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How did President Woodrow Wilson react to the outbreak of war in Europe?

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He called on Americans to stay neutral in thought as well as in deed.

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Why did Germany’s transatlantic purchases dwindle to almost nothing between 1914 and 1916?

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The British blockade was effective.

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During World War I, the nation’s foremost African American intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois

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expressed hope that the war overseas would improve race relations at home.

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The Woman’s Land Army was

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a group that mobilized young American women for farm work.

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President Woodrow Wilson’s call for self-determination and readjustment of colonial arrangements challenged

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Europe’s empires.

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At Versailles, President Wilson proposed that the League of Nations should

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serve as a diplomatic forum to prevent future wars.

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How did President Wilson try to convince the Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

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He did a cross-country speaking tour to bolster popular support for Senate approval.

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Why did Eugene Debs criticize the draft?

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It killed workers and enriched capitalists.

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Which was the first national election in which women participated?

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1920

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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in the spring of 1918

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pulled Russia out of the war and freed German troops for the Western front.

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Why were the Allies interested in the national independence of Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania?

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These nations served as anticommunist buffers against communist Russia.

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What was the role of airplanes in World War I?

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conducting reconnaissance

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Which of the following best describes the position of the United States regarding World War I from August 1914 to spring 1917?

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The U.S. maneuvered to stay out of the war while benefiting from it.

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What was the central message the Committee on Public Information was supposed to convey about World War I?

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The war was a democratic crusade.

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How did General Pershing respond to French officers presenting African American soldiers with medals?

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He chastised the French for “spoiling the Negroes.”

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Why did traditionally minded critics disapprove of open access to radio airwaves?

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They worried that open access might foster immorality.

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Why did African Americans continue their massive migration from the southern countryside into northern cities during the 1920s?

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They needed to escape the horrific conditions of Jim Crow.

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What was special about the 1927 film The Jazz Singer?

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It came with sound and included extended dialogue.

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Which of the following best signified the flapper of the 1920s?

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smoking a cigarette

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Why did the state of Tennessee indict high school teacher John Scopes in 1925?

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He had taught the theory of evolution.

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What made it possible for American companies to issue shares that had no underlying value?

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There was minimal government regulation of the securities market.

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What triggered the riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in May of 1921?

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A black teenager was accused of assaulting a white woman.

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During the 1920s, Protestant denominations split into two groups, often called “modernists,” and

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“fundamentalists.”

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The Ku Klux Klan of the reconstruction era resurfaced in the 1920s with a message that was decidedly

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anti-immigrant.

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After hitting 60 home runs during the Yankees dominant 1927 season, who earned the nickname “Sultan of Swat?”

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Babe Ruth

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Which of the following did the fundamentalists of the 1920s condemn in particular?

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Hollywood

27
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In the 1920s the New York neighborhood of Harlem became a hotbed of which new political movement?

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Pan-Africanism

28
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Which of the following was most important in increasing American levels of consumption during the 1920s?

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consumer credit

29
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How did critics respond to the success of college football?

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They feared that it would distract from the academic mission of higher education.

30
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Which technological advance significantly broadened the appeal of jazz both nationally and internationally?

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the phonograph

31
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Which of the following statements best describes the New Dealers that surrounded President Roosevelt after his inauguration?

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While they generally believed in the need to mitigate the excesses of the industrial order, they often disagreed on the details of policy.

32
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On whom did Louisiana Democratic Senator Huey Long blame the Great Depression?

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the rich

33
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How did business owners respond to the proposed Social Security Act in 1935?

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They denounced any government involvement in worker-employee relations.

34
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Which of the following best characterizes First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt?

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She transformed the role of First Lady from hostess to social crusader.

35
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Which of the following best describes political trends on the fringes in the United States in the 1930s?

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Several small fascist movements developed, but none gained national traction.

36
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How did the Securities Act of 1933 tame the wild speculation that had taken place on Wall Street?

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It required stock-issuing companies to provide accurate information.

37
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What did the Public Works Administration spend its money on?

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Large public works projects like dams and highways.

38
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What was the goal of Dr. Frances Townsend?

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a nationwide, old age pension plan

39
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Why did the Social Security Act not include a modest national health insurance plan?

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The American Medical Association complained loudly about “socialized medicine.”

40
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Which region in the nation received more federal development funds per resident than any other region of the country during the 1930s?

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the West

41
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What ultimately restored economic growth after the recession of 1938?

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A $5 billion spending program and military orders from Great Britain.

42
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Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt not push the issue of civil rights during the New Deal?

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He considered it more important to maintain good political relations with southern Democrats.

43
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The Glass-Steagall Banking Act

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separated risky investment banking from ordinary banking.

44
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Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the Tennessee Valley Authority?

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A vast experiment in regional planning.

45
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Why did opera singer Marian Anderson perform an open-air concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939?

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The Daughters of the American Revolution had refused to allow the black opera singer to perform at a concert hall.

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How did most Germans feel about the Treaty of Versailles?

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They felt resentment over the harsh terms of peace.

47
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What message did the Neutrality Acts send the world?

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The reassured fascist leaders that the United States was unlikely to intervene.

48
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What sustained the English during the Battle of Britain in 1940?

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A secret technological breakthrough in decoding and radar.

49
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How did the United States respond to the Japanese seizure of most of French Indochina in July 1941?

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It halted petroleum sales on which the Japanese navy depended.

50
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What was the Japanese strategy for the battle at Midway Island?

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They planned to destroy the Pacific Fleet when it approached Midway.

51
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Which of the following assured Adolf Hitler’s doom more than any other single factor?

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the Red Army

52
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Under what conditions did the U.S. Congress permit arms sales to Britain and France in November 1939?

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They had to pay cash and transport weapons on their own ships.

53
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How did World War II affect American big business?

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Between 1940 and 1945 the profits of the nation’s large corporations doubled.

54
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How did American women serve in the armed forces during World War II?

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They were Air Force service pilots.

55
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Why did social tensions flare in cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago during World War II?

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The number of new black, white, and Latino residents rose dramatically.

56
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The “Second Bill of Rights” that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for in his state of the union speech in January 1944 is best characterized as

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concerned with social and economic security.

57
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How did the Navajo Indians assist U.S. forces during World War II?

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Through their language, they provided troops in the battlefield with a secure code language.

58
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Which of the following best assesses the significance of the Doolittle raid?

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It provoked the Japanese into a disastrous retaliatory strike.

59
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What triggered the Harlem riot in 1943?

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The shooting of the black soldier by a white policeman.

60
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On what grounds did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the policy of Japanese-American internment in the case of Fred Korematsu in 1944?

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military necessity

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