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In January 1917, President Woodrow Wilson, in a speech before Congress
A. suggested the creation of the League of Nations in the postwar period.
In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from
All the answers are correct
In the 1912 presidential election results,
E. Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote.
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930
E. none of the above
In 1947, the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was
E. the movie industry.
President Theodore Roosevelt's policies, in regard to Asia, were intended
E. to prevent both China and Russia from becoming dominant there.
n 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action
E. tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president.
Following World War II, the great majority of working American women
E. wanted to keep working.
The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s
E. was a product of changing environmental conditions
The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933
E. was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.
until the early 1950s, the country the United States assisted in trying to control Vietnam was
France
In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned his office because of
None of the answers are correct
In the early 1970s, the passage of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts
None of the answers are correct.
The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai
None of the answers are correct.
The U.S dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945 after
a. The Japanese failed to provide a response to the first bomb
All f the following were Allied advances in intelligence-gathering in WWII EXCEPT the
a. creation of the Purple machine for coded communications
In WWII, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to
a. mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions
the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was in response to
alleged attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyers
The Environmental Protection Agency was created
in 1970 by Richard Nixon.
the Cuban missile crisis ended after President John Kennedy agreed to
not invade Cuba
President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program
provided benefits to all seniors regardless of need
in early 1960s, the SNCC was formed primarily by
college students
the Housing Act of 1961 provided federal funds for all of the following EXCEPT the
construction of low-income public housing
During WWII, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created
b. by President Roosevelt to stop black protesters from marchin on the capital
Throughout the late 1960s,
opposition in the United States to the Vietnam War intensified.
President Lyndon Johnson's first major foreign policy test came in 1961 during a crisis in
the Dominican Republic
in 1961 President John Kennedy believed the major struggle against communism in the future would be waged in
the Third World
in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis,
the United States ordered a naval and air blockade of Cuba
the political decline of Senator Joseph McCarthy began when he investigated
the army
George Kennan stated the "most disastrous" undertaking in United States' history involved
A. Vietnam.
In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca,
A. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally.
The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed
A. a populist administration for ordinary Americans
As a result of the service of African American soldiers in World War I
A. activism by blacks for their rights increased.
One of the chief obstacles in John Kennedy's presidential bid in 1960 was his
A. religion.
Beginning in February 1928 and lasting through most of 1929, the American stock market
A. saw the number of shares traded daily soar
During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
A. sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
A. sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.
In the 1930s, industrial unionism was
A. strengthened, partly, by New Deal legislation.
The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with
A. the Agricultural Marketing Act
When President Woodrow Wilson presented the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate,
A. the American public clearly supported its ratification.
All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT
A. the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
Prior to the United States' construction of the Panama Canal
A. the French had tried but failed to build a canal at the same site.
In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for
A. the Soviet Union.
All of the following statements regarding the internment of Japanese Americans in the U.S. during WWII are true EXCEPT
A. the U.S. government had never admitted wrongdoing
Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was
A. the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years.
In March 1917, the United States moved closer to entering the Great War when
A. the czarist government of Russia was overthrown.
During the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT
A. the urban middle class.
The election of 1920 saw
A. voters turn away from idealism and toward "normalcy."
Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech
A. was given during the largest civil rights demonstration in the nation's history to that point.
In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft
A. was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him.
U.S. aid through the Marshall Plan
A. was offered to the Soviet Union.
During the mid-1940s, the American economy
A. was plagued by serious inflation.
The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II
A. was pro-Western.
The 1962 Cuban missile crisis saw the
B. United States order a naval and air blockade of Cuba.
"Dollar Diplomacy" is associated primarily with the administration of
B. William Howard Taft.
In 1945, Joseph Stalin's vision of a postwar world in which great powers would control strategic areas of interest was largely shared by
B. Winston Churchill.
In 1919, American labor unrest saw
B. a general strike in Seattle that brought city to a standstill.
As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt
B. added extensive areas of land to the national forest system.
In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson responded to mounting inflation at home by
