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Organization that existed before WWI, whose aim was to encourage arbitration in disputes between American republics. Hague Conferences Pan American Union
A.E.F.
2. The spark that touched off WWI in 1914. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand Russia's imperialist actions
Preexisting conflicts among European countries
3. A feeling of community among a people, often a unifying element in a fight for independence. Nationalism Dissenters
Armistice
4. The ___________ Amendment made alcohol illegal to consume, import, and sell, resulting in the era of Prohibition. 17th 18th
19th
5. Policy of acquiring colonies Dissenting Imperialism
Nationalism
6. European members of the Allied Powers Germany, Turkey, Austria-Hungary Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany
United Kingdom, France, Russia
7. Promise by Germany to limit its hostile actions against ocean liners if the US would force the Allies to end their blockade of Germany. Lusitania Conference Hague Conferences
Sussex Pledge
8. Opponents of United States policies in World War I Imperialism Armistice
Dissenters
9. United States lands its first troops in France under General Pershing, June 1917 American Expeditionary Force (AEF) Operation French Protection
US Nationalist Force
10. Temporary agreement to stop hostilities Dissent Armistice
Peace treaty
11. Author of the Fourteen Points Herbert Hoover Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
12. Made treasonous and disloyal acts punishable America Loyalty Act Treason Act
Espionage Act
13. Won fame due to his actions during the Boston police strike of 1919 John L. Lewis Calvin Coolidge
Eugene V. Debs
14. The economic downturn following the war included decreased production, lower wages, and high cost of living - all of which led to ________. Immediate and direct federal aid Strikes by approximately 4 million workers
The emigration of Americans to other countries
15. Called for a return to "normalcy" during his campaign of 1920 Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
16. Defrauded the government in the sale of its foreign properties during the Harding Administration Thomas W. Miller Andrew W. Mellon
Herbert Hoover
17. Led the United Mine Workers (UMW) on strike in 1919 Eugene V. Debs John L. Lewis
Calvin Coolidge
18. Secretary of Treasurer who cut the national debt by about one third during the Harding Administration Andrew W. Mellon John L. Lewis
Eugene V. Debs
19. Factories were shut down or operated by a(n) _______ work force after the war. reduced increased
all-civilian
20. Wartime production _______ greatly from peacetime production. dovetailed differed
changed
21. European demand for American farm goods _____ after World War I increased decreased
ended
22. At the end of the war, former government employees competed with returning war veterans for _______ jobs. government civilian
military
23. _______ farming returned to normal after the War, decreasing prices for American crops. European American
African
24. Membership in the A.F. of L. began to _______ by early 1920 as economic conditions improved. increase decrease
maintain itself
25. Four million workers went on strike at one time or another during _______. 1919 1915
1910
26. In 1919 the cost of living ______ prewar levels. increased from decreased from
stayed the same as
27. The ________ Revolution led Americans to become very suspicious of organized labor. Cuban Russian Bolshevik
Philippines
28. Strikes are detrimental to ________. Management Labor
both management and labor
29. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was based on the teachings of _________. Joseph Stalin V.I. Lenin
Karl Marx
30. In the 1919 strike of the United Mine Workers, President Wilson mediated a(n) ________. reduction in work hours increase in wages
neither
31. The Supreme Court ruled in 1919 that the legislation to improve working conditions was ________. unconstitutional beneficial
negative to workers
32. The heads of the steel industry met with representatives from the American Federation of Labor (AF of L), who negotiated for the rights of all ________. auto workers steel workers
coal miners
Part 2
Analyzing Sources:
Read the excerpts from the statement by President Woodrow Wilson and answer the questions that follow. Place the letter of the question you are answering preceding your answer in the text box below.
Three days after the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, Wilson gave a speech in Philadelphia in which he said: "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right."
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