1920-1970 APUSH Exam
Which of the following groups would have most objected to the development evidenced in the photograph?
Anticommunists seeking to show the superiority of the United States
Other world leaders most likely interpreted the excerpt as indicating that the United States was
taking a leading role in world diplomacy.
Which of the following best explains a connection between policies intended to address the Great Depression and earlier Progressive Era reform policies?
Both sought to create a stronger financial regulatory system
The expansion of African American rights during the Great Society was most similar to which of the following earlier situations?
D (answer wasn't there)
Hoover's testimony in the excerpt could best be used as evidence by historians studying which of the following?
Debates among Americans about the policies and methods used to expose domestic communists
Which of the following historical processes most directly contributed to reactions like those depicted in the excerpt?
Efforts to contain the spread of communism following the Second World War
Which of the following best explains a reaction to the changes in energy production depicted on the graph?
Environmental groups were formed to lobby against increased pollution.
Which of the following best explains the main cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
Episodes of credit and market instability undermined the financial system.
Which of the following best represents the views held by opponents to the women's rights movement in the second half of the twentieth century?
Feminism threatens the traditional family unit, which is at the core of the social order.
Which of the following explains a similarity between the United States economy in the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt and the United States economy in the first half of the 1800s?
In both periods, new technology increasingly connected Americans to commerce and markets.
Which of the following best explains the change in United States military combat deaths in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968 as depicted in the graph?
Increasing commitment by politicians in the United States to combat the spread of global communism
Which of the following arguments about United States policy toward decolonization do the excerpts best support?
It was more interested in maintaining stability in regions than in backing decolonization.
Which of the following best explains the factor that most directly prompted United States entry into the Second World War in 1941 ?
Japan attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor.
The principles of the Great Society as expressed in the excerpt are best explained in the context of which of the following twentieth-century ideologies?
Liberalism
Which of the following best explains a limitation in Mumford's critique of postwar suburbanization?
Many families moved to the new suburbs to find affordable homes.
The activities of young people like those in SNCC exemplify which of the following broader changes in United States society during the 1960s?
Many rejected the values of previous generations.
Demands for labor like that depicted in the image explains which of the following related effects?
Men and women migrated from rural areas to cities in order to work in defense industries
The image best serves as evidence of the experiences of families living in which of the following places in the 1950s?
New suburban developments
Which of the following best explains changes in the federal government resulting from the Great Depression?
Policymakers developed a limited welfare state to reduce the effects of mass unemployment and social upheavals.
Which of the following best explains a long-term political change resulting from the New Deal?
Political alignments shifted as African Americans came to support the Democratic Party.
The social policies advocated by which of following earlier groups were most similar to the policies of the Great Society?
Progressives in the 1910s
A sense of optimism in the 1950s and 1960s most likely emerged in response to which of the following contexts?
Rapid economic growth led to greater affluence.
Mumford overlooks which of the following broader historical contexts that best explains why many Americans might have been attracted to the consistency and conformity of the suburbs?
Recent periods of economic depression and war encouraged many families to seek stability and security.
Which of the following was the primary reason behind the change in United States military forces in Vietnam after 1969 as depicted in the graph?
Responding to decreasing public support for the Vietnam War, President Nixon eventually withdrew United States troops without eliminating communism or uniting Vietnam.
Opponents of Eisenhower's decision in the excerpt most likely held views similar to which of the following earlier groups?
Southern state leaders in the 1880s and 1890s
Which of the following best explains the policy of the United States toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s?
Strong isolationist sentiments after the First World War left many Americans wary of involvement in another European conflict.
Which of the following best explains changes in migration patterns in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s?
The Great Depression of the 1930s and the increased demand for war production in the 1940s led many Americans to migrate to cities in search of economic opportunities.
In which of the following ways did the New Deal mark a departure from previous government practices?
The New Deal actively used government power to stimulate economic recovery.
The development depicted in the image best helps explain which of the following effects on United States foreign relations?
The United States and its allies won the war in part because they had sufficient military supplies.
Which of the following social contexts best helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt?
The United States population shifted from rural to urban areas.
The excerpts could best be used to support which of the following criticisms about United States foreign policy during the Cold War?
The United States sometimes supported nondemocratic countries so long as they opposed communism.
Which of the following best explains how the United States sought to engage in world affairs in the 1920s and 1930s, the decades immediately following the First World War?
The United States used peace treaties and select military intervention to promote international order.
Which of the following events represented a continuation of the development discussed in the excerpt?
The advocacy for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which of the following long-term developments in the second half of the 1800s best helps to explain the change in United States culture depicted in the excerpt?
The creation of new manufacturing methods allowed factories to greatly increase production.
The excerpt could best be used to explain which of the following postwar situations?
The emergence of the United States as a global superpower
The ruling described in the excerpt is most similar to which of the following earlier political changes?
The extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War
Which of the following best explains the change in the overall United States military presence in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968 as depicted in the graph?
The fear that the North Vietnamese forces under Ho Chi Minh would spread communism in Asia
Which of the following contexts best explains the origins of the modern African American Civil Rights movement?
The federal government continued to fail to live up to its promises of guaranteeing the equality of citizens.
Which of the following postwar developments most directly contributed to the ideas in the excerpt?
The foreign policy strategy of supporting developing nations as a means to prevent the spread of communism
Political statements such as the excerpt most directly culminated in which of the following?
The growth in opposition to United States foreign policies by many groups on the political left
The development by the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt represented a continuation of which of the following earlier developments?
The growth of the middle class during the Gilded Age
Which of the following best explains how the Red Scare following the Second World War reflected the larger historical context?
The ideas demonstrate efforts by the federal government to ensure domestic security.
The overall trend depicted in the graph best reflects which of the following?
The increased demand for all sources of power following the Second World War
Mumford's argument in the excerpt does not account for which of the following historical factors that most directly explains the rise of the suburbs in the United States?
The necessity of having an automobile to travel to work
Which of the following best describes the federal government's response to the overall patterns depicted in the graph?
The passage of laws meant to combat environmental problems caused by power generation
President Eisenhower's actions in the excerpt were most similar to which of the following earlier actions?
The removal of American Indians to reservations in the 1830s
The point of view expressed in the excerpt most directly contributes to a historical understanding of which of the following issues?
The role of the United States in the establishment of postwar peace settlements
The depiction in the photograph best provides evidence for which of the following developments in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
The spread of mass culture to many Americans
In the 1960s, conservatives most likely had which of the following goals in challenging laws that they perceived as being liberal, such as Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs?
They sought to limit the role of the federal government in people's lives.
The point of view expressed in the excerpt most directly illuminates which of the following debates within United States foreign policy during the post-Second World War period?
Whether to use direct or indirect tactics to challenge the influence of the Soviet Union
Which of the following contexts helps to explain the economic changes that contributed to the production of the excerpt?
Women experienced growing opportunities to earn wages
Which of the following best explains the cause of the historical development depicted in the image?
Workforce shortages led to calls for women to perform jobs previously reserved for men.
The House Un-American Activity Committee (HUAC)'s interpretation of Hoover's testimony most likely
investigate communism in labor unions and industries such as filmmaking
By the late 1960s, critics within the Civil Rights movement were dissatisfied with the tactics illustrated by the excerpt. These critics were increasingly likely to argue that
nonviolent methods should be abandoned because they were ineffective
President Kennedy's primary goal in enacting the program described in the excerpt was most likely to
promote a free-market global economy through international aid to other nations
The ruling described in the excerpt is most similar to other civil rights achievements in the 1960s in that it
represented responses by the federal government to calls for the expansion of civil rights
Bradley's argument differs from Klein's in that Bradley claims that
some communist governments actually sought assistance from the United States
The American Indian civil rights movement differed from other civil rights movements at the time because it
sought to gain compensation for past government land policies
A context that helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt is that, after 1920, Americans were debating
the appropriate gender roles for women in society
At the time, Hoover's purpose in his testimony would have most likely been interpreted as
threat posed by suspected communists within the United States
The activism for lesbian and gay rights most closely mirrored the activism for African American civil rights in that both groups
used public protests to call for legal protections