B. agreeing to large funding reductions in Great Society programs.
In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by
B. airlifting supplies to West Berlin.
The National Liberation Front was
B. also known in the United States as the Viet Cong.
President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" included
B. an end to secret treaties.
In the United States during World War I, the Committee on Public Information (CPI)
B. became increasingly sensationalist in its information campaign.
The Truman administration responded in 1950 to the onset of fighting in Korea by
B. calling on the United Nations to intervene.
Throughout the Vietnam War, the "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was
B. continually moved by the North Vietnamese.
The Social Security Act of 1935
B. did not begin making payments to participants for years.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
B. gave President Lyndon Johnson wide latitude to escalate the conflict.
Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
B. gave the government authority to force employers to accept labor unions.
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935
B. gave the government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions.
During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas
B. generally experienced conditions that were in most respects little better than in the South
As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover
B. grew less willing to increase federal spending
During the progressive era, the Socialist Party of America
B. grew stronger.
In 1935, Senator Huey Long
B. had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest Americans.
During President Franklin Roosevelt's early days in office,
B. he promised to take drastic, even warlike, action against economic conditions.
During the late eighteen months of Woodrow Wilson's presidency
B. he was essentially an invalid.
During the progressive era, reformers of city government frequently tried to
B. hire professionally trained business managers or engineers as city managers.
The Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to
B. housing discrimination.
The so-called "Zimmermann telegram"
B. included a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico.
Prior to ordering the use of atomic bomb against Japan, President Harry Truman
B. issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or face utter devastation
In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans
B. left the United States entirely
During World War I, the Council of National Defense eventually organized the national economy by creating
B. local defense councils.
The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken
B. political parties.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
B. put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas.
In 1945, when the United States Senate considered the proposed United Nations, it
B. quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.
During WWII, Germany held the technological edge over the Allies in
B. rocket-propelled bombs
The 1961 Vienna summit between the United States and the Soviet Union
B. saw Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev make a veiled threat of war.
The economic pressures caused by the Great Depression
B. saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women
In his political program known as the "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson believed trusts
B. should be destroyed.
The assassin of Robert Kennedy had been angered by Kennedy's
B. statements in favor of Israel.
In 1956, the United States' interest in South Vietnam
C. had made the country a recipient of large amounts of American aid.
During the Great Depression, Asian Americans
C. had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest
During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,
C. he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities.
In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that
C. helped pave the way for the Social Security system.
Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because
C. in 1904 he had promised not to run again.
At the beginning of 1964, the Lyndon Johnson administration
C. inherited a substantial American commitment to maintain South Vietnam.
Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member in American history, was secretary of
C. labor.
During the World War I, the United States military effort in Europe
C. lasted only a few months but suffered light casualties compared to the other combatants.
By 1945, the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had
C. little popular support.
During the Bay of Pigs operation, President John Kennedy decided to withhold
C. military air support.
The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was the
C. military invasion by North Korea into South Korea.
Many progressives, such as Lincoln Steffens, believed that the first target of reform should be
C. municipal governments.
The election of 1936
C. produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party.
President Harry Truman's actions after the 1946 election included
C. proposing a major civil rights bill.
Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C. protected the assets of small bank depositors.
Under the New Deal, African Americans
C. received more sympathy than under most previous administrations.
The 1946 elections
C. saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress.
As a result of the Great Depression, the social values in the United States
C. seemed to change relatively little
All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT
C. significant reduction in poverty in the region.
The Supreme Court, in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,
C. struck down reform legislation.
All of the following actions were initiated by President John Kennedy EXCEPT
C. the CIA plan to overthrow Fidel Castro.
In 1961, President Lyndon Johnson's first major foreign policy test came during a crisis in
C. the Dominican Republic.
All of the following statements regarding Korea are true EXCEPT that
C. the United States left Korea in 1946.
One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that
C. the national government assumed responsibility for the basic welfare of the people.
In 1956, scheduled national elections for Vietnam were cancelled because
C. the pro-Western government in South Vietnam refused to hold them.
President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by
C. urging voluntary cooperation from business leaders
During WWII, the Allied development of the Gee navigation system
C. used electronic pulses to plot course location
New Deal policy toward American Indians, as led by John Collier,
C. was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism.
During WWII, the National Defense Research Committee
C. was headed by a scientist who was a pioneer in the development of the computer
The 1913 Underwood-Simmons Tariff
C. was intended to weaken the power of business trusts.
The Selective Service Act in the United States
C. was supported by President Woodrow.
American casualties in World War I.
