Chapter 29
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| 668160044 | Wilson won the election of 1912 largely because the Republican party split in two. | True | |
| 668160045 | In the 1912 campaign, Wilson's "New Freedom" favored a socially activist government and preserving large regulated trusts, while Roosevelt's "New Nationalist" favored small enterprise and strict antitrust laws | False | |
| 668160046 | Wilson believed that the president should provide national leadership by appealing directly to the people. | True | |
| 668160047 | Wilson successfully used his popular appeal to push through progressive reforms of the tariff, monetary systems, and trusts | true | |
| 668160048 | Wilson's progressive outlook showed itself clearly in his attempt to improve the conditions and treatment of blacks. | False | |
| 668160049 | Wilson initially attempted to overturn the imperialistic big-stick and dollar-diplomacy foreign policies of Roosevelt and Taft, especially in Latin America. | True | |
| 668160050 | Wilson consistently refused to send American troops to intervene in the Caribbean | False | |
| 668160051 | Wilson's initial policy toward the revolutionary Mexican government of General Huerta was to show his disapproval without sending in American troops. | True | |
| 668160052 | The mediation of three Latin American nations saved Wilson from a full-scale war with Mexico | True | |
| 668160053 | General Pershing's expedition into Mexico was an attempt to bring the pro-American faction of Mexican revolutionaries to power. | False | |
| 668160054 | In the early days of World War 1, more Americans sympathized with Germany than with Britain. | False | |
| 668160055 | The American economy benefited greatly from supplying goods to the Allies. | True | |
| 668160056 | After the Lusitania's sinking, the Midwest and West favored war with Germany, while the East generally favored attempts at negotiations. | False | |
| 668160057 | After the sinking of the Sussex, Wilson successfully pressured Germany into stopping submarine attacks against neutral shipping. | True | |
| 668160058 | In the 1916 campaign, Wilson ran on the slogan "He Kept Us Out of War," while his opponent Hughes tried to straddle the issue of a possible war with Germany. | True | |
| 668160059 | The basic contrast between the two progressive candidates, Roosevelt and Wilson, was that | Roosevelt wanted the federal government to regulate the economy and promote social welfare, while Wilson wanted to restore economic competition and social equality. | |
| 668160060 | Wilson won the election of 1912 primarily because | Taft and Roosevelt split the former Republican vote. | |
| 668160061 | Wilson's primary weakness as a politician was | his tendency to be inflexible and refuse to compomise | |
| 668160062 | The "triple wall of privilege" that Wilson set out to reform consisted of | the tariffs, the banks, and the trusts. | |
| 668160063 | During the Wilson administration, Congress exercised the authority granted by the newly enacted sixteenth Amendment to pass | a federal income tax. | |
| 668160064 | The new regulatory agency created by the Wilson administration in 1914 that attacked monopolies, false advertising and consumer fraud was | the Federal Trade Commission. | |
| 668160065 | While it attacked business monopolies, the Clayton Anti-Trust Act exempted from antitrust prosecution | agricultural and labor organizations. | |
| 668160066 | Wilson effectively reformed the banking and financial system by | establishing a publicly controlled Federal Reserve Board with regional banks under bankers' control | |
| 668160067 | Wilson's progressive policies and laws substantially aided all of the following groups except | blacks. | |
| 668160068 | Wilson's initial attitude toward the Mexican revolutionary government was | to refuse recognition of General Huerta's regime but avoid American intervention. | |
| 668160069 | The threatened war between the United States and Mexico in 1914 was avoided by the mediation of the ABC powers, which consisted of | Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. | |
| 668160070 | General Pershing's expedition into Mexico was sent in direct response to | the killing of American citizens in New Mexico by "Pancho" Villa. | |
| 668160071 | The sympathy of a majority of Americans for the Allies and against Germany was especially conditioned by | the German invasion of neutral Belgium. | |
| 668160072 | After the Lusitania, Arabic, and Sussex sinkings, Wilson successfully pressured the German government to | cease from sinking neutral merchant and passenger ships without warning. | |
| 668160073 | Wilson's most effective slogan in the campaign of 1916 was | "He Kept Us Out of War" | |
| 668160074 | Bull Moose | Four-footed symbol of Roosevelt's Progressive third party in 1912 | |
| 668160075 | Socialist Party | A fourth political party, led by a former labor union leader, that garnered nearly a million votes in 1912. | |
| 668160076 | New Freedom | Wilson's political philosophy of restoring democracy through trust-busting and economic competition. | |
| 668160077 | Federal Reserve | A twelve-member agency appointed by the president to oversee the banking system under a new federal law of 1913. | |
