World War I

From 1914 to 1916, as World War I raged in Europe, Americans were not able to remain neutral in thought as well as action mainly because

• United States membership in military alliances required the nation to fight 
• United States newspapers encouraged a policy of imperialist expansion 
• the warring powers interfered with the United States right to freedom of the seas
• President Woodrow Wilson supported the war aims of Germany and Austria-Hungary

The "clear and present danger" ruling of the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United Statesillustrates the continuing conflict between

• free speech and governmental authority 
•  the use of search warrants and the rights of the accused
• state powers and Federal powers 
• religious freedom and separation of church and state

Which action best demonstrated the United States effort to isolate itself from European conflicts after World War I?

• lowering tariff rates 
• attempting to improve relations with Asia 
• failing to sign international disarmament agreements
• refusing to join the League of Nations

President Woodrow Wilson’s statement “The world must be made safe for democracy” was made to justify his decision to

• end United States imperialism in Latin America 
• support tariff reform 
• send troops into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa
• ask Congress to declare war against Germany 

Which situation was the immediate cause of the United States entry into World War I in 1917?

• The League of Nations requested help. 
• The Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor. 
• Nazi tyranny threatened Western democracy.
• German submarines sank United States merchant ships. 
  

During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the suffrage movement by

• protesting against the war
• joining the military service 
• lobbying for child-care facilities
• working in wartime industries

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

• failed to include most of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points
• did not punish Germany for starting the war
• contained provisions that might lead the United States into foreign conflicts
• made no provision for reduction of military weapons 

“The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic."
                        -Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

• The needs of the government are more important than civil liberties. 
• Constitutional protections of liberty are not absolute. 
• The Supreme Court can eliminate freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights.
• The Bill of Rights does not safeguard individual liberties. 

During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson used his wartime powers to

• win passage of quota acts
•  grant all women the right to vote
•  expand freedom of the press
• increase government control of the economy

"We are to be an instrument in the hands of God to see that liberty is made secure for mankind."
-President Woodrow Wilson

• protesting the sinking of the Lusitania
• proposing a program of civil rights for minorities in American society
• urging the Allies to adopt the Fourteen Points
• taking control of territories conquered in World War I