Practice Test – History 103 – Learning Module 2

1 _______________, a journalist who opposed the CPI’s use of propaganda, wrote the following:

A “The German intellectuals went to war to save their culture from barbarization, and the French when to war to save their beautiful France! …. Are not our intellectuals equally fatuous when they tell us that our war of all wars is stainless and thrillingly achieving for good?”

B George Creel

C John Dewey

D Randolph Bourne

E Woodrow Wilson

2 In the case of Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court determined that laws limiting the number of hours women could work were constitutional because

A such laws already applied to men.

B women should have more time with their children.

C the Constitution clearly permitted such laws.

D women were weaker than men.

3 As a leader during the progressive era, Theodore Roosevelt

A acted very cautiously and quietly.

B opposed conservation programs.

C believed that government regulation of business was undesirable.

D was the first president to support social reform.

4 In the anthracite strike of 1902, Theodore Roosevelt

A created public sympathy for the mine owners.

B saw his role as that of a mediator.

C supported use of the strike to achieve the workers’ goals.

D showed that he would follow the policies of McKinley.

5 The shift in American public opinion in favor of an Allied victory in World War I occurred when

A Austria attacked Serbia.

B Wilson was reelected in 1916.

C Germany attacked England.

D Germany sank the Lusitania.

6 During World War I, the black soldier

A was condemned by W.E.B. Du Bois for participating in the war.

B refused to fight under French leaders.

C proved to be superior to the white soldier.

D typically worked as a stevedore, laborer, or driver.

7 During World War I, social justice progressives in the United States

A found no government support for their policies.

B failed to achieve legislation restricting alcohol consumption and prostitution near military bases.

C endorsed all aspects of the Wilson war policies.

D criticized the government’s restriction on freedom of speech.

8 What were the major concessions that Wilson had to give up at the Versailles peace conference?

A He agreed that Germany should pay high reparations.

B He agreed to a mandate system of French and British takeover of German colonies.

C He agreed that Germany would lose its oil and coal-rich regions.

D All of the above.

9 During the Red Scare of 1919, the attorney general of the United States

A staunchly defended the civil rights of those who had been accused of being communists.

B used military force against Indians who attempted to seize land they claimed belonged to them.

C defended the actions of Ku Klux Klan members because of their commitment to traditional American principles.

D violated the rights of many radicals.

10 Intolerance during the 1920s in the United States was reflected in the

A suppression of the Ku Klux Klan.

B increased success of labor unions.

C popularity of jazz.

D passage of restrictive immigration laws.