Unit 7 Flashcard

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At the onset of WWI the US practiced a policy of

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neutrality

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What event prompted the US entry into WWI? Options: The sinking of the US Maine, The sinking of RMS Lusitania and loss of American lives, The blitzkrieg of Britain, the Treaty of Tordesille

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The sinking of RMS Lusitania and loss of American lives

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What war tactic was Germany using which threatened the safe passage of ships in the Atlantic?

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unrestricted submarine warfare

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Which socialist activist was brought to justice under the laws preventing people from interfering with the WWI war effort?

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Eugene Debs

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What solution did Woodrow Wilson propose following WWI to unite the world?

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The League of Nations

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What was Wilson’s 14th Point?

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creating a world peace keeping body

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Langston Hughes wrote I, too. It is a poem about being forgotten as an African American. He was part of a cultural movement known as

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the Harlem Renaissance

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During World War I, many African Americans went from the South to the North to take on factory jobs left vacant when men went to war. This movement was known as

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The Great Migration

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Socialist and union leader, Eugene Debs, was imprisoned for criticizing war policies in WWI due to:

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The Espionage Act

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Following World War I, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles primarily because the treaty:

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Contained provisions that might lead the United States into foreign conflicts and be entangled with Europe