Chapter 30
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| 668310316 | Germany responded to Wilson's call for "peace without victory" by proposing a temporary armistice. | False | |
| 668310317 | Wilson's proclamation of the war as a crusade to end all war and spread democracy around the world inspired intense ideological enthusiasm among Americans. | True | |
| 668310318 | Among Wilson's Fourteen Points were freedom of the seas, national self-determination for minorities, and an international organization to secure peace. | True | |
| 668310319 | The Committee on Public Information used an aroused American patriotism more than formal laws and censorship to promote the war cause | True | |
| 668310320 | The primary targets of prosecution under the Espionage and Sedition Acts were German and Austrian agents in the United States. | False | |
| 668310321 | Even during the war mobilization, Americans were extremely reluctant to grant the federal government extensive powers over the economy. | True | |
| 668310322 | Despite bitter and sometimes violent strikes, American labor made economic and organizational gains as a result of World War 1 | True | |
| 668310323 | War-inspired black migration into northern cities led to major racial riots in 1917-1919 | True | |
| 668310324 | The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women's suffrage guaranteed the permanence of Women's wartime economic gains | False | |
| 668310325 | American troops actually played only a small role in the Allies' final victory | True | |
| 668310326 | When Woodrow Wilson arrived in Europe, the European public hailed him as a hero and a peacemaking savior | True | |
| 668310327 | Wilson's Skillful handling of Republican political opposition strengthened his hand at the Paris Peace Conference | False | |
| 668310328 | Other Allied leaders forced Wilson to make serious compromises in his Fourteen Points in order to keep the League of Nations in the Treaty of Versailles. | True | |
| 668310329 | Wilson's unwillingness to compromise and accept Republican reservations to the Treaty of Versailles sent the whole treaty down to defeat. | True | |
| 668310330 | In the election of 1920, Republican Harding supported the League of Nations while Democrat Cox tried to evade the issue. | False | |
| 668310331 | The immediate cause of American entry into World War 1 was | Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. | |
| 668310332 | Wilson aroused the somewhat divided American people to fervent support of the war by | proclaiming an ideological war to end war and make the world safe for democracy. | |
| 668310333 | The capstone "Fourteen Point" of Wilson's declaration of war aims called for | an international organization to guarantee collective security. | |
| 668310334 | The purpose of George Creel's Committee on Public Information was | to whip up public support for the war promote anti-German propaganda. | |
| 668310335 | The two key laws aimed at enforcing loyalty and suppressing antiwar dissent were | the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act. | |
| 668310336 | Among the primary victims of the pro-war propaganda campaign to enforce loyalty were | German Americans and socialists | |
| 668310337 | The mobilization for war gave new momentum to the movement for | a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. | |
| 668310338 | Particularly violent strikes erupted during and after World War 1 in the | mining and steel industries. | |
| 668310339 | During World War 1, African American military men served primarily in | segregated, non-combat support units | |
| 668310340 | A major difference between the World War 1 Selective Service Act and the Civil War draft was that | in World War 1 it was not possible to purchase an exemption or to hire a substitute. | |
| 668310341 | American soldiers were especially needed in France in the spring of 1918 because | a renewed German offensive was threatening to break through to Paris. | |
| 668310342 | Most of the military supplies for General Pershing's expeditionary force came from | America's European allies. | |
| 668310343 | Wilson blundered when choosing the American peace delegation by failing to | include any Republicans in the delegation. | |
| 668310344 | The European powers and Japan weakened Wilson at the peace conference by | forcing him to compromise his ideals on matters of self-determination and punishment of Germany. | |
| 668310345 | Wilson bore considerable responsibility for the failure of the United States to join the League of Nations because | he ordered Democratic senators to defeat the pro-League treaty with the Lodge reservations. | |
| 668310346 | Peace without victory | Wilson's appeal to all the belligerents in January 1917, just before the Germans resumed submarine warfare. | |
| 668310347 | Zimmerman Note | Message that contained a German proposal to Mexico for an anti-American alliance. | |
| 668310348 | Fourteen Points | Wilson's idealistic statement of American war aims in January 1918 that inspired the Allies and demoralized their enemies. | |
| 668310349 | Committee of Public Info (CPI) | American government propaganda agency that aroused zeal for Wilson's ideals and whipped up hatred for the kaiser. | |
