vote in the Senate?

Answer 24

Compromises and reservations

Question 25

Republican isolationists successfully turned Warren Harding’s 1920 presidential victory into a

Answer 25

Death of the treaty

Question 26

Which one of the following was not among Wilson’s 14 points upon which he based America’s idealistic foreign policy in world war 1 ?

Answer 26

He didn’t mention freedom of religion