Progressive Era Test

Front

Woodrow Wilson told Congress that America had to enter World War I in order to ___?

Back

make the world safe for democracy

Front

John J. Pershing led the _________________________ in World War I.

Back

American Expeditionary Forces

Front

Which of the following was a major cause of trench warfare? machine guns, airplanes, poison gas, u-boats

Back

machine guns

Front

Which of the following eras came first? Progressive, Civil War, World War I, American Revolution

Back

American Revolution

Front

Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 was seen to American citizens as_?

Back

A direct threat to US freedom of the seas

Front

After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. saw the need for a canal in Panama because___?

Back

the U.S. navy could move more quickly between two oceans

Front

During the Spanish American War, African American soldiers___?

Back

found treatment similar to home

Front

What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

Back

"separate but equal" was constitutional

Front

Who was the soldier that received the most medals in World War I?

Back

Alvin York

Front

How did American planters overthrow Queen Liliuokalani?

Back

American planters taking power with help from the U.S. marines