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Which of the following best assesses the outcomes of World War I?The war killed more civilians than military personnel.Although Germany lost the war, it gained a stable and long-lasting democracy.It marked the rise of the Ottoman Empire.It established Japan and the United States as world powers.In Europe before World War I, competition for trade territory led to cuts in wages.triggered a series of small wars.started an arms race between Great Britain and Germany prompted Russia and Great Britain to begin disarmament.How did World War I begin?The British Navy launched an assault.German forces overran neutral Belgium.Russia invaded PolandItaly retreated from the Alps Who introduced poison gas in World War I?RussiaItalythe United StatesGermanyHow did President Woodrow Wilson react to the outbreak of war in Europe?He promised the United Kingdom his unconditional support.He sent an expeditionary force to Siberia in order to undermine the Russian revolution.He drew up a list of 14 points and sent them to the German Kaiser.He called on Americans to stay neutral in thought as well as in deed.Why did Germany’s transatlantic purchases dwindle to almost nothing between 1914 and 1916?The British blockade was effective.Foreign demand for German goods declined.Germany lacked the funds to buy abroad.Germany lacked the ships to transport goods across the Atlantic.What was the mission of the National Americanization committee?It sought to keep the United States out of the war.It lobbied Congress to nationalize the nation’s major industries. It pushed for the quick assimilation of Southeastern European immigrants.It campaigned for a massive expansion of the draft.The Tax Act of 1916cut taxes on the wealthy.raised taxes on workers.increased levies on the wealthy.established of the nation’s first income tax.Why did president Woodrow Wilson order the occupation of the city of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico in April 1914?to protect American sugar interests.to prevent the shipment of German weapons to Victoriano Huertato restore the regime of Porfirio Diazto claim the nation of Mexico as a U.S. unincorporated territoryBy the end of 1916 the European conflicthad become a total war.had all but died down.took a dramatic turn in favor of the Allies.improved dramatically for the Axis powers.Which of the following best assesses the role of American troops in Europe during World War I?They played a critical role in bolstering the allies and rebuffing the last German offensive.They won the war decisively on the Eastern front.They arrived so late that they made no difference on the military side of the war.They were so inexperienced that the tended to hamper the now-seasoned French and British troops.During World War I, the nation’s foremost African-American intellectual,W.E.B. Du Boiscalled for open black resistance to the draft.feared that the war might mean an end to the civil rights movement.expressed hope that the war overseas would improve race relations at home.urged African-Americans to be the first to volunteer for combat.How did the leader of the National Women’s Party, Alice Paul, respond to the nation’s mobilization for war?She volunteered as a member of the Wilson administration.She traveled to Europe as a member of a group of entertainers for military personnel.She staged vigils in front of the White House that ridiculed Wilson’s talk of a war for democracy.She invested heavily to the nation’s steel industry and became a leading war profiteer.The American Expeditionary Force entered the war at a critical time, just asJapan seemed willing to surrender.Josef Stalin had assumed power.Germany launched a massive offensive on the Western front.All of Germany’s submarines had been destroyed.President Woodrow Wilson’s call for self-determination and readjustment of colonial arrangements challengedRepublicans.American capitalists.Allied soldiers in Europe.Europe’s empires.Which group or groups did the flu epidemic of 1918 strike most seriously?the elderly and sickmiddle-aged womenhealthy young adultschildren in povertyAt Versailles, President Wilson proposed that the League of Nations shouldadminister the reparations payments.assume full governance over former colonies.form a provisional government for Germany.serve as a diplomatic forum to prevent future wars.How did President Wilson handle the Allied demands for German reparations?He found their demands difficult to resist.He didn’t think their demands were high enough.He fought them on this point tooth and nail.Reparations had been part of his own Fourteen Points.Who did Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer appoint to lead the Justice Dpeartment’s intelligence division against radicals?Franklin Delano RooseveltHerbert HooverCalvin CoolidgeJ. Edgar HooverHow did President Wilson try to convince the Senate to ratify the treaty of Versailles?He did a cross-country speaking tour to bolster popular support for Senate approval.He invited a select group of Senate leaders to a weekend on Martha’s Vineyard.He threatened Republican senators to reveal their sexual escapades and other immoralities.He promised Republican senators major tax cuts for the wealthy in return for their support.