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Dr. Francis Townsend gained notoriety as a critic of the New Deal with his?

$200 pre month pension plan for the elderly

In 1933, the U.S. finally recognized the government of communist Russia, in part because the?

U.S. hopes for substantial trade with Russia

The essential element of the policy of containment was?

a commitment to holding communism within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

The most important problem faced by the Democratic party in the 1920s was?

a serious split between urban and rural wings of the party

Which of the following characterized the economy of the 1920s?

a shift to the production of consumer goods

President Eisenhower's domestic strategy of modern Republicans advocated?

acceptance of existing New Deal programs

Truman's response to the Berlin Blockade was to?

airlift all necessary supplies into Berlin for almost a year

The Social Security program of 1935 provided which of the following?

all of these are correct

The union movement weakened in the 1920s because?

all of these are correct

All of the following characterized the writing of the "Lost Generation" except?

an acceptance of decadence as the best way to survive in post-WWI society

Which of the following was agreed to at the Yalta Conference (1945)?

an agreement to divide Germany into 4 military zones

What happened to the New Deal during WWII?

an anti-New Deal coalition moved to end many New Deal programs, and the president adapted to the new political movement

The America First Committee?

argued that a Nazi victory in Europe would pose no threat to American national security

The most accurate description of U.S. foreign policy toward Japan between 1900-1941 is that the U.S.?

attempted to retrict Japan's growth and power

By the end of the 1920s, what had become the nation's largest industry?

automobiles

President Eisenhower was associated with each of the following except?

binging about the downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy by publicly denouncing his irresponsible accusations

The removal of General Douglas MacArthur from command of the U.S.-U.N. forces during the Korean War exemplifies the constitutional principles of?

civilian control of the military

Harry Truman aided the cause of civil rights by?

desegregating the armed forces

Most of the rationals for conservative opposition to the New Deal came from the argument that New Deal programs?

diminished the liberty of the individual

The effect of the Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937 was to?

encourage aggressor nations because they knew in advance that the U.S. would not become involved

Critics of McCarthyism in the 1950s stressed the idea that?

fears of subversion can lead to the erosion of constitutional liberties

The most enduring change that occurred in U.S. banking during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt was the?

federal insurance of bank deposits

John Foster Dulles is most closely associated with the?

flexible response policy

During the Second World War, African Americans?

fought in a segregated military

The purpose of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech was to?

gain support for his Lend-Lease program

Which of the following was the MAJOR reason President Truman used to justify his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945?

he felt it would shorten the war and eliminate the need for an invasion of Japan

What action did President Eisenhower take to bring about school integration in Little Rock, Ar?

he placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal command to carry out the desegregation plan

The high-tariff policy of the U.S. between the two world wars?

hindered the European nations from repaying their war debts to the U.S.

Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from Woodrow Wilson's wartime practices when he?

included members of both political parties in the delegation to the San Francisco Conference

The main economic problem faced by President Truman in his first term was?

inflation

The Latin American policies of Herbet Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt were similar in that both?

intended to decrease U.S. intervention there

The U.S. responded to the Japanese seizure of Manchuria from China in 1931 by?

issuing the Stimson Doctrine, which amounted to a moral lecture

By the end of Eisenhower's second term, the first Republican administration since the New Deal had?

left the size and functions of the federal government intact

As Italy invaded Ethiopia and Japan invaded China, the Roosevelt administration?

limited its actions to feeble warnings and moral outrage

To ensure that Russia would join the war against Japan, President Roosevelt in 1945?

made certain secret agreements concerning Russia territorial demands

The Marshall Plan could be understood as part of an American desire to ?

make communism less appealing to Europeans creating economic prosperity

Prohibition failed because?

many Americans believed the law interfered with their personal freedom.

The conclusion of the Sacco and Vanzetti case suggested that?

many Americans had an unreasonable fear of radicals and foreigners

Most of Truman's Fair Deal program?

met defeat at the hands of a coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats

Which of the following was NOT a reason given by President Franklin Roosevelt in his attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court?

most Supreme Court justices were interpreting the Constitution too broadly.

President Truman contributed to the anti-Communist fear after the second world war by?

ordering investigations into the loyalty of federal employees

The Taft-Harley Act of 1947 provided for all of the following except?

permitting union contributions to political campaigns

The 21st amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the?

prohibition on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages

In addition to putting young men back to work, a principal purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to?

promote reforestation and land conservation

Between 1954 and 1961, the Eisenhower administration's policy toward South Vietnam can be characterized as one that?

propped up a corrupt and unpopular, anti-Communist dictatorship in order to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia

In 1933, the purpose of the U.S. government in devaluing the dollar in terms of gold was to?

raise domestic prices and make American goods cheaper abroad

During WWII, women did all of the following except?

reaffirm traditional patterns for women's lives

Attitudes in the U.S. toward Jews fleeing persecution in Europe during WWII were reflected in the?

refusal to relax immigration restrictions for Jews

During the period of the New Deal, the program of organized labor was most successful in?

removing obstacles to unionization

The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway were significant in?

stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific

The diplomatic strategy behind the Lend-Lease program was to?

support England's war efforts against Germany without the United States entering WWII

An important result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act was?

tariff reprisals from a number of foreign countries

Which statement best represents the U.S.' response to reports of the German persecution of Jews?

the U.S. expressed sympathy for the plight of the Jews, but refused to liberalize its restrictive immigration laws

The U.N. was able to provide military assistance to south korea in 1950 because?

the USSR boycotted the session of the Security Council at which the decision was made

Which of the following best describes the administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge?

the business of government is business

In 1960 which of the following contributed most directly to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's cancellation of a scheduled summit meeting with President Dwight D. Eisenhower?

the downing of an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union

The one obstacle to resolving American-Japanese during the 1941 negotiations was?

the embargo on war supplies to Japan

A major cause of the Great Depression was?

the inability of wages to keep pace with production increase

Which of the following is an idea of Woodrow Wilson's that came to be an accepted part of U.S. foreign policy after 1945?

the security of the U.S. is best preserved through collective security

One of the most important domestic results of the war effort was?

the swift ending of the Great Depression

The primary purpose of the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration was?

to provide employment through federal deficit spending

The U.S. during WWII adopted all of the following strategies except?

use of atomic bombs on Germany and Japan

The increase in the # of Mexican Americans employed in the U.S. during the early 1940s resulted from?

wartime labor shortages

The significance of the civil rights laws of 1957 and 1960 was that they?

were the first civil rights laws passed since Reconstruction