period 7 AMSCO multiple choice questions
Which of the following individuals and groups most directly supported the perspective of this cartoon?
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"The Jungle" most directly contributed to which of the following?
A federal inspection system to ensure minimum standards for processed meats and food
Which of the following groups would most likely oppose the philosophy of the New Deal as explained in this excerpt (Freedom From Fear)?
Advocates of unregulated markets and balanced budgets
Which of the following was the primary economic purpose for the rationing program found in the above document?
Control inflation caused by shortages of consumer goods
Which of the following during World War I proved the most direct threat to the perspective on civil rights in the excerpt?
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Who of the following would most strongly support the sentiments in these headlines?
Expansionists such as Henry Cabot Lodge
Which of the following most directly supports the author's analysis?
Farm income fell from $11.4 billion in 1929 to $6.3 billion in 1932
Which of the following does this excerpt support as the primary cause of the U.S. declaration of war in April 1917?
Germany's violations of U.S. neutral rights
Which of the following groups of politicians from between 1865 and 1900 most closely resemble the corrupt politicians during the Harding administration?
Politicians who took shares of railroad stock in return for government subsidies
Which of the following most effectively addressed the concerns that Upton Sinclair and others had for industrial workers?
President Theodore Roosevelt's promise for an impartial set of rules or "Square Deal," for labor
Which of the following represents a policy that the authors of the excerpt (Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League) would most likely support?
President Wilson's singing of the Jones Act in 1916
Which of the following would most directly support the argument that Progressives were "exclusionary"?
Progressives did little to end the segregation of African Americans
Which of the following interpretations of progressivism would most likely support this excerpt (Possibilities of Politics)?
Progressives were a diverse group who supported various reforms
The excerpt suggests that Eleanor Roosevelt knew that her positions could most harm her husband's standing with which of the following groups?
Southern Democrats
Which of the following conflicts raised the most similar concerns about the violation of civil rights as did WWI?
The American Civil War
Which of the following was the most direct result of the policy stated in this excerpt (Roosevelt's Speech to Congress)?
The United States intervened in many American countries in the early 20th century
Which of the following statements best characterizes American opinion about involvement in WWII at the time this excerpt was published?
The United States should immediately come to the aid of Britain against Germany
Which of the following Progressive reforms most directly promoted "active citizenship"?
The direct election of senators
Which of the following trends of the 1920s is most clearly portrayed in the advertisement?
The use of extended payment plans to purchase consumer goods
Which of the following would most likely support a belief that the government was "against the common people"?
Treatment of the Bonus Marchers
Which of the following was most directly related to the phrase in the testimony "the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens"?
Twenty-five percent of the workforce was unemployed
The issue of freedom of the seas in World War I most closely resembles the cause of which of the following conflicts?
War of 1812
The above excerpt (Christian Temperance Union) most directly reflects that the temperance movement
appealed to a varied constituency of reformers
The Prohibition movement was similar to other Progressive reforms because it
began on the local and state levels before becoming national
What does the author imply by the phrase, "not one of the rights that the citizens of this country are called upon to surrender in time of war"?
citizens do not lose their freedom of speech during war
When the Zimmermann message was made public, most people in the United States
expressed nationalist anger against Germany
Which of the following groups faced the most difficult economic conditions during the 1920s?
farmers and many rural areas
During World War I, the government propaganda, such as poster shown above, most likely contributed to which of the following?
increased fear of foreigners and immigrants
which of the following best explains the campaign behind the above government documents?
industrial production was essential to successful modern warfare and it required an effort by the entire nation
Which of the following New Deal policies most directly addressed "security for capitalists"?
regulations to curtail fraud in investment banking and the stock markets
Many historians criticize the economy that developed during the 1920s. Which of the following statements best supports that point of view?
the boom was based on speculation and borrowed money
The point of view of this newspaper most clearly reflects
the concept of jingoism
Newspaper headlines such as those above most directly contributed to which of the following?
the declaration of war against Spain by the U.S. Congress
Which of the following from the 1920s mostly clearly challenges the interpretation expressed in the excerpt?
the disarmament agreement among the great powers to limit warships and aggression
This excerpt (Theodore Roosevelt, Speech to Congress) most directly reflects the continuation of the policy that
the independent nations of the Americas should remain free from European intervention
With which of the following would supporters of this excerpt (Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League) most likely agree?
the peoples of Asia had a right to govern themselves without outside interference
During the war, a government agency named the Committee of Public Information, headed by George Creel, was
the producer of a vast number of posters, pamphlets, and films
Which of the following most directly contributed to the anti-imperialist sentiments expressed in the excerpt?
the provisions of the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War
Which of the following attitudes most directly contributed to the perspective o this cartoon?
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Which of the following caused the greatest shift in American opinion about WWII?
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Which of the following developments in the 1920s would most directly support the author's sentiments in the excerpt?
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Which of the following events most directly conflicted with he perspective of this cartoon?
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Which of the following groups from the 1920s most likely would have supported the perspective of this excerpt (Between the Wars)?
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Which of the following most influenced thinking about sexual behavior during the 1920s?
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The above excerpt (The Jungle) is most closely associated with which sector of the Progressive movement?
investigate journalists and authors known as "muckrakers"
which of the following New Deal policies most clearly addressed "job security" for workers?
laws to guarantee worker rights to collective bargaining, minimum wage, and fair treatment
Eleanor Roosevelt expressed the most independence from President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisers in her
opposition to racial discrimination
Which of the following would the author(s) of this excerpt (New Work Times) most likely support?
passing the Lend Lease Act to provide arms on credit to Great Britain
