U.S History Quiz 2

What percentage of America's population was foreign-born in 1910? A) 15 percent. B) 55 percent. C) 35 percent. D) 65 percent. E) 5 percent.

A

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of consumer culture? A) It emphasizes industriousness to create spending power. B) It favors physical appearance over moral character. C) It links market freedom with personal freedom. D) It views acquisition as a means to happiness. E) It entices spending through display and advertising.

A

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: A) led to a decrease in discrimination and violence against the Chinese. B) led to the deportation of the 105,000 Chinese people living in the United States in 1882. C) was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the United States. D) led to an increase in civil rights for Chinese people and Chinese-Americans living in the United States. E) only barred immigration of Chinese women.

C

Which of the following ended the Great Depression? A) New Deal legislation. B) World War II. C) Socialism. D) World War I. E) Capitalism.

B

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU): A) argued that politics was not the place for women. B) was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. C) was a small organization of radical feminists. D) moved from demanding prohibition to pushing for women's suffrage. E) was a single-issue organization out to ban alcohol.

D

Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century: A) clustered in the West as agricultural workers. B) were much more welcome than European immigrants. C) outnumbered southern and eastern European immigrants. D) clustered in the South as agricultural workers. E) were prohibited from entering the United States.

E

The trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti demonstrated that: A) antiradical sentiment declined following World War I. B) the 1920s was a decade of reconciliation. C) the Red Scare extended into the 1920s. D) the Red Scare led to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. E) the political weight of immigrant communities declined after World War I.

C

During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson: A) outlawed discrimination in federal agencies. B) built on his civil rights record as governor of Virginia. C) appointed several black judges. D) banned the showing of the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House. E) dismissed numerous black federal employees.

E

During the Progressive era: A) all immigration was banned. B) the main point of entry for European immigrants was Boston. C) overall immigration declined dramatically. D) the vast majority of immigrants came from Ireland. E) new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak.

E

During the Roosevelt administration, the Democratic Party emerged into a coalition that included all of the following EXCEPT: A) northern African-Americans. B) farmers. C) the white supremacist South. D) industrial workers. E) the business elite.

E

Government propaganda and war films portrayed the Japanese as: A) freedom fighters. B) similar to the Germans and Italians. C) communists. D) blameless victims of their own government. E) bestial and subhuman.

E

Margaret Sanger was a: A) labor organizer. B) utopian novelist. C) prison-reform advocate. D) U.S. senator. E) birth-control advocate.

E

President Hoover responded to the onset of the Depression by: A) decreasing tariffs. B) resigning from office. C) cutting taxes. D) immediately increasing government aid to the unemployed. E) reassuring Americans that "the tide had turned."

E

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: A) was directed only at women and illiterates. B) favored Japanese immigrants. C) was not racially motivated. D) was found unconstitutional. E) prohibited any Chinese from entering the United States.

E

The Four Freedoms: A) did not apply to Jehovah's Witnesses. B) were the war aims of Nazi Germany. C) included the freedom to join the Communist Party. D) was a campaign slogan of the Republicans. E) were President Roosevelt's statement of the Allied war aims.

E

The major strains of nativism in the early twentieth century included: A) Opposition to communists and socialists. B) Opposition to prohibition, immigrants, and Catholics. C) Anti-fundamentalists, anti-capitalists, and racism. D) Opposition to all immigrants because of their threat to American identity. E) Anti-Catholicism, anti-radicalism, and racism.

E

Unemployment peaked at A) About half of all workers. B) Nearly 75 percent of the workforce. C) 10 percent of the workforce. D) More than 40 percent of the workforce. E) Nearly 25 percent of the workforce.

E

What was the G.I. Bill of Rights? A) Speech delivered by the American Legion president who demanded pay raises for veterans to honor their military service. B) Republican campaign strategy to win the support of veterans by promising them government-supported economic benefits. C) Legislation that ensured Army nurses earned equal pay as their male counterparts. D) Presidential speech that identified the four freedoms that soldiers and sailors were fighting to protect. E) Legislation that provided unemployment pay, scholarships, job training, and other benefits to military veterans.

E

Which institution became a pillar of stability for the immigrants as they settled into the communities in American cities? A) Hospital. B) Benevolent society. C) School. D) Salvation Army. E) Church.

