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In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone, the United States
assisted a revolution in Panama.
Thorstein Veblen argued that
modern societies should rely on a handful of experts to solve their social problems
Regarding divorce in the U.S. during the progressive era, by 1916
more than ten percent of all marriages ended in divorce
Throughout the 1920s, the federal government
saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government
The economic pressures caused by the Great Depression
saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women
Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the U.S. economy
saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
In the election of 1924, among the political parties,
the Democratic Party was seriously divided
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT
the Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Prior to the United States' construction of the Panama Canal,
the French had tried but failed to build a canal at the same site.
By the end of 1938,
the New Deal had largely come to an end.
The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between
the Old Guard and what was to become the "Bull Moose"
After Pullman strike,
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was used against unions
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with
the Spanish Civil War
In 1904, Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on
the Standard Oil trust
During the Progressive Era, significant voting rights for women were first won in
the West
The immediate spark for hostilities in Europe in 1914 was
the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
During the progressive era, W.E.B. Du Bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that
the principal tool for gaining civil rights was to elect blacks to public office
The 1913 Undrwood-Simmons Tariff
was intended to weaken the power of business trusts
Calvin Coolidge
was less active a president than Warren Harding
The Works Progress Administration of 1935
was much larger than previous programs of its kind
In the 1930s, the largest Japanese American and Chinese American populations were found in
California
Which of the following is TRUE of working in a factory?
Children worked in unsafe conditions
During the 1920s, all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and Southwest EXCEPT the
Chinese
A nativist would agree with which of the following?
Chinese Exclusion Act
The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was
Eleanor Roosevelt
The all of the following happened during the Homestead Strike EXCEPT
Eugene V. Debs was arrested
During the Progressive Era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
Eugene V. Debs.
As president, William Howard Taft found himself pleasing the progressives and alienating the conservatives within his own party.
F
Between 1914 and 1916, the United States gradually transformed itself from a neutral country into an arsenal of the Allies.
F
Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge failed to serve out their presidential terms
F
Both the Agricultural Marketing Act and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff provided significant help to American farmers.
F
By 1936, the black vote had become evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
F
During the 1930s, the smaller steel companies were more willing to accommodate unions than were the large steel companies.
F
Flappers would best be associated with the rural, religious fundamentalism of the 1920s.
F
Following the "great crash," the Federal Reserve system lowered interest rates in an effort to revive the American economy
F
H. L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald are all examples of writers who promoted a return of the progressive reform spirit in American society
F
Herbert Hoover was Secretary of the Treasury under Harding and Coolidge.
F
Modernism in art attempted to replicate objects with photographic precision
F
Passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote, marked the beginning of a new era of progressive reform.
F
President Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" brought stability to Latin America.
F
President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" did not at first include a call for a League of Nations.
F
Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had never held elective office.
F
Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.
F
Prohibition did not allow for any exceptions in the sale or consumption of alcohol
F
The Agricultural Adjustment Act did not bring about a rise in farm prices in the years immediately following its passage in 1933.
F
The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.
F
The Harlem Renaissance refers to a group of African American actors in the silent films of the 1920s.
F
The National Industrial Recovery Act sought to tighten antitrust provisions and make important concessions to labor.
F
The New Deal incorporated the ideas of racial equality as well as economic recovery.
F
The Red Scare was primarily the result of anti-radical actions by various state governments.
F
The War Industries Board, which coordinated government purchases of military supplies, was headed by Herbert Hoover.
F
The new middle class of the turn of the century placed a high value on moral values, but not on formal education.
F
The political popularity of the Socialist Party peaked shortly after the end of World War I.
F
The presidential election of 1920 showed that America wanted to take its place as a world leader and continue Wilson's vision of international cooperation.
F
The staple of radio broadcasting during the 1930s was news
F
The wild acclaim given by the European public to President Wilson allowed him to dominate the terms of the Paris Peace Conference.
F
Under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the code writing was to be done by Congress
F
Unlike Roosevelt, who wanted to destroy the major trusts, Wilson sought to accept their existence but use the federal government to regulate them.
F
When the United States entered World War I, Germany was near defeat.
