APUSH CH's 20-23 MCQ

Which of the following could not be an explanation for Woodrow Wilson's reelection in 1916

A) Henry Cabot Lodge's opposition to the league of nation

A historian writing about Woodrow Wilson's foreign-policy after the armistice would be least interested in examining

A) The Zimmerman telegram

Which of the following from the 1920s most clearly challenges the interpretation expressed in this excerpt

A) The disarmament agreement among the great powers to limit warships and aggression

Which of the following was not involved in Woodrow Wilson's decisions to ask Congress for a declaration of war

A) The influence of Henry Cabot Lodge

The prohibition movement was similar to the progressive reforms because it

A) began on the local and state levels before becoming national

What does the author implied by the phrase, not one of the rights that the citizens of this country are called upon to surrender in time of war

A) citizens do not lose their freedoms of speech during war

Which of the following was not a reason for the split in the Republican Party in 1912

A) democratic control of the White House

All of the following more notable trends in movement of the 1920s except

A) increase in union membership

The sentiment expressed in the cartoon on page 487 most directly influenced the passage of

A) laws restricting immigration

Which of the following was a major effect of World War I on American society in 1917 and 1918

A) migration of African-Americans to the north

Which of the following best explains the influence of the yellow journalism on US foreign-policy in the 1890s

A) sensational new stories stirred the anger of the American public

In 1917, countries shaded on the above map where

A) subject to US military intervention

All the following concerned US Japanese relations except the

A) teller amendment

With which of the following would supporters of this excerpt most likely agree

A) the peoples of Asia had a right to govern themselves without outside interference

The issue of freedom of the seas in World War I most closely resembles the cause of which of the following conflicts

A) war of 1812

The jungle most directly contributed to which the following

B) A federal inspection system to ensure minimum standards for processed meats and foods

Which source would be most important to a historian investigating the effects of the protective tariff from 1922 to 1930

B) Commerce department statistics on imports and exports

Which of the following does this excerpt support as the primary cause of the US declaration of war in April 1917

B) Germany's violation of US neutral acts

Which of the following was least likely to support a proposal for a direct primary

B) Joseph Cannon

Which statement accurately summarizes Theodore Roosevelt's policy on the Panama Canal

B) Roosevelt gave military support to Panama City revolt against Columbia

German submarine warfare was the single most important factor in causing the united states to enter World War I. Evidence supporting this position includes all of the following except

B) The Zimmerman telegram

Woodrow Wilson's foreign-policy different from that of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft by its emphasis on

B) The application of moral principles to foreign affairs

The point of view of this newspaper must clearly reflects

B) The concept of jingoism

Which of the following during World War I proved the most direct threats to the perspective of the civil rights in this excerpt

B) The espionage and sedition acts

Which of the following most directly contributed to the anti-imperialist sentiments expressed in the excerpt

B) The provisions of the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American war

Which of the following trends of the 1920s is most clearly portrade in this advertisement

B) The use of extended payment plans to purchase consumer goods

The above excerpt most directly reflects that the temperance movement

B) appealed to a varied Constituency a reformers

Which of the following groups from the 1920s most likely would have supported the perspective of this excerpt

B) democrats and Republicans who supported progressive reforms

During the 1920s, the group who generally did not prosper were

B) farmers

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

B) increased fear of foreigners and immigrants

The passage of the Federal Reserve act in 1913 was important because it

B) permitted a flexible money supply

Which of the following groups of politicians from between 1865 and 1900 most closely resembles the corrupt politicians during the Harding administration

B) politicians who took shares of railroad stock in return for government subsidies

We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. This statement by the presidential candidate Herbert Hoover in 1928 could best be supported by

B) statistics on the US automobile industry

WEB Dubois disagreed with Booker T. Washington's

B) suggestion that economic issues were more important then civil rights

Which of the following was the most direct result of the policy stated in this excerpt

B) the United States intervened in many American countries in the early 20th century

Woodrow Wilson's campaign for new freedom won the 1912 presidential election over Theodore Roosevelt and his new nationalism. Which of the following statements is accurate

C) New nationalism would still influence the federal government for the next 60 years

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

C) The American Civil War

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

C) The declaration of war against Spain by the US Congress

Which of the following progressive reforms most directly promoted active citizenship

C) The direct election of Senators

This excerpt most directly reflects the continuation of the policy that

C) The independent nations of the Americas should remain free from European intervention

Going into war Wilson said, the world must be made safe for democracy. Someone wishing to argue that democracy in the United States was less safe after World War I would point to

C) The red scare

Isolationism characterized US foreign-policy in the 1920s. Which of the following might be used to refute the above claim

C) US leadership in calling the Washington conference

Which of the following had contrasting points of view on events and issues of the 1920s

C) William Jennings Bryan to Clarence Darrow

Which of the following was the least important consideration in US foreign-policy during 1920s

C) developing strong alliances

Which of the following developments in the 1920s with most directly support the authors sentiments in the excerpt

C) employment as secretary's nurses and teachers

When does Zimmerman message was made public, most people in the United States

C) expressed nationalist anger against Germany

Which of the following groups faced the most difficult economic conditions during the 1920s

C) farmers and many rural areas

The generalization Best supported by information in the graph is that

C) from 1914 to 1919, the US government debt increased dramatically

Those who question whether US policy from 1914 to 1916 was truly neutral point to

C) increased US trade with Britain and France

The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine called for

C) intervening in Latin American nations that could not pay their debts to European creditors

The above excerpt is most closely associated with which sector of progressive movement

C) investigative journalists and authors known as "muckrakers"

The Treaty of Versailles was defended by President Wilson on the grounds that

C) it's provided for a league of Nations committed to preserving the peace

Which of the following best defines the progressive movement

C) middle-class response to urbanization and industrialization

Which of the following would most likely to support the argument that progressives or exclusionary

C) progressives did little to end the segregation of African-Americans

Which of the following was the focus of a dispute between modernists and traditionists in the 1920s

C) scopes trial

Which of the following does not correctly describe how a territory was added to the United States

D) Cuba annexed by Congress

Which of the following represents a policy that the authors of the excerpt would most likely supports

D) President Wilson's signing of the Jones act in 1916

Many historians criticize the economy that developed during the 1920s. Which of the following statements best supports that point of view

D) The boom was based on speculation and borrowed money

Which of the following is a correct statement about the United States during the years 1919 and 1920

D) The president was partially incapacitated by illness

Which of the following was an immediate cause of the Spanish American war

D) The sinking of the Maine

All of the following individuals, who would have been most likely to agree with the policy depicted in the cartoon one page for 443

D) William Howard Taft

Most progressive politicians opposed the election of

D) William Howard Taft in 1912

Which of the following statements best defines the open door policy

D) all nations should have equal trading rights in China

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

D) expansionist such as Henry Cabot Lodge

Which of the following most influenced thinking about sexual behavior during the 1920s

D) popularization of Sigmund Freud

Which of the following interpretations of progressivism would most likely support this excerpt

D) progressives were a diverse group who supported various reforms

During the war, the government agency named the committee of public information, headed by George Creel, was

D)The producer of a vast number of posters, pamphlets, and films

All of the following reforms were adopted during the progressive era except

E) Federal anti-lynching law

By the end of the 19th-century, jingoism in the united states was encouraged by all the following except

E) New immigrants

It is vitally necessary to move forward and to shake off the dead hand of the reactionaries; and yet there is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement in the context of political activist, who would Theodore Roosevelt most likely referred to as the lunatic fringe

E) Socialists

Prohibition led to all of the following except

E) greater tolerance among temperance reformers

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 Deals," for labor