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