F
During the Progressive Era, employers were generally unconcerned about the problem of alcohol.
False
In order to ease economic problems in Europe, the U.S. government reduced Europe's debts to America stemming from World War I.
False
One of the most important social changes of the war years was the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to California to work in defense plants and shipyards. This became known as the "Great Migration."
False
Progressives tended to believe that the doctrine of Social Darwinism was the correct starting point for creating a better world.
False
The direct primary and the recall were both reforms designed to enhance the power of political parties in the United States.
False
The secret ballot enhanced the power of the two-party system over the average voter.
False
In 1920, passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
In March 1917, the United States moved closer to entering the Great War after
German U-boats torpedoed three American ships
New Immigrants came from all the following places EXCEPT
Germany
The country that lost the greatest number of lives in World War I was
Germany
The first director of the National Forest Service was
Gifford Pinchot
In 1914, the "Triple Entente" consisted of
Great Britain, France, and Russia
In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to
N
During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included
New York's Tammany Hall
The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the
Rural Electrification Administration
To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the
Securities and Exchange Commission
During the 1920s, when $1,800 was considered the minimum annual income for a decent standard of living, the average annual income of a worker was approximately
$1,500
In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio, was one of the worst in the nation, at
80
The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with the
Agricultural Marketing Act
In 1919, the Big Four included all of the following figures at the Paris Peace Conference EXCEPT
Alexander Kerensky of Russia
During the 1920s, products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included
All
In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
All
During the 1930s, the left in the United States
All of these answers are correct.
In 1920, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
All of these answers are correct.
During World War I, the new technologies of warfare
All these answers are correct
In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from
All these answers are correct
In the 1920s, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon succeeded inIn the 1920s, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon succeeded in
All these answers are correct
In the early twentieth century, the United States' actions toward Mexico included
All these answers are correct
Which of the following is true of the passage and application of the Eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited the sale of alcohol?
All these answers are correct
The brilliant lawyer Louis D. Brandeis, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the "curse of bigness"
All these answers are correct.
During the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of
All these answers are correctI
In the years prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendmet
All these answers are corret
Ellis Island is to New York as __ is to San Fransisco.
Angel Island
In the 1930s, all the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT
Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
The Bessemer process was used to make which cheaper?
Coal
Who coined the term Gilded Age?
Mark Twain and Charles Warner
The infamous Baltimore journalist of the 1920s who delighted in ridiculing religion, politics, the arts, and even democracy itself, was
H.L. Mencken
How did Eugene V. Debs assist railroad unions?
He formed the American Railroad Union (ARU)
Which of the following would a "Captain of Industry" agree with?
I created jobs and improved standard of living
John Collier is associated with New Deal
Indian policiesDuring the recession of 1937,
All of the following were passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the
Interstate Commerce Act
In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT
It Happened One Nigh
Which of the following is NOT true of the Civil Service Act?
It was vetoed by President Arthur
Which president was assassinated because of the Patronage System?
James Garfield
The Gentleman's Agreement was between the U.S. and
Japan
In World War I, the American Expeditionary Force was commanded by
John J. Pershing
The Sierra Club was founded by
John Muir
Which of the following is NOT paired correctly.
Lewis Latimer - filament
The most prominent exponent of black nationalism following World War I was
Marcus Garvey
As president, William Howard Taft
None of these answers is correct
In 1918, President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" received significant political support from
None of these answers is correct
Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930)
None of these answers is correct.
In 1920, the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the United States was in
Pitsurgh
In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw
President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to become a candidate for president because
Robert La Follette had been working to secure the nomination for himself
During the 1920s, airplanes
were largely a source of entertainment
At the end of the 1930s, a higher percentage of black women were employed than were white women.
T
Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge took essentially passive approaches to the presidency
T
Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition
T
During his first term, President Roosevelt preferred work relief programs to those that simply provided cash assistance.
T
During the 1920s, union membership fell from over 5 million to under 3 million
T
Farm income declined by 60 percent between 1929 and 1932
T
Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide in 1932, but it was not clear what he would do as president.
T
High tariffs and low taxes were aspects of the Republican Formula to create an expanding economy in the 1920s
T
Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens could both be called muckrakers.