C. were as likely to be fro disease as from combat.
In 1968, anti-war protesters at the Democratic convention in Chicago
C. were attacked by police in a bloody riot.
In the early 1970s, the CIA played a major role in destabilizing a leftist government in
Chile
The Immigration Act of 1965
E. eliminated rules which gave preference to immigrants from northern Europe.
The policy idea behind "Dollar Diplomacy was to
E. extend investments and influence of the United States in less-developed regions.
In the election of 1916, supporters of Woodrow Wilson
E. hinted that his Republican opponent would lead the nation into war.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from
E. his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court.
All the following statements regarding the New Deal and women are true EXCEPT that
E. in general, women were major critics of the New Deal.
A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of Americans believed atomic power would
E. in the long run, do more good than harm.
All of the following statements regarding the 1968 Tet offensive are true EXCEPT
E. it saw Saigon fall to the communists.
In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to
E. none of the above
Only weeks after taking office, President Lyndon Johnson declared a "war" on
E. poverty.
During World War I, the United States government primarily financed the war through
E. public bond sales and new taxes.
The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board
E. raised interest rates
Which of the following did the National War Labor Board, established in 1918, NOT grant to American workers?
E. recognition of the right to strike.
During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government
E. refused to intervene in the dispute.
The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT
E. set price and wage floors for most major industries.
The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"
E. stated that England and England alone was exempted from the Monroe Doctrine.
In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
E. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially
The election of 1952 saw
E. television play a role in the campaign.
All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that
E. the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans
As the United States entered World War I, its most immediate military effect was in
E. the Atlantic Ocean.
By the end of 1938,
E. the New Deal had largely come to an end.
In 1961, President John Kennedy believed the major struggle against communism in the future would be waged in
E. the Third World.
In the years immediately following World War II, the United States policy toward Asia led
E. the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.
The immediate spark for hostilities in Europe in 1914 was
E. the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for
E. the direct primary, initiative, and referendum.
A significant issue in the 1944 election was
E. the domestic economy
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
E. was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court.
The Works Progress Administration of 1935
E. was much larger than previous programs of its kind.
In 1919, the Red Scare in the United States
E. was partly motivated by a series of bombings.
In 1963, the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem
E. was supported by the Kennedy administration.
which of the following individuals was NOT at one point a candidate in the 1968 Democratic primaries
George McGovern
In the 1972 presidential campaign, an assassin attempted to kill the candidate
George Wallace
in 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered the same day
George Wallace tried to prevent black students from enrolling in the University of Alabama
The South Vietnam government in Saigon finally collapsed during the presidency of
Gerald Ford
in 1954, the Eisenhower administration ordered the CIA to help overthrow the government of
Guatemala
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, was named to the court by
Ronald Reagan.
During the Great Depression,
A. the divorce rate declined
in 1961, President John Kennedy saw legislative success in
tariff reductions
The Equal Pay Act
was passed by Congress in 1963
by the end of 1967, the number of American troops in Vietnam had surpassed
500,000
In 1919, all of the following figures were at the Paris Peace Conference EXCEPT
A. Alexander Kerensky of Russia.
On the eve of the Great War, the chief rivalry in Europe was between
A. Germany and Great Britain.
The 1968 Democratic candidate for president was
A. Hubert Humphrey.
John Collier is associated with New Deal
A. Indian policies.
The Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of President John Kennedy concluded
A. Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of Kennedy.
