Practice Test Chapters 1619

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which mode of transportation is usually associated with the second industrial revolution?
a. railroads c. horse-drawn trolleys
b. automobiles d. airplanes
2. In the nineteenth century, pools, trusts, and mergers were __________.
a. used only rarely
b. against the law
c. seen as beneficial by consumers
d. ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace
3. What was one significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution?
a. a more stable economy
b. frequent and prolonged economic depressions
c. a more equitable distribution of wealth
d. the introduction of socialism
4. What is an example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by “conspicuous
consumption”?
a. Mrs. Bradley Martin’s costume ball
b. an immigrant’s purchase of bread
c. the free services handed out by social reformers
d. John D. Rockefeller’s purchase of a competing company
5. In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis __________.
a. highlighted the benefits of the second industrial revolution
b. discussed the lives of wealthy Americans
c. focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums
d. wrote about captains of industry
6. What was the impact of the second industrial revolution on the trans-Mississippi West?
a. dramatic as an agricultural empire grew
b. concentrated in the cities
c. beneficial to Indians
d. significant only for native-born whites
7. After the Civil War, which of the following became a symbol of a life of freedom on the open range?
a. Indians c. cowboys
b. buffalo d. pioneers
8. The economic development of the American West was based on __________.
a. farming solely
b. lumber, mining industries, tourism, and farming
c. transportation modes other than the railroad
d. the cooperation of the Plains Indians
 9. The Plains Indians __________.
a. were completely responsible for the near extinction of the buffalo
b. had lived in peace until the Civil War
c. included the Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, and Sioux
d. were treated fairly by the federal government
10. What did hunters shoot while riding the railroads across the West?
a. horses c. antelope
b. deer d. buffalo
11. In his speech “A Second Declaration of Independence,” labor leader Ira Steward argued that the most pressing
problem facing the nation was __________.
a. westward expansion
b. the growing gap between the rich and poor
c. the rise of bonanza farming
d. railroad and transportation costs
12. The Indian victory at Little Bighorn __________.
a. was typical at the time
b. only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement
c. brought an end to the hostilities
d. came after an unprovoked attack by Indians
13. What was the aim of Carlisle, a boarding school for Indians?
a. to prepare them for reservation life
b. to train them in the professional skills necessary to return to the reservations as doctors
and teachers
c. to convert them to Christianity so that they would become missionaries on the reservations
d. to civilize the Indians, making them “American” as whites defined the term
14. The Dawes Act of 1887 __________.
a. assured Indian autonomy c. was a great success
b. sought to break up the tribal system d. hurt white interests in the West
15. The Dawes Act of 1887 __________.
a. placed Indians on reservations
b. divided tribal lands into parcels of land for Indian families
c. outlawed the killing of the buffalo
d. ended the Indian wars in the West
16. Elk v. Wilkins (1884) __________.
a. agreed with lower court rulings that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not
apply to Indians
b. ordered that citizenship be applied to the Indians if Indians renounced loyalty to their tribe
c. decided that working more than ten hours a day was more strain than a female body could
bear
d. ruled that manufacturing was a local activity, not subject to congressional regulation of
interstate commerce
17. The Ghost Dance __________.
a. was a religious revitalization campaign among Indians, feared by whites
b. was seen as harmless
c. was approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
d. ushered in a new era of Indian wars
18. Which event marked the end of the Indian wars?
a. Battle of Little Big Horn
b. surrender of Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé
c. Battle of Wounded Knee
d. surrender of Sitting Bull
19. “Boss” William M. Tweed was __________.