E

**All of the following statements about the Cold War's impact on American life are true EXCEPT: A) Cold War policy supported scientific research in medicine and computers. B) the Cold War reshaped immigration policy. C) the Cold War contributed to the dismantling of segregation. D) the Cold War promoted the rapid expansion of higher education. E) Cold War military spending weakened the economy

a

**The McCarran-Walter Act: 1) removed immigration quotas based on nationality. 2) made immigration law much more flexible for Asians and Latinos. 3) recognized the need for political asylum for refugees from South Africa. 4) authorized the deportation of communists, including naturalized citizens. 5) was supported by President Truman.

1

"Rosie the Riveter": 1) refers to a movie star during World War II. 2) was a term applied only to black women workers. 3) described only single women workers. 4) refers to Norman Rockwell's image of a female industrial laborer. 5) refers to a type of industrial machinery.

4

"The Great Migration" refers to: A) blacks moving from the South to the North. B) blacks moving from the North to the South. C) the massive influx of southern and eastern European immigrants. D) whites settling the West. E) Indian removal.

A

** Leninism stressed the importance of A) respecting property rights and private ownership to win allies among industrialists. B) professional revolutionaries operating in secret to overthrow capitalism for the people. C) winning the support of African and Asian nations to overthrow the West's industrial powers. D) government nationalizing private industry to promote the emergence of a communist society. E) the workers in the most industrialized nations starting a worldwide communist revolution.

A

** What was the Double V campaign? A) Attempts by American women to simultaneously fight fascism abroad and earn equal employment opportunities at home. B) Efforts by African Americans to simultaneously fight fascism abroad and racial segregation at home. C) Coordinated actions by Germany and Japan to lure the United States into World War II. D) American military strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific theater and Germany in the European theater. E) Planning by factory owners to coordinate production for both domestic and military consumption.

A

**According to the policy of containment, as laid out by George Kennan, the A) United States was committed to preventing the spread of democracy. B) United States accepted the right of communism to exist anywhere. C) United States should invade the Soviet Union. D) Soviets could have a free hand in international affairs. E) United States was committed to preventing the spread of communism.

A

**After World War II, the only nation that could rival the United States was: A) Germany. B) France. C) Great Britain. D) Japan. E) the Soviet Union.

A

**The Marshall Plan A) was largely unsuccessful for lack of support from Congress. B) was limited in scope and focused on West Germany. C) was a U.S.-Soviet program to rebuild Europe. D) offered economic assistance to noncommunist governments. E) provided economic assistance to the Soviets.

A

**The McCarran Internal Security Act: A) removed immigration quotas based on nationality. B) made immigration law much more flexible. C) barred "totalitarians" from entering the United States. D) barred Mexican immigration. E) recognized the need for political asylum.

A

**Which nation suffered the most casualties during World War II? A) Japan. B) France. C) Great Britain. D) Russia. E) Germany.

A

**Which of the following was NOT a factor in the United States' decision to drop the atomic bomb? A) Bureaucratic decision-making focused on developing and deploying atomic weapons. B) Speeding up the defeat of Japan to consolidate American military forces for the defeat of Germany. C) Halting Soviet gains in Asia and displaying American strength as the Cold War loomed. D) Saving the lives of American soldiers and sailors by avoiding an invasion of Japan. E) Accepting that the massive loss of civilian lives was a feature of modern warfare.

A

**Which of the following was NOT a reason why the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan? A) To save American soldiers' lives. B) To halt Japan's atomic research. C) To limit Russian advances in the Pacific theater. D) To defeat Japan. E) Because researchers rushed to build the bomb, not debate whether to use it.

A

**Which of the following was NOT true about the policy of containment? Question 4 options: A) It committed the United States to an open-ended ideological struggle with no clear objective for victory. B) It altered American domestic policy as much as it altered foreign policy. C) It led to American involvement in wars in Korea and Vietnam. D) It encouraged American policymakers to recognize how nationalism led to distinctive communist policies in countries like the Soviet Union, China, and Vietnam. E) It was an American policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism's influence in the worldwide.

A

A main cause of the Great Depression was: A) declining American purchasing power. B) Hoover's ties with business. C) the 1924 Immigration Act. D) increased European demand for American goods. E) excessive government regulation of business.

A

During World War II, African-Americans: A) witnessed the birth of the modern civil rights movement. B) experienced full equality before the law. C) witnessed the end of Jim Crow laws. D) served in integrated units in the armed forces. E) received equal access to the GI Bill of Rights benefits.

