AP US History Benchmark Review 1 (Practice Questions)

Muir's position regarding wilderness was most strongly opposed by which of the following?

Companies involved in natural resource extraction

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

Advocates for individuals such as those shown in the image would have most likely agreed with which of the following perspectives?

Government should act to eliminate the worse abuses of industrial society.

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

Which of the following conflicts raised the most similar concerns about the violation of civil rights as did World War I?

War of 1812

The quote is from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Publication of The Jungle led to passage of new laws such as the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. The book illustrated the federal government's commitment to

consumer protection

Who of the following would most strongly support the sentiments in these headlines?

expansionists such as Henry Cabot Lodge

When the Zimmerman message was made public, most people in the U.S.

expressed nationalist anger against Germany

Justice Harlan's opinion goes against the majority opinion on the Supreme Court that

facilities could be segregated by race if they were "separate but equal."

The 1920s highly-charged Tennessee case involving John Scopes reflected religious conflict between

fundamental Christianity and scientific modernism.

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

The photo above most likely shows the work of which of the following New Deal agencies?

Civilian Conservation Corp

Which of the following New Deal policies most clearly addressed "job security" for workers?

Federal programs to collect funds for retirement, unemployment, and injuries on the job

This selection was written by Langston Hughes, the "Poet Laureate of Harlem" during the 1920s. Hughes and his poetry were most associated with which of the following?

Harlem Renaissance

Which of the following best explains the campaign behind government documents in the excerpt?

Industrial production was essential to successful modern warfare and it required an effort by the entire population.

Grady's vision for the South is best described as:

More southern cities should follow the example of Birmingham, Alabama in becoming industrialized.

Which of the following BEST reflects the perspective of Jane Addams in the passage above?

Poor people need support in helping themselves.

The passage 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 statements best characterizes American opinion about involvement in World War II at the time this excerpt was published?

The U.S. should increase defense spending, but providing direct aid to Britain is controversial.

Which of the following was the most direct effect of the trend described in the excerpt?

The development of the Progressive movement to address social problems associated with industrial society

Which of the following aspects of Muir's description expresses a major change in Americans' views of the natural environment?

The idea that government should preserve wilderness areas

With which of the following would supporters of this excerpt MOST likely agree?

The people had a right to government themselves without outside interference.

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 most clearly represents what Sinclair Lewis is criticizing in this selection from Babbitt?

The shallow and superficial nature of American society.

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 tone of FDR's fireside chat reflects his belief that

moral necessity would force the United States into the war.

This Depression-era photograph was taken as part of

a make work program to help the unemployed.

Conditions like those shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?

an increase in Progressive reform activity

Theodore Roosevelt's message foreshadowed

an increasingly active U.S. role in Latin American affairs.

The Civil Service Reform Bill created a list of government jobs to be filled on the basis of examinations administered by the new Civil Service Commission. The original list covered only about ten percent of all federal jobs

but it was the first step in the direction of a more professional, small group of government workers

This painting is representative of what aspect of the 1920s?

danger

The expansion of railroads to the West Coast led most directly to the

destruction of American Indian way of life.

The completion of the transcontinental railroad led to

economic growth and the expansion of markets

Which of the following messages did the United States government most likely intend to impart in the World War II poster?

encouragement of greater acceptance of African American workers in wartime industrial jobs

The Rosie the Riveter campaign during WWII encouraged women to

enter the labor force.

Justice Harlan's comments reveal his belief in

equal rights.

FDR's foreign policy in the late 1930s reflected what change from the foreign policy of the 1920s?

greater involvement in world affairs

Women working in settlement houses such as Hull House initially sought to help

immigrants adapt to American customs and language.

Riis's work as an investigator of the lives of the poor can MOST directly be associated with which of the following?

muckraking

During World War I, the government propaganda, such as the poster shown above, MOST likely contributed to which of the following?

increased fear of foreigners and immigrants

Muir's ideas are most directly a reaction to the

increasing usage and exploitation of western lands.

The foreign policy of the 1920s reflected what change from the two preceding decades?

increasingly more isolationistic

Which of the following was most responsible for the change shown between 1938 and 1942 on the chart?

industrial mobilization related to the Second World War

Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy initiatives broke with traditional U.S. foreign policy by

involving the United States prominently in world affairs.

Concerns like those expressed by Riis in the passage above led MOST directly to which of the following?

laws regulating the working conditions of women

The conditions shown in the image came about most directly as a result of

low wages earned by workers in the late nineteenth-century.

In the passage, Eleanor Roosevelt expressed the most independence from President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisers on her

opposition to racial discrimination.

Which groups of people would have rejected the ideas of William Jennings Bryan?

robber barons

Which of the following during World War I proved the MOST direct threat to the perspective on civil rights in this excerpt?

the Espionage and Sedition Acts

Which of the following proved to be the turning point in American opinion about World War II?

the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Grady's comments reveal a belief that

the South needs to industrialize.

The Civil Service Reform Bill, also known as the Pendleton Act, was prompted mainly by

the assassination of President Garfield.

Newspaper headlines such as those above directly contributed to which of the following?

the declaration of war against Spain by the U.S. Congress

In the political cartoon, what does the octopus represent?

the large amount of power held by a small group of monopolies

Which of the following was the primary economic purpose for the rationing program?

to control inflation caused by shortages of consumer goods

This statement by Pullman strikers is best characterized by

workers felt trapped a cycle of debt much like southern sharecroppers.