Bio

In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone, the United States

assisted a revolution in Panama.

Thorstein Veblen argued that

modern societies should rely on a handful of experts to solve their social problems

Regarding divorce in the U.S. during the progressive era, by 1916

more than ten percent of all marriages ended in divorce

Throughout the 1920s, the federal government

saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government

The economic pressures caused by the Great Depression

saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women

Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the U.S. economy

saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities

In the election of 1924, among the political parties,

the Democratic Party was seriously divided

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT

the Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Prior to the United States' construction of the Panama Canal,

the French had tried but failed to build a canal at the same site.

By the end of 1938,

the New Deal had largely come to an end.

The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between

the Old Guard and what was to become the "Bull Moose"

After Pullman strike,

the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was used against unions

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with

the Spanish Civil War

In 1904, Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on

the Standard Oil trust

During the Progressive Era, significant voting rights for women were first won in

the West

The immediate spark for hostilities in Europe in 1914 was

the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

During the progressive era, W.E.B. Du Bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that

the principal tool for gaining civil rights was to elect blacks to public office

The 1913 Undrwood-Simmons Tariff

was intended to weaken the power of business trusts

Calvin Coolidge

was less active a president than Warren Harding

The Works Progress Administration of 1935

was much larger than previous programs of its kind

In the 1930s, the largest Japanese American and Chinese American populations were found in

California

Which of the following is TRUE of working in a factory?

Children worked in unsafe conditions

During the 1920s, all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and Southwest EXCEPT the

Chinese

A nativist would agree with which of the following?

Chinese Exclusion Act

The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was

Eleanor Roosevelt

The all of the following happened during the Homestead Strike EXCEPT

Eugene V. Debs was arrested

During the Progressive Era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was

Eugene V. Debs.

As president, William Howard Taft found himself pleasing the progressives and alienating the conservatives within his own party.

F

Between 1914 and 1916, the United States gradually transformed itself from a neutral country into an arsenal of the Allies.

F

Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge failed to serve out their presidential terms

F

Both the Agricultural Marketing Act and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff provided significant help to American farmers.

F

By 1936, the black vote had become evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.

F

During the 1930s, the smaller steel companies were more willing to accommodate unions than were the large steel companies.

F

Flappers would best be associated with the rural, religious fundamentalism of the 1920s.

F

Following the "great crash," the Federal Reserve system lowered interest rates in an effort to revive the American economy

F

H. L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald are all examples of writers who promoted a return of the progressive reform spirit in American society

F

Herbert Hoover was Secretary of the Treasury under Harding and Coolidge.

F

Modernism in art attempted to replicate objects with photographic precision

F

Passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote, marked the beginning of a new era of progressive reform.

F

President Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" brought stability to Latin America.

F

President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" did not at first include a call for a League of Nations.

F

Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had never held elective office.

F

Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

F

Prohibition did not allow for any exceptions in the sale or consumption of alcohol

F

The Agricultural Adjustment Act did not bring about a rise in farm prices in the years immediately following its passage in 1933.

F

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.

F

The Harlem Renaissance refers to a group of African American actors in the silent films of the 1920s.

F

The National Industrial Recovery Act sought to tighten antitrust provisions and make important concessions to labor.

F

The New Deal incorporated the ideas of racial equality as well as economic recovery.

F

The Red Scare was primarily the result of anti-radical actions by various state governments.

F

The War Industries Board, which coordinated government purchases of military supplies, was headed by Herbert Hoover.

F

The new middle class of the turn of the century placed a high value on moral values, but not on formal education.

F

The political popularity of the Socialist Party peaked shortly after the end of World War I.

F

The presidential election of 1920 showed that America wanted to take its place as a world leader and continue Wilson's vision of international cooperation.

F

The staple of radio broadcasting during the 1930s was news

F

The wild acclaim given by the European public to President Wilson allowed him to dominate the terms of the Paris Peace Conference.

F

Under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the code writing was to be done by Congress

F

Unlike Roosevelt, who wanted to destroy the major trusts, Wilson sought to accept their existence but use the federal government to regulate them.

F

When the United States entered World War I, Germany was near defeat.

F

During the Progressive Era, employers were generally unconcerned about the problem of alcohol.

