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What did the Fordney-McCumber tariff and Smoot-Hawley tariff reveal about America's commitment to free trade? a. They proved that the United States was committed to laissez-faire economics. b. They indicated that the United States was willing to raise tariffs to protect domestic manufacturers. c. They showed that the United States wanted to maintain lower tariffs. d. They revealed that the concept of free trade would never be abandoned. e. They showed America's complete abandonment of the principles of free trade.

b

What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case expose in American society? a. The growing division over the use of the death penalty b. The strong ethnic bias in the United States c. The growing ties between immigrants and blacks d. The corruption in Boston's Little Italy e. The need for immigration restrictions

b

What happened in the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal? a. President Herbert Hoover was caught having an affair with one of the secretaries in the White House. b. Interior Secretary Albert Fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies. c. Secretary of the Treasury William Clinton invested federal funds in the Whitewater land deal. d. President Calvin Coolidge used federal funds to buy his wife a fancy tea-serving set. e. Senator George Scott diverted federal funds to guerilla fighters in Panama.

b

What happened to housework in the 1920s? a. It was made easier for middle-class housewives because they were able to hire immigrant women and farm girls for household help. b. It was reduced in terms of hours and sheer physical effort thanks to electrical appliances, store-bought clothing, and purchased food. c. It was socialized through cooperative apartments, commercial laundries, and other collective forms of housework. d. It increased because industrialization and crowded urban conditions made homes dirtier. e. It became simpler because air conditioning and electric heat made homes cleaner

b

What was the result of the sexual revolution of the 1920s? a. There was a significant increase in premarital sex. b. The new custom of casual dating developed. c. It eradicated the double standard of sexual behavior for men and women. d. It produced a surge in pornographic lyrics in popular music. e. It led to a significant increase in the divorce rate.

b

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force? a. With their new feeling of liberation gained during World War I, women made gigantic inroads into previously all-male professions. b. Most college women entered traditionally female professions such as nursing, school teaching, and library science. c. The proportion of working women who were single rose by about 30 percent because single women came to dominate teaching at the university level. d. The number of women in the workforce declined. e. None of these.

b

Which sector of the economy did not prosper in the 1920s? a. Manufacturing b. Agriculture c. The service sector d. Financial services e. New consumer goods

b

Who was the main subject in Bruce Barton's The Man Nobody Knows? a. Henry Ford b. Jesus Christ c. Babe Ruth d. Bartolomeo Vanzetti e. Warren Harding

b

Why is Aimee Semple McPherson significant? a. She confronted the American Civil Liberties Union in a conflict over the theory of evolution. b. She anticipated the television evangelists of a later day in her theatrical sermons. c. She promoted the Social Gospel, which emphasized social service. d. She founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association. e. She was the author of This Side of Paradise.

b

Why was Babe Ruth important in the 1920s? a. He raised people's awareness of professional boxing. b. He became an American hero because of his ability to hit home runs. c. He was the first black football player to win the Heisman Trophy. d. He won the Master's, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, and the British Open all in the same year. e. He overcame cancer to lead the New York Giants to a Super Bowl victory.

b

HUAC: blacklists

barred employment of those with a questionable past or had associated with others deemed "subversive" or "un-American"

What effect did Taft-Hartley Act have on unions?

barred the closed shop, outlawed secondary boycotts, required union officials to sign loyalty oaths, allowed the pres. to call a cooling off period to delay strikes

At the Washington Naval Arms Conference the major naval powers agreed that for ten years they would halt the construction of nuclear weapons. submarines. aircraft carriers. destroyers. battleships.

battleships.

Prior to United States entry into World War II, Congress passed the Cash-and-Carry Act of 1939 and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941. These foreign policy actions showed that the United States

became increasingly drawn into the war in Europe

Jackie Robinson was a significant figure in the civil rights movement because he

became the first black baseball player to play in the modern Major Leagues.

According to John Dewey, schools need to

become the engines of social change.

What did urbanization provide to Mexicans?

better education and employment opportunities (85% lived in urban areas by 1970)

What did Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocate?

blacks should return to Africa.

In the late 19th century, John L. Sullivan represented America's love affair with

boxing

Jackie Robinson

broke the major league baseball's color line

As part of their efforts to "Redeem" the South from Republican-centered Reconstruction, Southern Democrats divided into

businessmen who envisioned an industrialized "New South" and Bourbons who represented the old planter elite.

According to the theories of "Reaganomics,"

by cutting taxes, the country's economy would expand and produce more revenue for the federal government.

American foreign policy toward Europe during the 1920s was characterized by

by general attitudes of independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms-control treaties.

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by...

by independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms control treaties

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by

by independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms control treaties.

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by a willingness to forgive the World War I debts owed to the U.S. government by former allies. a desire to lead the League of Nations. by independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms control treaties. a commitment to the World Court. complete isolation from other countries.

by independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms control treaties.

American foreign policy toward Europe during the 1920s was characterized by a. a willingness to forgive the World War I debts owed to the U.S. government by former allies. b. a desire to lead the League of Nations. c. by general attitudes of independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms-control treaties. d. a commitment to the World Court. e. complete isolation from other countries.

c

How did Henry Ford lead the way in industry? a. He pioneered a style of management that delegated corporate decisions to professionals in specialized divisions. b. He instituted worker-management teams to share decision-making about production. c. He paid his workers higher wages to encourage consumerism. d. He broke labor unions and replaced them with industry worker associations. e. He paid his workers low wages to increase the profit margin.

c

In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues? a. Eradicating slum conditions in cities b. The sexual revolution c. The theory of evolution d. Equal rights for women e. Restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews

c

What was the country's first radio network? a. ABC b. CBS c. NBC d. PBS e. FOX

c

What was the social philosophy of Herbert Hoover, as expounded in his book American Individualism? a. Big business was the answer to America's problems. b. He saw unfettered competition as the life force of capitalism. c. He advocated a cooperative, socially responsible economic order shaped by the voluntary action of capitalist leaders. d. He supported direct government intervention in the economy. e. He argued in favor of higher wages and higher personal income taxes

c

Which musical style epitomized the 1920s? a. Swing b. Ragtime c. Jazz d. Reggae e. The blues

c

Which of the following examples reveals the nativism in the United States in the 1920s? a. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as much for their ethnic origins as for their crimes. b. President Harding issued an executive order limiting the number of non-British immigrants. c. Congress passed a law in 1924 that strictly limited immigration. d. White citizen councils increased in membership by stressing antiblack and antiforeigner messages. e. President Calvin Coolidge publicly supported the lynching of immigrants in certain circumstances.

c

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is not true? a. The Klan was made up of ordinary Americans. b. The Klan targeted blacks, Catholics, or Jews, depending on the region. c. The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era to attract a mass membership. d. Estimates of Klan membership in the 1920s range from 2 to 5 million Americans. e. It promised to restore the nation's lost racial, ethnic, religious, and moral purity.

c

Which of the following statements concerning women in the work force in the 1920s is true? a. Women workers swelled the union movement. b. Women found more job opportunities on assembly lines. c. Women faced systematic wage discrimination. d. Women workers declined in number and power because women returned home and let their husbands resume their careers. e. Women workers increased proportionally so that almost half of women were working outside the home.

c

Which of the following writers is not correctly identified with one of his or her books? a. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby b. Sinclair Lewis, Main Street c. Henry Mencken, Mercury Station d. Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms e. Victor Margueritte, La Garçonne

c

Which of the following was not a goal of municipal reformers?

city councils that were appointed by mayors rather than chosen in citywide elections

What were the Rosenbergs offered if they named other spies?

clemency, but they both refused

"The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace with all peoples and all governments. "They are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law. . . ." — Preamble to the North Atlantic Treaty, 1949 This statement shows the commitment of the United States to the principle of

collective security

A controversial issue that resulted from World War II was the

commitment of troops without congressional approval

The Employment Act of 1946

committed the federal government to ensuring economic growth and maintaining employment.

In the late nineteenth century, child labor was

common in the coal mines and cotton mills.

The Alger Hiss case revolved around the House Un-American Activities Committee accusing Hiss of being a(n)

communist

How did Ike govern?

concentrated on major matters, delegated authority, and worked to reconcile contending factions

Which wartime policy toward Japanese Americans was upheld by the Supreme Court in its 1944 ruling in Korematsu v. United States?

confinement in internment camps

This World War II cartoon was used to encourage Americans to

conserve natural resources

A main purpose of government-ordered rationing during World War II was to

conserve raw materials for the war effort

Rosenbergs found guilty of?

conspiring to commit espionage

What was the economic belief of Truman's Fair Deal?

continual economic growth - an expanding pie meant more for everyone, including the gov't

77. Congress created the Office of Price Administration to

control inflation during the war

Congress created the Office of Price Administration to

control inflation during the war.

Which of the following characterized frontier communities?

cooperation among neighbors as a form of insurance in a rugged environment.

Welfare capitalism refers to

corporations providing employee benefits in the hope of preventing the establishment of unions

The term "welfare capitalism" refers to

corporations providing employee benefits in the hope of preventing the establishment of unions.

Benny Goodman was noteworthy because he

created an integrated jazz orchestra that performed at Carnegie Hall.

Benny Goodman was noteworthy because he created an integrated jazz orchestra that performed at Carnegie Hall. developed be-bob and released the first million-seller record. won a Pulitzer Prize for A Farewell to Arms. was the lead engineer for building the Hoover Dam. served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's vice president for his first three terms.

created an integrated jazz orchestra that performed at Carnegie Hall.