a. a captain of industry c. the head of a political machine
b. a social reformer d. a steel producer
20. Crédit Mobiler and the Whiskey Ring __________.
a. were international corporations
b. were involved in steel production
c. donated money to the poor
d. were indicative of the corruption in the Grant administration
21. Elections during the Gilded Age __________.
a. suffered from low voter turnout
b. brought an end to Democratic control of the South
c. were closely contested
d. suffered from a lack of party loyalty among voters
22. Republican economic policies strongly favored __________.
a. midwestern farmers c. eastern industrialists and bankers
b. southern sharecroppers d. western silver mine owners
23. The Civil Service Act of 1883 __________.
a. created a merit system for government workers
b. favored candidates with political influence
c. was passed in response to the assassination of President Lincoln
d. applied only to elected officeholders
24. The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to __________.
a. distribute land allocations to railroad companies
b. standardize the transportation of animal feed between states
c. regulate railroad gauge size
d. ensure that railroads charged farmers and merchants reasonable and fair rates
25. The Grange was an organization that __________.
a. pushed for the eight-hour day
b. opposed government regulation of shipping charges
c. pushed for railroads to acquire more land in the West
d. established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output
26. The theory of Social Darwinism argued that __________.
a. public assistance should be available for the poor
b. the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some
were poor
c. the poor were in no way responsible for their poverty
d. excessive personal wealth was a sign of weakness
27. What did William G. Sumner believe social classes owed each other?
a. cooperation, in order to move ahead
b. a redistribution of wealth
c. nothing at all
d. a spirit of kinship to fix the ills of society together
28. During the second industrial revolution, the courts __________.
a. supported the interests of workers
b. refused to hear any cases related to business interests
c. tended to favor the interests of industry over those of labor
d. tended to favor the interests of labor over those of industry
29. The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York __________.
a. voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week
b. limited the number of hours coal miners worked
c. voided a state law that limited child labor.
d. voided a state law that limited the number of hours women could work
30. What is one of the reasons that the Great Strike of 1877 was important?
a. Not since the Civil War had so many people been killed.
b. It underscored the tensions produced by the rapid industrialization of the time.
c. The victory won by labor was the greatest for the labor movement in American history.
d. It demonstrated how effective the Knights of Labor could be in organizing workers.
31. In the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund
offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of __________.
a. class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital
b. the increasing power of the executive branch of government and a lack of checks and
balances
c. the rapid migration of African-Americans from the South to the industrial North, and their
increased voting power
d. the increased numbers of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe who brought
dangerous socialist ideas to the masses
32. Henry George offered a(n) __________ as a solution for the problem of inequality in America.
a. low-income housing program c. immigration restriction law
b. single tax d. forced Americanization program
33. Henry George rejected the traditional equation of liberty with __________.
a. ownership of land c. equal access to wealth
b. the right to vote d. the right to work
34. The Social Gospel __________.
a. was another term for Social Darwinism
b. was part of the Catholic Church
c. called for an equalization of wealth and power
d. did not support aid to the poor
35. The Haymarket Affair __________.
a. began with the Great Strike of 1877
b. originated in New York City
c. involved American farmers on strike
d. was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally
36. The Farmers’ Alliance __________.
a. successfully worked with banks
b. was subsidized by the railroad industry
c. sought to improve conditions through cooperatives
d. achieved its goals and disbanded shortly after its founding
37. The People’s Party __________.
a. evolved out of the Farmers’ Alliance c. attracted only farmers
b. attracted only workers d. did little to spread their message
38. The Populist platform __________.
a. called for the end of all government
b. supported the interests of big business
c. called for government control of business
d. appealed only to farmers
39. The severe depression of 1893 __________.
a. was quickly over, and the economy was soon booming
b. caused little if any hardship
c. affected only factory workers
d. was marked by high and long-term unemployment, exemplified by Coxey’s Army
40. The 1894 Pullman Strike __________.
a. involved little violence
b. had no impact on rail service
c. collapsed when union leaders were jailed
d. was supported by President Cleveland
41. How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894?
a. as moderators between the employees and employers
b. to help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners
c. They were not used at all.
d. as workers themselves, to replace the striking workers
42. William Jennings Bryan __________.
a. ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform
b. argued in favor of the gold standard
c. ran as a Republican and a Populist in 1896
d. was especially popular in the Northeast
43. The silver issue __________.
a. divided the Republican Party during the 1892 election
b. refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money
c. had dissipated from American politics by the 1896 election
d. united Democrats and Republicans
44. Republican presidential candidate William McKinley __________.
a. ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform
b. argued in favor of the gold standard
c. lost to Bryan in 1896
d. was especially popular in the South
45. Which institution was hardest hit by the Redeemers once they assumed power in the South?
a. churches c. jails
b. public schools d. sharecropping
46. The New South as promoted by Henry Grady __________.
a. signified the widespread economic prosperity in the region
b. promised racial equality between blacks and whites
c. meant higher wages for unskilled workers, regardless of race
d. attempted to appeal to northern business interests but failed to bring prosperity to the
region
47. Plessy v. Ferguson __________.
a. was a unanimous decision
b. sanctioned racial segregation
c. voided the Thirteenth Amendment
d. was fully supported by Booker T. Washington
48. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court __________.
a. ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations were constitutional
b. ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations were unconstitutional
c. supported the right of workers to join unions
d. supported the right of African-Americans to vote
49. At the end of the nineteenth century, lynching __________.
a. rarely happened
b. was an act of violence directed mostly at black men.
c. was always done in secret
d. affected only southern whites
50. Twenty years after the end of Reconstruction, African-Americans in the South __________.
a. were much better off financially
b. had increased their role in local politics
c. suffered the most from the region’s poor conditions
d. had the same rights as whites
51. How did the Civil War come to be remembered by the 1890s as the white North and South moved toward
reconciliation?
a. as a tragic family quarrel among white Americans, in which blacks played no significant
part
b. as a monumental political struggle that culminated in the emancipation of 4 million people
c. as a struggle between federal and state rights that redefined the laws of the founding
fathers
d. as the climax of the story of slavery that began when the Constitution was signed and was
destined to be settled through war
52. The new immigrants __________.
a. were seen as no different from the old immigrants
b. received a warm welcome in America
c. came from southern and eastern Europe
d. were few in number
53. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 __________.
a. was not racially motivated
b. was found unconstitutional
c. favored Japanese immigrants
d. prohibited any Chinese from entering the United States
54. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 __________.
a. led to an increase in civil rights for Chinese people and Chinese-Americans living in the
United States.
b. led to the deportation of the 105,000 Chinese people living in the United States in 1882
c. led to a decrease in discrimination and violence against the Chinese
d. was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the
United States.
55. Booker T. Washington __________.
a. called for political equality
b. encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation and abandon the push for civil rights
c. opposed vocational education for blacks
d. fought against segregation
56. In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington __________.
a. urged blacks to accept segregation
b. urged blacks to fight segregation
c. called for full black equality
d. angered many whites with his remarks
57. Founded in 1886, the American Federation of Labor __________.
a. was led by Terence Powderly
b. restricted membership to only skilled workers
c. was structured much like the Knights of Labor
d. restricted membership to only unskilled workers
58. The American Federation of Labor’s founder Samuel Gompers used the idea of “freedom of contract” to
__________.
a. argue against interference by judges with workers’ right to organize unions
b. argue for the right of workers to form political parties to shape government
c. argue for direct confrontation between unions and corporations
d. justify the exclusion of women and blacks from the American Federation of Labor
59. Beginning in the 1890s, the women’s era was so called because __________.
a. women could vote
b. women’s economic opportunities increased as did their role in public life
c. growing numbers of women held political office
d. most men supported equal rights for women
60. In 1900, most of the nearly 5 million women who worked for wages worked in __________.
a. secretarial positions
b. the garment industry and as domestic laborers
c. education
d. reform movements
61. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) __________.
a. was a small organization of radical feminists
b. moved from demanding prohibition of alcohol to pushing for women’s right to vote
c. was a single-issue organization out to ban alcohol
d. argued that politics was not the place for women
62. In the 1890s, the National American Woman Suffrage Association __________.
a. supported the right of immigrant women to vote
b. supported the right of African-American women to vote.
