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Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 22

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 22

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Document 22-1: The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse

Document 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers

Document 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front

Document 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists

Document 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot

Question

1. Why did the editors of The North American Review welcome American entry into World War I? (See Document 22-1: The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse)

They believed that Germany was an immediate threat to American national security.

They believed that American involvement might hasten the spread of the "spirit of Russia."

They believed that Germany had formed a military pact with Mexico in preparation for war.

They believed that the United States could acquire territory in Europe through war.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. The editors hoped that the American entry into the war would solidify democracy and speed up the spread of revolutionary democratic movements from (at the time) liberal Russia to the rest of Europe.

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2. According to Eugene V. Debs, how should working-class people respond to the patriotic appeal of leaders? (See Document 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers)

They should set differences aside and join a common cause.

They should remember their fathers' legacy of fighting for a common cause.

They should be suspicious and alert because deception often hid behind patriotism.

They should remember that they had pledged their first allegiance to the Socialist Party.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Debs told working-class Americans to be mindful of patriotic appeals, adding that "patriotism [was] the last refuge of the scoundrel."

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3. What was the anonymous soldier most afraid of during his World War I service in France? (See Document 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front)

Getting killed without having had a chance to kill a German

Becoming a prisoner of war of the feared Germans

Having to kill someone in hand-to-hand combat

Experiencing cowardice and letting down his comrades

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. The soldier wrote home that what he "was afraid of most was that [he] would be yellow"óa coward.

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4. What, according to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, was the ideal of communism? (See Document 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists)

Utopia

Poverty

Robbery

War

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Palmer explained that the ideal of communism was robbery, or more generally, crime.

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5. According to Stanley B. Norvell, what impact did World War I have on African Americans? (See Document 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot)

It set them far back in their efforts to advance economically.

It made them appreciate American freedoms versus European order.

It awakened them to politics and the purpose and function of democracy.

It embittered them toward each other and caused deep divisions.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. The war awakened African Americans to world politics as well as to politics and democracy within the United States.

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6. On which of the following points regarding the impact of World War I would Eugene V. Debs and Stanley B. Norvell likely have agreed? (See Document 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers and Document 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot)

Both considered the defeat of Germany regrettable.

Both objected to the Treaty of Versailles and reparations.

Both felt that the war energized the oppressed in the United States.

Both feared that the war was eroding the progress of the previous decade.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Debs and Norvell agreed that World War I was energizing the oppressed back home.

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7. Which of the following opinions would have most likely been shared between the editors of The North American Review and the anonymous soldier? (See Document 22-1: The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse and Document 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front)

The Germans were barbaric brutes.

The war made the world safe for democracy.

American involvement in the war was necessary to save lives.

The United States might be militarily inferior if it became involved in the war.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Both the anonymous soldier and the editors of The North American Review referred to Germans as brutish and barbaric.