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SOL Review: American History

SOL Review: American History. WWI. The Fourteen Points and the Atlantic Charter were both statements of post-war goals for establishing world peace plans of victorious nations to divide conquered territories military strategies for defeating enemy nations

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SOL Review: American History

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  1. SOL Review: American History WWI

  2. The Fourteen Points and the Atlantic Charter were both statements of post-war goals for establishing world peace plans of victorious nations to divide conquered territories military strategies for defeating enemy nations agreements between nations to eliminate further development of weapons

  3. After World War I, the opposition of some Members of Congress to the Versailles Treaty was based largely on the idea that the Treaty did not punish the Central Powers harshly enough did not give the United States an important role in world affairs would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty would require the United States to assume the cost of rebuilding the war-torn European economies

  4. The "clear and present danger" ruling of the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States illustrates 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

  5. "We are to be an instrument in the hands of God to see that liberty is made secure for mankind."-President Woodrow Wilson President Wilson tried to carry out the idea expressed in this quotation by 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

  6. 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

  7. The demand for German war reparations by the European Allies helps to explain the failure of the peace settlement following World War I World War II the Korean War the Vietnam War

  8. What was a major reason for United States entry into World War I? to overthrow the czarist government of Russia to keep Latin America from being attacked by Germany to maintain freedom of the seas to break up the colonial empires of the Allies

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the success of military desegregation efforts of the civil rights movement availability of new factory jobs impact of affirmative action programs

  12. One goal for a lasting peace that President Woodrow Wilson included in his Fourteen Points was establishing a League of Nations maintaining a permanent military force in Europe returning the United States to a policy of isolationism blaming Germany for causing World War I

  13. During his reelection campaign in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson used the slogan, “He kept us out of war.” In April of 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. What helped bring about this change? Bolshevik forces increased their strength in Germany and Italy. Britain was invaded by nations of the Central Powers. Russia signed a treaty of alliance with the Central Powers. Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.

  14. At the beginning of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson followed a traditional United States foreign policy by refusing to permit trade with either side in the conflict sending troops to aid Great Britain declaring American neutrality requesting an immediate declaration of war against the aggressors

  15. One major reason the United States Senate refused to approve the Treaty of Versailles after World War I was that many senators were concerned about future United States obligations in foreign affairs rejected United States colonial practices in Asia wanted immediate repayment of war debts from France supported increased foreign aid to Germany

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