Voluntary Relocation Program

created to lure Indians off the reservations and into urban areas, and to speed the sale of their land to developers; provided them with moving costs, assistance in finding housing and jobs, and living expenses

To encourage economic growth, President Bush proposed

cutting taxes by $1.6 trillion over 10 years

Which three writers expressed hostility to the moralistic pieties of the old order and the business pieties of the new? a. Bruce Barton, Theodore Dreiser, and Ernest Hemingway b. H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, and Horatio Alger c. William Jennings Bryan, H. L. Mencken, and Sinclair Lewis d. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz e. Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, and H. L. Mencken

d

Who won the 1928 presidential election? a. Al Smith b. Calvin Coolidge c. Warren Harding d. Herbert Hoover e. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d

Why did Prohibition fail? a. Organized crime provided a ready supply of liquor. b. It proved impossible to enforce rules of behavior with which a significant portion of the population disagreed. c. The Volstead Act was underfunded and weakly enforced. d. All of these. e. None of these.

d

In response to the sinking of the Lusitania, the US

demanded that Germany cease unrestricted submarine warfare.

In response to the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States

demanded that Germany cease unrestricted submarine warfare.

George F. Kennan

described Soviet expansion as a wound up toy, therefore US policy must be the patient but firm containment of Russia

The 1898 Curtis Act

dissolved the Indian Territory and abolished tribal governments.

At the Washington Naval Arms Conference, the major naval powers agreed to halt the construction of which of the following for ten years? a. Nuclear weapons b. Submarines c. Aircraft carriers d. Destroyers e. Battleships

e

During the 1920s, what attitude did most Americans have toward environmental issues? a. America's energy resources had limits and had to be conserved. b. Unchecked technology was dangerous. c. Political corruption was an inevitable result of government management of natural resources. d. The nation was poisoning itself and had to stop. e. Pollution and vanishing wilderness were small prices to pay for material comforts.

e

How did the automobile affect American life? a. It gave young people freedom from parental oversight. b. It broke down the isolation of rural life. c. It let more prosperous Americans move out to the suburbs. d. It increased mobility and headaches. e. All of these.

e

The purpose of the 1924 National Origins Act was to increase the number of immigrants coming from a. eastern Europe. b. Asia. c. South America. d. all of these. e. none of these

e

Which of the following statements accurately describes the automobile in the 1920s? a. It was still just a plaything of the rich. b. It lost much of its potential market when people turned to the new forms of mass transit available. c. It was produced mostly for the overseas market because Americans could not afford the high-priced American models. d. It became common in most American socioeconomic groups when cheap Japanese models flooded the market. e. It saw a big increase in popularity, with the number of vehicle registrations jumping dramatically.

e

Which of the following statements concerning the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is not true? a. It witnessed the flowering of black culture, particularly among writers. b. It depended on white patronage. c. It had little contact with the black masses. d. It ended with the onset of the Great Depression but stands as a monument to African-American cultural creativity. e. It showcased the talents of Paul Robeson and Chuck Barry.

e

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party is true? a. It unified the feminist movement in the 1920s, which had become splintered after women won the vote. b. It attracted the support of young women, who looked up to the feminists for their civic idealism. c. It was supported by an alliance of professional women and labor activists. d. It turned out to be the deciding issue in the 1928 presidential election. e. It was opposed by many young women.

e

Why did the union movement weaken in the 1920s? a. Overall wage rates rose steadily in the 1920s. b. The older craft-based pattern of union organization was ill suited to the new mass-production industries. c. Management was hostile to labor organizing. d. The open shop was dubbed the American plan. e. All of these

e

President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 on the grounds that the

early ending of the war would save many lives

Senator Joseph McCarthy won strong backing from all of the following groups except

eatern, upper-class, Prtestant Democrats and Republicans, such as Dean Acheson and Nelson Rockefeller.

What did HUAC prompt entertainment media to do?

either shun controversial issues, or tilt politically to the right

The Civilian Conservation Corps

employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.

The Civilian Conservation Corps put five million young men and women to work in camps across the country. was a conservative political youth club. employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control. brought together business leaders to draft codes of fair competition. was the precursor to the National Guard.

employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.

59. The Smith-Connally Labor Disputes Act

empowered the president to take over any facility where strikes interrupted war production

The Smith-Connally Labor Disputes Act

empowered the president to take over any facility where strikes interrupted war production.

Federal Employee Loyalty Program

established (by Exec. Order 9835) to root out subversives in the government

Civil Rights Act of 1957

established a permanent commission on civil rights with broad investigatory powers, but did little to guarantee the ballot to blacks

The teaching of this subject in public schools was the key issue in the Scopes Trial.

evolution.

The teaching of this subject in public schools was the key issue in the Scopes Trial. evolution. sex education. creationism. racial equality. biology.

evolution.

The Taft-Hartly Act

expanded the rights of labor unions

What did the Fair Deal do?

extended existing programs such as raise min. wage, increase social security benefits, expand coverage for public power, conservation, and slum clearance, authorized construction of nearly 1 mil low income housing units

Truman & Inflation: price control bill passed, but

farmers still protest and withhold food from the market

What was a key challenge faced by the United States during World War II?

fighting the war on several fronts

Speaker A: "The current situation has necessitated that more women enter the workforce." Speaker B: "My family will have to get along without sugar and flour this week." Speaker C: "I say we should continue to support our president, even if a president has never been elected to four terms before now." Speaker D: "I support the government in everything it has to do, to be sure we are safe from fascism here at home." These speakers would have made these statements during

food rationing to support a war effort

During World War II, Japanese Americans were

forced to live as prisoners in internment camps.

What was the GI Bill designed to do?

forestall the expected recession by easing veterans back into the workforce

How did HUAC's actions intimidate labor?

frightened labor movement into expelling communists and avoiding progressive causes

The Piedmont is an area stretching

from Virginia to Alabama.

What was America's initial involvement in Vietnam?

furnished aid to the French, who were trying to re-conquer their former colony.

What did Puerto Ricans gain and lose?

gain - personal freedom in the U.S. lose - the security of a strong cultural tradition

During World War II, this poster was used primarily to

gain financial support for the war

How did Ike make people feel as president?

gave people weary of partisanship a sense of unity

American foreign policy toward Europe during the 1920s was characterized by

general attitudes of independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms-control treaties.'

Among the political changes that reformers wished to bring to state government during the early years of the twentieth century was

giving voters the power to enact laws directly.

Convictions of war criminals by courts at Tokyo and Nuremberg following World War II showed that

government officials and military leaders could be held accountable for their actions

which of the following did not occur in the 1948 presidential election

governor thomas dewey of new york defeated president truman for reelection

The new conservatives advocated all of the following except

gun control

After World War II, the United States was better able than its allies to adjust its economy from wartime to peacetime because the United States

had suffered no widespread wartime destruction

The Roosevelt Corollary was significant for US relations with countries in the Western Hemisphere during the twentieth century because it established the precedent that the US

had the right to intervene in Latin American countries.

The Roosevelt Corollary was significant to U.S. relations with countries in the Western Hemisphere during the 20th century because it established the precedent that the United States

had the right to intervene in Latin American countries.

In 1940 and 1941, President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war because

he knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany.

84. which of the following factors was not a reason why President Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb in 1945

he wanted to prove to the world that the United States hated the Japanese and wanted them to suffer because of their attack on Pearl Harbor

why did president harry truman develop the truman doctrine in 1947

he wanted to provie military and economic aid for turkey and greece to resist the spread of communism

What did documents later reveal about Julius Rosenberg?

he was part of a spy ring that gave the USSR data on America's atomic bomb project; Ethel was merely "a lever" to pressure him into naming other spies

Frances Willard was important because she

headed the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that pursued various reform issues.

With the Medicare program, Lydon Johnson wanted to provide

health insurance for the elderly.

What was the goal of HUAC?

held widely publicized hearings to expose communist infiltration in Hollywood

The Lend-Lease Act and the Destroyers-for-Bases deal were adopted prior to World War II primarily because these actions would

help Allied nations without the United States entering the war

Which statement identifies a change in American society during World War II?

help European nations recover economically

What was the purpose of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project?

help and encourage African-Americans to become registered voters.

President Eisenhour did all of the following except

help bring about the downfall of Joseph McCarthy by the public denouncing his irresponsible accusations

During the early years of World War II, the Destroyer Deal and the Lend-Lease Act were efforts by the United States to

help the Allies without formally declaring war

81. President FDR encouraged the passage of the Lend-Lease Act because he wanted to

help the American economy

Bretton Woods Agreement: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

helped rebuild war-battered Asia and Europe

What brought a steady stream of Puerto Ricans to the city?

high unemployment where they lived and the advent of direct air service to NY

Which of the following was not a reason why Ngo Dinh Diem, the president of South Vietnam and ally of the United States, lacked popular support in his country?

his Buddhism alienated the predominantly Catholic population.

How did Eisenhower please the right wing of the Republican party?

his appointment of John Foster Dulles as sec. of state

57. the various federal agencies created during World War II to coordinate the war effort did all the following except

impose strict ceilings on corporate profits

The various federal agencies created during World War II to coordinate the war effort did all the following except

impose strict ceilings on corporate profits.

Which of the following was not one of the innovations that stimulated homeownership in Levittown in the 1950s?

improved mass transportation to the suburbs.

The case of Babe Ruth illustrates the power of publicity in the 1920s celebrity culture because

in private he was a womanizing racist, but in the public eye, his 60 home runs in one year made him a hero.

Where was baseball the most popular?

in urban areas with large working-class populations.

"Yellow dog" contracts were contracts

in which workers promised not to strike or join a union.

What did Puerto Ricans suffer from in NY?

inadequate housing, employment, and schools, and from police harassment

The experiences of African Americans serving in the military forces during World War II influenced their postwar decision to

increase efforts to end racial discrimination

In the 1920s, what happened to American investments in foreign production?

increased because American corporations invested abroad to supply overseas markets efficiently and acquire raw materials.

Which of the following economic developments occurred during Ronald Reagan's first term?

increased consumer spending and a surging stock market

What might be considered Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring domestic legacy?

increasing public interest in environmental conservation.

The war crimes trials of German and Japanese military officials following World War II established that

individuals can be held responsible for wartime atrocities against civilians

Who supported the New South Creed?

industrialists who believed that the South's natural resources and cheap labor made it a natural site for industrial development.

As President, Dwight D. Eisenhower

initiated the largest and most expensive public-works scheme in American history.

Stalins wants/actions after the war

insisted on a demilitarized Germany and a buffer zone of nations friendly to Russia

During the Cuban missile crisis, the United States

instituted a quarantine of Cuba.

A violation of civil rights that occurred in the United States during World War II was the

internment of Japanese Americans

Which federal policy was enacted during World War II and justified as a wartime necessity?

internment of Japanese Americans

At the beginning of World War II, national debate focused on whether the United States should continue the policy of

isolationism

What was the most important impact of Eisenhower's silence after the Brown v. Board decision?

it encouraged white resistance to become more and more open

86. Which of the following actions did the US not take in preparing for war between September 1, 1939 and December 1, 1941

it instituted to "cash-and-carry" program

73. Why was the United States called the "Arsenal of Democracy"

it provided all the war materials that the allies needed

79. How did the "cash and carry" policy work?

it required nations at war in 1939 and 1940 to pay for US goods in cash and carry them in their own ships

What did NATO mark the end of for America?

its long tradition of avoiding entangling alliances abroad

What did the GI Bill give priority to?

jobs, occupational guidance, if need be 52 weeks of unemployment benefits for veterans

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

killed as many as 50 to 100 million people worldwide.

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic struck infants and the elderly particularly hard. killed as many as 50 to 100 million people worldwide. began as an avian flu in Asia. originated in China. was kept out of the U.S. by stringent government health regulations.

killed as many as 50 to 100 million people worldwide.

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic...

killed as many as 50 to 100 million people worldwide.

Taft-Hartley Act hastened the relocation of

labor-intensive industries from the Northeast and Midwest to the sunbelt

Lieut. William Calley became a public figure in the late years of the U.S. war in Vietnam War because he

led a group of American soldiers who massacred Vietnamese villagers.

The Harlem Renaissance...

led book publishers and magazine editors to court black writers

The decision of the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States (1944) upheld the power of the president during wartime to

limit a group's civil liberties

In the 1944 case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that wartime conditions justified the

limitations placed on civil liberties

The United States Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944) concerned

limiting civil liberties during wartime

Joseph McCarthy

made accusations of 205 individuals, later diminished to one "policy risk", but never gave names or proof, so people thought it was "A fraud or a hoax"

The 1910 Mann Act

made it a federal crime to transport a woman across a state line "for immoral purposes."

One reason the Nuremberg trials following World War II were held was to

make German leaders accountable for the Holocaust

In the United States v. Knight Company, the Supreme Court diminished the effectiveness of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by ruling that

manufacturing was not interstate commerce.

In 1988, Congress voted to pay $20,000 to each of the surviving Americans of Japanese descent who were interned during World War II because

many Americans believed the internment was unjust and unnecessary

What was a result of the Tet offensive?

many Americans came to realize that no area of South Vietnam was secure from enemy attack.

Berlin Blockade/Airlift

massive airlift of supplies to the city of Berlin ordered by Truman, brought food and fuel to the city

Who did McCarthyism appeal to?

midwestern Republicans who opposed Democratic internationalism and business restrictions

What best describes Ike's domestic policy and programs?

moderation; example: he neither extended or dismantled most New Deal programs

Anthony Comstock was a

moral-purity crusader

What kind of commitment was Truman showing?

more in favor of foreign affairs; less of a commitment to domestic affairs

Sputnik: What did Ike do?

more than doubled the funds for missile development and established the Science Advisory Committee, led to creation of NASA

Dr. Benjamin Spock advocated that

mothers should comfort crying babies to instill feelings of security and intimacy.

". . . The Director of the War Relocation Authority is authorized and directed to formulate and effectuate [implement] a program for the removal, from the areas designated from time to time by the Secretary of War or appropriate military commander under the authority of Executive Order No. 9066 of February 19, 1942, of the persons or classes of persons designated under such Executive Order, and for their relocation, maintenance, and supervision. . . ." — Executive Order 9102, March 18, 1942 Shortly after this executive order was signed, federal government authorities began to

move Japanese Americans to internment camps

not a question

n

Which of the following was not an approach that Franklin Roosevelt used during the early years of his administration to fight the depression?

nationalization of the railroads and steel industry.

Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser precipitated Eisenhower's greatest crisis in the Middle East when he

nationalized the foreign-owned Suez Canal.

President Eisenhower's greatest crisis in the Middle East began when Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser

nationalized the foreign-owned Suez Canal.

President Eisenhower's greatest crisis in the Middle East began when Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the oil wells. nationalized the foreign-owned Suez Canal. seized the Aswan Dam. declared his nation's independence from France. invaded Israel.

nationalized the foreign-owned Suez Canal.

president eisenhowers greatest crisis in the middle east began when egyptian leader gamal abdel nasser

nationalized the foriegn-owned suez canal

The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible."

neutrality

What stimulated demand for cheap Mexican labor?

new irrigation systems adding 7.5 mil acres to the agricultural lands of the Southwest

The Teller Amendment asserted that the United States had

no interest in sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control of Cuba.

The purpose of the 1924 National Origins Act was to increase the number of immigrants coming from

none of these

Martin Luther King's philosophy is best captured by which of the following phrases?

nonviolent resistance

Eisenhower cut many federally funded government programs in order to curb what he called

"Creeping socialism"

What did the Employment Act of 1946 make government policy?

"to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power."

What did airlift reveal during the Berlin Blockade?

-American determination and technological prowess -Stalin's readiness to use innocent people as pawns -heightened anti-Soviet feeling in the West

Adlai Stevenson

-Democratic candidate in the election of 1952 -intellectual viewed as an "egghead" nerd -couldn't separate himself from Truman politically

What new means of warfare were introduced in WWl?

-Trench warfare -Gas warfare (mustard gas was the worst) -Airplanes, tanks, submarines -Improved artillery -Machine guns -Barbed wire -Hand grenades

Containment

-a policy uniting military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to curb, "contain," any further Soviet communist expansion -battle of communism vs. democracy, battle of INFLUENCE

Bretton Woods Agreement: 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

-broke up closed trading blocs -expanded international trade

Soviet response to NATO

-created the German Democratic Republic -exploded its own atomic bomb the same year -Warsaw Pact

How would the Cold War be waged?

-economic pressure -nuclear intimidation -propaganda -subversion -proxy wars (fought by gov'ts and peoples allied to the principals rather than directly by the principals themselves)

Ike's popularity stemmed from

-his image as a plain but good man -his career as a war hero -his ability to project calm and reassurance

The Interstate Highway Act was significant because

-it was the largest and most expensive public-works program in American history. -it heightened Americans' dependence on cars and trucks. -it accelerated suburban growth. -it helped to homogenize the nation.

McCarran-Walters Immigration and Nationality Act

-maintained a quota system that severely restricted immigration from southern and eastern Europe -increased the attorney general's authority to prevent homosexuals from entering the country -gabe the Justice Dep. power to exclude/deport aliens suspected to sympathize communism

McCarran Internal Security Act

-required organizations deemed communist to register with the Justice Department -authorized the arrest and detention during a natl. emergency of anyone who might engage in acts of espionage

Ike's domestic achievements

-supported extending social security benefits, raising min. wage, adding 4 mil workers to those eligible for unemployment benefits, provided public housing for low-income families -backed up the Interstate Highway Act

In 1910, approximately how many of the nation's children between the ages of ten and fifteen worked outside the home?

1,600,000

What was President Truman's motive in adopting an active pro-civil-rights policy beginning in 1946?

1.He believed that every American should enjoy the full rights of citizenship. 2.He wanted to cultivate the African-American vote for future elections. 3.He felt that racial inequality in the United States undercut American foreign policy in its contest with the Soviet Union. ALL OF THESE CHOICES

In 1910, approximately what percentage of the nation's children between the ages of ten and fifteen worked outside the home?

15

U.S. and Colombia Agreement:

250 thousand for 99 years and 10 million up front Columbians want more up front Teddy is stubborn France makes a coo French guy makes a disturbance with backing of USA Panama now not Columbia Puppet government 40 million contract not just narrow strip but 10 miles wide therefore the US would get valuable land too

President Harry Truman supported a containment policy after World War II in an attempt to

4. reduce the influence of the Soviet Union in European countries

Bretton Woods Agreement

44 nations at war with the Axis powers met to create a world bank to stabilize international currency, increase investment in underdeveloped areas, and speed the economic recovery of Europe.

What percentage of the American population was under the age of 30 in the 1960s?

50%

85. Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust

6 million

Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?

6 million

What happened to Indians by 1960?

60,000 relocated to cities; some became middle class; lost their Indian identities; some ended up on state welfare rolls, living in rundown shantytowns; nearly a third went back home

A growing anti-business attitude during the First Hundred Days of the New Deal could be detected in which of the following programs? A) the Federal Securities Act B) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation C) the Reconstruction Finance Corporation D) all of the above

A

Eleanor Roosevelt believed her primary role as First Lady was to A) serve as an observer for her husband and to promote social reform. B) be a gracious hostess for the many dignitaries who visited the White House. C) personally draft legislation and forge foreign policy. D) promote an appreciation among Americans for the arts.

