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