False

In order to ease economic problems in Europe, the U.S. government reduced Europe's debts to America stemming from World War I.

False

One of the most important social changes of the war years was the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to California to work in defense plants and shipyards. This became known as the "Great Migration."

False

Progressives tended to believe that the doctrine of Social Darwinism was the correct starting point for creating a better world.

False

The direct primary and the recall were both reforms designed to enhance the power of political parties in the United States.

False

The secret ballot enhanced the power of the two-party system over the average voter.

False

In 1920, passage of the Nineteenth Amendment

Gave women the right to vote

In March 1917, the United States moved closer to entering the Great War after

German U-boats torpedoed three American ships

New Immigrants came from all the following places EXCEPT

Germany

The country that lost the greatest number of lives in World War I was

Germany

The first director of the National Forest Service was

Gifford Pinchot

In 1914, the "Triple Entente" consisted of

Great Britain, France, and Russia

In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to

N

During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included

New York's Tammany Hall

The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the

Rural Electrification Administration

To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the

Securities and Exchange Commission

During the 1920s, when $1,800 was considered the minimum annual income for a decent standard of living, the average annual income of a worker was approximately

$1,500

In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio, was one of the worst in the nation, at

80

The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with the

Agricultural Marketing Act

In 1919, the Big Four included all of the following figures at the Paris Peace Conference EXCEPT

Alexander Kerensky of Russia

During the 1920s, products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included

All

In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by

All

During the 1930s, the left in the United States

All of these answers are correct.

In 1920, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

All of these answers are correct.

During World War I, the new technologies of warfare

All these answers are correct

In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from

All these answers are correct

In the 1920s, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon succeeded inIn the 1920s, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon succeeded in

All these answers are correct

In the early twentieth century, the United States' actions toward Mexico included

All these answers are correct

Which of the following is true of the passage and application of the Eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited the sale of alcohol?

All these answers are correct

The brilliant lawyer Louis D. Brandeis, 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"

All these answers are correct.

During the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of

All these answers are correctI

In the years prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendmet

All these answers are corret

Ellis Island is to New York as __ is to San Fransisco.

Angel Island

In the 1930s, all the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT

Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen

The Bessemer process was used to make which cheaper?

Coal

Who coined the term Gilded Age?

Mark Twain and Charles Warner

The infamous Baltimore journalist of the 1920s who delighted in ridiculing religion, politics, the arts, and even democracy itself, was

H.L. Mencken

How did Eugene V. Debs assist railroad unions?

He formed the American Railroad Union (ARU)

Which of the following would a "Captain of Industry" agree with?

I created jobs and improved standard of living

John Collier is associated with New Deal

Indian policiesDuring the recession of 1937,

All of the following were passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

Interstate Commerce Act

In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT

It Happened One Nigh

Which of the following is NOT true of the Civil Service Act?

It was vetoed by President Arthur

Which president was assassinated because of the Patronage System?

James Garfield

The Gentleman's Agreement was between the U.S. and

Japan

In World War I, the American Expeditionary Force was commanded by

John J. Pershing

The Sierra Club was founded by

John Muir

Which of the following is NOT paired correctly.

Lewis Latimer - filament

The most prominent exponent of black nationalism following World War I was

Marcus Garvey

As president, William Howard Taft

None of these answers is correct

In 1918, President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" received significant political support from

None of these answers is correct

Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930)

None of these answers is correct.

In 1920, the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the United States was in

Pitsurgh

In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw

President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to become a candidate for president because

Robert La Follette had been working to secure the nomination for himself

During the 1920s, airplanes

were largely a source of entertainment

At the end of the 1930s, a higher percentage of black women were employed than were white women.

T

Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge took essentially passive approaches to the presidency

T

Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition

T

During his first term, President Roosevelt preferred work relief programs to those that simply provided cash assistance.

T

During the 1920s, union membership fell from over 5 million to under 3 million

T

Farm income declined by 60 percent between 1929 and 1932

T

Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide in 1932, but it was not clear what he would do as president.

T

High tariffs and low taxes were aspects of the Republican Formula to create an expanding economy in the 1920s

T

Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens could both be called muckrakers.

T

In early 1915, virtually the entire European continent was at war after the assassination of an Austrian archduke provided the spark to hostilities on the continent.