A

In combating the depression, President Herbert Hoover favored all of the following EXCEPT A) federal relief programs for the unemployed B) state and local relief programs C) businesses maintaining wages and employment D) private volunteer efforts

A

The WPA A) attempted to revive the economy by creating jobs in the 1930s B) addressed unfair hiring practices during World War II C) promoted rationing during World War I D) supported Prohibition during the 1920s

A

The above political cartoon A) refers to Franklin D. Roosevelt's expansion of the executive branch's power B) describes Congress' enthusiasm for Franklin D. Roosevelt's use of executive orders C) alludes to Franklin D. Roosevelt's enthusiasm for checks and balances D) references Franklin D. Roosevelt's partnership with Congress during the Second New Deal

A

The leader of FDR's "black cabinet" was A) Mary McLeod Bethune B) Hugh Johnson C) Frances Perkins D) Harold Ickes

A

Which federal programs created during the Hundred Days were later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? A) NIRA and AAA B) FDIC and HOLC C) FERA and CCC D) TVA and PWA

A

Which of the following pairs of people is closely identified with the Bonus March? A) Herbert Hoover and Douglas MacArthur B) Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt C) Harry Hopkins and Frances Perkins D) John L. Lewis and John Maynard Keynes

A

Which of the following statements best captures Woodrow Wilson's attitude toward American pacifists during World War I? A) He had contempt for them. B) He believed that they were, at heart, German spies. C) He admired their idealism and logic and felt they were pursuing a valid path to peace. D) He believed that they were America's "secret weapon" in the struggle against evil. E) He hoped that their voices of dissent would keep American resolve pure and strong.

A (He had contempt for them)

Jim Crow laws were A) a method of imposing strict segregation on, for example, streetcars, trains, schools, parks, public buildings, and cemeteries. B) declared in the Danbury Hatters case to be unconstitutional. C) laws instituted by many Northern municipalities in the early 20th century in an effort to ensure honest and effective government. D) federal laws outlawing discrimination in public accommodations. E) none of these

A (a method of imposing strict segregation on, for example, streetcars, trains, schools, parks, public buildings, and cemeteries.

The Roosevelt Corollary A) claimed that the United States had the right to act as a policeman in Latin America, to keep order and prevent chronic wrongdoing. B) was issued to justify the role the United States played in ending the Russo-Japanese War. C) reversed that part of the Monroe Doctrine that stated the United States would not intervene in European affairs. D) demanded that Germany pay reparations for the sinking of the Lusitania. E) warned the European powers and Japan not to exclude American business interests from China.

A (claimed that the United States had the right to act as a policeman in Latin America, to keep order and prevent chronic wrongdoing)

By 1900, what was the general attitude of most employers toward work-related accidents and illnesses? A) Few employers accepted any responsibility for the frequent accidents and illnesses. B) Most employers had begun to provide generous vacations and retirement benefits. C) Most had been convinced by Progressive reformers that each employer had to take care of his or her own employees and help them prepare for a healthy retirement. D) Few were prepared to deal with the problem themselves, but most had become convinced that the federal government should institute a workers' compensation program. E) Most believed that programs to help workers during times of illness would result in a nation of sissies.

A (few employers accepted any responsibility for the frequent accidents and illnesses)

Herbert Hoover made a reputation through his efforts in this field in World War I: A) food administration B) The War Industries Board C) Army Intelligence D) Naval strategy E) War bond drives

A (food administration)

Which of the following best summarizes the philosophy of W.E.B. DuBois? A) full racial equality for African Americans B) gradual progress for African Americans, working within boundaries whites had established C) Taking advantage of education and following in the footsteps of the plans advocated by Booker T. Washington D) Aggressive prosecution of lynch mobs E) Concentration on the election of African American leaders

A (full racial equality for African Americans)

It is fair to say that President Wilson A) sacrificed his health and reputation for his ideals. B) compromised on the most important issues facing the country after World War I. C) is remembered as someone who created a system for lasting peace. D) served in a distinguished manner even after having his dreams crushed by Congress. E) successfully negotiated a treaty that delayed another world war for as long as possible.

A (sacrificed his health and reputation for his ideals)

President Taft alienated progressive members of his party, nicknamed "the insurgents," by A) signing a bill to raise tariffs B) shutting down national parks C) restoring powers taken away from powerful Speaker of the House Joe Cannon D) supporting the Mann-Elkins Act E) vigorously prosecuting anti-trust cases

A (signing a bill to raise tariffs)

In The Promise of American Life, Herbert Croly argued that A) the United States needed an activist government that would serve all citizens. B) concepts such as democracy, nationalism, and individualism had no relevance in Modern America. C) engineers, because of the stern discipline of their profession, were better fitted to lead society than the business class. D) the theory of evolution through "survival of the fittest" supported an ideology of unrestrained economic competition. E) the central dynamic of American history was not the actions of Washington policy makers, but the social and political experience of generations of western pioneers.

A (the United States needed an activist government that would serve all citizens)

Why did many Progressives advocate restricting immigration to the United States? A) They believed immigrant-dominated big cities to be center of social problems; therefore, the immigrants should be restricted B) They believed that urban planners had to be given time to clear the slums and redesign the boulevards so that immigrants would see America at its best. C) They believed that it was cruel to allow immigrants to come to America if they were going to have to work in unhealthy factories. D) They believed that until the U.S. economy had been reformed, it could never expand rapidly enough to incorporate waves of immigrants. E) They feared that immigrants would support labor unions and thereby reduce the influence of individual Progressive organizations.

A (they believed immigrant-dominated big cities to be center of social problems; therefore, the immigrants should be restricted)

When the United States entered World War I, the American army was A) woefully unprepared, with little combat experience and an aging officer corps. B) almost non-existent because of the pacifist tendencies of the Wilson Administration. C) at its peak of fighting form after a year-long preparedness campaign. D) staffed with mainly green draftees. E) staffed with recruits and draftees drawn only from young men with the highest IQs.

A (woefully unprepared, with little combat experience and an aging officer corps.)

Speaker A: "The use of the bomb shortened the war and saved American lives." Speaker B: "The United States might have been able to force the Japanese to surrender simply by demonstrating the power of the bomb on a deserted island." Speaker C: "The use of the bomb was justified because of the Japanese attack on PearlHarbor." Speaker D: "In Hiroshima, the bomb instantly incinerated more than 60,000 people. Most were civilians." Which speakers hold the view that using the bomb was an appropriate military action?

A and C

What vision of the future did the Futurama exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1939 feature?

A complex interstate highway network of the future.

What vision of the future did the Futurama exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1939 feature?

A complex multilane highway network of the future

What was Winston Churchill referring to in 1946 when he spoke in the Missouri about the "iron curtain"?

A division betrween Societ-dominated Eastern European and the rest of the continent

What was Winston Churchill referring to in 1946 when he spoke in Missouri about an "iron curtain"?

A division between Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent

What happened at Three Mile Island?

A nuclear plant experienced a near-disastrous accident.

Which of the following is associated with the administration of Benjamin Harrison?

A record-high tariff

How did Germany alienate many Americans?

A) It financed espionage in American war plants. B) It sank American merchant ships. C) It promised Mexico the return of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. D) It engaged in unrestricted submarine warfare. E) ALL OF THESE

Which of the following statements regarding Rosie the Riveter is true?

A) She became the symbol of America's new working woman.D) One of her messages was that a woman could do a man's job without losing her femininity. E) Both A and D

The War Industries Board

A) allocated raw materials. B) ensured production efficiency. C) coordinated military purchasing. D) DID ALL OF THESE

Where did the humiliating scandal occur involving U.S. soldiers abushing Iraqi prisoners?

Abu Ghraib prison

The North American Free Trade Agreement

Admitted Mexico to a free-trade zone that had been formed by the United States and Canada.

The Scottsboro boys were

African American teenagers sentenced to death by an all white juryi'm highly suspect rape charges

The Scottsboro Boys were

African-American teenagers sentenced to death by an all-white jury on highly suspect rape charges.

Which of the following did Malcolm X not advocate before 1964?

African-Americans should rely on nonviolence.

Jane Addams:

Against the war Founded the women's peace party Won Nobel Peace Prize Was thought as as being disloyal

Which New Deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production?

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

Which sector of the economy did NOT prosper in the 1920s?

Agriculture

Which sector of the economy did not prosper in the 1920s?

Agriculture

Which sector of the economy did not prosper in the 1920s? Manufacturing Agriculture The "service" sector Financial services New consumer goods

Agriculture

What was the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds about?

Aliens landing from outer space

How did the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) influence the labor movement? -It guaranteed collective-bargaining rights. -It permitted closed shops. -It outlawed the practice of blacklisting union leaders. -It created the National Labor Relations Board. -All of these choices

All of these choices

Which of the following developments occurred after the end of the Cold War?

All of these choices

How high did the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach by 2001?

Almost 12,000

Which of the following statements about American women in the 1950s is correct?

Almost two-thirds of women college students dropped out before graduating.

Rosenbergs were the first

American civilian lives lost for espionage

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Republicans were victorious in the 1952 election?

Americans were comforted by the soothing moderation of Eisenhower's running mate, Richard Nixon.

Why did Soviet-American relations become strained in 1960?

An American spy plane was shot down within Soviet borders.

Why did Soviet-American relations become strained in 1960? A Soviet spy plane was shot down within U.S. borders. An American spy plane was shot down within Soviet borders. The Soviets resumed atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons. The United States discovered that Soviet missiles had been installed in Cuba. The United States resumed atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.

An American spy plane was shot down within Soviet borders.

What was the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds about?

An alien landing

What was the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds about? World War I Spanish Civil War Class warfare An alien landing A war between Christian Europe and the Islamic Middle East

An alien landing

What was the gentlemen's agreement?

An arrangement in which Japan agreed to end the emigration of Japanese laborers to the US.

The Clarence Thomas hearings were controversial because

Anita Hill accused Thomas of sexual harassment.

How many American men and women ultimately served in the armed forces?

Approximately 15 million

The cultural adaptation of Spanish-speaking Americans to Anglo society went relatively smoothly in

Arizona and New Mexico

While the Treaty of Versailles was opposed for many reasons, what was the most important criticism of it?

Article 10 seemed to indicate that the United States could be forced to join a war it wanted to avoid.

While the Treaty of Versailles was opposed for many reasons, what was the most important criticism of it? Article 10 seemed to limit America's sovereignty and infringed on Congress's constitutional power to declare war. Article 10 called for U.S. forces to intervene in the Russian Civil War. Article 10 claimed that all countries deserved some blame for World War I including the United States. Article 10 ordered all countries to renounce the use of submarines. Article 10 praised all economic systems including communism.

