American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 21: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR

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Surveyors take a break from hard work in the swamps of Panama. Which of the following figures was a ready ally in Roosevelt's attempt to destabilize Colombia for the purpose of completing the Panama Canal?
A)Philippe Bunau-Varilla
B)Philander C. Knox
C)Victoriano Huerta
D)Pancho Villa
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This is the construction site for the Pedro Miguel locks at one end of the Panama Canal. Prior to the Panamanian revolution, who was the Colombia chargé d'affaires who unwisely signed an agreement (later voided) giving the U.S. perpetual rights to the canal land, in exchange for $10 million up front and $250,000 a year?
A)Francisco Madero
B)Tomas Herrén
C)Venustiano Carranza
D)Edward House
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One of the major aspects of Teddy Roosevelt's "Big Stick Diplomacy" was the Roosevelt Corollary. What did it say?
A)The U.S. has right to intervene in Cuba and Cuba must allow U.S. military bases.
B)All nations must respect other nations' right to trade in China.
C)The U.S. has a special trade relationship with both Mexico and Canada.
D)The U.S. has right to intervene in Latin America if nations can't maintain order.
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Abandoned by President Wilson's fluctuating Mexican policy, the man on horseback in this picture killed U.S. citizens in Northern Mexico and Columbus, New Mexico, then eluded U.S. troops who chased him south of the border. He is
A)Pancho Villa.
B)Porfirio Diaz.
C)Venustiano Carranza.
D)Victoriano Huerta.
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American troops leave camp in 1917 and prepare to join the Great War going on in Europe. Which of the following was not a reason for American entry into WWI?
A)Zimmermann Telegram
B)the Lusitania
C)the Bolshevik Revolution
D)the Sussex
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An American soldier sits with his rifle somewhere in Europe. In which battle did American troops not take part?
A)Battle of the Somme
B)Château-Thierry
C)Battle of Rheims
D)Argonne Forest
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The introduction of machine guns to warfare (such as the one here) is one of the many reasons for the horrendous number of casualties in WWI. France lost 1.7 million men, Germany 2 million, and England one-third of the men born between 1892 and 1895. In comparison, how many casualties did the United States suffer in World War I?
A)112,000
B)460,000
C)800,000
D)1.1 million
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The fighting in World War I is probably best characterized by images of trench warfare such as this one. Which of the following "innovations" was not part of the new landscape of war in WWI?
A)chemical weapons
B)dogfights
C)submarine warfare
D)centimetric radar
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African-American soldiers of the 369th infantry show off their Croix de Guerre medals. Blacks fighting for democracy abroad would come home ready to fight the war for democracy at home with renewed vigor. Which African-American poet penned the poem "If We Must Die" after the 1919 Chicago Race Riot, which warns "Like men, we'll face the murderous cowardly pack/Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back"?
A)Langston Hughes
B)Zora Neale Hurston
C)Claude McKay
D)James Weldon Johnson
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Woodrow Wilson sits with the leaders of England, France, and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference. Who is not pictured in this photograph?
A)David Lloyd George
B)Georges Clemenceau
C)Bartolomeo Vanzetti
D)Vittorio Orlando
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This powerful Massachusetts senator was the head of the Foreign Relations Committee and a virulent opponent of the League of Nations. He is
A)A. Mitchell Palmer.
B)Henry Cabot Lodge.
C)Charles Evans Hughes.
D)Bernard Baruch.
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This poster by artist James Montgomery Flagg is probably the most famous propaganda image in American history. What was the name of the government agency dedicated to selling war involvement to the American people?
A)Council of National Defense
B)War Industries Board
C)Committee on Public Information
D)Civilian Advisor Commission
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This is another one of the more well-known propaganda posters from the World War I era. The Committee on Public Information was headed by a Denver journalist by the name of
A)George Creel.
B)Bernard Baruch.
C)A. Mitchell Palmer.
D)William McAdoo.
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Here, the U.S. Food Administration encourages citizens to save sugar for the war effort. The brilliant young head of the U.S. Food Administration was
A)Bernard Baruch.
B)William McAdoo.
C)Herbert Hoover.
D)A. Mitchell Palmer.
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In this picture, the Hollywood star Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. encourages his fellow Americans to buy war bonds. These bonds were more commonly known as
A)Freedom Bonds.
B)Liberty Bonds.
C)Prosperity Bonds.
D)Democracy Bonds.
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In this image, a woman welds together some kind of military munitions. The government agency created in July 1917 to coordinate government purchases of military supplies was the
A)War Industries Board.
B)National War Labor Board.
C)Council of National Defense.
D)Civilian Advisory Commission.
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Here, federal agents arrest a number of "Wobblies" in Chicago who had threatened to strike during the war. Which of the following men spent three years in prison for speaking out against the WWI effort?
A)William Haywood
B)Herbert Croly
C)Eugene Debs
D)Nicola Sacco
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This man led the American Expeditionary Force that entered Mexico in 1916 and engaged in two ugly skirmishes with the army of Venustiano Carranza. He is
A)Philander Knox.
B)John Pershing.
C)Edward House.
D)Alton B. Parker.
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