Of the following, the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss primarily helped the political career of
A. Richard Nixon.
To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the
A. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In January 1966, highly publicized hearings airing criticisms of the war were staged by
A. Senator William Fulbright.
Joseph McCarthy burst into national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the
A. State Department.
During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World
A. advocated a single union for all workers.
The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was in response to
A. alleged attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyers.
In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted
A. automatic payroll deductions
In 1968, George Wallace ran for president
A. based on a variety of conservative grievances.
World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States
A. because the war generated anti-radial feelings in the country.
All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political coalition EXCEPT
A. big business owners.
In the 1931 Scottsboro court case saw
A. black teenagers accused of rape by two white women
In the 1960s, the philosophy of "black power"
A. called for an increased awareness of racial differences.
In 1914, when war erupted in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson
A. called on the American public to be completely impartial.
The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating
A. child labor.
In the early 1960s, the primary membership of SNCC was
A. college students.
As Herbert Hoover began his presidency, he
A. considered the country's economic future bright
The Housing Act of 1961 provided federal funds for all of the following EXCEPT
A. construction of low-income public housing.
The Federal Reserve Act
A. created a new type of paper currency.
During World War I, technologically-advanced submarines used engines powered by
A. diesel.
In designing the structure of the new United Nations, planners called for
A. each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others.
Marcus Garvey
A. encouraged African Americans to reject assimilation into white society.
The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919
A. gained momentum as a result of World War I.
In 1910, in Osawatomie, Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for
A. greater activism by the federal government.
The 1964 murder of civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney
A. implicated local law enforcement officials in the crime.
In 1932, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
A. lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral
During the 1930s, American literature
A. offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies
During the Great Depression in the rural United States,
A. one-third of all farmers lost their land
In his dealings with Pancho Villa, President Woodrow Wilson
A. ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa.
In 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, Congress
A. passed a graduated income tax.
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
A. permitted the "union shop."
The Economy Act of 1933
A. proposed to balance the federal budget and cut government workers' salaries.
During its first year, the Civil Works Administration
A. put four million people to work.
During the Korean War, the Truman administration faced major strikes in the industries of
A. rail and steel.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
A. was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history.
The 1968 presidential election results
A. were extremely close.
In 1919, the radical climate in the United States
A. worsened in both the North and South.
As a result of the Vietnam War,
All the answers are correct
As part of his domestic agenda, President Richard Nixon
All the answers are correct
By the early twenty-first century, gay men and lesbians in the United States
All the answers are correct
In 1969 and 1970, President Richard Nixon sought to bring the Vietnam War to a close by
All the answers are correct
In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment
All the answers are correct
In 1972, two Washington Post reporters uncovered evidence linking the Watergate break-in to
All the answers are correct
In 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
All the answers are correct
In the 1960s and 1970s, the agenda of the political Left included
All the answers are correct
Factors in the rise of the civil rights movement included
All these answers are correct
Erskine Caldwell's _______, which later became a long-running Broadway play, was an exposé of poverty in the rural South.
B. Tobacco Road
In 1967, the number of American troops in Vietnam had surpassed
B. 500,000.
In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT
B. It Happened One Night
During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included
B. New York's Tammany Hall
In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in
B. Poland.
After the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905
B. President Roosevelt sent a fleet of ships around the world, including to Japan, as a show of force.
In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw
B. President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination.
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to become a candidate for president because
B. Robert La Follette had been working to secure the nomination for himself.
In 1961, President John Kennedy saw most of his legislative success in the area of
B. tariff reductions.
The "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" is to be associated with
B. the Spanish Civil War
The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated
B. the United States must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world.
During the recession of 1937,
B. the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration.
For western states, the most important target of reform energies was
B. the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states.
Under the terms of the 1954 Geneva Conference accords, Vietnam was
B. to hold elections in 1956.
Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT
B. vice president of the United States
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 primarily focused on the issue of
B. voting rights.
During the 1930s, the sit-down strike
B. was a new and controversial labor tactic.
In 1932, the Farmers' Holiday Association
B. was essentially a farmers' strike
During President Woodrow Wilson's first term, Colonel Edward House
B. was one of Wilson's closest advisors.
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program
B. was similar in design to the Social Security system.
The temperance crusade
B. was supported by business employers.
When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt
B. was the youngest American ever to hold the office.
the correct chronological order of the following events
Bay of Pigs, Vienna summit, Berlin Wall, Cuban missile
When Joseph McCarthy first leveled charges of communist infiltration in the government, he was a
C. first-term Republican senator.
In 1961, the "freedom rides" sponsored by CORE attempted to
C. force the desegregation of bus stations.
In 1945, the first atomic explosion took place in
C. Alamogordo, New Mexico
In World War II, one of the primary American commanders in the Pacific was
C. Chester Nimitz.
During the 1930s, the most important group within the Popular Front was the
C. Communist Party
In the 1944 elections,
C. Democrats increased their control of the House
The Sierra Club was founded by
C. John Muir.
In regards to the assassination of President John Kennedy,
C. Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed while in police custody.
