Progressive Era Test

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

• retaliate against the Nazis for the Holocaust

• make the world safe for democracy

• set the Russians free from the Bolshevik Revolution

• take back colonies from the Ottoman Empire

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

• American Expeditionary Forces

• Rough Riders

• Fighting First

• Buffalo Soldiers

Which of the following was a major cause of trench warfare?

• machine guns

• airplanes

• poison gas

• u-boats

Which of the following eras came first?

• Progressive

• Civil War

• World War I

• American Revolution

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

• A violation of the Alliance system

• A valid reaction to restrictive sanctions

• A direct threat to US freedom of the seas

• A sign of compliance to US policy of neutrality

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

• new colonies had been acquired in Africa

• European opposition was over

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

• United States factories were producing too much for railroads.

During the Spanish American War, African American soldiers___?

• troops were treated as equals

• fought for civil rights

• gained opportunities for advancement

• found treatment similar to home

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

• public schools should be desegregated

• "separate but equal" was constitutional

• school zoning should be based on political offiliation

• trade schools should be established in the North

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

• Alvin York

• George Dewey

• John Pershing

• Sanford Dole

How did American planters overthrow Queen Liliuokalani?

• withdrawing American funding

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

• adding an amendment to the Hawaiian constitution

• passing tariffs to block the sale of fruit and sugar to the U.S.