Chapters 23-27 Questions
Theodore Roosevelt's slogan that stated his essential foreign policy principle was
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
In 1932, the unemployment rates in Toledo, Ohio was one of the worst in the nation, at
80%
Which of the following was NOT a result of President Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese war?
A cessation of significant Japanese immigrants to America's Pacific Coast
What was the primary motivation for the efforts of the United States to secure construction of an isthmian canal across Central America?
A desire to improve defense by allowing rapid naval movement between two nation
The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with the
Agriculture Marketing Act
The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included
All these answers are correct
7. By the middle of 1940, Germany had defeated
All these answers are correct.
During the 1930s, the left in the United States
All these answers is correct
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
All these answers is correct
All of the following characterized China's Boxer Rebellion EXCEPT
An affirmation by Chinese nationals of legitimacy of the Open Door policy in protecting Chinese sovereignty
In the 1930s, all the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT
Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
In August 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill met off the coast of Newfoundland to agree to the _______.
Atlantic Charter
In the 1930s, the largest Japanese American and Chinese American populations were found in
California
Which statement most accurately characterizes the U.S. Army's performance in Cuba during the Spanish American War?
Crippled by logistical chaos and disease that killed thousands of soldiers
15. Like Woodrow Wilson before him, President Roosevelt asked the American people to be neutral in thought when war erupted in Europe in 1939.
False
The American stance of militant neutrality gained support in October 1935 when Mussolini finally launched his long-anticipated attack on Somalia.
False
The Hoover administration imposed economic sanctions against Japan for its takeover of Manchuria in the early 1930s.
False
Why did the armed American effort to annex Hawaii fail to succeed in 1893?
Incoming President Cleveland rejected annexation because he believed that native Hawaiians had been wronged by U.S. government support for an armed, sugar interest-supported overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani that enjoyed negligible support among native Hawaiians.
In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT
It Happened One Night
n 1929, a fascist-led government was in power in
Italy
The 1931 invasion of Manchuria by ________ was cause for concern on the part of the Hoover administration.
Japan
10. The Tripartite Pact was a defensive alliance among
Japan, Germany, and Italy.
Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt asked Congress to extend ________ to Great Britain.
Lend LEase
During the 1930s, the American Communist Party
None of these answers are correct
In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to
None of these answers are correct
During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas
None of these answers is correct
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930
None of these answers is correct
11. In 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States.
What was the most important reason that President McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain?
The American public, influenced by the yellow press and many leading Republicans demanded war in the aftermath of the sinking of the Maine
Which of the following was not among the reasons that President McKinley and other pro-imperialists gave for acquiring the Philippines as an American territory?
The Filipinos had been mostly Catholic Christians for centuries and so would welcome American rule.
Which of the following was not among the arguments that anti-imperialists used to oppose American acquisition of the Philippines?
The Filipinos would never voluntarily convert to Protestantism if they were forced under American rule.
In 1933, the Roosevelt administration extended diplomatic recognition to _______. The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union
What was the direct cause of the Fillipino insurrection in 1899?
The United States refused to give the Filipino people their political independence
Which of the following was not among the factors propelling America toward overseas expansion in the 1890s?
The intervention of the German Kaiser in Latin America
Anti-imperialists presented all the following arguments against acquiring the Philippine Islands EXCEPT
The islands were still rightfully Spain's, since they were taken after the armistice had been signed
Which of the following was the most significant factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century?
The popular influence of the yellow press of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
What was the primary argument emphasized by the American imperialists who advocated acquisition of Phillipenes?
The strategic advantage of Philippine bases for American naval operations and defense for the Pacific
Why did many Americans become concerned about the increasing foreign intervention in China at the turn of the twentieth century?
They feared that U.S. missions would be jeopardized and Chinese markets closed to non-Europeans
Erskine Caldwell's _________. which later became a long-running Broadway play, was an expose of poverty in the rural South.
Tobacco Road
14. Stalin's nonaggression pact with Hitler was signed before the start of World War II in Europe.
True
16. By the time President Roosevelt ran for a third term, a significant majority of the American people believed that Nazi Germany posed a direct military threat to the United States.
True
3. Which of the following statements about the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany is FALSE?
Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government "the Weimar Republic."
The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was
Will Hays
Germany began World War II in Europe days after
a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.
The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed
a populist admiration for ordinary Americans
To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the
a. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Economy Act of 1933
a. proposed to balance the federal budget and cut government workers' salaries.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
a. sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.
4. In 1940, the "lend-lease" plan
allowed the U.S. to loan weapons to England, to be returned when the war was over.
The most immediate consequence of American acquisition of the Philippines was
an outbreak of vicious guerrilla warfare between the United States and Filipino rebels.
The military theorist Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan promoted American overseas expansion by
arguing that control of the seas through naval power was the key to world domination
1. The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with
armament limitations.
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established
b. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
In the 1931 Scottsboro court case
black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women
Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c. protected the assets of bank depositors.
During President Franklin Roosevelt's early days in office,
c. the American people concluded the economy was not as bad off as they once had believed
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
Following the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt
declared the United States would be the "arsenal of democracy."
In the late 1920s, the European demanded for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was
declining
In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt
e. closed all banks for a short period.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
e. was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court
Roosevelt overcame Colombia's refusal to approve a canal treaty by
encouraging Panamanian rebels to revolt and declare independence from Colombia
2. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that
established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that
established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover
grew less willing to increase federal spending
During the Great Depression, Asian Americans
had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest
6. The Neutrality Act of 1935
included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.
Emilio Aguinaldo was the
leader of Filipino insurgents against Spanish rule.
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 institution 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
During the 1920s, American literature
offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies
During the Great Depression in rural United States,
one-third of all farmers lost their land
The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board
raised interest rates
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
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.
After Democrats won control of Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover
refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief
3. In his foreign policy for Latin America, President Herbert Hoover
repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
In the Open Door notes, Secretary of State John Hay called on all the imperial powers to
respect Chinese rights and uphold China's territorial integrity rather than breaking it up into colonies.
The economic pressures caused by the Great Depression
saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women
In 1941, the Atlantic Charter
saw the United States and England claim to share common principles.
Beginning in February 1928 and lasting through most of 1929, the American stock market
saw the number of shares traded daily soar
Even before the sinking of the Maine, the American public's indignation at Spain had been whipped into a frenzy by
secretly ordering Admiral George Dewey to attack the Spanish in the distant Philippines.
As a result of the Great Depression, social values in the United States
seemed to change relatively little
During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines
In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially
All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that
the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War 1 veterans
During the 1930s, the most important group within the Popular Front was
the Communist Party
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with
the Spanish Civil War
During the Great Depression,
the divorce rate declined
President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by
urging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders
Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT
vice president of the United States
Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932
was a convincing mandate
The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s
was a product of changing environmental conditions
In 1932, the Farmers' Holiday Association
was essentially a farmers' strike
2. The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928
was signed with wide international acclaim.
President Grover Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii in 1893 because
white planters had illegally overthrown Queen Liliuokalani against the wishes of most native Hawaiians.