T
In early 1915, virtually the entire European continent was at war after the assassination of an Austrian archduke provided the spark to hostilities on the continent.
T
In his dealings with Mexico, President Wilson often ignored Mexican sovereignty.
T
In the 1920s, as agriculture brought millions of acres of new land under cultivation, three million people left the farm sector
T
In the year prior to its crash, the stock market had been soaring upward
T
Largely as a result of the New Deal, the Democratic Party grew massively in size and power.
T
Much of Franklin Roosevelt's early success as president was a result of his personality.
T
President Hoover did attempt to use federal spending to fight the Great Depression
T
Roosevelt's Court-packing plan came to be considered unnecessary by Congress once the Supreme Court began supporting New Deal legislation.
T
Settlement houses were typically built and staffed by middle-class reformers to help inner-city residents.
T
The American response to the war in Europe was to accept the British blockade of Germany and continue trading with Great Britain.
T
The New Deal was instrumental in maintaining government stability in a time of increasing global crisis.
T
The Scopes trial of 1925 resulted in a guilty verdict, but it also put fundamentalists on the defensive Correct!
T
The Social Security Act was part of what has been called the Second New Deal.
T
The Supreme Court declared both the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act to be unconstitutional.
T
The Zimmermann telegram proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany against the United States.
T
The majority of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class
T
Those blacks who migrated to northern cities during the Great Depression found conditions little better than in the South.
T
Although Wilson came up with the idea of a League of Nations and pushed for it at the Paris Peace Conference, the U.S. never officially joined the organization.
True
During the Progressive Era, some professionals used their entrance requirements to exclude blacks, women, immigrants, and other "undesirables" from their ranks.
True
The "new woman" was less likely to marry and more likely to divorce.
True
Theodore Roosevelt cooperated with J. P. Morgan during the Panic of 1907 to attempt to stabilize the economy.
True
The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was
Wil Hayes
Dollar Diplomacy" is associated primarily with the administration of
William Howard Taft
An oligopoly differs from a cartel in that
a cartel involves cooperation among businesses
As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself
a champion of business cooperation
In 1919, American labor unrest saw
a general strike in Seattle that brought the city to a standstill
The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed
a populist admiration for ordinary Americans
As a result of the service of African American soldiers in World War I,
activism by blacks for their rights increased
As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt
added extensive areas of land to the national forest system.
During the earlty 20th century, the Industrial Workers of the World
advocated single union for all workers
New Immigration occurred
after the Civil War
In sweatshops, people could expect which of the following?
all of the above
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
all of thesE
Lincoln's goal for Reconstruction was to
all of these
The Works Progress Administration provided federal assistance to
artists, sculptors, writers, and musicians
During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt
became more willing to attack corporate interests openly.
After World War I, the new Ku Klux Klan
became primarily concerned about Catholics, Jews, and foreigners
During World War I, extensive systems of trenches were used by both sides
because newly improved weaponry made conventional field battles too destructive.
After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson
began another round of progressive legislation
The haymaker riot
began when an anarchist threw a bomb into police officers
At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists
believed in the transformational power of enlightened public opinion
During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills
All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political coalition EXCEPT
big-business owners
In the 1931 Scottsboro court case,
black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women
Which of the following was NOT a problem caused by rapid urbanization?
blackouts
President Theodore Roosevelt defined "civilized" and "uncivilized" nations on the basis of
both race and economic development
The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included
both the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington, and the injuring of over 100 marchers
Vertical integration involves al the following EXCEPT
buying up of the businesses the produce the same thing
Regarding organizing the professional during the Progressive Era
by 1916, all states had established professional bar associations
In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed
by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal
The Federal Trade Commission Act
created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government.