In 1965, the first major race riot in the United States since World War II took place in
C. Los Angeles.
The most prominent exponent of black nationalism following World War I was
C. Marcus Garvey.
The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the
C. Rural Electrification Administration.
Lyndon Johnson was similar to John Kennedy in his
C. active use of power.
All the following statements regarding the "zones of occupation" of Germany in 1945 are true EXCEPT that
C. all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control.
In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone, the United States
C. assisted a revolution in Panama.
During WWII, the U.S. military
C. began to relax its practices of racial segregation
In the fall of 1915, President Woodrow Wilson
C. began to support a rapid increase of the nation's armed forces.
In 1947, the Truman administration responded to Republican attacks that it was weak on communism by
C. beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees.
By the fall of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson
C. believed his reform program had largely been accomplished.
Great Society reforms
C. contributed to the greatest reduction in poverty in American history.
During World War I, the War Industries Board (WIB)
C. coordinated government purchases of military supplies.
In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was
C. declining
During the Progressive Era some supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters
C. deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s all of the following occurred due to American Indian activism EXCEPT
Congress granted reservations "independent nation" status within the United States.
All of the following statements regarding Latinos in the United States are true EXCEPT
Cuban immigrants in the 1980s were more well-to-do than their counterparts in the 1960s.
In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio was one of the worst in the nation, at
D. 80 percent
All of the following were progressive reformers from western states EXCEPT
D. Alfred E. Smith.
The 1968 Tet offensive
D. All the answers are correct.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
D. All the answers are correct.
During WWII, Congress abolished the
D. CCC and WPA
The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was
D. Eleanor Roosevelt.
During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
D. Eugene V. Debs.
In 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered the same day
D. George Wallace tried to prevent black students from enrolling in the University of Alabama.
In 1914, the "Triple Entente" consisted of
D. Great Britain, France, and Russia.
All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT that
D. Hiss was convicted of espionage.
In World War I, the American Expeditionary Force was commanded by
D. John Pershing.
The 1964 election saw
D. Lyndon Johnson receive a larger plurality than any candidate before or since.
President Harry Truman initially decided to "get tough" with the Soviet Union
D. after his first few days in office.
In 1949, President Harry Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass
D. aid for public housing.
During the 1930s, the left in the United States
D. all of the above
In 1965, Malcolm X
D. belonged to the Nation of Islam for a time.
Immediately following World War I, the American economy
D. boomed for many months.
President Theodore Roosevelt defined "civilized" and "uncivilized" nations on the basis of
D. both race and economic development.
The principle New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of
D. cash assistance.
Much of Father Charles Coughlin's outspoken criticism of the Roosevelt administration revolved around the issue of
D. changing the banking and currency system.
All of the following factors were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT
D. conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans
In the American West, New Deal programs
D. disproportionately benefited the region, with more funding than any other part of the country.
In 1914-1915, the United States responded to a British naval blockade of Germany by
D. ending trade with Germany but continuing trade with Great Britain.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
D. established a national minimum wage.
During WWII, the War Production Board
D. favored large over small contractors
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
D. gave economic and education subsidies to veterans.
The Johnson administration's Office of Economic Opportunity
D. included a controversial community action program.
In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,.
D. it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.
During the 1930s, in regards to radio,
D. listening was often a community experience
In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party
D. lost a significant portion of its membership
In February 1960, the first "sit-in" demonstration protesting segregation was held at a
D. lunch counter.
Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the
D. meatpacking industry.
The Cuban missile crisis ended after President John Kennedy agreed to
D. not invade Cuba.
In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers, President Theodore Roosevelt
D. ordered federal arbitration.
The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War
D. prompted President Truman to try to push communists out of North Korea.
After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States
D. refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America
Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt
D. refused to make any agreements with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover
After Democrats won control of Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover
D. refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief
During the progressive era, W.E.B. Du Bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that
D. seeking legal challenges to civil injustice through white-dominated courts was a pointless exercise.
In the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon called for
D. stability and national law and order.
The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of
D. state legislatures.
In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,
D. strict regulations were imposed on factory owners
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt decided
D. that he should try to balance the federal budget.
In 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor,
D. the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions.
All of the following was a part of the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama EXCEPT
D. the resignation of Governor George Wallace.
President Woodrow Wilson's request to Congress for a declaration of war
D. took place two weeks after German submarines had torpedoed three American ships.
President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court.