Article 10 seemed to limit America's sovereignty and infringed on Congress's constitutional power to declare war.

While the Treaty of Versailles was opposed for many reasons, what was the most important criticism of it?

Article 10 seemed to limit America's sovereignty and infringed on Congress's constitutional power to declare war.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about unemployment during the New Deal?

As late as 1939 more than 17 percent of the labor force remained jobless.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about unemployment during the New Deal? It never fell below 75 percent. As late as 1939 more than 17 percent of the labor force remained jobless. New Deal social and economic programs virtually eliminated unemployment for the first time in American history. The jobless rate crept steadily upward from 1932 until 1945. It never exceeded 7.5% even though politicians exaggerated the crisis for their own benefit.

As late as 1939 more than 17 percent of the labor force remained jobless.

What did the "separate but equal" doctrine mean?

As long as facilities were equivalent, they did not have to be integrated.

ICBM

Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

What event precipitated the 1979 seizure of over fifty American hostages in Iran?

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rose to power in Iran, and the United States allowed the shah to enter the United States for cancer treatment.

By the mid-1920s, which of the following was true concerning the use of electricity? a. Most Americans resisted new-fangled appliances. b. It was becoming more common because 60 percent of new homes were wired for electricity. c. It was nearly universal in the United States. d. It was mainly used in factory production. e. It was mostly found on farms, where mechanization was needed first.

B

Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier proposed to A) encourage Native Americans to leave reservations and seek jobs in the cities B) stop further sale of Indian lands, restore tribal self-government, and revive Native American cultures C) end segregated socials for Native Americans and accelerate assimilation D) terminate all special government programs and protection for Native Americans

B

Roosevelt's immediate response to the banking crisis included all of the following EXCEPT A) assuring Americans through fireside chats that they could trust the banks. B) nationalizing the banks. C) setting up procedures to manage failed banks. D) declaring a bank holiday during which all banks would be audited.

B

The New Deal legislation that established the principle of federal responsibility for social welfare and created the basic framework for the welfare system was the A) Wagner Act B) Social Security Act C) Affordable Health Care Act D) Revenue Act of 1935

B

Which of the following is NOT true of the National Industrial Recovery Act? A) It was declared unconstitutional B) It limited workers' collective bargaining rights C) It appropriated $3.3billion for heavy-duty government public-works programs D) It established codes of fair competition, set wages, and production quotas

B

Who hoped to be elected president in 1936 by building a huge following for his "Share Our Wealth" scheme? A) Harold Ickes B) Huey Long C) Francis Townsend D) Henry Wallace

B

What was the fundamental difference between the temperance movement in the Progressive Era and the temperance crusades of earlier eras? A) Temperance in the Progressive Era was a purely secular movement because Protestant ministers refused to have anything to do with typical Progressive leaders. B) The Progressive movement focused on legal abolition of alcohol rather than persuading individual drunkards to "take the pledge." C) Progressive Era temperance work stayed on a state and local level and avoided the national political arena. D) There were no influential Progressive-era anti-drinking organizations E) all of these

B (The Progressive movement focused on legal abolition of alcohol rather than persuading individual drunkards to "take the pledge")

Which of the following was written by Thorstein Veblen? A) Woman's Work in Municipalities B) The Theory of the Leisure Class C) The New History D) The Passing of the Great Race E) Democracy and Social Ethics

B (The Theory of the Leisure Class)

Dollar diplomacy refers to A) Woodrow Wilson's allowing U.S. bankers to lend more than $2 billion to the Allies between 1915 and 1917. B) William Howard Taft's promotion of U.S. commercial interests abroad. C) U.S. negotiations with Franz Ferdinand's central bankers to prevent war mobilization. D) Theodore Roosevelt's financing of the building of the Panama Canal. E) Wall Street's eagerness for the United States to enter World War I.

B (William Howard Taft's promotion of US commercial interests abroad)

Margaret Sanger was a pioneer advocate for the issue of A) Anti-lynching B) birth control C) anti-child labor D) union organization E) settlement houses

B (birth control)

Florence Kelley used the pressure of the National Consumers' League to help eliminate A) Protection for endangered species B) Child labor C) Alcohol abuse D) Settlement houses E) Illegal immigration

B (child labor)

Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door notes were clear evidence of the influence of ___ on American foreign policy A) Partisan politics B) economic and commercial issues C) imperialistic attitudes D) racist policies E) wariness about the increasing power of Russia

B (economic and commercial issues)

The term "muckrakers" referred to A) procurers involved in the white slave trade. B) journalists and writers who exposed political corruption and corporate wrongdoing. C) opponents of Woodrow Wilson. D) capitalists who sought new locations for new business opportunities. E) women who spread mud on the grounds of the White House to protest being denied the vote.

B (journalists and writers who exposed political corruption and corporate wrongdoing)

The Mann Act of 1910 A) established the Pure Food and Drug Administration. B) made it a federal crime to transport a woman across a state line "for immoral purposes." C) limited unions' right to set up boycotts in support of strikes. D) beefed up the Interstate Commerce Commission's rate-setting powers. E) none of these

B (made it a federal crime to transport a woman across a state line "for immoral purposes)

The Zimmermann telegram \ A) pledged that Germany would not sink any more merchant ships without giving warning and saving civilians. B) proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico to conquer the United States; after victory, Mexico would receive New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. C) demonstrated that Austria-Hungary had turned its back on Germany in order to save Italy. D) contained proof that the Germans were committing such atrocities as bayoneting babies. E) revealed Germany's designs to conquer and colonize much of Central and South America.

B (proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico to conquer the United States; after victory, Mexico would receive New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona)

How did events in Russia hasten America's entry into World War I? A) The communist takeover resulted in renewed vigor in the Russian war effort B) the created ion of a provisional democratic government helped characterize the war as a battle for democracy C) The execution of the Russian royal family put an end to any dynastic monarchy in Russia D) Vladimir Lenin pledged his support to the defeat of Germany E) Americans were swayed by stories and photos of starving and suffering Russian peasants

B (the created ion of provisional democratic government helped characterize the war as a battle for democracy)

The Creel Committee on Public Information A) was established by Woodrow Wilson to ensure that the American people had access to the full truth about the war. B) used propaganda to spread the U.S. government's official version of the war. C) was a propaganda agency secretly sponsored by the German foreign ministry. D) worked to drum up support for the election of Republican presidential candidate George Creel. E) attempted to turn public opinion against immigrants by painting them as agents of foreign revolution.

B (used propaganda to spread the US government's official version of the war)

The Treaty of Versailles A) was ratified by the U.S. Senate in modified form. B) was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. C) was rejected by the Senate during Wilson's tenure, but ratified after he left office. D) was approved by joint resolution of Congress. E) was approved in a narrow vote, as long as the U.S. did not participate in the League of Nations.

B (was never ratified by the US Senate)

African American soldiers during World War I A) Received equal treatment and pay B) were largely subject to harassment and assigned to menial tasks C) served in desegregated units for the first time D) engineered many large scale rebellions against military order, resulting in hundreds imprisoned E) almost universally resisted the draft, after being encouraged to do by their leaders

B (were largely subject to harassment and assigned to menial tasks)

Who ran against Lyndon Johnson for president in the 1964 election?

Barry Goldwater

82. Which 1942 battle was a decisive victory for the US in the Pacific theatre of WWIi

Battle of Midway

Which 1942 battle was a decisive victory for the United States in the Pacific theater of World War II?

Battle of Midway

Which 1942 battle was a decisive victory for the United States in the Pacific theatre of World War II?

Battle of Midway

At the Washington Naval Arms Conference, the major naval powers agreed to halt the construction of which of the following for ten years?

Battleships

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Because it believed a war with the United States was inevitable, it decided to deliver a knockout blow initially.

Which of the following statements about the experiences of blacks during World War I is correct?

Black soldiers served in segregated units

Which of the following statements about the experiences of blacks during World War I is correct?

Black soldiers served in segregated units.

What were some of the themes of DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation?

Blacks were inferior and the KKK should be glorified.

Which of the following was a major Supreme Court civil-rights case of the 1950s?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

What did Frederick Taylor argue?

Business could increase efficiency by standardizing job routines and rewarding the fastest workers.

What characterized the American economy during the Carter presidency?

Business stagnation and skyrocketing inflation

Which statement best describes the post-World War I American attitude toward businessmen?

Business values saturated American culture

Which statement best describes the post-World War I American attitude toward businessmen? Business values saturated American culture. Americans considered corporate leaders to be "robber barons." There was a growing hostility to the growth of the "military-industrial complex." Postwar America held businessmen in contempt as war profiteers. Most Americans blamed corporate America for the post-war depression.

Business values saturated American culture.

An important result of the 1936 presidential campaign was the A) emergence of a viable third party B) landslide win by Republicans in the Congress C) shift of African American voters from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party D) move of intellectuals to Alf Landon and the Republican ticket

C

During the New Deal, which interest group exercised less influence over the federal government than it had during the '20s? A) organized labor B) farmers C) business D) social workers

C

FDR's New Deal Policies had three components. Which of the following is NOT one of them? A) Relief B) Reform C) Redistribution of Wealth D) Recovery

C

The Civilian Conservation Corps A) put half a million young men and women to work in camps across the country. B) was a conservative political youth club. C) employed jobless men in projects like reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control and sent their paychecks to their homes. D) employed jobless artists, authors, and actors to chronicle the Depression.

C

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 did all of the following EXCEPT A) guaranteed collective bargaining B) outlawed business practices that were unfair to labor C) outlawed having a closed shop D) established a National Labor Relations Board to act as "watchdog" over businesses

C

Which of the following best characterizes Herbert Hoover's handling of the depression? A)He implemented Keynesian economics and deficit spending to "prime the pump" of the economy B) He refused to have the federal government help failing business corporations. C) His efforts were limited by his fear of an unbalanced budget and his fear of expanding the size/scope of the federal government. D) He initiated vast new programs to employ the jobless, control farm surpluses, and regulate banking.