A

During the 1920s, consumer goods: A) were frequently purchased on credit. B) were marketed only to wealthy Americans. C) increased the demand for domestic servants. D) included vacuum cleaners and washing machines, which Americans paid for exclusively in cash. E) had little impact on American life.

A

For the feminist woman in the 1920s, freedom meant: A) the right to choose her lifestyle. B) owning her own property. C) voting. D) the ERA. E) becoming a wife and mother.

A

The Smith Act A) made it a crime to advocate the violent overthrow of the United States or to belong to a group that advocated such views. B) condemned the establishment of the Soviet Union and legalized the policy of containment. C) was a law passed in the Soviet Union that authorized the arrest of suspected American spies. D) restricted the power of labor unions. E) allowed for racial segregation in public facilities as long as the same quality of facilities were provided to both white and black citizens.

A

Why was the Bonus Army organized? A) To pressure Congress to pay a promised bonus to WWI veterans early. B) To pressure the military to recognize how the bonus labor of women would spur economic recovery. C) To encourage Congress to pass subsidies for farmers after a prolonged drought. D) To pressure Congress to support the G.I. Bill of Rights. E) To pressure the U.S. Army to increase the pay for active-duty soldiers.

A

**Which statement best characterizes why Howard Johnson of Harlem joined the Communist Party in the 1930s? A) He wanted to overthrow the United States because of its racism. B) He saw communism as an effective way to combat segregation. C) He was contracted by the FBI to spy on party members. D) He valued the alliance between fascists and communists. E) He saw party involvement as the quickest way to get Soviet citizenship.

B

Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by all of the following forces EXCEPT: A) political turmoil. B) the annexation of the Philippines. C) widespread poverty in rural southern and eastern Europe and parts of Asia. D) industrial expansion. E) the decline of traditional agriculture.

B

The Lend-Lease Act A) called for international action to "quarantine" aggressors. B) funneled billions of dollars' worth of arms to Great Britain and China. C) banned travel on belligerents' ships and the sale of arms to countries at war. D) revoked its right to intervene militarily in the internal affairs of Latin American countries. E) appeased Germany by allowing it to annex parts of Austria.

B

The Popular Front A) was the Democratic Party's campaign slogan in the 1930s. B) was a political and cultural movement associated with the Communist Party. C) was created when the Communist Party was absorbed by the Democrats. D) arose in response to the rise of fascism in America. E) was a conservative challenge to New Deal liberalism.

B

World War II: A) led to a strengthened and victorious France. B) led to the Soviet Union emerging as the dominant world power. C) produced a radical redistribution of world power. D) led to Germany emerging as a regional power. E) led to Japan emerging as a regional power.

B

**All of the following are enactments of the policy of containment EXCEPT: A) The Warsaw Pact. B) The Korean War. C) The Marshall Plan. D) The Berlin Airlift. E) The Truman Doctrine.

C

In 1940, the "cash and carry" plan: A) allowed all belligerents to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis. B) allowed Germany to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis. C) allowed Great Britain to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis. D) allowed Japan to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis. E) was voted down by Congress.

C

Which of the following was NOT a factor in causing the Great Depression. A) High levels of income inequality. B) Stalls in the sales of household consumer goods. C) Election of Herbert Hoover as president. D) Crash of the American stock market. E) Prolonged depression in agriculture.

C

"Americanization": A) was supported by all Progressives. B) was another term for "Fordism." C) recognized diversity. D) refers to the process of assimilation. E) refers to an economic system.

D

Which of the following was NOT an aim of the New Deal? A) Avoid radical reactions that shaped responses elsewhere in the world. B) Assist the American economy to recover from the depression. C) Reform the American economy to avoid future collapses. D) Replace capitalism with a modified form of socialism. E) Provide relief to the unemployed and others who were struggling.

D

Who was Huey Long? A) A conservative Republican who worried about the expansion of the federal government through the creation of New Deal agencies. B) A union leader who expanded workers' rights by backing the passage of the Wagner Act. C) A Catholic priest who used his radio broadcasts to condemn Wall Street bankers and promote conspiracies about Jewish financiers. D) President of the Communist Party USA who wanted to overthrow capitalism. E) Governor of Louisiana who launched the "Share the Wealth" movement.

E