c. argued that native-born white women’s votes would counteract the “ignorant foreign vote”
d. argued that all women, regardless of race or ethnicity, should vote
63. After the 1890s, American expansionism __________.
a. was limited to North America
b. was fueled in part by the need to stimulate American exports
c. was welcomed by the majority of Hawaiians
d. discouraged patriotism
64. Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal, which sensationalized
events to sell papers, were called __________.
a. yellow journalists c. muckrakers
b. social reformers d. freelancers
65. Which statement about the Spanish-American War is TRUE?
a. The war lasted only four months and resulted in less than 400 battle casualties.
b. Congress indicated that it was going to war to annex Cuba.
c. The war came as little surprise given the fact that William McKinley campaigned in 1896
on a platform favoring imperial expansion.
d. The treaty that ended the war granted U.S. citizenship to the peoples of the Philippines,
Puerto Rico, and Guam.
66. The Teller Amendment stated that __________.
a. the United States would annex the Philippines
b. Cuba was to be a protectorate of the United States
c. the United States would not annex Cuba
d. the United States would not annex the Philippines
67. The Spanish-American War __________.
a. was a victory for Spain
b. brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under U.S. control
c. resulted in thousands of U.S. combat deaths
d. ended American expansionism
68. The Platt Amendment __________.
a. recognized Cuban autonomy
b. limited the U.S. presence in the Philippines
c. authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba
d. provided for the annexation of Hawaii
69. Which of the following stated that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories recently acquired by the
United States?
a. Teller Amendment c. Platt Amendment
b. “Insular Cases” d. Plessy v. Ferguson
70. The word “Progressivism” came into common use around 1910 __________.
a. as a way of describing a broad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and
groups
b. as an anti-business term
c. denoting a group that appealed only to women
d. as another term for socialism
71. The Progressive movement drew its strength from __________.
a. big business c. military leaders
b. middle-class reformers d. socialists
72. The painters who were part of the Ashcan School focused their art on __________.
a. still life c. city life
b. the abstract d. nudes
73. Newspaper and magazine writers, who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the progressive
movement, were known as __________.
a. yellow journalists c. social reformers
b. trustees d. muckrakers
74. The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was __________.
a. Theodore Dreiser c. Ida Tarbell
b. Upton Sinclair d. Lincoln Steffens
75. Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century __________.
a. clustered in the South as agricultural workers
b. clustered in the West as agricultural workers
c. were much more welcome than European immigrants
d. were prohibited from entering the United States
76. Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century __________.
a. planned to remain in the United States temporarily
b. generally earned lower wages in America than in their former homelands
c. dominated skilled and supervisory jobs
d. lived in close-knit communities
77. Which institution became a pillar of stability for the immigrants as they settled into the communities in American
cities?
a. school c. benevolent society
b. church d. Salvation Army
78. Vaudeville is a __________.
a. form of entertainment c. place in New York
b. reform group d. political machine
79. Nickelodeons __________.
a. were patronized only by the wealthy
b. were banned in most cities
c. were motion-picture theaters with a five-cent admission charge
d. never caught on with American consumers
80. The term “Fordism” __________.
a. refers to Henry Ford’s invention of the automobile
b. was used by labor unions, who hailed Ford’s innovative approach
c. refers to Henry Ford’s effort to organize workers into a union
d. describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption
81. The new concepts of a “living wage” and the “American standard of living” __________.
a. allowed for criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power
b. reflected America’s growing interest in socialism
c. were unrelated to the rise of mass consumption.
d. argued that economic and ethical concerns were unrelated
82. The program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically controlling costs and work
practices was called __________.
