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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A would lead to the suppression of civil liberties, kill reform, and increase the power of the governmet.
B was a struggle to make the world safe for democracy.
C would result in a German victory enshrining German values around the world.
D was a necessary struggle against German militarism.
Question #2
A the requirement that German accept blame for World War I.
B The establishment of a League of Nations.
C the conviction many Germans had that Germany’s military had been ‘stabbed in the back’ by Jews and Communists.
D the massive financial reparations Germany was forced to pay.
Question #3
A the President had compromised with moderate Republicans on some of the treaty’s provisions.
B the President had won over recalcitrant Democrats with the promises of patronage.
C the President had taken his case directly to the American people.
D The President had asked the Supreme Court for a ruling in the Treaty of Versailles.
Question #4
A a system of ‘colonial mandates.’
B a League of Nations.
C war reparations.
D the formation of the United Nations.
Question #5
A A. Mitchell Palmer.
B George Creel.
C G. Edgar Hoover.
D Bernard Baruch.
Question #6
A race riots.
B dissatisfaction over the Treaty of Versailles.
C declining prices.
D labor strikes.
Question #7
A the right to trial by jury.
B keep and bear arms.
C due process.
D free speech.
Question #8
A decisive to an Allied victory.
B unexpected by Germany.
C opposed by a majority of the American public.
D the result of a request by the King of Great Britain.
Question #9
A administered intelligence tests to military recruits.
B used the draft to raise military manpower.
C borrowed money to finance the war.
D enlisted black troops in the military.
Question #10
A American farmers.
B the women’s suffrage movement.
C prohibitionists
D The International Workers of the World and the Socialist Party.
Question #11
A Most African American servicemen served in non-combat units during the war.
B Many moved north seeking wartime jobs.
C They were frequently victims of racial discrimination and violence.
D Most opposed U.S. involvement in the war.
Question #12
A U.S. Information Agency.
B The Federal Reserve Board.
C Central Intelligence Agency.
D Committee on Public Information.
Question #13
A The Office of Management and Budget.
B The War Industries Board.
C The Office of Price Management.
D The Creel Committee
Question #14
A liberate Europe’s African and Asian colonies.
B influence the terms of the post war peace settlement.
C acquire new territory for the United States.
D suppress Russia’s Communist Revolution.
Question #15
A Because it proposed an alliance between German and Mexico.
B Because it revealed Rermany’s plans to resume unrestricted sumbarine warfare.
C because the United States had only just concluded a war with Mexico.
D Because it urged Mexico to launch a surprise attack on the United States.
Question #16
A German persectuion of German’s jewish population.
B German use of poison gas.
C the sinking of the Luisitania.
D unrestricted submarine warfare.
Question #17
A believed that the United States should be neutral in thought and deed.
B favored entering the war and the side of Britain and France.
C blamed Germany for the war because it had invaded Belgium, a neutral country.
D believed that the United States shoudl enter the war to make the world safe for democracy.
Question #18
A colonial competition between Britain and Germany.
B the fear of communist revolutions throughout Europe.
C the failure of international diplomacy and a web of entangling alliances.
D the greed of financiers, minitions manufacturers, and others eager for wartime profits.
Question #19
A the sinking of the Lusitania.
B the Treaty of Versailles.
C the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
D the Zimmerman telegram.
Question #20
A It resulted in teh deaths of 9 million combatants and 5 million civilians – more than any previous war.
B It resulted in the collapse of the Russian Empire.
C The war ended in a stalemate.
D It resulted in the collapse of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire.