7MCQ

The "Observations on the Struggle for Power in China"excerpt's point of view best explains the issues in which of the following

Debates about how to address the consequences of the war in the Pacific

An underlying cause of the Great Depression, which began in 1929, was

overproduction in the manufacturing and farm sectors

In the 1960s, the policy referenced in the Funnel cartoon was

overturned by the passage of new legislation

In the 1930s the Great Depression resulted in

an increase in the number of transient people searching for work

The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly contributed to the

emergence of organizations pursuing equality for African Americans

Marcus Garvey's prominence during the 1920s arose from his

emphasis on the importance of Black pride and Black nationalism

During Woodrow Wilson's administration, the federal government attempted to counteract the economic influence of big business by

establishing the Federal Trade Commission

African American migration to the urban North during the First World War was due primarily to

expanded job opportunities in Northern factories

The policy suggested in the Funnel cartoon was most directly a response to

fears that immigrants were dangerous radicals or would increase competition for jobs.

The purpose of the Liberty Loan Campaign illustrated in the drawing above was to

finance American involvement in the FIrst World War.

The flappers of the 1920's challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives is a study of

immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890's.

Jacob Riis is best known for his work in the 1890s as a

journalist and photographer who publicized the wretched conditions in which many immigrants lived

The term "muckrakers" was used in the early twentieth century to refer to

journalists who wrote articles exposing political corruption and urban poverty

Conservative Republican opponents of the Treaty of Versailles argued that the League of Nations would

limit United States sovereignty

The purpose of the Lend-Lease Act was to

provide military supplies to the Allies

Jacob Riis's principal involvement in the reform movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was his effort to

publicize poor housing and sanitation in urban tenements.

The purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was to

raise farm prices by limiting agricultural production

Woodrow Wilson's statement above was made in justification of his

refusal to accept the "reservations" proposed by Henry Cabot Lodge in the Senate debate over ratification of the Treaty of Versailles

One reason early twentieth century muckrakers were able to have a significant impact on society was because

sales and circulation of newspapers and magazines increased

In its report for 1890, the United States Census Bureau indicated that

the American frontier could no longer be distinguished from the settled areas

Conscription policies in the First and Second World Wars differed significantly in that in the Second World War

the draft began before the United States entered the conflict

One means by which president Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was

the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The impact of the Great Depression on agriculture in the United States continued which of the following trends

the farm labor force diminished in size as the economy industrialized

In the late nineteenth century, all of the following encouraged American jingoism except

the flooding of American markets by foreign producers

The "For Summer Sport..." excerpt best reflects which of the following changes to United States society compared to previous periods

the growth of consumer culture that emphasized leisure time

Unit 7 All of the following contributed to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment legislating Prohibition in 1919 EXCEPT

the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents

American participation in the Second World War had which of the following major effects on the home front

A movement of women into factory work.

Which of the following was not a figure in the Harlem Renaissance-James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Josephine Baker, A. Philip Randolph

A.Philip Randolph

Which of the following aroused the greatest controversy in the United States at the end of the Spanish-American War

Acquisition of the Philippine Islands

W.E.B. DuBois differed in philosophy from Booker T. Washington in that DuBois believed

African Americans should pursue immediate and full equality.

The years 1930-1980 have been described by one historian as a period that saw the "rise and fall of the New Deal Order." What is meant here by the phrase "New Deal Order"

An arrangement in which the United States government took an active role in regulating the economy and in mediating disputes between labor and management

Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance

An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity

Which of the following most likely contributed to the decline of the "political radicalism" referred to in the excerpt

Anticommunist measures during the Cold War

Based on the excerpt, Beveridge would have most likely opposed which of the following

Antiexpansionist groups that advocated Filipino independence.

The excerpt could best be used by historians to explain which of the following historical situations

Attempts by the United States to use its power to influence postwar peace settlements

All of the following have been cited as reasons for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 EXCEPT the need to

Block a planned Japanese invasion of the U.S.

Members of which of the following groups would have been most likely to agree with the perspective expressed by Coolidge in the excerpt

Business executives

Which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose the policy suggested in the Funnel Cartoon

Business executives and industrialists

The photo above most likely shows the work of which of the following New Deal agencies

Civilian Conservation Corps

Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson were all similar in that they

Contributed to the Harlem Renaissance

All of the following concerns were addressed during the "Hundred Days" of the New Deal except

Court restructuring

Beveridge's speech was written in the context of

Debates in the aftermath of the war with Spain

Which of the following best characterizes the conservationist approach to the environment that emerged in the Progressive Era

Designation of national parks and forests for recreation and managed use

The establishment of a stronger economic regulatory system during the Great Depression most closely reflected a continuity with which of the following

Efforts to restrict the excesses of corporations during the Progressive Era

The policies passed in response to the Great Depression contributed to a change in which of the following earlier popular beliefs

Government should be noninterventionist during economic downturns.

Which of the following groups was LEAST likely to have contributed to the trend in Chicago's population from 1890 to 1940

Immigrants from eastern and southern Asia

Which of the following evidence best supports the claims made in the excerpt

Immigration from Europe peaked in the early decades of the twentieth century.

The excerpt best serves as evidence in support of which of the following arguments about the home front during and after the First World War

Increased anxieties about political radicalism led to restrictions on the freedom of speech.