In 1914, when war erupted in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson
called on the American public to be completely impartia
President Woodrow Wilson's request to Congress for a declaration of war
called on the United States' responsibility to help secure a future of peace, justice, and self-governance
The primary New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of
cash assistance
Much of Father Charles Coughlin's outspoken criticism of the Roosevelt administration revolved around the issue of
changing the banking and currency system
Which was NOT a reason for the growth of cities in the late 1880s?
cheap land
The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating
child labor
Political machines did all the following EXCEPT
choose the president
n 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt
closed all banks for a short period
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
Political machines
controlled a political party
During World War I, the War Industries Board (WIB)
coordinated government purchases of military supplies
The Federal Reserve Act
created a new type of paper currency
The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle concerning the conflict between
creationism and evolution
In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
criticized the American obsession with material wealth
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935
gave government the authority to force employers to recognize and bargain with legitimate unions
Employers did all the following EXCEPT which to stop unions?
declare unions unconstitutional
In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was
declining
During the Progressive Era, supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters
deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women
The Social Security Act of 1935
did not begin making payments to participants for years
In the American West, New Deal programs
disproportionately benefited the region, with more funding than any other part of the country.
In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance
drew heavily from their African heritage
As a result of Johnson's Reconstruction Policies, Southern governments
enacted black codes
In 1914-1915, the United States responded to a British naval blockade of Germany by
ending trade with Germany but continuing trade with Great Britain.
The National Origins Act of 1924
entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
established a national minimum wage
a result of the Scopes trial of 1925, Correct Answer
fundamentalists reduced their political activism
During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban area
generally experienced conditions that were in most respects little better than in the South
During the 1920s, wages for American workers
generally rose at a rate far below increases in production and profits
During the 1920s, Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in
genetic research
Social Darwinists would agree with all of the following EXCEPT
government regulation of business
In 1910, in Osawatomie, Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for
greater activism by the federal government
As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover
grew less willing to increase federal spending
In the 1930s, the industrial union movement
grew more militant and powerful
In the 1930s, the Congress of Industrial Organizations
grew out of a dispute within the American Federation of Labor
During the Progressive Era, the Socialist Party of America
grew stronger
During the Progressive Era, the women's club movement
had a national organization to coordinate club activities
In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle
had a particular impact on urban lower-middle-class and working-class
In 1935, Senator Huey Long
had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest Americans
During the Great Depression, Asian Americans
had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest.
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
provided federal funds for child health care programs
Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part because
he failed to carry the South
the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration in 1932-1933.
he rapidly constructed an ambitious and diverse program of legislation to address the economic crisis
During the last eighteen months of Woodrow Wilson's presidency
he was essentially an invalid.
In the United States during World War I, the Committee on Public Information (CPI)
held a contest for a citizen to write an American's Creed
In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that
helped pave the way for the Social Security system
Early labor unions
helped workers who could no longer work due to injury or disability
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from
his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court
Which is NOT a way southern governments kept blacks from voting
identification papers
Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because
in 1904 he had promised not to run again.
All the following statements regarding the New Deal and women are true EXCEPT that
in general, women were major critics of the New Deal
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) Correct Answer
included a $1.5 billion public works budget, and was created to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses.
The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT Correct Answer
increase competition between companies
Which is TRUE of the Patronage system?
it meant that an entire new set of workers be hired each new president elected
The disadvantage of division of labor was
it was monotonous and no sense of accomplishment
The term "muckrakers" referred to
journalists
Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member in American history, was secretary of
labor
During the first year of the National Recovery Administration,
large producers consistently dominated the code-writing process
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 institutions 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
All the following statements regarding Al Smith are true EXCEPT that he
lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo
The Sedition Act of 1918
made illegal any public expression opposing the war
Which is NOT a way life changed between 1860 and 1900
mail service become much slower
sharp decline in farmers' incomes
many opportunities to join a union
As a result of the extravagant lifestyles of the wealthy,
many workers turned to the idea of socialism
Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the
meatpacking industry
In the 1920s, "behavioral" psychologists argued
mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children
During the progressive era, one of the first targest for political reformers was
municipal governments
The so-called "Zimmermann telegram"
ncluded a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico
In the workplace, the "open shop" meant
no worker was required to join a union
) Regarding the Treaty of Versailles, the United States Senate decided in 1919 to
not ratify it
During the 1930s, American literature
offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies
During the Progressive Era, clubs for African American women
often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions.
During the Great Depression in the rural United States,
one-third of all farmers lost their land
In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers, President Theodore Roosevelt
ordered federal arbitration
During the Red Scare of 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
ordered several unconstitutional raids on known radical organizations
In 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, Congress
passed a graduated income tax
The "Second New Deal" was launched partly in response to the
persistence of the Great Depression
The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken
political parties
The election of 1936
produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party
In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw
progressives come to oppose Pinchot
The Economy Act of 1933
proposed to balance the federal budget partly by cutting government workers' salaries
Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
protected the assets of bank depositors up to $2,500
During World War I, the United States government primarily financed the war through
public bond sales and new taxes
During its first year, the Civil Works Administration
put four million people to work
The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board
raised interest rates
William "Boss" Tweed
ran the Tammany Hall machine
Under the New Deal, African Americans
received more sympathy than under most previous administrations
Which of the following did the National War Labor Board, established in 1918, NOT grant to American workers?
recognition of the right to strike
When Congress convened in December 1865
refused to accept Johnson's policie
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
During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government
refused to intervene in the dispute
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.
In order to carry out their plan for Congressional Reconstruction, Radical Republicans
refused to seat newly elected Southern law-makers
After Democrats won control of Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover
refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief
President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by
rging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders
During the progressive era, political "interest groups"
rose to repace the declining power centers of the parties
In the 1920s bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as
salesman
Beginning in February 1928 and lasting through most of 1929, the American stock market
saw the number of shares traded daily soar
As a result of the Great Depression, social values in the United States You Answered
seemed to change relatively little
During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw
sharp decline in farmers' incomes
In his political program known as the "New Freedom" Woodrow Wilson believed trusts
should be destroyed
All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT
significant reduction in poverty in the region
The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of
social work
During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant
The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken the power of
state legislatures
The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"
stated that the U.S. had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries
In the 1930s, industrial unionism was
strengthened, partly, by New Deal legislation
In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,
strict regulations were imposed on factory owners.
In the early twentieth century, eugenics
supported the restriction of immigration by nationality
In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt decided
that he should try to balance the federal budget
All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that
the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans
The major difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor was
the AFL only organized skilled workers
During the 1930s, the most important group within the Popular Front was
the Communist Party
the Democratic Party was seriously divided
the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries
During the Great Depression,
the divorce rate declined
During the recession of 1937,
the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration in 1932-1933.
For western states, the most important vehicle of reform was
the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states.
In 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor,
the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions
One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that
the national government assumed responsibility for the basic welfare of the people.
During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of
the overproduction of goods
Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printd and distributed by
the political parties
In the 1920s, the "wet's" and dry's referred to the conflict over
the prohibition of alcohol
President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" included
the right of self-determination.
During the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT
the urban middle class
,Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in
their passive approach to the presidency
Railroads revolutionized business and industry in all of the following ways EXCEPT
they created international markets
Which of the following is NOT true of the Ku Klux Klan?
they were formally suppressed in 1920
In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was
to ensure farmers would at least financially break even
During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved
transfers of national oil reserves
During World War I, airplanes were used for all of the following EXCEPT
transporting troops
Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT
vice president of the United States
The election of 1920 saw
voters turn away from idealism and toward "normalcy."
Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932
was a convincing mandate
During the 1930s, the sit-down strike
was a new and controversial labor tactic
In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"
was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers
The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s
was a product of changing environmental conditions
The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933
was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court
In 1932, the Farmers' Holiday Association
was essentially a farmers' strike
President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court
was eventually defeated in Congress
New Deal policy toward Native Americans, as led by John Collier,
was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism
In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft
was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him
Child labor
was often substituted for adults who were too ill to work
During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
was one of the few unions led by African Americans
In 1919, the Red Scare in the United States
was partly motivated by a series of bombings
The Selective Service Act in the United States
was supported by President Woodrow Wilson
The temperance crusade
was supported by business employers
When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt
was the youngest American ever to hold the office
As president, Warren Harding
was unable to abandon the party hacks who had brought him to success
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
was used to support the creation of unions
African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs
were among the first to be released when funds ran out
American casualties in World War I
were as likely to be from disease as from combat.
The Gilded Age refers to a time
when a few wealthy individuals covered up the greed and corruption of society