D. was eventually defeated in Congress.
In Vietnam, the American "pacification" strategy
D. was replaced by the more heavy-handed "relocation" strategy.
The diplomatic efforts of President Woodrow Wilson toward Latin America
D. were similar to those of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
During the drought of the 1930s, the Great Plains were called the "________."
Dust Bowl
In the early twentieth century, eugenics
E supported the restriction of immigration by nationality
All of the following statements regarding Allied development of an atomic bomb during WWII are true EXCEPT
E. Albert Einstein was in charge of the program
After the United States entered the World War I,
E. All these answers are correct.
At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on
E. All these answers are correct.
The National Security Act of 1947
E. All these answers are correct.
The brilliant lawyer Louis D. Brandies, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the "curse of bigness"
E. All these answers are correct.
In the 1930s, all of the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT
E. Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
The correct chronological order of the following events is
E. Bay of Pigs, Vienna summit, Berlin Wall, Cuban missile crisis.
In the 1930s, the largest Japanese American and Chinese American populations were found in
E. California
At the Tehran Conference in late 1943,
E. Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months.
All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the
E. Interstate Commerce Act.
In Vietnam, the American military "attrition" strategy
E. None of the answers are correct.
In the 1960 presidential election results,
E. None of the answers are correct.
In the summer of 1967, racial conflicts in the United States
E. None of the answers are correct.
As president, William Howard Taft
E. None of these answers is correct.
Which statement regarding the controversy over Hetch Hetchy Valley is FALSE?
E. Theodore Roosevelt led the fight in favor of building a dam at Hetch Hetchy.
The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was
E. Will Hays
Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt
E. became increasingly concerned, though not without hope, that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements.
During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt
E. became more willing to attack corporate interests openly.
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson responded to an attack on Pleiku by
E. bombing North Vietnam.
Legislation to prohibit segregation in all public accommodations was proposed
E. by Kennedy and approved during the Johnson administration.
In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed
E. by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal.
In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt
E. closed all banks for a short period.
The Federal Trade Commission Act
E. created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government.
The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the
E. creation of a unified West Germany.
The initial response by the American public to the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur was
E. criticism of President Truman.
In 1973, allegations of misconduct by Richard Nixon were made by presidential advisor
John Dean
In the mid-1960s, the American "beautification" campaign was closely associated with
Lady Bird Johnson.
Which of the following is true of the assassination of President John Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed while in police custody
which of the following is true of the assassination of President John Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed while in police custody
in 1960, the city in the United States with the largest Mexican American population was
Los Angeles
the 1964 election saw
Lyndon Johnson receive a larger plurality than any candidate before or since
In the 1972 presidential election,
Richard Nixon carried every state but one.
Martin Luther King Jr. was leader of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
In 1973, American Indian activists occupied an old Indian battle site of
Wounded Knee.
President Richard Nixon believed United States foreign policy should work towards
a balance of power between several major nations.
the most significant and largest public works project of the federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower involved
a federal highway system
all of the following were factors in rising poverty rates in inner cities in the 1950's, EXCEPT
a growth of unskilled industrial jobs in these areas
President Richard Nixon's proposed Family Assistance Plan included
a guaranteed annual income for all Americans.
The costliest battle in history of the United States Marines Corps was the Battle of
a. Iwo Jima
Regarding European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States
a. refused to accept large numbers of refugees
In 1943, the country that presented for an immediate Allied invasion of France against Germany was
a. the Soviet Union
Most employed women during the war worked in
a. the service sector
The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf
a. was the largest naval engagement in history
After President Richard Nixon had appointed four new justices, the Supreme Court
actually increased its commitment to social reform.
In the mid-1960s, the National Organization of Women focused its efforts on
addressing the needs of women in the workplace.
