U.S. History Chapter 19 Test
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1. Woodrow Wilson refused to intervene in Caribbean affairs.: False
2. American neutrality in the Great War meant that the United States would not
trade with either side.: False
3. During the 1916 presidential campaign, Wilson used the slogan "He kept us
out of war.": True
4. During the war, the federal government basically controlled the nation's
railroads.: True
5. The United States joined the Central Powers.: False
6. Although Wilson campaigned for the League of Nations, the United States
never joined it.: True
7. The Germans expected the war against France to last for a few years.: False
8. What term means "money a defeated enemy pays for the cost of war?": repa-
rations
9. On what exact date (month, day, and year) did the Germans sign an armistice,
ending World War I?: November 11, 1918
10. What was another name for the American soldier in the Great War?: doughboy
11. What was another name for the area between opposing trenches during
World War 1?: no man's land
12. What term refers to information spread to advance a cause or damage an
opponent's cause?: propaganda
13. What German policy claimed the right to attack all ships in the war zone
without meaning?: unrestricted submarine warfare
14. What was Wilson's plan for lasting peace called?: The Fourteen Points
15. U.S. secretary of state before World War 1: William Jennings Bryan
16. Mexican dictator popular among American businessmen: Porfirio Díaz
17. "one of the most grotesque tyrannies in Mexican history": Victoriano Huerta
18. Mexican bandit leader who raided a New Mexico border town: Pancho Villa
19. German ruler whose actions brought England into war: Wilhelm II
20. "The world must be made safe for democracy.": Woodrow Wilson
21. administrator of the Food Administration: Herbert Hoover
22. won the Medal of Honor in World War I: Alvin C. York
23. American general who led U.S. troops in World War I: John J. Pershing
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ho73he
1. Woodrow Wilson refused to intervene in Caribbean affairs.: False
2. American neutrality in the Great War meant that the United States would not
trade with either side.: False
3. During the 1916 presidential campaign, Wilson used the slogan "He kept us
out of war.": True
4. During the war, the federal government basically controlled the nation's
railroads.: True
5. The United States joined the Central Powers.: False
6. Although Wilson campaigned for the League of Nations, the United States
never joined it.: True
7. The Germans expected the war against France to last for a few years.: False
8. What term means "money a defeated enemy pays for the cost of war?": repa-
rations
9. On what exact date (month, day, and year) did the Germans sign an armistice,
ending World War I?: November 11, 1918
10. What was another name for the American soldier in the Great War?: doughboy
11. What was another name for the area between opposing trenches during
World War 1?: no man's land
12. What term refers to information spread to advance a cause or damage an
opponent's cause?: propaganda
13. What German policy claimed the right to attack all ships in the war zone
without meaning?: unrestricted submarine warfare
14. What was Wilson's plan for lasting peace called?: The Fourteen Points
15. U.S. secretary of state before World War 1: William Jennings Bryan
16. Mexican dictator popular among American businessmen: Porfirio Díaz
17. "one of the most grotesque tyrannies in Mexican history": Victoriano Huerta
18. Mexican bandit leader who raided a New Mexico border town: Pancho Villa
19. German ruler whose actions brought England into war: Wilhelm II
20. "The world must be made safe for democracy.": Woodrow Wilson
21. administrator of the Food Administration: Herbert Hoover
22. won the Medal of Honor in World War I: Alvin C. York
23. American general who led U.S. troops in World War I: John J. Pershing
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