LEAP US History Module 3 World War I and the Twenties overview quiz quiz

Question 1

The long-term causes of World War I are often summarized as M-A-I-N, which stands for

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militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

Question 2

For nearly three years after 1914, the United States followed a policy of

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neutrality, staying out of the European conflict

Question 3

The Zimmermann Telegram pushed the United States toward war because it revealed that Germany

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proposed that Mexico attack the United States in exchange for lost territory

Question 4

The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 angered Americans because it resulted from

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Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, which sank ships without warning

Question 5

To raise an army for World War I, the United States passed the Selective Service Act, which created

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a draft that registered millions of men for military service

Question 6

The Espionage and Sedition Acts, upheld in Schenck v. United States, show that during the war the government

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restricted civil liberties, punishing antiwar speech

Question 7

The Great Migration during this era refers to the movement of

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African Americans from the rural South to Northern and Midwestern cities

Question 8

The centerpiece of Wilson's Fourteen Points was the proposal for a

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League of Nations to prevent future wars

Question 9

The United States did not join the League of Nations because

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the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, fearing entanglement in foreign wars

Question 10

After World War I, the United States generally turned toward

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isolationism and a 'return to normalcy'

Question 11

The 1920s consumer economy was powered largely by mass production and

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consumer credit, or buying on the installment plan

Question 12

Which group did NOT share in the prosperity of the 1920s?

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farmers, who faced low crop prices and debt

Question 13

The flapper of the 1920s symbolized

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changing roles and new social freedom for women after they won the vote

Question 14

Prohibition is considered a failed experiment because it

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spawned speakeasies, bootlegging, and organized crime instead of stopping demand

Question 15

The immigration quota laws of the 1920s reflected nativism because they

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favored northern and western Europeans while restricting southern and eastern Europeans and barring most Asians

Question 16

The Harlem Renaissance was made possible by which earlier development?

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the Great Migration, which brought African Americans to Northern cities such as New York