In 1970, "Earth Day" was
an example of the popularization of environmentalism.
According to policies that became called the Nixon Doctrine, the United States would
assist in the development of friendly nations.
The key evidence in the determination of President Richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal were
audio tape recordings made of most conversations in the Oval Office.
In practice, the Nixon Doctrine led the United States to increase its support of
authoritarian regimes.
The ________ and ________ industries were both experiencing economic declines prior to the stock market crash.
automobile; farming
Which of the following is true of organized American labor during WWII?
b. "wildcat" strikes were the most common
In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the
b. Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass
During World War II, the United States Army chief of staff was
b. George Marshall
During WWII, in the United States, all of the following social indicators experienced a rise in their rate of occurrence EXCEPT
b. high school enrollment
In April 1995, American and British forces halted their advance on Germany at the Elbe River
b. to wait for the Russian army to arrive
Over the course of WWII, inflation in the United States
b. was much less serious a problem than it had been during WWI
in 1968, George Wallace ran for president
based on a variety of conservative grievances
Ecology rests primarily on the assumption that nature should be preserved
because humans need to maintain the interrelated balance of life.
By 1973, there was mounting evidence that President Richard Nixon had
been part of the cover-up of the break-in.
In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program, which
c. admitted Mexican contract laborers into the US for a limited time
The US government acquired definite knowledge of the Holocaust
c. as early as 1942
In 1942-1943, the British and American War effort against the Nazis concentrated on
c. fighting in North Africa and southern Europe
In WWII, the United States military services
c. quietly tolerated illicit heterosexual relationships
Betty Friedan's 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique,
gave a voice to a reemerging women's rights movement.
in the 1960's, the philosophy of "black power"
called for an increased awareness of racial differences
in the 1960s, the philosophy of "black power"
called for an increased awareness of racial differences
In 1972, President Richard Nixon's visit to China
came after Taiwan was expelled from the United Nations.
in 1954, the United States voted to
censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct unbecoming a senator"
During WWII, organized labor in the United States
d. won automatic union memberships for new defense-plant workers
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful
During the Depression, probably because it was too expensive in those troubled times, the ________ rate decline.
divorce
After 1943, the US advanceds on Japan primarily with the aid of forces from
e. Australia and New Zealand
In 1971, President Richard Nixon believed an American withdrawal from Vietnam would
harm the credibility of himself and the nation.
During WWII, the regional impact of government spending was the greatest in
e. West
Which of the following is true of casualties in WWII?
e. all these answers are correct
The intent of President Richard Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy was to
have the South Vietnamese military do more of the fighting.
The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942
e. marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan
Between 1939 and 1945, the federal budget of the United states
e. rose over ten-fold
During WWII, American Indians
e. saw the war effort undermine efforts to revitalize tribal traditions
In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in 'relocation centers,'
e. there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk
the Immigration Act of 1965
eliminated rules that gave preference to immigrants from northern Europe
In the 1950s, the federal "termination" policy as applied to American Indians sought to
end their cultural distinctiveness.
The purpose of the 1969 Woodstock music festival was to
express the ideals of the counterculture philosophy.
Founded in 1968, the American Indian Movement (AIM)
focused on militant action
in 1961, the "freedom rides" sponsored by CORE attempted to
force the desegregation of bus stations
In 1972, the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.
In 1945, when Harry Truman became president, he
had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs.
in 1956, the United States' interest in South Vietnam
had made the country a recipient of large amounts of American aid
The 1969 "Stonewall Riot" is to be associated with the civil rights movement for
homosexuals
In 1971, President Richard Nixon responded to mounting economic problems by
imposing a freeze on all wages and prices.
the Johnson administration's Office of Economic Oppurtunity
included a controversial community action program
the Johnson administration
inherited a substantial American commitment to maintain South Vietnam
the Soviet Union's announcement in 1960 that it had shot down an American U-2 spy plane
led Soviet Premier Khrushchev to withdraw his invitation to Eisenhower to visit Moscow
as a part of his economic agenda, President Dwight Eisenhower
lowered federal support for farm prices
the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956
marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest
In the 1960s, the area of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was in
music
Between 1950 and 1970, the Indian population of the United States
nearly doubled
In 1972, the Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the
offices of the Democratic National Committee.