| 668310350 | Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) | Radical antiwar labor union whose members were prosecuted under the Espionage and Sedition Act | |
| 668310351 | War Industries Board | Weak federal agency designed to organize and coordinate U.S. industrial production for the war effort. | |
| 668310352 | 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage) | Constitutional provision endorsed by Wilson as a war measure whose ratification achieved a long-sought goal for American women. | |
| 668310353 | Liberty loans | Treasury Department bond-selling drives that raised about $21 million to finance the American war effort. | |
| 668310354 | Big Four | The nation that dominated the Paris Peace Conference--namely, Britain, France, Italy, and the United States. | |
| 668310355 | League of Nations | Wilson's proposed international body that constituted the key provision of the Versailles Treaty. | |
| 668310356 | Treaty of Versailles | Controversial peace agreement that compromised many of Wilson's Fourteen Points but retained his League. | |
| 668310357 | Foreign relations committee | Senatorial committee whose chairman used delaying tactics and hostile testimony to develop opposition to Wilson's treaty and League of Nations. | |
| 668310358 | irreconcilables | A hard core of isolationist senators who bitterly opposed any sort of league, also called the "Battalion of Death" | |
| 668310359 | Lodge Reservations | Amendments to the proposed Treaty of Versailles, sponsored by Wilson's hated senatorial opponent, that attempted to guarantee America's sovereign rights in relation to the League of Nations | |
| 668310360 | Solemn Referendum | Wilson's belief that the presidential election of 1920 should constitute a direct popular vote on the League of Nations | |
| 668310361 | George Creel | Head of the American propaganda agency that mobilized public opinion for World War 1 | |
| 668310362 | Eugene V. Debs | Head of the War Industries Board, which attempted to impose some order on U.S. war production | |
| 668310363 | Bernard Baruch | Socialist leader who won nearly a million votes as a presidential candidate while in federal prison for antiwar activities. | |
| 668310364 | Herbert Hoover | Head of the Food Administration who pioneered successful voluntary mobilization methods. | |
| 668310365 | John J. Pershing | Commander of the overseas American Expeditionary Force in World War 1 | |
| 668310366 | Alice Paul | Leader of the Pacifist National Women's Party who opposed U.S. involvement in World War 1. | |
| 668310367 | Meuse-Argonne | Climatic final battle of World War 1 | |
| 668310368 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | Hated leader of America's enemy in World War 1 | |
| 668310369 | Woodrow Wilson | Inspirational leader of the Western world in wartime who later stumbled as a peacemaker | |
| 668310370 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Wilson's great senatorial antagonist who fought to keep America out of the League of Nations | |
| 668310371 | Georges Clemenceau | The 'Tiger' of France, whose drive for security forced Wilson to compromise at Versailles | |
| 668310372 | William Borah | Senatorial leader of the isolationist 'irreconcilables' who absolutely opposed all American involvement in Europe. | |
| 668310373 | James Cox | Defeated Democratic presidential candidate in the election of 1920 | |
| 668310374 | Calvin Coolidge | Massachusetts governor and Warren G. Harding's vice presidential running mate in the election of 1920 | |
| 668310375 | Warren G. Harding | Folksy Ohio senator whose 1920 presidential victory ended the last hopes for U.S. participation in the League of Nations. | |
| 668310376 | Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare | Finally pushed the United States into World War 1 | |
| 668310377 | Wilson's Fourteen Points | Lifted Allied and American spirits and demoralized Germany and its allies. | |
| 668310378 | The wartime atmosphere of emotional patriotism and fear | Caused harsh attacks on German Americans and other Americans who opposed the war | |
| 668310379 | Women's labor in wartime factories | Helped pass the Nineteenth Amendment but did not really change society's emphasis on the maternal role. | |
| 668310380 | The migration of African Americans to northern cities | Led to major racial violence in Chicago and East St. Louis, Illinois | |
| 668310381 | American troops' entry into combat in the spring and summer of 1918 | Stopped the final German offensive and turned the tide toward Allied victory. | |
| 668310382 | Wilson's political blunders in the fall of 1918 | Weakened the President's position during the peacemaking process. | |
| 668310383 | The strong diplomatic demands of France, Italy, and Japan | Forced Wilson to compromise his Fourteen Points in order to keep the League as part of the peace treaty | |
| 668310384 | Senator Lodge's tactics of delaying and proposing reservations in the Versailles treaty. | Allowed domestic disillusionment and opposition to the treaty and League to build strength. | |
| 668310385 | Wilson's refusal to accept any reservations supported by Lodge | Forced Democrats to vote against a modified treaty and killed American participation in the League of Nations. |