C

Which of the following is INACCURATE? A) The Fair Labor Standards Act established a minimum wage and forbade child labor. B) National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) protected the rights of unions and established the National Labor Relations Board. C) National Industrial Recovery Act was found unconstitutional in Schenck v. US. D) Social Security Act at first included both unemployment benefits as well as an old-age pension program.

C

Which of the following is true about FDR's 1932 campaign for the presidency? A) Roosevelt presented a clear and detailed program to the American people on what he would do to correct the economy. B) Roosevelt insisted that Hoover's ordering the destruction of the Bonus Army's encampment reflected his dementia. C) Roosevelt insisted that the federal government had to play a larger economic role and cited his policies as governor of NY to show how a government should aid its citizens. D) Roosevelt chose fellow New Yorker Al Smith to be his running-mate.

C

The "irreconcilables" specifically opposed A) Wilson's trip to the treaty conference. B) the Fourteen Points. C) American participation in the League of Nations. D) the war guilt clause. E) the reparations to be paid by Germany.

C (American participation in the League of Nations)

This Socialist leader organized a political party in the U.S. and ran for president in 1912: A) William Haywood B) Samuel Gompers C) Eugene V. Debs D) Robert La Follette E) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

C (Eugene V. Debs)

The following were muckrakers, except A) Lincoln Steffens. B) Ida Tarbell. C) Gifford Pinchot. D) David Graham Phillips. E) Maria Van Vorst.

C (Gifford Pinchot)

According to John Dewey, schools should A) teach self-reliance, hard work, and honesty. B) serve as the handmaidens of industry by teaching subjects that were most needed by the business world. C) become the instruments of reform by encouraging interdependence and cooperation D) preserve the role of the teacher as the unquestioned authority. E) guard against experimentalism.

C (become the instruments of reform by encouraging interdependence and cooperation)

What was President Wilson's first official response when war broke out in Europe in 1914? A) He announced a blockade of Europe on behalf of the Allied Powers. B) He announced an embargo of all American products, so that the United States would not repeat the mistakes of the War of 1812. C) He announced a declaration of neutrality and called on the nation to be neutral in thought as well as action. D) He asked Congress to declare war on Germany to prevent a victory by a militaristic continental power. E) He announced a preparedness campaign in order to promote armaments and military training.

C (he announced a declaration of neutrality and called on the nation to be neutral in thought as well as action)

Why did black Americans migrate to Northern cities during World War I? A) The federal government had used the wartime emergency as an opportunity to end Southern sharecropping. B) Southern blacks knew that race relations in the North were idyllic compared with those in the South. C) They were seeking the economic opportunities afforded by Northern industrial expansion. D) They had been told that Northern agriculture was more prosperous than Southern agriculture. E) They knew of the Northern race riots and decided to move North to help their brothers.

C (they were seeking the economic opportunities afforded by Northern industrial expansion)

The fight over this valuable resource resulted in bitter political battles in the west in the early 20th century: A) Gold B) Oil C) water D) Land E) Waterfront property

C (water)

Theodore Roosevelt's reaction to the Russo-Japanese War included all of the following, except he A) was pleased to see Russian expansionism checked. B) was concerned that a Russian loss would disrupt the balance of power in the Far East. C) wished to strengthen the balance of power by encouraging Japanese expansion in the Far East. D) feared that Japanese victory would threaten America's position in the Philippines. E) wanted the two sides to negotiate a settlement.

C (wished to strengthen the balance of power by encouraging Japanese expansion in the Far East)

Who was largely responsible for kindling the ethnic pride and solidarity of Mexican-Americans in the 1960's?

Cesar Chavez

Why did women join the work force in growing numbers in the late nineteenth century?

Changes in agriculture brought young farm women into the industrial labor force, and immigrant daughters worked to supplement meager family incomes.

The Open Door Notes advocated free and open trade with which of the following countries?

China

The Open Door Notes opened which country to free and open trade?

China

What happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

Chinese communist forces killed hundreds of unarmed demonstrators.

Which the immigrants in the West bore the brunt of labor hostility in the 1870s and 1880s?

Chinese immigrants

Which of the following examples provided evidence of the renewed interest in religion in the 1950's?

Congress added the phrase under God to Pledge of Allegiance, In God We Trust became mandatory on U.S. currency, Religious popularizers such as Billy Graham and Fulton J. Sheen acheived wide success, Among Hollywood's biggest hits were religous epics. (All of these)

The belief that the United States had to prevent the USSR from expanding and Communism from spreading was known as

Containment

In the "Iran-contra" scandal,

Contrary to Congressional restrictions, the White House secretly continued to funnel money to the forces fighting the Sandinistas in Nicaragua

Which was a cause of the baby boom after World War II?

Couples began marrying at an earlier age.

Which of the following stimuli to consumerism was introduced in the 1950s?

Credit cards

Where did the most serious conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Kennedy administration occur?

Cuba.

Which of the following was a typical feature of daily life in a late-nineteenth-century American city?

Cultural diversity

All of the following concerns were addressed during the "Hundred Days" of the New Deal EXCEPT A) banking regulation B) unemployment relief C) agricultural adjustment D) court restructuring

D

Herbert Hoover took all of the following steps to revive the economy after the stock market crash EXCEPT: A) advising municipal and state governments to promote public works projects and encouraging volunteerism B) urging business leaders to maintain wages and employment through corporate cooperation C) setting up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to finance at risk businesses D) passed the National Industrial Recovery Act which promoted self-regulation within businesses.

D

The "bonus marchers" of 1932 were A) trade unionists who marched on Washington when industrialists refused to pay bonuses as stipulated in union contracts. B) farmers who threatened to dump milk and other food products in the Potomac if the government did not pay them a bonus for regulating their farm crop production. C) federal government workers who objected to losing their Christmas bonuses because of the depression. D) World War I veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments of their veterans' bonuses.

D

The dismal plight of the "Dust Bowl" refugees was captured in A) Harriet Beecher Stowes' Uncle Tom's Cabin B) F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby C) Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy D) John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath

D

The legacy of Schechter v. US was that it indicated the A) unconstitutionality of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act B) failure of Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to increase the number of justices on the court from 9 to 12 C) constitutionality of the Social Security Act which would levy a tax which would ensure pensions to retired Americans D) conservative Supreme Court would not support Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs which expanded the government's power well beyond the Constitution

D

Which New Deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production? A) the Farm Credit Act B) the Tennessee Valley Authority Act C) the McNary-Haugen bill D) the 2nd Agricultural Adjustment Act

D

Which of the following did Franklin D. Roosevelt use during the early years of his administration to fight the depression? A) industrial recovery through business-government cooperation and pump-priming federal spending. B) agricultural recovery through crop surplus reduction. C) short-term emergency relief of the jobless, provided directly by the federal government if necessary. D) all of the above.

D

Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of the Great Depression A) Easy Credit B) Stock Market Speculation C) Mechanization of Labor D) Deficit Spending E) Imbalance of Trade

D

Which of the following is NOT true about the New Deal? A) In the course of the New Deal, a fundamental political realignment took place in which the New Deal Coalition was formed. B) As the New Deal evolved, it acted as a broker for organized interest groups -- including agriculture and labor C) The New Deal assumed a fundamental governmental responsibility to promote economic prosperity and the well being of all citizens. D) The New Deal brought about full economic recovery and by 1939 unemployment was no longer a serious problem.

D

What legal philosophy was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., propounding when he said, "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience"? A) In a world that was basically irrational, only legal principles were completely logical. B) American law was becoming too based on the whims of judges, and it had to return to its foundations in ancient court cases. C) The English laws that had been laid down in the time of Henry IV were the epitome of logic and rightfully the basis of American jurisprudence. D) Law has to evolve as society changes and cannot rely exclusively on sacred legal principles and ancient precedents. E) all of these

D (Law has to evolve as society changes and cannot rely exclusively on sacred legal principles and ancient precedents)

Which of the following won the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering a peace agreement between the Russians and Japanese? A) Woodrow Wilson B) John Pershing C) William McKinley D) Theodore Roosevelt E) John Hay

D (Theodore Roosevelt)

.The War Labor Board encouraged businesses to A) end child labor B) initiate an eight-hour workday C) bargain with unions D) all of the above E) none of the above

D (all of the above)

President Theodore Roosevelt's attitude toward labor disputes differed from that of his predecessors in that A) He tended to favor big business B) He was a tireless advocate for the labor movement C) He used a "hands-off" approach and let workers and bosses settle their own disputes D) he was active in settling an important strike and defended the rights of workers to organize E) He asked the attorney general to prosecute union organizers to foster a pro-commercial climate

D (he was active in settling an important strike and defended the rights of workers to organize)

IQ (Intelligence Quotient) testing of World War I recruits in America proved that A) Most Americans were "morons B) Many soldiers lacked the intelligence to serve C) Mental wards were doing an admirable job treated those with mental illness D) many recruits lacked formal education and cultural sophistication E) standardized tests were impractical

D (many recruits lacked formal education and cultural sophistication)

Which of the following best describes Woodrow Wilson's policy toward Mexico? A) heavy use of air power to force Mexican rebels to capitulate B) cautious concern about upsetting the balance of power south of the border C) idealistic plans for encouraging political and social democracy D) moralistic pronouncements backed by military force E) a refusal to have anything to do with Mexico until the Mexican people learned to elect good leaders

D (moralistic pronouncements backed by military force)

What was the goal of urban planners and architects like Daniel Burnham? A) to rebuild the typical American city with stronger materials, so that a catastrophe like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire would never be repeated B) to reroute the flow of railroad and vehicular traffic at grade level directly through the heart of the city, so that all urban dwellers would see and appreciate such symbols of economic progress C) to eliminate slums by building low-income housing on previously unused lakefront property D) to rebuild the urban landscape with grand boulevards, imposing squares, monumental buildings, and extensive recreational facilities, and thereby restore the public's pride in metropolitan America E) to improve highways leading to the suburbs, so that merchants could build grand commercial palaces where the people could shop for all their needs

D (to rebuild urban landscape with grand boulevards, imposing squares, monumental buildings, and extensive recreational facilities, and thereby restore the public's pride in metropolitan America)

Which of the following individuals became a Supreme Court justice during the presidency of George H. W. Bush?