After the 1972 election, President Richard Nixon, to prompt a peace settlement with North Vietnam,
ordered an increase in the aerial bombing of North Vietnam.
The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Furman v. Georgia (1972)
overturned existing capital punishment statutes.
Rachel Carson's 1962 book, Silent Spring helped launch the modern environmental movement by focusing on the problems concerning
pesticides
In 1928, Herbert Hoover predicted an end to ________ in America was near.
poverty
Michael Harrington's 1962 book, the Other America, focused on the problems of
poverty
only weeks after taking office, President Lyndon Johnson declared a "war" on
poverty
In the 1960s, the youth counterculture
presented a fundamental challenge to American middle-class society.
Students for a Democratic Society was formed
primarily by white college students.
The Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
required authorities to inform a criminal suspect of his or her legal rights.
the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, involved all of the following EXCEPT the
resignation of Governor George Wallace
In 1974, Richard Nixon left the presidency after he
resigned
The so-called Pentagon Papers
revealed the government had misled the public regarding the progress of the war.
In 1972, diplomat Henry Kissinger announced that "peace is at hand"
right before the American presidential election.
"Stagflation" refers to
rising prices and a weak economy.
The Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale (1962)
ruled prayers in public schools were unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer regardless of their ability to pay.
the 1961 Vienna summit between the United States and the Soviet Union
saw Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev make a veiled threat of war
The Yom Kippur War of 1973
saw an American ally face a surprise attack.
In 1972, the United States' "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam
saw the United States suffer, by far, its greatest loss of bombers in the war.
in the civil rights movement, the spirit of "massive resistance" is associated with the actions of
southern whites
Robert Kennedy's assassin had apparently been angered by Kennedy's
statements in favor of Israel
In the year prior to its crash, the ________ had been soaring upward.
stock market
in his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the dangers of
the "military-industrial complex"
between 1945 and 1959, U.S. policy in the Middle East saw
the CIA engineer a coup that brought the shah of Iran to power
all of the following actions were initiated by President John Kennedy EXCEPT
the CIA plan to overthrow Fidel Castro
In April 1970, the antiwar movement was recharged by
the invasion by the United States of Cambodia.
All of the following statements regarding poverty in America between 1950 and 1960 are true EXCEPT that
the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade
in 1957, the effort to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, required
the presence of federal troops to enforce court orders
The 1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose called for
the preservation of Indian heritage.
in 1956, scheduled national elections for Vietnam was cancelled because
the pro-Western government in South Vietnam refused to hold them
In 1964, a dispute broke out at the University of California at Berkeley over
the rights of students to engage in free speech.
In the 1970s, the Nixon administration believed the world's most volatile region to be
the so-called Third World.
In 1973, the so-called "Saturday night massacre" involved President Richard Nixon's firing of
the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate case
Under the terms of the Geneva Conference accords, Vietnam was
to hold elections in 1956
Between 1960 and 1970, the Latino population of the United States
tripled
The Supreme Court in the case United States v. Richard Nixon (1974) ruled that Nixon must
turn over evidence to the special prosecutor.
The Supreme Court case Bakke v. Board of Regents of California (1978)
upheld the principle of affirmative action, with restrictions
under John Foster Dulles's policy of "massive retaliation," announced in 1954, the United States would
use nuclear weapons against communist aggression
the Civil Rights Act of 1965 primarily focused on the issue of
voting rights
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
was amended for the benefit of women.
The Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade (1973)
was based on a new legal interpretation of privacy rights.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech
was given during the greatest civil rights demonstration in the nation's history
The Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade (1973)
was one of the most controversial decisions in modern court history.
in Vietnam, the American "pacification" strategy
was replaced by the more heavy-handed "relocation" strategy
the 1964 murder of civil rights activist Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney
was supported by local police
The overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963
was supported by the Kennedy administration
in 1968, antiwar protestors at the Democratic convention in Chicago
were attacked by police in a bloody riot
In the 1960s, the radical group known as "Weathermen"
were involved in college bombings that claimed several lives.
In 1969, President Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court
were twice rejected by the Senate.
