Review Questions
- In order to pursue his goal of using American influence overseas only when it was a moral imperative, Wilson put which man in the position of Secretary of State?
- Charles Hughes
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Jennings Bryan
- John Pershing
- Why was the German use of the unterseeboot considered to defy international law?
- because other countries did not have similar technology
- because they refused to warn their targets before firing
- because they constituted cruel and unusual methods
- because no international consensus existed to employ submarine technology
- To what extent were Woodrow Wilson’s actual foreign policy decisions consistent with his foreign policy philosophy or vision?
- Which of the following was not enacted in order to secure men and materials for the war effort?
- the Food Administration
- the Selective Service Act
- the War Industries Board
- the Sedition Act
- What of the following was not used to control American dissent against the war effort?
- propaganda campaigns
- repressive legislation
- National Civil Liberties Bureau
- loyalty leagues
- How did the government work to ensure unity on the home front, and why did Wilson feel that this was so important?
- Why did the war not increase overall prosperity?
- because inflation made the cost of living higher
- because wages were lowered due to the war effort
- because workers had no bargaining power due to the “no-strike pledge”
- because women and African American men were paid less for the same work
- Which of the following did not influence the eventual passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
- women’s contributions to the war effort
- the dramatic tactics and harsh treatment of radical suffragists
- the passage of the Volstead Act
- the arguments of President Wilson’s daughter
- Why was prohibition’s success short-lived?
- What was Article X in the Treaty of Versailles?
- the “war guilt clause” that France required
- the agreement that all nations in the League of Nations would be rendered equal
- the Allies’ division of Germany’s holdings in Asia
- the refusal to allow Bolshevik Russia membership in the League of Nations
- Which of the following was not included in the Treaty of Versailles?
- extensive German reparations to be paid to the Allies
- a curtailment of German immigration to Allied nations
- France’s acquisition of disputed territory along the French-German border
- a mandate for Germany to accept responsibility for the war publicly
- What barriers did Wilson face in his efforts to ratify the Treaty of Versailles? What objections did those opposed to the treaty voice?
- Which of the following was not a destabilizing factor immediately following the end of the war?
- a flu pandemic
- a women’s liberation movement
- high inflation and economic uncertainty
- political paranoia
- What was the inciting event that led to the Chicago anti-Black Riot of 1919?
- a strike at a local factory
- a protest march of Black activists
- the murder of a Black boy who swam too close to a White beach
- the assault of a White man on a streetcar by Black youths
- How did postwar conditions explain Warren Harding’s landslide victory in the 1920 presidential election?