David Souter

What agreement attempted to bring peace to Bosnia?

Dayton Accords

Who caused a split in the Democratic party?

Dixiecrats; southern delegates left the convention and backed Strom Thurmond of South Carolina

What environmental disaster struck the nation during the Depression?

Dust Bowl

What environmental disaster struck the nation during the Depression? Locust Infestation Dust Bowl Lower than normal temperatures on the Great Plains Potato famine Global warming

Dust Bowl

What environmental disaster struck the nation during the Depression?

Dust bowl

Who commanded American forces in Mexico and later the AEF? Douglas MacArthur Dwight D, Eisenhower Leonard Wood John J. Pershing William T. Sherman

Dwight D, Eisenhower

The assassination of the heir to the throne of ___ provided the spark that set off World War I. A) Bosnia-Herzegovina B) Russia C) Serbia D) Croatia E) Austria-Hungary

E (Austria-Hungary)

Who said, "I aimed at the nation's heart, but hit it in the stomach"? A) Theodore Roosevelt, about the four-way election of 1912 B) Alice Paul, about the practical impact of her campaign for woman suffrage C) John D. Rockefeller, about his sponsorship of medical research on venereal disease D) "Golden Rule" Jones, about the disgusting conditions he had discovered in Toledo, Ohio E) Upton Sinclair, about the revolting descriptions in his novel The Jungle

E (Upton Sinclair, about the revolting descriptions in his novel, The Jungle)

All of the following were candidates for president in 1912 except A) Eugene V. Debs B) William Howard Taft C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Woodrow Wilson E) Warren G. Harding

E (Warren G. Harding)

During the early 20th century, American cities went through a period of rapid growth, during which A) many of them had great difficulty providing the basic necessities of safe water, sewage facilities, garbage collection, and fire protection. B) the urban middle class expanded. C) health conditions in immigrant wards were so bad that their death rates were sometimes twice the national average. D) the immigrant population expanded. E) all of these

E (all of these)

The War Industries Board A) allocated raw materials. B) established production priorities. C) coordinated military purchasing. D) coordinated competing businesses E) all of these

E (all of these)

Why did temperance advocates receive a boost from World War I? A) They pointed out that the biggest breweries--like Pabst, Schlitz, and Anheuser-Busch--had German names. B) They said it was unpatriotic to use grain to manufacture whiskey and gin, at a time when food had to be conserved. C) They said that beer was a German plot to undermine America's moral fiber and fighting qualities. D) Americans were able to view prohibition as a war measure. E) all of these

E (all of these)

The Treaty of Versailles enacted all of the following measures against Germany except A) Disarmament B) Billions of dollars worth of reparations payments C) Stripped of its colonies D) Forced to admit sole blame for the war E) Divided into two nations, East and West Germany

E (divided into two nations, East and West Germany)

President Roosevelt's actions to protect the environment included all of the following except A) Setting aside millions of acres as national forests B) Creating wildlife reserves C) Designating national monuments D) Establishing new national parks E) founding the Sierra Club

E (founding the Sierra Club)

All of the following hurt Wilson's chances for successfully working with the Senate on a treaty to end World War I, except A) failure to consult with the Senate. B) failure to consult with Republicans. C) his long trip overseas to deal with Treaty issues. D) his unwillingness to compromise. E) his belief in disentangling the United States from future involvement in world affairs.

E (his belief in disentangling the United States from future involvement in world affairs)

Which of the following was not part of Wilson's Fourteen Points for peace? A) open covenants, arrived at without secret negotiations B) freedom of the seas C) arms reduction D) removal of trade barriers E) sanctions for Russia, for withdrawing from World War I

E (sanctions for Russia, for withdrawing from World War I)

In Schenck vs. United States, the Supreme Court A) Struck down provisions of the espionage act B) Struck down the sedition act C) Affirmed concerns about the first amendment on behalf of those opposed to the Sedition Act D) Verified the government's ability to censor free speech in any event E) upheld the suppression of freedom of speech where a "clear and present danger" to the U.S. existed

E (upheld the suppression of freedom of speech where a "clear and present danger" to the US existed)

Senator Joseph McCarthy won strong backing from all the following groups except

Eastern, upper-class, Protestant Democrats and Republicans, such as Dean Acheson and Nelson Rockefeller.

The fall of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 prompted

Eisenhower to funnel U.S. funds into fighting Communist-leaning North Vietnamese

Whose music revolutionized the music industry in the late 1950s and early 1960s?

Elvis Presley.

Which of the following women is NOT properly paired with her reform activity?

Emma Goldman: work-related diseases and health hazards

Which of the following women is not properly paired with her reform activity?

Emma Goldman: work-related diseases and health hazards

The civilian conservation corps

Employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, Park maintenance, and erosion control

Which writer captured the political idealism of the Spanish Civil War in a novel?

Ernest Hemingway

Which writer captured the political idealism of the Spanish Civil War in a novel? John Steinbeck William Faulkner James T. Farrell Thornton Wilder Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Which writer captured the political idealism of the Spanish civil war in a novel?

Ernest Hemingway

Which of the candidates in the 1912 presidential election advocated the most far reaching changes for American society?

Eugene Debs

Which of the candidates in the 1912 presidential election advocated the most far-reaching changes for American society?

Eugene V. Debs

The key issue in the Scopes trial was whether which of the following subjects should be taught in the public schools?

Evolution

67. The United States government interned over 100,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II for all the following reasons except

FBI and military intelligence had uncovered a Japanese-American espionage network in California

Why did leisure-time activities become increasingly important to the working class during the late nineteenth century?

Factory labor was growing more routine and impersonal, and social interactions at the workplace were increasingly inhibited.

Which of the following is true about the American economy during WWI?

Factory production increased by 1/3; Agricultural prices more than doubled; Cigarette consumption increased dramatically

Truman's liberal domestic policies were collectively known as the

Fair Deal

Which New Deal legislation banned child labor, established a minimum wage, and set maximum hours for the work week?

Fair Labor Standards Act

Which New Deal legislation banned child labor, established a minimum wage, and set maximum hours for the work week? Fair Labor Standards Act National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) Hatch Act National Industrial Recovery Act Social Security Act

Fair Labor Standards Act

Which New Deal legislation banned child labor, established a minimum wage, and set maximum hours for the workweek?

Fair Labor Standards Act

Which of the following examples of New Deal legislation is correctly paired with what its purpose?

Fair Labor Standards Act: Banned child labor and set a national minimum wage.

Which of the following examples of New Deal legislation is correctly paired with what its purpose? National Youth Administration: Launched a federal-state program of workers' pensions, unemployment insurance, and other welfare benefits. Fair Labor Standards Act: Banned child labor and set a national minimum wage. Federal Securities Exchange Act: Raised taxes on corporations and the wealthy. National Housing Act: Halted sale of tribal lands and enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands. Public Utilities Holding Company Act: Guaranteed unions' collective-bargaining rights and outlawed anti-union practices.

Fair Labor Standards Act: Banned child labor and set a national minimum wage.

In 1988, Congress awarded each survivor of the Japanese internment camps $200,000 in reparations.

False

Why did young farm women lead the exodus from rural areas to cities?

Farm work was increasingly becoming male work because of mechanization.

What did Southern Alliance leader Charles Macune argue?

Farmers should be able to store crops in government warehouses and then borrow against those crops until prices rose.

Why were there violent clashes between cattle ranchers and farmers during the late 19th century?

Farmers were using barbed wire to keep roving livestock out of their crops and ranchers wanted them to roam freely.

Operation TORCH was the code name for the invasion of Italy in 1943.

Fasle

A growing anti-business attitude during the first Hundred Days of the New Deal could be detected in which of the following programs?

Federal Securities Act

A growing antibusiness attitude during the first Hundred Days of the New Deal could be detected in which of the following programs?

Federal Securities Act

What happened in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?

Filipino resistance fighters fought a protracted and bloody guerrilla war against United States rule.

Which of the following companies bitterly resisted unionization in the 1930s?

Ford Motor Company

Which of the following companies bitterly resisted unionization in the 1930s? General Motors U.S. Steel Ford Motor Company Pennsylvania Railroad Exxon

Ford Motor Company

By the end of 1865, under President Johnson's reconstruction policies,

Former Confederate officials and generals had been elected to serve in Congress.

In 1890, approximately what portion of the population of greater New York had been born abroad or were children of foreign parents?

Four out of five

What was the main issue in the 1896 presidential election?

Free silver

Why was Inchon significant to the Korean War? The North Koreans opened the war by seizing Inchon. General Douglas MacArthur launched a daring amphibious assault at Inchon that forced North Korea's forces to retreat. The United States detonated a nuclear bomb over Inchon to show the North Koreans how powerful the United States was. Inchon housed a prison that became notorious for American prisoner of war abuse. South Korea based its capitol at Inchon after the North Koreans captured Seoul.

General Douglas MacArthur launched a daring amphibious assault at Inchon that forced North Korea's forces to retreat.

Why was Inchon significant to the Korean War?

General Douglas MacArthur launched a daring amphibious assault at Inchon that forced North Korea's forces to retreat.

The United States became involved in World War II primarily because

Germany and Japan achieved important military successes in Europe and Asia

Which of the following did not occur in the 1948 presidential election?

Governor Thomas Dewey of New York defeated President Truman for reelection.

Which of the following did not occur in the 1948 presidential election? Southern segregationists bolted the Democratic party. Leftwing Democrats joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party. Truman blasted the "no-good, do-nothing" Republicans as "gluttons of privilege." Pollsters predicted a Dewey victory. Governor Thomas Dewey of New York defeated President Truman for reelection. The radicalism of the Progressives and Dixiecrats kept most moderates safely in the Democratic fold.