a. Fordism c. scientific management
b. vertical integration d. laissez-faire
83. Eugene V. Debs was __________.
a. a railroad tycoon c. a Socialist candidate for president
b. a Social Darwinist d. elected vice president in 1912
84. The Industrial Workers of the World __________.
a. represented skilled workers only
b. was led by Eugene Debs
c. was a union within the American Federation of Labor
d. advocated a workers’ revolution
85. The Ludlow Massacre was a tragic confrontation between __________.
a. Plains Indians and the U.S. army
b. North Carolina textile workers and the police
c. the IWW and the Massachusetts police
d. Colorado mine workers and militia
86. Margaret Sanger was a __________.
a. utopian novelist c. birth-control advocate
b. prison-reform advocate d. labor organizer
87. Jane Addams __________.
a. was a birth-control advocate
b. believed in Social Darwinism
c. advocated for the working poor
d. supported anti-immigrant legislation
88. In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court __________.
a. refused to limit work hours for male bakers
b. argued that women were too weak to work long hours
c. outlawed child labor for children under the age of sixteen
d. gave labor the right to strike
89. Who used the Sherman Antitrust Act to dissolve J. P. Morgan’s Northern Securities Company?
a. Theodore Roosevelt c. Louis Brandeis
b. William Howard Taft d. Woodrow Wilson
90. President Theodore Roosevelt __________.
a. believed that the president should side with employers during labor disputes
b. helped striking coal miners to negotiate a favorable settlement with their employers
c. opposed direct federal regulation of the economy
d. opposed the creation of national parks
91. As a Progressive president, Theodore Roosevelt __________.
a. demanded less economic regulation
b. supported the interests of big business
c. supported the conservation movement
d. established the Federal Reserve system
92. The Sixteenth Amendment __________.
a. called for the direct election of senators
b. authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax
c. granted women the right to vote
d. prohibited the use and sale of alcohol
93. In 1912, New Freedom __________.
a. was Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign pledge that government should have a greater
regulatory role
b. was Eugene Debs’s campaign pledge that government should abolish all private property
c. was Woodrow Wilson’s campaign pledge that government should renew economic
competition with less government intervention
d. was the campaign slogan of the women’s suffrage movement
94. The main difference between New Nationalism and New Freedom was over __________.
a. civil rights for blacks
b. women’s place in the public sphere
c. regulating versus trust-busting
d. immigration restrictions versus an open gate
 95. Between 1898 and 1934, the United States intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries
__________.
a. in order to gain territory for the United States
b. in order to spread liberty and freedom in the region
c. in order to fight European powers who sought to establish colonies in the area
d. in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and investors
96. Theodore Roosevelt’s taking of the Panama Canal Zone is an example of __________.
a. his ability to speak softly in diplomatic situations when he knew he was outgunned
b. international Progressivism—the United States was intervening with the sole purpose of
uplifting the peoples of Central America
c. his belief that civilized nations had an obligation to establish order in an unruly world
d. one of the many wars in which Roosevelt involved the United States
97. The Roosevelt Corollary __________.
a. claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere
b. claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in Asia
c. claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in Africa
d. contradicted the Monroe Doctrine
98. Dollar Diplomacy __________.
a. characterizes the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt
b. was put in place by Woodrow Wilson regarding Mexico
c. was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention
d. was applied only in Asia
99. Woodrow Wilson’s moral imperialism in Latin America produced __________.
a. eight years of unprecedented stability in the region
b. more military interventions than any other president before or since
c. very little to show for the policy, as his attention was mostly on Europe
d. strong allies for the United States in World War I, especially Mexico
100. From 1914 to 1916, U.S. intervention in Mexico __________.
a. was welcomed by the Mexican people
b. led to the U.S. takeover of Mexico
c. demonstrated the weaknesses of Wilson’s foreign policy
d. demonstrated that the United States could successfully use force to reorder the affairs of
nations
101. The policy of U.S. neutrality was __________.
a. honored by all the combatants
b. tested only by the British
c. tested only by the Germans
d. tested by both the British and Germans
102. In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson __________.
a. lost to the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes
b. was reelected when he promised to support the war effort
c. used the campaign slogan “He kept us out of war”
d. received fewer votes in states where women had the right to vote
103. The Zimmermann Telegram __________.
a. helped assure Americans that Germany was not a threat
b. clarified British war aims
c. outlined the German plan for an attack on the United States by Mexico
d. outlined the British plan for an attack on the United States by Mexico
104. On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war __________.
a. against Britain, “to make the world safe for democracy”
b. against Germany, “to make the world safe for democracy”
c. against Russia, “to make the world safe for democracy”
d. that was passed unanimously
105. What did the Fourteen Points attempt to do?
a. consolidate political power at home
b. provide a peace agenda to create a new democratic world order
c. quiet growing criticism from the Republicans that Wilson was an inept leader
d. organize alliances after the war among fourteen prominent nations
106. During World War I, federal powers __________.
a. stayed the same c. expanded greatly
b. were delegated to the states d. were limited
107. The Committee on Public Information __________.
a. protected civil liberties
b. was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion
c. was affiliated with the Socialist Party
d. was limited in its efforts
108. The National Women’s Party __________.
a. was a branch of the Democratic Party
b. was part of a new, more militant generation of college-educated activists
c. was part of a new, more conservative generation of college-educated activists
d. opposed women’s suffrage
109. The Nineteenth Amendment __________.
a. barred states from using race as a qualification for voting
b. barred states from using sex as a qualification for voting
c. was never ratified
d. prohibited states from denying any immigrants the right to vote
110. The Eighteenth Amendment __________.
a. prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
b. was never ratified
c. barred states from passing laws prohibiting alcohol manufacture or sale
d. protected the beer industry
111. The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) __________.
a. expanded civil liberties during World War I
b. were aimed only at immigrants
c. were rarely enforced
d. restricted freedom of speech
112. The American Protective League __________.
a. was concerned about protecting immigrants from persecution
b. was concerned about the threat to civil liberties
c. sought to protect women from abuse
d. worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals and slackers
113. What is Eugenics?
a. the study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races
b. the movement toward colonization in Africa by blacks from the United States
c. the practice of using poison gas by the Germans during World War I
d. modification of human behavior as described by famed psychiatrist Sigmund Freud
114. “Americanization” __________.
a. was supported by all Progressives c. refers to the process of assimilation
b. recognized diversity d. refers to an economic system
115. The “Declaration of Principles” adopted by W. E. B. Du Bois’s Niagara Movement __________.
a. called for voting rights for educated African-Americans
b. called on African-Americans to accept disfranchisement
c. called for complete economic and educational equality
d. called for more vocational schools for African-Americans
116. “The Great Migration” refers to __________.
a. whites settling the West
b. blacks moving from the South to the North
c. blacks moving from the North to the South
d. the massive influx of southern and eastern European immigrants
117. In response to the Russian Revolution that led to the creation of the communist Soviet Union, the United States
__________.
a. diplomatically recognized the Soviet Union
b. invited the Soviet Union to the Versailles peace conference
c. pursued a policy of anticommunism that would remain at the center of American foreign
policy during the twentieth century
d. invited Vladimir Lenin, the head of the Soviet Union, to the United States
118. Wartime repression of dissent and free speech culminated in __________.
a. the Great Migration c. the Sedition Act
b. the repeal of the First Amendment d. the Red Scare
119. The Red Scare __________.
a. was caused by the fear of a Russian invasion
b. advanced the cause of labor
c. strengthened the Industrial Workers of the World
d. was an intense period of political intolerance inspired by labor strikes and fears of the
Russian Revolution
120. Senators opposing America’s participation in the League of Nations __________.
a. believed that it was too complicated an organization to join
b. argued that it would threaten to deprive the country of its freedom of action
c. were convinced that Great Britain was not going to join, thus making it a weak
organization
d. were ultimately defeated, and the United States joined the league in 1921
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