US history final PART 2
The american artistic movement known as the "ashcan school"
included the painter Edward Hopper
During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines
The agricultural adjustment act
south to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant
By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from
southern and eastern Europe
The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"
stated that the U.S. had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries.
In the 1890s, the black journalist Ida B Wells devoted her writing to attacking
the crime of lynching
The chinese from california became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad in part because
they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept
Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT
vice president of the united states
In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"
was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers
The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933
was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government
Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government
was largely inactive
During the 1920s, the trend toward industrial consolidation
was most pronounced in industries dependent on large-scale mass production
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 Kellog-Briand pact of 1928
was signed with wide international acclaim
The principal force behind the creation of great public buildings in the late nineteenth century was
wealthy residents
For many middle class americans, the major labor upheavals of the late nineteenth century
were dangerous signs of social instability
The farmers' alliances
were far more widespread than the Grange movement
In 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the US
Advocates of the "New South"
Promoted southern industry and railroad development
The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the american government upon annexation was
Queen Liliuokalani
All of the following nations were signatories to the five-power pact of 1922 EXCEPT
Russia
The abraham lincoln brigade is associated with
Spanish Civil War
Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American battle casualties
U.S Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied
Which statement about education in the late nineteenth century is FALSE
funding for public education was highest in rural areas
In the late nineteenth century, which of the following was NOT a major western industry that relied on the East for markets and capital
fur trading
In the 1930s, the congress of Industrial Organizations
grew out of a dispute within the American Federation of Labor
In the 1930s, the congress of industrial organizations
grew out of dispute within the American Federation of labor
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 single women
During Theodore Roosevelt's, first three years as president
he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporations and publicize the results
The washington conference of 1921
attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.
During the early twentieth century, the Industrial workers of the world
Advocated a single union for all workers
The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with the
Agricultural Marketing Act
During the late nineteenth century, anarchists in the United States
All of these answers are correct
The Dawes Plan of 1924
All of these answers are correct
In the early stage of the Spanish-American war, commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in
Manila harbor
The most prominent exponent of black nationalism following World War 1 was
Marcus Garvey
During the 1870s and 1880s, most of the immigrants to the US came from
England, Ireland, and northern Europe
During the 1920s, the National Women's Party campaigned primarily for the
Equal Rights Amendment
During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
Eugene V. Debs
As part of the foreign policy, president herbert hoover moved to withdraw american troops from
Haiti
In the late nineteenth century, as veterans of the civil war retired
a majority of the black and white population in the North received federal pensions
During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the US saw
a sharp decline in farmer's incomes
In the late nineteenth century, the writer Henry George argued in favor of
a single land tax to replace all other taxes
In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
all answers are correct
During the first year of the national recovery administration,
all of these answers are correct
In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
all these answers are correct
Northern commitment to reconstruction waned as a result of
all these answers are correct
The interstate commerce act of 1897
all these answers are correct
The Neutrality Act of 1937
allowing warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the US if they paid cash
In the late nineteenth century, fences for plains farms were usually made from
barbed wire
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 members
In the campaign of 1896, William Mckinley
campaigned largely from his house
By the 1890s, populations in the biggest urban areas
consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children
In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
criticized the American obsession with material wealth
Following the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt
declared the US would remain neutral
At the turn of the twentieth century, the leaders of the settlement house movement
directed their attention to improving urban living conditions
In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that
established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
During the 1920s, most American industrial workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT
few opportunities to join a company union
American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from
foreign crop failures
During the late nineteenth century, all of the following innovations occurred in consumer goods except the
formation of credit card companies
in his books, Horatio Alger
inspired readers with stories of Americans rising from "rags to riches"
Which of the following statements about the American railroad industry in the late nineteenth century is false
it saw Congress outlaw railroad combinations
In 1932, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral
During WW1, the council of national defense eventually organized the national economy by creating
local defense councils
In 1939, after the soviet union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the american communist party
lost a significant portion of its membership
In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to
none of these answers are correct
The Hawley-Smoot tariff of 1930
none of these answers is correct
In the American business community at the end of the nineteenth century
one percent of corporations controlled one-third of all manufacturing
During the Harding administration, the United States
proposed a dramatic reduction in the fleets of the United States, Britain, and Japan
The sheppard-towner act of 1921
provided federal funds for child health care programs
During WW1, the US government primarily financed the war through
public bond sales and new taxes
In the late nineteenth century, urban political bosses did all of the following EXCEPT
reduce the costs of city services
In his writings during the late 1800s, the popular author Hamlin Garland
reflected the growing disillusionment of western farmers
In his foreign policy for Latin America, President Herbert Hoover
repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine