Exam 3

The secretary of state of the Harding administration was Select one: a. Charles Evans Hughes. b. Charles Dawes. c. Henry Cabot Lodge. d. Henry Stimson. e. Cordell Hull.

a. Charles Evans Hughes.

In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca, Select one: a. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally. b. Joseph Stalin had refused to attend. c. Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to follow Stalin's strategy to defeat Germany. d. Stalin threatened to make a separate peace with Germany. e. Stalin argued against the Allies opening a second front in Western Europe.

a. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally.

In the 1931 Scottsboro court case, Select one: a. black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women. b. a Georgia jury convicted all of the black youths. c. the Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty convictions. d. eight of the convicted youths were executed for crimes they did not commit. e. All these answers are correct.

a. black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women.

In 1932, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Select one: a. lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral. b. was created by Congress over President Herbert Hoover's veto. c. focused most of its spending on large urban cities in the Northeast. d. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. e. spent most of its money trying to prop up unstable local banks.

a. lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral.

In his foreign policy for Latin America, President Herbert Hoover Select one: a. repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. b. repeatedly ordered troops into various Central American nations. c. canceled Latin American war debts owed to the United States. d. closely followed the policies of the two previous administrations. e. declared America would henceforth only recognize democratically-elected regimes.

a. repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II Select one: a. was pro-Western. b. had a powerful military. c. was supported by the Soviet Union. d. was backed by communists in China. e. was remarkably democratic.

a. was pro-Western.

In 1938, Anschluss Select one: a. was proclaimed by Hitler. b. caused an uproar in the United States. c. was created at the Munich Conference. d. led France to put its military on alert. e. came to be identified with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

a. was proclaimed by Hitler.

President Franklin Roosevelt's sharpest foreign policy break with Herbert Hoover concerned economic relations with Select one: a. Latin America. b. Europe. c. Asia. d. Russia. e. Mexico.

b. Europe.

All of the following nations were signatories to the Five-Power Pact of 1922 EXCEPT Select one: a. Britain. b. Russia. c. France. d. Italy. e. Japan.

b. Russia.

During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created Select one: a. to help southern African Americans move to northern cities to take war jobs. b. by President Roosevelt after black protesters threatened a massive march on the capital. c. after serious racial rioting broke out in several northern industrial cities. d. and led by A. Philip Randolph. e. in response to significant protests led by the Congress of Racial Equality.

b. by President Roosevelt after black protesters threatened a massive march on the capital.

The Truman administration responded in 1950 to the onset of fighting in Korea by Select one: a. declaring war on North Korea. b. calling on the United Nations to intervene. c. warning China not to intervene. d. threatening the use of atomic weapons. e. telling South Korea to stand down.

b. calling on the United Nations to intervene.

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with Select one: a. the radical right. b. the Spanish Civil War. c. veterans of World War I. d. the "bonus marchers." e. the Civilian Conservation Corps.

b. the Spanish Civil War.

Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT Select one: a. assistant secretary of the navy. b. vice president of the United States. c. governor of New York. d. a state legislator. e. a Hudson Valley aristocrat.

b. vice president of the United States.

In 1947, the Truman administration responded to Republican attacks that it was weak on communism by Select one: a. ignoring them. b. charging the Republicans with harboring communists within their own party. c. beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees. d. blaming lax security on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. e. supporting passage of the McCarran Internal Security Act.

c. beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees.

In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that Select one: a. kept the United States on the gold standard. b. preserved the circular loan system of the Dawes Plan. c. established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. d. allowed American banks to make loans to nations in default to the United States. e. further soured relations with Latin America.

c. established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by Select one: a. making lynching a federal crime. b. abolishing the poll tax. c. ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees. d. establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission. e. ordering the desegregation of public transportation.

c. ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees.

The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 Select one: a. was an alliance between France and the United States against Germany. b. was to be enforced with multinational trade embargoes. c. was signed with wide international acclaim. d. stated that an attack on one nation was an attack on all nations. e. was an alliance between France and the United States against Japan.

c. was signed with wide international acclaim.

As a result of the Korean War, the Select one: a. American economy was dragged into a recession. b. American public felt reassured that communism was being contained. c. stature of the American military increased. d. American public believed there was something wrong with the United States. e. government reduced the amount of money it was pumping into the economy.

d. American public believed there was something wrong with the United States.

All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT that Select one: a. Chambers was a former communist agent. b. classified documents allegedly stolen by Hiss were kept hidden by Chambers in a pumpkin. c. the case cast suspicion on a generation of liberal Democrats. d. Hiss was convicted of espionage. e. Hiss served several years in prison.

d. Hiss was convicted of espionage.

The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included Select one: a. the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington. b. General Jack Pershing exceeding his orders to remove the veterans. c. the injuring of over 100 marchers. d. both the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington, and the injuring of over 100 marchers. e. All these answers are correct.

d. both the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington, and the injuring of over 100 marchers.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 Select one: a. was limited to servicemen who had been wounded in combat. b. mainly provided counseling for emotionally troubled veterans. c. helped to reduce government spending. d. gave economic and education subsidies to veterans. e. explicitly discriminated against African Americans.

d. gave economic and education subsidies to veterans.

In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party Select one: a. reduced its criticism of the United States. b. formed an American Nazi Party. c. broke from the Soviet Union. d. lost a significant portion of its membership. e. disbanded.

d. lost a significant portion of its membership.

Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt Select one: a. declared he would dramatically increase government spending. b. promised to maintain a balanced federal budget. c. made no public statements. d. refused to make any agreements on the economic direction of the country with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover. e. established the Works Progress Administration.

d. refused to make any agreements on the economic direction of the country with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover.

In 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor, Select one: a. small steel companies more quickly unionized than did large steel companies. b. the effort to organize the steel industry proved easier than organizing in the auto industry. c. the "Memorial Day Massacre" saw striking U.S. Steel employees killed by police. d. the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions. e. a key strike against Republic Steel of Chicago succeeded in winning union recognition.

d. the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions.

President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court Select one: a. had little effect on future rulings by the Court. b. did little political damage to his administration. c. drew significant support from conservatives. d. was eventually defeated in Congress. e. gained Roosevelt the support of southern Democrats.

d. was eventually defeated in Congress.

At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on Select one: a. the government of Poland. b. the unification of Germany. c. war reparations to the Soviet Union. d. both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany. e. All these answers are correct.

e. All these answers are correct.

The Dawes Plan of 1924 Select one: a. called for the United States to lend money to Germany to meet its reparation payments. b. was designed to help England and France make their debt payments to the United States. c. called for Britain and France to reduce the amount of German reparation payments. d. called for both the United States to lend money to Germany to meet its reparation payments, and Britain and France to reduce the amount of German reparation payments. e. All these answers are correct.

e. All these answers are correct.

The Smith-Connally Act of 1943 Select one: a. was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt. b. authorized the president to seize a war factory where workers had gone on strike. c. passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers. d. both was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt and passed as a result of actions taken by the United Mine Workers. e. All these answers are correct.

e. All these answers are correct.

The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over Select one: a. Austria. b. Poland. c. Hungary. d. Belgium. e. Czechoslovakia.

e. Czechoslovakia.

As part of his foreign policy, President Herbert Hoover moved to withdraw American troops from Select one: a. Mexico. b. Cuba. c. Venezuela. d. Colombia. e. Haiti.

e. Haiti.

During World War II, Allied bombers targeted Select one: a. the crematoria at Auschwitz. b. the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz. c. the guard towers and Nazi bunkers at Auschwitz. d. both the crematories at Auschwitz and the railroad lines leading to Auschwitz. e. None of these answers is correct.

e. None of these answers is correct.

During World War II, the regional impact of government spending was the greatest in the Select one: a. Northeast. b. Midwest. c. South. d. East. e. West.

e. West.

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from Select one: a. complaints by several justices that they were being overworked. b. a desire not to have to choose between two different popular candidates for chief justice. c. a Democratic plan to gain permanent control of the federal government. d. his opinion that the Court needed to review a larger number of cases. e. his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court.

e. his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court.

The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with Select one: a. restructuring Germany's war debt. b. the League of Nations. c. the civil war in Russia. d. Japanese aggression toward China. e. naval armament limitations.

e. naval armament limitations.

In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People Select one: a. claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times. b. argued the best way to end the Depression was to have working-class men and women run for office. c. asserted that a strong faith in Christianity would best help one through hard times. d. gave financial advice and offered tips for going to a job interview. e. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.

e. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.

All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that Select one: a. Hoover called some marchers' behavior evidence of uncontrolled violence and radicalism. b. more than 20,000 American veterans camped out in Washington, D.C. c. Congress refused to formally consider the demands of the "Army." d. the United States Army, led by General Douglas MacArthur, forced the veterans to flee in terror. e. the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans.

e. the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans.

In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action Select one: a. formed as a coalition of conservative Democrats. b. supported Henry A. Wallace for president. c. was the major support group for President Harry Truman. d. supported Strom Thurmond for president. e. tried to draft Dwight D. Eisenhower for president.

e. tried to draft Dwight D. Eisenhower for president.

The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933 Select one: a. saw private farmers and business leaders dominate its planning process. b. was the most controversial program of the early New Deal. c. was one of the costliest failures of the Roosevelt administration. d. was headed by former electricity magnate Samuel Insull. e. was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.

e. was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.