Question 41 pts Woodrow Wilson, who was a progressive Democratic…
QuestionAnswered step-by-stepQuestion 41 pts Woodrow Wilson, who was a progressive Democratic… Question 41 pts Woodrow Wilson, who was a progressive Democratic president, called for restrictions on free trade in his 14 Points since he was convinced that economic competition had led to the outbreak of World War One. Group of answer choicesTrue False Question 5 Which statement is false re: American entry into WWI? Group of answer choicesWoodrow Wilson’s 14 Points called for the United States to exclude other nations from trade with its key partners. Wilson realized that the U.S. would have to fight to have a say at the ensuing peace conference. The United States, due to loans, had a vested interest in an Allied victory. U-boats & the Zimmerman Telegram provided rationales for the American declaration of war on Germany. Question 6 Which statement is false re: World War Two & the Home Front? Group of answer choices Lots of people moved. . Women, as represented by Rosie the Riveter, entered the workforce. A. Philip Randolph demonstrated the great potential of peaceful protest as a means to attack racial discrimination. The Bracero Program was implemented to bring farmworkers to the United States from Mexico. Unemployment remained high due the economic difficulties created by the war. Question 7 Which statement is false re: the 1920s? Group of answer choicesThe Scopes Monkey Trial pitted fundamentalists against evolutionists. Emma Goldman was a noted anarchist & feminist. Flappers were young, modern women that flouted conventional gender expectations. The Ku Klux Klan of the era supported immigration from Southern & Eastern Europe since such peoples are “white.” Flag question: Question 8 Which statement is false re: causes of the Great Depression? Group of answer choicesThe farming sector was depressed even prior to the stock market crash. Tariffs may have worsened the economic situation. Margin loans probably fueled stock prices higher & higher during the ’20s. Bank failures probably undermined confidence in the economy. The stock market crash was the sole cause of the Depression. Flag question: Question 9 Which statement is false re: the New Deal? Group of answer choicesThe Social Security Act initially covered all workers. Many laws were passed to help workers, including a minimum wage & the right to unionize. Various federal agencies created jobs for workers. The Glass-Steagall Act restored confidence in the banks. Child labor was abolished by federal law. Flag question: Question 10Question 101 pts Frank Parsons, in “Preservation of the Republic,” argued that American overseas expansion was necessary for economic growth and to preserve the American republic. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 11 Senator William Borah, a conservative Republic, did not think Article X of the League of Nations Treaty was strong enough and wanted Woodrow Wilson to amend it so as to ensure that the United States would be bound to intervene in foreign affairs. Had Wilson been willing to create an entangling alliance, Borah would have supported it. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 12 Booker T. Washington advocated the vocational training of African Americans and their gradual rise in society; WEB DuBois insisted on immediate equality and believed that the Talented Tenth could help lift all African Americans. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 13 Which statement is false? Group of answer choicesThe Pure Food and Drug Act created safety standards for food and drugs. Not all monopolies and trusts were broken up; instead, a regulatory approach has often been used. Hammer v. Dagenhart upheld Congressional legislation that gave Congress the ability to ban child labor through its regulation of interstate commerce. John Muir was an influential environmentalist. Flag question: Question 14 The Haymarket Affair, which took place in Birmingham, Alabama, witnessed the execution of activists that protested Jim Crow laws there. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 15 The Second World War yanked the United States out of the Great Depression, led to an increase in female participation in the labor force, and ultimately facilitated a strong American role in international affairs that persists to the present. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 16 What were some plausible factors for the American declaration of war on Spain in 1898? Group of answer choicesA desire for new markets. Spain’s possession of Cuba and the Philippines, both of which would be useful for America’s growing maritime empire. Yellow journalism and the sinking of the Maine, which whipped up public sentiment against Spain. All of the above can be considered possible contributing factors. Flag question: Question 17 Historians often contextualize the stories that they are investigating; for example, it is important to note that there was prejudice in the United States against southern and eastern Europeans during the 1920s, as well as Asians. This led to the Immigration Act of 1924 which dramatically curtailed immigration from southern and eastern Europe and largely banned it from Asia. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 18Question 181 pts The Populist Party was largely comprised of farmers that advocated for such things as governmental control of the railroads, a progressive income tax, and the use of silver as a currency. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 19Question 191 pts Which statement is true from the World War Two era? Group of answer choicesA. Philip Randolph demonstrated the great potential of peaceful protest as a means to attack racial discrimination. American forces, as illustrated by the Tuskegee Airmen, were segregated during the war. Rosie the Riveter was adopted as an iconic figure for female independence and participation in the labor force. Persons of Japanese descent were interned during the war. All of the above are true. Flag question: Question 20Question 201 pts A secondary source is created after the time period that one is studying; for example, a book written in 1990 about Woodrow Wilson and World War One would be a secondary source. Group of answer choicesTrue False Flag question: Question 21Question 211 pts The Massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 was viewed by some Americans as the symbolic close of the frontier, the closing of which Frederick Jackson Turner responded to with his “Frontier Thesis.”Group of answer choicesTrue False Question 22The Great Depression nicely illustrates the concept of complexity because there probably was no single cause for it, but rather a combination of causes. Group of answer choicesTrue False Question 23The Social Security Act initially excluded farm laborers and domestic servants, many of whom were African American. Group of answer choicesTrue False Question 24A primary source is from the time period that one is studying; for example, if a historian is writing about World War One, then Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points would be considered a primary source. Group of answer choicesTrue False HistoryUS HistoryHIST 007BShare Question


