Chapters 21-25

Who among the following individuals of groups would most directly oppose the philosophy of New Deal as explained in this excerpt?

A. American Liberty League.

Which of the following cites an event that mostly clearly challenges the interpretation expressed in the above excerpt?

A. The Washington Conference of 1921.

The Jungle directly contributed to the passage of the...?

B. Meat Inspection Act

Which of the following public figures was a leading spokes person for the perspective of this cartoon?

C. Charles Lindbergh

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.

Which of the following Progressive reforms most directly promoted "active citizenship"?

C. The direct election of senators.

When the Zimmermann message was made public, many people in the United States...?

C. expressed nationalist anger against Germany.

Eleanor Roosevelt expressed the most independence from President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisers in her...?

C. opposition to social work.

Which of the following would the author(s) of this excerpt most likely support?

D. Passing the Lend-Lease Act

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

D. Popularization of Sigmund Freud.

Who of the following would most likely support the sentiments found in this excerpt?

D. President Franklin Roosevelt.

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

D. Progressives were a diverse group who supported various reforms.

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

A. Citizens do not lose their freedom of speech during War.

Which of the following was the primary economic purpose for the rationing program found in the above document?

A. Control inflation caused by shortages of consumer goods.

Which of the following groups would most likely support the perspective of this cartoon?

B. America First Committee

Which of the following most directly supports the argument found in the above except?

B. Appointment of Harry M. Daugherty as Attorney General.

Upton Sinclair's Jungle was primarily concerned about working conditions. Which of the following most directly helped organized labor?

C. Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Which of the following most directly supports the author's analysis?

C. Farm income fell from $11.4 billion in 1929 to $6.3 billion in 1932.

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

C. Farmers and many rural areas.

Which of the following was designed to provide long term "job security" for workers?

C. National Labor Relations Act

Which of the following would most directly support the argument that Progressives were "exclusionary"?

C. Progressives did little to end the segregation of African Americans.

Which of the following most directly addressed "security for capitalists?"

D. Security and Exchange Commission.

The excerpt suggests that Eleanor Roosevelt knew that her positions could most harm her husband's standing with which of the following groups?

D. Southern Democrats.

Which of the following does this excerpt support as the primary cause of the U.S. declaration of war in April 1917?

B. Germany's violations of U.S. neutral rights.

Which of the following developments in the 1920s would most directly support the author's sentiments in the excerpt?

A. Liberalized divorce laws.

The above excerpt is most closely associated with which sector of the Progressive movement?

A. Muckrakers

Which of the following most directly contributed to the perspective of this cartoon?

A. Nye Committee

At the time this excerpt was published, which of the following was the most pressing problem faced but the British?

A. The attacks on supply lines by German submarines in the Atlantic.

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

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.

Which of the following best explains the campaign behind the above government documents?

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

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

B. The Espionage and Sedition Acts

The about excerpt most directly reflects that the temperance movement...?

B. appealed to a varied constituency.

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 was most directly related to the phrase in the testimony "the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens"?

D. Twenty-five percent of the workforce was unemployed.

During the war, a 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.

The Prohibition movement was similar to other Progressive reforms because it...?

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

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

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

Which of the following would most likely support a belief that the government was "against the common people"?

B. Treatment of the Bonus Marchers.

The administration of which of the following presidents who served between 1865 and 1900 most closely resembles the corruption of the Harding administration?

B. Ulysses S. Grant