Which of the following was most responsible for the change shown between 1938 and 1942 on the chart above

Industrial mobilization related to the Second World War

The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical developments

Industrialization

Despite its isolationist position in the 1920s, the United States government actively intervened throughout the decade in which of the following areas of European affairs

International finance and reparations

Which of the following best characterizes the National Origins Act of 1924

It established immigration quotas based on a percentage of each nationality residing in the United States in 1890.

In the period from 1900 to 1921, which of the following groups made up the largest share of immigration to the United States

Italians and Poles

Which of the following factors most likely contributed to the trend in Chicago's population from 1890 to 1940

Job opportunities in industry.

Which of the following later movements held ideas closest to those expressed by Garvey in the excerpt

Malcolm X's Black nationalism emphasizing racial pride and economic self-sufficiency

The bracero program encouraged

Mexican workers to come to the United States as temporary laborers from the 1940s to the 1960s

Which of the following most directly refutes the argument presented in the third paragraph of the excerpt

Nativist campaigns led to the passage of quotas that restricted immigration from Europe and Asia.

The purpose of the "Observations on the Struggle for Power in China" excerpt is best explained as promoting which of the following

Negotiating a peaceful settlement in China to limit Soviet influence after the Second World War

Which of the following best explains a long-term result of the development depicted in the "For Summer Sport..." excerpt

New forms of mass media contributed to the spread of national culture

The ideas expressed in Garvey's declaration drew the most significant support from which of the following

Participants in the Great Migration

Which of the following best explains a conclusion about United States foreign policy in the early 1900s supported by the point of view expressed in the excerpt

Political leaders continued to promote the earlier idea of predestined national expansion

The IWW poster advertising a 1913 labor union pageant was designed to do which of the following

Portray the striker as the heroic champions of workers and ordinary people

In the excerpt, Coolidge was reacting most directly against

Progressive efforts to regulate the economy.

The ideas expressed in the excerpt most clearly reflect the ideals of which of the following

Progressivism

Which of the following was a common experience on the United States home front during the Second World War

Rationing of basic consumer goods

The trend depicted in the graph most directly contributed to which of the following developments after 1920

Restrictions on immigration from eastern and southern Europe

The concerns Addams raises in the excerpt were most directly a reaction to which of the following

Social injustice and rising economic inequality

Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons

States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.

In the period 1890-1915, all of the following were generally true about African Americans EXCEPT

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) endorsed the Back-to-Africa movement.

Based on the map above, which of the following is the most accurate statement about the 1948 presidential election

The New Deal coalition that had elected Franklin D. Roosevelt four times had begun to weaken by 1948.

What was the main reason for the major decrease in the number of Europeans immigrating to the United States in the 1920s

The United States passed the National Origins Acts.

Which of the following most immediately increased enthusiasm in the United States for upholding the freedoms outlined in the excerpt

The attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor.

Which of the following most plausibly influenced Garvey's argument in the excerpt

The concept of self-determination debated at the Treaty of Versailles peace talks

The development depicted in the "For Summer Sport..." excerpt had most in common with which of the following earlier developments

The expansion of the telegraph system during the Gilded Age.

Which of the following most directly contributed to Roosevelt's view that "freedom from want" was necessary

The experience of domestic and global economic upheavals during the 1930

Which of the following best describes the relationship of ideas such as those in the excerpt to the broader Progressive reform movement of the era

The ideas in the excerpt challenged the racial stereotypes held by many White Progressive reformer.

The conflict described in the excerpt is most similar to conflict in what other period

The period from after the First World War through the 1920s

Beveridge's ideas in the excerpt best support which of the following positions commonly expressed at the time

The right of the United States to assert power over foreign lands is God given.

Which of the following is a limitation of using the excerpt to study the long-term influences on United States involvement overseas in the early 1900s

The speech was given during the period when this development occurred

Which of the following best characterizes the muckrakers of the early twentieth century

They were leading critics of urban boss politics

Which of the following is true of American women during the Second World War

Those who took industrial jobs learned new skills and earned better pay than in jobs previously open to them.

Many anti-imperialists opposed the annexation of the Philippines in 1898 because they believed that

United States colonialism in the Philippines was incompatible with the American belief in self-determination

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was most interested in unionizing which of the following

Unskilled and semiskilled factory workers

During the 1930's, the Great Depression led to

a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

Margaret Sanger is best known for her

advocacy for birth control

Roosevelt's speech was most likely intended to increase public support for

aiding the Allies in the Europe during the Second World War

The purpose of the immigration restriction acts passed in the 1920s was to

favor northern and western European immigration

During the Second World War, Japanese Americans were relocated because of

fear of possible subversive activity against the war effort

The leaders of the Progressive movement were primarily

middle-class reformers concerned with urban and consumer issues

During the Great Depression, "Hoovervilles" were

shantytowns of unemployed and homeless people.

The United States home front during the First World War was marked by an increase in all of the following except

support of individual liberties by the supreme court.

The Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States upheld the constitutionality of

the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity

Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast of the United States in early 1942 were sent to internment camps on the alleged grounds that they

were a potential threat to the security of the United States

The "Going to talk to the boss" cartoon portrays President Wilson trying to

arouse public support for the Treaty of Versailles

Between 1890 and 1910, the United States most strongly pursued a foreign policy promoting

commercial involvement in both Latin American and eastern Asia.

The "political radicalism" referred to in the excerpt was most directly a response to the experience of

economic depression

The American home front in the Second World War is best described as

economically invigorated by military spending

By the 1910s, the conditions described in the excerpt were most addressed by

efforts of middle-class reformers