T

In his dealings with Mexico, President Wilson often ignored Mexican sovereignty.

T

In the 1920s, as agriculture brought millions of acres of new land under cultivation, three million people left the farm sector

T

In the year prior to its crash, the stock market had been soaring upward

T

Largely as a result of the New Deal, the Democratic Party grew massively in size and power.

T

Much of Franklin Roosevelt's early success as president was a result of his personality.

T

President Hoover did attempt to use federal spending to fight the Great Depression

T

Roosevelt's Court-packing plan came to be considered unnecessary by Congress once the Supreme Court began supporting New Deal legislation.

T

Settlement houses were typically built and staffed by middle-class reformers to help inner-city residents.

T

The American response to the war in Europe was to accept the British blockade of Germany and continue trading with Great Britain.

T

The New Deal was instrumental in maintaining government stability in a time of increasing global crisis.

T

The Scopes trial of 1925 resulted in a guilty verdict, but it also put fundamentalists on the defensive Correct!

T

The Social Security Act was part of what has been called the Second New Deal.

T

The Supreme Court declared both the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act to be unconstitutional.

T

The Zimmermann telegram proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany against the United States.

T

The majority of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class

T

Those blacks who migrated to northern cities during the Great Depression found conditions little better than in the South.

T

Although Wilson came up with the idea of a League of Nations and pushed for it at the Paris Peace Conference, the U.S. never officially joined the organization.

True

During the Progressive Era, some professionals used their entrance requirements to exclude blacks, women, immigrants, and other "undesirables" from their ranks.

True

The "new woman" was less likely to marry and more likely to divorce.

True

Theodore Roosevelt cooperated with J. P. Morgan during the Panic of 1907 to attempt to stabilize the economy.

True

The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was

Wil Hayes

Dollar Diplomacy" is associated primarily with the administration of

William Howard Taft

An oligopoly differs from a cartel in that

a cartel involves cooperation among businesses

As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself

a champion of business cooperation

In 1919, American labor unrest saw

a general strike in Seattle that brought the city to a standstill

The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed

a populist admiration for ordinary Americans

As a result of the service of African American soldiers in World War I,

activism by blacks for their rights increased

As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt

added extensive areas of land to the national forest system.

During the earlty 20th century, the Industrial Workers of the World

advocated single union for all workers

New Immigration occurred

after the Civil War

In sweatshops, people could expect which of the following?

all of the above

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

all of thesE

Lincoln's goal for Reconstruction was to

all of these

The Works Progress Administration provided federal assistance to

artists, sculptors, writers, and musicians

During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt

became more willing to attack corporate interests openly.

After World War I, the new Ku Klux Klan

became primarily concerned about Catholics, Jews, and foreigners

During World War I, extensive systems of trenches were used by both sides

because newly improved weaponry made conventional field battles too destructive.

After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

began another round of progressive legislation

The haymaker riot

began when an anarchist threw a bomb into police officers

At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists

believed in the transformational power of enlightened public opinion

During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills

All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political coalition EXCEPT

big-business owners

In the 1931 Scottsboro court case,

black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women

Which of the following was NOT a problem caused by rapid urbanization?

blackouts

President Theodore Roosevelt defined "civilized" and "uncivilized" nations on the basis of

both race and economic development

The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included

both the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington, and the injuring of over 100 marchers

Vertical integration involves al the following EXCEPT

buying up of the businesses the produce the same thing

Regarding organizing the professional during the Progressive Era

by 1916, all states had established professional bar associations

In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed

by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal

The Federal Trade Commission Act

created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government.

In 1914, when war erupted in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson

called on the American public to be completely impartia

President Woodrow Wilson's request to Congress for a declaration of war

called on the United States' responsibility to help secure a future of peace, justice, and self-governance

The primary New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of

cash assistance

Much of Father Charles Coughlin's outspoken criticism of the Roosevelt administration revolved around the issue of

changing the banking and currency system

Which was NOT a reason for the growth of cities in the late 1880s?

cheap land

The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating

child labor

Political machines did all the following EXCEPT

choose the president

n 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt

closed all banks for a short period

All the following factors contributed to the Great Depression EXCEPT

conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans

As Herbert Hoover began his presidency, he

considered the country's economic future bright

Political machines

controlled a political party

During World War I, the War Industries Board (WIB)

coordinated government purchases of military supplies

The Federal Reserve Act

created a new type of paper currency

The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle concerning the conflict between

creationism and evolution

In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

criticized the American obsession with material wealth

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935

gave government the authority to force employers to recognize and bargain with legitimate unions

Employers did all the following EXCEPT which to stop unions?

declare unions unconstitutional

In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was

declining

During the Progressive Era, supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women

The Social Security Act of 1935

did not begin making payments to participants for years

In the American West, New Deal programs

disproportionately benefited the region, with more funding than any other part of the country.

In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance

drew heavily from their African heritage

As a result of Johnson's Reconstruction Policies, Southern governments

enacted black codes

In 1914-1915, the United States responded to a British naval blockade of Germany by

ending trade with Germany but continuing trade with Great Britain.

The National Origins Act of 1924

entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

established a national minimum wage

a result of the Scopes trial of 1925, Correct Answer

fundamentalists reduced their political activism

During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban area

generally experienced conditions that were in most respects little better than in the South

During the 1920s, wages for American workers

generally rose at a rate far below increases in production and profits

During the 1920s, Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in

genetic research

Social Darwinists would agree with all of the following EXCEPT

government regulation of business

In 1910, in Osawatomie, Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for

greater activism by the federal government

As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover

grew less willing to increase federal spending

In the 1930s, the industrial union movement

grew more militant and powerful

In the 1930s, the Congress of Industrial Organizations

grew out of a dispute within the American Federation of Labor

During the Progressive Era, the Socialist Party of America

grew stronger

During the Progressive Era, the women's club movement

had a national organization to coordinate club activities

In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle

had a particular impact on urban lower-middle-class and working-class

In 1935, Senator Huey Long

had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest Americans

During the Great Depression, Asian Americans

had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest.

The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921

provided federal funds for child health care programs

Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part because

he failed to carry the South

the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration in 1932-1933.

he rapidly constructed an ambitious and diverse program of legislation to address the economic crisis

During the last eighteen months of Woodrow Wilson's presidency

he was essentially an invalid.

In the United States during World War I, the Committee on Public Information (CPI)

held a contest for a citizen to write an American's Creed

In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

helped pave the way for the Social Security system

Early labor unions

helped workers who could no longer work due to injury or disability

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from

his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court

Which is NOT a way southern governments kept blacks from voting

identification papers

Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because

in 1904 he had promised not to run again.

All the following statements regarding the New Deal and women are true EXCEPT that

in general, women were major critics of the New Deal

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) Correct Answer

included a $1.5 billion public works budget, and was created to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses.

The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT Correct Answer

increase competition between companies

Which is TRUE of the Patronage system?

it meant that an entire new set of workers be hired each new president elected

The disadvantage of division of labor was

it was monotonous and no sense of accomplishment

The term "muckrakers" referred to

journalists

Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member in American history, was secretary of

labor

During the first year of the National Recovery Administration,

large producers consistently dominated the code-writing process

In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans

left the United States entirely

In 1932, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral

During the 1930s, regarding radio,

listening was often a community experience

In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party

lost a significant portion of its membership

All the following statements regarding Al Smith are true EXCEPT that he

lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo

The Sedition Act of 1918

made illegal any public expression opposing the war

Which is NOT a way life changed between 1860 and 1900

mail service become much slower

sharp decline in farmers' incomes

many opportunities to join a union

As a result of the extravagant lifestyles of the wealthy,

many workers turned to the idea of socialism

Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the

meatpacking industry

In the 1920s, "behavioral" psychologists argued

mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children

During the progressive era, one of the first targest for political reformers was

municipal governments

The so-called "Zimmermann telegram"

ncluded a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico

In the workplace, the "open shop" meant

no worker was required to join a union

) Regarding the Treaty of Versailles, the United States Senate decided in 1919 to

not ratify it

During the 1930s, American literature

offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies

During the Progressive Era, clubs for African American women

often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions.

