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19 Cards in this Set
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The first two countries to begin fighting in the conflict that later became konwn as World War I were
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Austria-Hungary & Serbia
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In the early years of World War I, from 1914 to 1916, the United states:
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became an arsenal for the Allies
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President Wilson protested German violations of American neutrality more harshly than Britsh violations because
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a profitable trade was resulting between the United States and the Allies
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Woodrow Wilson's reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania was to
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demand assurances from Germany that such outrages would not recur
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How did Wilson react to the question of military preparedness versus pacificism from 1915 to 1916
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initially opposed to a military buildup, by the end of 1915, he came to support preparedness
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In the presidential election of 1916 the Democrats emphasized
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that Wilson had managed so far to keep the nation out of the European war
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The significance of the Zimmermann telegram was that it
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inflamed American public opinion against Germany
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The key immediate cause of the American declaration of war against Germany in the spring of 1917 was the
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German resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
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What concerned the American Expedtionary Force (AEF)
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The AEF broke the stalemate in favor of the Allies
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Herbert Hoover was significant to the American effort in WWI as head of the
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Food Administration
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Such expressions such as "liberty cabbage" and "liberty sausage" as used during WWI were an indication of
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American hostile reaction to things German
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As used in reference to the period of the Great War, the expression "great migration" means
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blacks moving from the South to northern industrial cities
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The main purpose of the Committee on Public Information, during WWI, was to
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disseminate pro-war propaganda and promote public support of the war in the United States
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Who was not one ofthe principal figures along with Wilson in the Versilles negotiations
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Bernard Baruch
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What was not included in Wilson's Fourteen Points
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reparations from those guilty of starting the war
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Which nation was not represented at the Paris Peace Conference?
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Russia
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In the Senate debate on ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, the so-called irreconcilables were those who were adamantly opposed to
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United States membership in the League of Nations
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Both the Palmer Raids and the Sacco and Venzetti case may be cited as evidence in the aftermath of World War I of the depth of feeling in America against
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radicalism
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In the first few years after World War I, relations between blacks and whites in America were generally characterized by
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extreme resentment, race riots, and numerous lynchings
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