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Chapter 22: World War I, 1914-1920
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History
11th Grade
05/03/2010

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1. What objectives did "Progressive diplomacy" include?
Definition
- More overseas commercial opportunities for the United States
- Order on the international scene
- The promotion of morality abroad
- The view that the United States had a God-given role in world affairs
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2. What did the United States do when Panama rebelled from Colombia?
Definition
The United States indirectly supported the revolutionaries
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3. Under the Roosevelt Corollary, in what countries did the United States intervene?
Definition
- Cuba
- Nicaragua
- Haiti
- The Dominican Republic
- Mexico
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4. What did the Root-Takahira Agreement do?
Definition
- Recognized China and Japan's respective colonies in East Asia
- Agreed to uphold the "Open Door" policy in China
- Affirmed support for the status quo in Asia
- Recognized Japan's colonial dominance in Korea and Southern Manchuria
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5. To what did Dollar Diplomacy lead?
Definition
Military intervention to protect American investments
Term
6. What did the Taft administration policies in Chana favor?
Definition
A revived, stornger China
Term
7. How did Woodrow Wilson respond when the Mexican Revolution began?
Definition
Interfered with Mexican sovereignty using a moral justification
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8. What did Wilson want to do in regard to international diplomacy?
Definition
He wanted to reform international diplomacy according to moral principles
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9. Why did the United States have difficulty remaining truly neutral when World War I began?
Definition
- The US population was divided about the war
- The US became heavily involved economically with the allies
- The Wilson administration tended to be Pro-British
- Citizens were horrified by the reports of fighting in Europe
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10. What did the United States do in response to interference with U.S. trade during World War I?
Definition
- Demanded the observation of our neutral rights
- Passed the National Defense Act in June 1916 (doubled army size)
- Threatened to break relations with Germany over submarine warfare
- Enacted a system of universal military training
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11. What persons or groups were opposed to U.S. preparations for war?
Definition
- Some House Democrats led by Congressman Claude Kitchin
- Jane Addams
- Thomas Ince and his movie, Civilization
- Lillian D. Wald
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12. What was the fundamental reason Wilson gave as to why the United States should declare war on Germany in 1917?
Definition
The cause of moral right against wrong
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13. What developments pushed the United States to declare way in April 1917?
Definition
- Germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare
- The Zimmerman note
- The sinking of 7 US ships in March
- The threat of a Germany Mexico alliance
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14. What did the Committee on Public Information do?
Definition
- Create films to support the war
- Depict Germans as barbarians
- Develop literature explaining the causes of war
- Organized patriotic speeches before plays and movies
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15. What did Carrie Chapman Catt support the United States entry into World War I?
Definition
She began supporting the war in order to promote women's suffrage
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16. What did the Stanford-Binet Test, given to all US recruits, reveal?
Definition
The test revealed illiteracy rates of about 25%
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17. During World War I, how did U.S. military treatment of black soldiers compare to how the French treated them?
Definition
The US military segregated black soldiers while the French treated them generally as equals
Term
18. What was the record of the all-black 369th United States regiment?
Definition
The regiment was under French command and became one of the most highly decorated units
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19. According to the Map of the Western front in 1918, which nations remained neutral in World War I?
Definition
The Netherlands
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Term
20. In what offensive did the AEF take a leading role?
Definition
The Meuse-Argonne offensive
Term
21. What resulted from government economic regulations during World War I?
Definition
Less laissez faire and more government-business cooperation
Term
22. What wartime developments continued in the postwar years?
Definition
- The federal debt increased from $1-20 Billion
- Large corporations with more marketing power became more important
- Taxes on incomes and profits became the primary source of government revenue
- War bond drives raised $23 billion for the war effort
- Government reliance on the income tax
- More lobbyists seeking special interest legislation
- The Federal Reserve board continued as a regulator of the economy
- The Farm Bureau
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23. What did the National War Labor Board do to prevent strikes?
Definition
It improved working conditions in order to prevent strikes
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24. What effect did the demand for labor during World War I have?
Definition
- The suspension of the Immigration Act of 1917
- Support for time and a half pay for people willing to work overtime
- Increased support for equal pay for women
- The government-approved importation of Mexican workers
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25. What was true of women during World War I?
Definition
- They entered into the armed forces for the 1st time
- Many became workers in war industries such as munition plants
- The wartime guidelines were continued by the women's bureau
- More than half of the women involved in war labor worked in manufacturing
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26. According to the map of women suffrage by state between 1869 and 1919, where were most of the states that failed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment located?
Definition
The Southeast
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27. Why was the right for women to vote established in 1920?
Definition
Because the war made denying the women the right to vote seem impractical and wrong
Term
28. What was one reason why the Eighteenth Amendment passed?
Definition
Because breweries generally had German names
Term
29. What medical and social improvements resulted from World War I?
Definition
- A law in 1921 improving prenatal and obstetrical care
- Clinics organized by the Divsion of venereal diseases
- The enforcement of child labor laws
- Congress did appropriate $1 million to the public health service (maternity and infancy act in 1921)
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30. Why did the government decide to suppress dissent in the United States during World War I?
Definition
- The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
- Some of the worst race riots in US history took place during World War I
- The need to unite the nation behind the war
- A militant labor movement (IWW)
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31. To what did the Espionage Act of 1917 lead?
Definition
Led to an increase in government spying on US citizens
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32. According the table on the Great Migration, what city had the largest percentage increase in black population between 1910 and 1920?
Definition
Detroit
Term
33. What group within the black community were often the ones who moved north first?
Definition
Women (they found jobs more easily)
Term
34. What was the purpose of the labor strikes of 1919?
Definition
The labor strikes of 1919 were efforts to retain and advance the gains that labor had made during World War I
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35. Who were the "Big Four" at the Versailles peace conference?
Definition
The United States (Woodrow Wilson)
France (George Clemenceau)
Great Britain (David Lloyd George)
Italy (Vittorio Orlando)
Term
36. What were the principal elements in Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Definition
- An international body to keep the peace through collective security
- Liberal principles for international behavior such as freedom of the seas
- Resetting boundaries to allow nations and people to practice self-determination
- The right to national self-detemination
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37. On whom did the Versailles Treaty place the blame for World War I?
Definition
Germany
Term
38. What was the primary reason Henry Cabot Lodge opposed the Versailles Treaty?
Definition
Because the treaty would commit the United States to collective security
Term
39. Why did the Senate defeat the Versailles Treaty?
Definition
-Wilson refused to compromise on the Republican proposals
- The "irreconcilables" voted against it in any form
- The Republicans insisted that Article 10 would compromise United States sovereignty
- Amendments to the treaty could not be agreed upon
Term
40. How did the Allies respond to the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917?
Definition
The Allies sent troops into Russia
Term
41. Why did the United States send troops into Russia in 1918?
Definition
Because Woodrow Wilson wanted to protect the railroads and pacify Britain and France
Term
42. What was the result of the Palmer raids?
Definition
The Palmer raids deported hundreds of people without trial
Term
43. What kind of atmosphere did the Red Scare of 1919 create?
Definition
An atmosphere that suppressed labor, women, and change generally
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