Multiple Choice Chapter 21 Self-Quiz 2

. The siege of the French fortress of Verdun in 1916 caused casualties totaling almost

10,000.

100,000.

1 million.

10 million.

. In the 1916 election, the Republican Party rejected Theodore Roosevelt because he was

too conservative.

too progressive.

too old.

too divisive.

. Which of the following best explains Woodrow Wilson's intervention in Haiti and Mexico?

Both nations were important allies in World War I.

Both nations needed to remain neutral in World War I.

He used World War I as a cover to capture these territories.

He was eager to demonstrate his will to defend national interests.

. Why did Wilson decide to send troops to Haiti in 1915?

The United States had significant commercial interests there.

He wanted to prevent the German capture of a naval base there.

Haitians were in the midst of a socialist revolution.

Southern industrialists had looked to the island for colonization.

. How did Americans respond to news of the Zimmerman telegram in late February 1917?

They laughed at its content.

They were outraged over Germany's deceit.

They demanded the invasion of Mexico.

The public never learned of the telegram.

. Which of the following best summarizes the long-term significance of the IQ tests under the direction of Robert M. Yerkes in the War Department?

They served to promote educational reform.

They triggered a debate about military training.

They were cited to justify immigration restrictions.

They triggered a wave of innovation in psychotherapy.

. Which of the following economic sectors was a particularly growing field of employment for women during World War I?

domestic service

agriculture

service jobs

industry

. The percentage of foreign-born soldiers in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I was approximately

2 percent.

10 percent.

20 percent.

40 percent.

. Which of the following best assesses the significance of the doughboys on the Western front in 1918?

They pushed the front deep into Germany during the summer 1918.

They broke the lines and marched all the way to Berlin by November 1918.

They mostly supported French and British soldiers who did all the fighting.

They blunted the German advance along the Marne and helped push back.

. What impact did the war have on President Wilson's popularity?

After initial enthusiasm, it declined noticeably.

It rose steadily after initial doubts.

His popularity was low throughout his two terms.

The war made Wilson unpopular, but his Fourteen Points was received with enthusiasm.

.

Wilson's call for the 1918 congressional election to be a referendum on his leadership was

a brilliant political move.

a blunder.

didnât change the makeup of Congress at all.

pushed by the suffragists.

. Who led the Republican opposition to Wilson's League of Nations proposal in the United States Congress in the summer of 1919?

Henry Cabot Lodge

Theodore Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

Morgan

. How did President Woodrow Wilson undermine his own plan for an American membership in the League of Nations?

He insisted that Democrats introduce new amendments to the treaty.

He asked that Democrats filibuster the discussion of the treaty.

He demanded that Democrats reject any amendments to the treaty.

He left Washington, DC for months on end, refusing to sign the amended treaty ratification.

.

Wilson's stroke in September of 1919

caused Germany to restart the war.

hurt the chances that the Versailles treaty would be ratified by the senate.

brought Teddy Roosevelt back to power.

hurt the US' growing role as a world power.

. How did French civilian and military authorities respond to the American practice of segregation on their soil?

They considered it a role model.

They were completely oblivious to it.

They resented that they were asked to adhere to it.

They saw parallels with their own practices of discrimination.

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