| 668160078 | Federal Trade Commision | New presidentially appointed regulatory commission designed to prevent monopoly and guard against unethical trade practices. | |
| 668160079 | Clayton Anti-Trust Act | Wilsonian law that tried to curb business monopoly while permitting labor and agricultural organizations. | |
| 668160080 | Railway labor act | Wilsonian reform law that established an eight-hour day for railroad workers. | |
| 668160081 | Haiti | Troubled Caribbean island nation where a president's murder led Wilson to send in the marines and assume American control of the police and finances. | |
| 668160082 | ABC Powers | Term for the three Latin American nations whose mediation prevented war between the United States and Mexico in 1914 | |
| 668160083 | Central Powers | World War 1 alliance headed by Germany and Austria-Hungary | |
| 668160084 | Allies | The coalition of powers--led by Britain, France, and Russia--that opposed Germany and its partners in World War 1. | |
| 668160085 | Submarine | New underwater weapon that threatened neutral shipping and seemed to violate all traditional norms of international law. | |
| 668160086 | Lusitania Pledge | Large British passenger liner whose sinking in 1915 prompted some Americans to call for war against Germany. | |
| 668160087 | Sussex Pledge | Germany's carefully conditional agreement in 1916 not to sink passenger and merchant vessels without warning. | |
| 668160088 | California | Key electoral state where a tiny majority for Wilson tipped the balance against Hughes in 1916. | |
| 668160089 | Thomas Woodrow Wilson | Southern-born intellectual who pursued strong moral goals in politics and the presidency. | |
| 668160090 | Theodore Roosevelt | Energetic progressive and vigorous nationalist who refused to wage another third-party campaign in 1916 | |
| 668160091 | Samuel Gompers | Labor leader who hailed the Clayton Anti-Trust Act as the "Magna Carta of labor" | |
| 668160092 | Louis D. Brandeis | Leading progressive reformer and the first Jew named to the U.S. Supreme Court. | |
| 668160093 | Virgin Islands | Caribbean territory purchased by the United States from Denmark in 1917 | |
| 668160094 | General Huerta | Mexican revolutionary whose bloody regime Wilson refused to recognize and nearly ended up fighting. | |
| 668160095 | Venustiano Carranza | Second revolutionary Mexican president, who took aid from the United States but strongly resisted American military intervention in his country. | |
| 668160096 | Vera Cruz | Ports where clashes between Mexicans and American military forces nearly led to war in 1914 | |
| 668160097 | "Pancho" Villa | Mexican revolutionary whose assaults on American citizens and territory provoked a U.S. expedition into Mexico | |
| 668160098 | John J. Pershing | Commander of the American military expedition into Mexico in 1916-1917 | |
| 668160099 | Belgium | Small European nation whose neutrality was violated by Germany in the early days of World War 1 | |
| 668160100 | Serbia | Small European nation in which an Austro-Hungarian heir was killed, leading to the outbreak of World War 1 | |
| 668160101 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | Autocratic ruler who symbolized ruthlessness and arrogance to many pro-Allied Americans | |
| 668160102 | Haiti | Caribbean nation where Wilson sent American marines in 1915 | |
| 668160103 | Charles Evans Hughes | Narrowly unsuccessful presidential candidate who tried to straddle both sides of the fence regarding American policy toward Germany. | |
| 668199386 | The split between Roosevelt and Taft | Allowed Wilson to win a narrow presidential victory in the election of 1916 | |
| 668199387 | Wilson's presidential appeals to the public over the heads of Congress | Helped push through sweeping reforms of the tariff and the banking system in 1913 | |
| 668199388 | The Federal Reserve Act | Finally established an effective national banking system and a flexible money supply | |
| 668199389 | Conservative Justices of the Supreme Court | Declared unconstitutional progressive Wilsonian measures dealing with labor unions and child labor | |
| 668199390 | Political turmoil in Haiti and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) | Caused Wilson to send in U.S. marines to restore order and supervise finances. | |
| 668199391 | The Mexican revolution | Created constant political instability south of the border and undermined Wilson's hopes for better U.S. relations with Latin America | |
| 668199392 | "Pancho" Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico | Was the immediate provocation for General Pershing's punitive expedition into Mexico | |
| 668199393 | America's close cultural and economic ties with Britain | Caused most Americans to sympathize with the Allies rather than the Central Powers. | |
| 668199394 | Germany's Sinking of the Lusitania, Arabic, and Sussex | Caused President Wilson and other outraged Americans to demand an end to unrestricted submarine warfare. | |
| 668199395 | Wilson's apparent success in keeping America at peace through diplomacy | Enabled the Democrats to win a narrow presidential victory in the election of 1916. |
