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Which of the following was not a member of the Triple Entente? |
| | A) | France |
| | B) | Britain |
| | C) | Italy |
| | D) | Russia |
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In what city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated? |
| | A) | Prague |
| | B) | Sarajevo |
| | C) | Berlin |
| | D) | Vienna |
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The sinking of what ship in 1915 drove many Americans to fury at the German war effort? |
| | A) | The Gaspee |
| | B) | The Titanic |
| | C) | The Lusitania |
| | D) | The Black Star |
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What ended up being one of Woodrow Wilson's most prominent slogans in the Election of 1916? |
| | A) | Remember the Sussex! |
| | B) | He'll make the world safe for democracy. |
| | C) | Preparedness over Pacifism. |
| | D) | He kept us out of war. |
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To what nation was the Zimmermann Telegram directed? |
| | A) | The United States |
| | B) | Canada |
| | C) | Mexico |
| | D) | Russia |
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Who led the new government of Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of November, 1917? |
| | A) | Vladimir Lenin |
| | B) | Josef Stalin |
| | C) | Leon Trotsky |
| | D) | Alexander Kerensky |
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Which of the following is not true of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)? |
| | A) | Nearly 3 million men were drafted under the Selective Service Act. |
| | B) | Soldiers were given IQ and other aptitude tests by army psychologists. |
| | C) | African-American men were not allowed to serve overseas in France. |
| | D) | One in every ten American soldiers contracted venereal disease. |
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In which of the following WWI battles did Americans take part? |
| | A) | Verdun |
| | B) | The Somme |
| | C) | Ypres |
| | D) | Château-Thierry |
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Which of the following military innovations was not used in WWI? |
| | A) | Submarines |
| | B) | Tanks |
| | C) | Centrimetric Radar |
| | D) | Mustard Gas |
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Who ran the War Industries Board? |
| | A) | Thorstein Veblen |
| | B) | Herbert Hoover |
| | C) | William McAdoo |
| | D) | Bernard Baruch |
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What was the "Great Migration"? |
| | A) | African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities. |
| | B) | White Americans of the Northeast moving to the West and South. |
| | C) | Europeans escaping the war by immigrating to America. |
| | D) | Mexicans immigrating to California and the Southwest. |
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Which of the following was not a vocal opponent of American entry into World War I? |
| | A) | Randolph Bourne |
| | B) | Jane Addams |
| | C) | George Creel |
| | D) | Carrie Chapman Catt |
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Which of the following was sent to prison under the harsh provisions of the Sedition Act? |
| | A) | John Dewey |
| | B) | Eugene Debs |
| | C) | Jane Addams |
| | D) | Randolph Bourne |
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Which of the following was not one of Wilson's Fourteen Points? |
| | A) | Freedom of the seas |
| | B) | A League of Nations |
| | C) | End of imperialism |
| | D) | Open covenants |
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Which of the following was a significant reason for when, why, and how Wilson articulated his Fourteen Points? |
| | A) | He wanted to convince Republicans in Congress of his progressive intentions. |
| | B) | He wanted to convince Bolshevik Russia to stay in the war. |
| | C) | He wanted to convince the nations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to rise up against Germany. |
| | D) | He wanted to convince Germany to surrender to the US rather than to the Allies. |
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Which of the following was not one of the "Big Four" at the Paris Peace Conference? |
| | A) | David Lloyd George |
| | B) | Georges Clemenceau |
| | C) | Neville Chamberlain |
| | D) | Vittorio Orlando |
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Who was the most notable and powerful political opponent of the League of Nations in Washington? |
| | A) | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| | B) | Colonel House |
| | C) | Calvin Coolidge |
| | D) | Mitchell Palmer |
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Which of the following is not true of the battle over the League of Nations? |
| | A) | Wilson suffered a major stroke that incapacitated him for weeks. |
| | B) | Wilson refused to compromise on even relatively minor changes. |
| | C) | Roosevelt came out of retirement to promote the League publicly. |
| | D) | Public sentiment clearly favored ratification of the League. |
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Which city witnessed a "general strike" in 1919 that brought the entire city to a virtual standstill? |
| | A) | Chicago |
| | B) | San Francisco |
| | C) | Pittsburgh |
| | D) | Seattle |
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Who became instantly popular across the nation by declaring during the Boston police strike, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime"? |
| | A) | William Borah |
| | B) | Warren Harding |
| | C) | Calvin Coolidge |
| | D) | Herbert Hoover |
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What city saw devastating race riots in 1919 that left 38 people dead, 537 injured, and over 1000 homeless? |
| | A) | Birmingham |
| | B) | Atlanta |
| | C) | Chicago |
| | D) | New York City |
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Who founded the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and gained many adherents with his message of black-owned businesses and black nationalism? |
| | A) | Marcus Garvey |
| | B) | W.E.B. DuBois |
| | C) | Hubert Harrison |
| | D) | Philip Randolph |
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What Attorney General of the United States became infamous for his aggressive raids and deportations during the Red Scare of 1919-1920? |
| | A) | William McAdoo |
| | B) | Mitchell Palmer |
| | C) | J. Edgar Hoover |
| | D) | Webster Thayer |
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What was the outcome of the case against Sacco and Vanzetti? |
| | A) | They were acquitted, but then lynched by an angry mob. |
| | B) | They were sentenced to life imprisonment on trumped-up charges. |
| | C) | They were sentenced to death, but their sentence was commuted after worldwide protest. |
| | D) | They were sentenced to death and executed, despite worldwide protest. |
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What did the Nineteenth Amendment do? |
| | A) | It made illegal the sale and distribution of alcohol. |
| | B) | It provided for a graduated income tax. |
| | C) | It provided for female suffrage. |
| | D) | It provided for the direct election of senators. |
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