During the Great Depression in the rural United States,

one-third of all farmers lost their land

In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers, President Theodore Roosevelt

ordered federal arbitration

During the Red Scare of 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer

ordered several unconstitutional raids on known radical organizations

In 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, Congress

passed a graduated income tax

The "Second New Deal" was launched partly in response to the

persistence of the Great Depression

The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken

political parties

The election of 1936

produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party

In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw

progressives come to oppose Pinchot

The Economy Act of 1933

proposed to balance the federal budget partly by cutting government workers' salaries

Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

protected the assets of bank depositors up to $2,500

During World War I, the United States government primarily financed the war through

public bond sales and new taxes

During its first year, the Civil Works Administration

put four million people to work

The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board

raised interest rates

William "Boss" Tweed

ran the Tammany Hall machine

Under the New Deal, African Americans

received more sympathy than under most previous administrations

Which of the following did the National War Labor Board, established in 1918, NOT grant to American workers?

recognition of the right to strike

When Congress convened in December 1865

refused to accept Johnson's policie

After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States

refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America

During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government

refused to intervene in the dispute

Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt

refused to make any agreements on the economic direction of the country with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover.

In order to carry out their plan for Congressional Reconstruction, Radical Republicans

refused to seat newly elected Southern law-makers

After Democrats won control of Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover

refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief

President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

rging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders

During the progressive era, political "interest groups"

rose to repace the declining power centers of the parties

In the 1920s bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as

salesman

Beginning in February 1928 and lasting through most of 1929, the American stock market

saw the number of shares traded daily soar

As a result of the Great Depression, social values in the United States You Answered

seemed to change relatively little

During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw

sharp decline in farmers' incomes

In his political program known as the "New Freedom" Woodrow Wilson believed trusts

should be destroyed

All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT

significant reduction in poverty in the region

The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of

social work

During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union

sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant

The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken the power of

state legislatures

The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"

stated that the U.S. had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries

In the 1930s, industrial unionism was

strengthened, partly, by New Deal legislation

In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,

strict regulations were imposed on factory owners.

In the early twentieth century, eugenics

supported the restriction of immigration by nationality

In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People

taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt decided

that he should try to balance the federal budget

All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that

the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans

The major difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor was

the AFL only organized skilled workers

During the 1930s, the most important group within the Popular Front was

the Communist Party

the Democratic Party was seriously divided

the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries

During the Great Depression,

the divorce rate declined

During the recession of 1937,

the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration in 1932-1933.

For western states, the most important vehicle of reform was

the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states.

In 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor,

the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that

the national government assumed responsibility for the basic welfare of the people.

During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of

the overproduction of goods

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printd and distributed by

the political parties

In the 1920s, the "wet's" and dry's referred to the conflict over

the prohibition of alcohol

President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" included

the right of self-determination.

During the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT

the urban middle class

,Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in

their passive approach to the presidency

Railroads revolutionized business and industry in all of the following ways EXCEPT

they created international markets

Which of the following is NOT true of the Ku Klux Klan?

they were formally suppressed in 1920

In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was

to ensure farmers would at least financially break even

During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved

transfers of national oil reserves

During World War I, airplanes were used for all of the following EXCEPT

transporting troops

Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT

vice president of the United States

The election of 1920 saw

voters turn away from idealism and toward "normalcy."

Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932

was a convincing mandate

During the 1930s, the sit-down strike

was a new and controversial labor tactic

In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"

was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers

The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

was a product of changing environmental conditions

The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933

was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government

The Agricultural Adjustment Act

was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court

In 1932, the Farmers' Holiday Association

was essentially a farmers' strike

President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court

was eventually defeated in Congress

New Deal policy toward Native Americans, as led by John Collier,

was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism

In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft

was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him

Child labor

was often substituted for adults who were too ill to work

During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

was one of the few unions led by African Americans

In 1919, the Red Scare in the United States

was partly motivated by a series of bombings

The Selective Service Act in the United States

was supported by President Woodrow Wilson

The temperance crusade

was supported by business employers

When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt

was the youngest American ever to hold the office

As president, Warren Harding

was unable to abandon the party hacks who had brought him to success

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

was used to support the creation of unions

African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs

were among the first to be released when funds ran out

American casualties in World War I

were as likely to be from disease as from combat.

The Gilded Age refers to a time

when a few wealthy individuals covered up the greed and corruption of society