Governor Thomas Dewey of New York defeated President Truman for reelection.

Which of the following nations used propaganda most effectively to demonize its enemy prior to the America's entrance into the war?

Great Britain

Which of the following nations used propaganda most effectively to demonize its enemy prior to the America's entrance into the war? Great Britain Germany France Belgium Italy

Great Britain

Which of the following nations used propaganda the best to demonize its enemy prior to America's entrance into the war?

Great Britain

Which of the following was ceded to the United States by Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War?

Guam

Which of the following did the "new conservatives" not advocate?

Gun control.

What did Republicans in the House of Representatives create in order to hunt for Communist spies?

HUAC

Monica Lewinsky

Had an affair with President Clinton that led to his impeachment.

Which of the following pieces of legislation was part of the progressive drive to regulate food and/or drug safety?

Harrison Act

Which of the following pieces of legislation was an attempt at campaign reform in the late 1930s?

Hatch Act

What was the social philosophy of Herbert Hoover, as expounded in his book American Individualism? Big business was the answer to America's problems. He saw unfettered competition as the life force of capitalism. He advocated a cooperative, socially responsible economic order shaped by the voluntary action of capitalist leaders. He supported direct government intervention in the economy. He argued in favor of higher wages and higher personal income taxes.

He advocated a cooperative, socially responsible economic order shaped by the voluntary action of capitalist leaders.

What did Henry Grady advocate?

He advocated diversifying the economy and expanding industrial production in the South.

What was President Wilson's first official response when war broke out in Europe in 1914? He announced a blockade of Europe on behalf of the Allied Powers. He announced an embargo of all American products, so that the United States would not repeat the mistakes of the War of 1812. He announced a declaration of neutrality and called on the nation to be neutral in thought as well as action. He asked Congress to declare war on Germany to prevent a victory by a militaristic continental power He announced a preparedness campaign in order to promote armaments and military training.

He announced a declaration of neutrality and called on the nation to be neutral in thought as well as action.

What was President Wilson's first official response when war broke out in Europe in 1914?

He announced a declaration of neutrality and called on the nation to be neutral in thought as well as action.

What was President Wison's first official response when war broke out in Europe in 1914?

He announced a declaration of neutrality and called on the nation to be neutral in thought as well as action.

Which of the following ideas was not part of the central philosophy of Walter Rauschenbusch?

He believed that if working class Americans could attend plays and concerts, they would be motivated to be more religious.

What did Secretary of State John Foster Dulles believe?

He believed the United States should pursue a strong anti-communist foreign policy.

What did Secretary of State John Foster Dulles believe? He believed the United States had to open negotiations with the Soviet Union to reduce tensions. He believed the United States needed to offer the Soviet Union concessions in order to improve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. He believed the United States should pursue a strong anti-communist foreign policy. He believed the United States should unilaterally offer to eliminate its nuclear weapons. He believed the United States had to accelerate defense spending and to challenge the Soviet Union throughout the world.

He believed the United States should pursue a strong anti-communist foreign policy.

Which statement is not true about Andrew Johnson?

He cared deeply about obtaining just treatment for the freedmen.

How did President Eisenhower respond to the aggression of England, France, and Israel against Egypt in 1956?

He condemned the attacks and ordered the Strategic Air Command to be on alert.

How did President Eisenhower respond to the aggression of England, France, and Israel against Egypt in 1956?

He condemned the attacks forced them to withdraw their troops.

Why did Wilson refuse to recognize the Huerta government?

He considered Huerta immoral

How did Truman's presidency end? Congress impeached him for his mishandling of General Douglas MacArthur. He resigned after his affair with his secretary became public. Dwight Eisenhower defeated him in the 1952 presidential election. The Democratic Party refused to renominate him. He decided not to run for re-election in 1952.

He decided not to run for re-election in 1952.

What was Richard Nixon's reaction to Swann v. Mecklenburg Board of Education?

He denounced the ruling to uphold school busing, and he asked Congress to enact a moratorium.

What did John Steinbeck describe in The Grapes of Wrath?

He described the desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family.

What did John Steinbeck describe in The Grapes of Wrath? He described the horrors of working in the California vineyards. He described the challenges of industrial labor in the 1930s. He described the rise of the middle class despite the opposition of large corporations. He described the collapse of a capitalist society. He described the desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family.

He described the desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family.

How did Herbert Hoover manage the nation's agriculture during World War I?

He employed a combination of propaganda and voluntary efforts to ensure adequate food supplies.

Which of the following accurately descibes Lydon Johnson's policy on civil rights?

He enacted a sweeping civil-rights law that granted the federal government new powers to fight segregation.

Which of the following did Franklin Roosevelt use during the early years of his administration to fight the depression?

He encouraged industrial recovery through business-government cooperation and pump-priming federal spending; He supported agricultural recovery through subsidized crop reduction; He offered short-term emergency relief for the jobless, provided directly by the federal government if necessary; All of these.

Why did Truman veto the McCarran Internal Security Bill?

He feared it stripped Americans of many civil liberties

What seems to account for the vast popularity that Ronald Reagan maintained during his eight years as president?

He had an ability to articulate the beliefs, aspirations, and fears of millions of Americans.

Which of the following statements about Ronald Reagan is not true?

He had been an enthusiastic conservative Republican since the 1930s.

What happened to Roosevelt's "court-packing" plan?

He had to drop it but was able to replace four members of the Supreme Court who retired shortly thereafter.

What happened to Roosevelt's "court-packing" plan?

He had to drop it but was nevertheless able to replace four members of the Supreme Court who died or retired.

How did President Roosevelt acquire the right to build a canal across Panama for the US in 1903?

He helped facilitate a Panamanian rebellion against Columbia and then negotiated a treaty to lease a strip of territory.

How did William Calley disgrace the United States in the Vietnam War?

He led a group of American soldiers in a massacre of Vietnam villagers.

Who was Eugene V. Debs?

He led the Socialist Party in the early 20th century.

Which of the following best describes Woodrow Wilson's policy toward Mexico?

He made moralistic pronouncements backed by military force.

Which of the following was not one of Roosevelt's immediate responses to the banking crisis?

He nationalized the banks.

How did Martin Luther King, Jr. use Eugene "Bull" Conner to garner attention for the black civil rights movement in 1963?

He ordered a march on Birmingham, AL knowing that Conner would react violently.

Which of the following was not part of President Richard Nixon's strategy in Southeast Asia?

He ordered massuve increases in US ground forces to invade North Vietnam.

How did Henry Ford lead the way in industry?

He paid his workers higher wages to encourage consumerism.

Which of the following steps did Herbert Hoover not take to revive the economy after the stock-market crash?

He persuaded Congress to pass the National Industrial Recovery Act, which embodied ideas of industrial self-regulation and business-government cooperation.

Which of the following steps did Herbert Hoover not take to revive the economy after the stock-market crash?

He persuaded Congress to pass the National Industrial Recovery Act, which embodied ideas of industrial self-regulation and business-government cooperation.

Which of the following steps did Herbert Hoover not take to revive the economy after the stock-market crash? He advised municipal and state governments to create jobs through public-works projects. He set up the Emergency Committee for Employment to coordinate the efforts of voluntary relief agencies. He persuaded Congress to pass the National Industrial Recovery Act, which embodied ideas of industrial self-regulation and business-government cooperation. He persuaded Congress to establish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to banks and other lending institutions. He urged business leaders to maintain wages and employment.

He persuaded Congress to pass the National Industrial Recovery Act, which embodied ideas of industrial self-regulation and business-government cooperation.

Which statement best describes Franklin Roosevelt's position concerning the depression in the 1932 presidential campaign?

He promised a "new deal" to end the depression but offered only vague plans describing how he was going to do it.

Which statement best describes Franklin Roosevelt's position concerning the Depression in the 1932 presidential campaign?

He promised to end the depression but offered only vague plans describing how he was going to do it.

Which statement best describes Franklin Roosevelt's position concerning the Depression in the 1932 presidential campaign? He clearly outlined specific programs that would end the depression. He called for the United States to abandon the gold standard. He promoted a policy of massive spending by the federal government. He promised to end the depression but offered only vague plans describing how he was going to do it. He claimed the depression was just an economic cycle and would eventually correct itself.

He promised to end the depression but offered only vague plans describing how he was going to do it.

Which of the following statements about Woodrow Wilson's Latin American policy is NOT correct?

He sent marines to Chile to punish the Sandinistas for an attack on an American-owned plantation.

Which of the following statements about Woodrow Wilson's Latin American policy are correct?

He used American troops to force a Mexican leader to abdicate, He sent marines to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to restore stability and protect American investments, He wanted to protect U.S. investments in Mexico, He pledged never again to seek additional territory by conquest

What was the object of William Howard Taft's dollar diplomacy?

He wanted Wall Street bankers to invest money in countries of strategic interest to the US

What was the object of William Howard Taft's dollar diplomacy?

He wanted Wall Street bankers to invest money in countries of strategic interest to the US.

Which of the following was not a reason why President Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb in 1945?

He wanted to prove to the world that the United States hated the Japanese and wanted them to suffer because of their attack on Pearl Harbor.

Which of the following factors was not a reason why President Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb in 1945?

He wanted to prove to the world that the United States hated the Japanese and wanted them to suffer because of their attack on Pearl Harbor.

Why did President Harry Truman develop the Truman Doctrine in 1947?

He wanted to provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism.

Why did President Harry Truman develop the Truman Doctrine in 1947? He wanted to give European countries economic assistance. He wanted to rebuild the militaries of Great Britain and France in order to resist communism. He wanted to provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism. He wanted to offer the Soviet Union an opportunity for reconciliation. He wanted to place atomic weapons under international control.

He wanted to provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism.

Who was Robert La Follette?

He was a progressive reformer who established policies that were labeled the Wisconsin Idea.

Which of the following statements concerning Bill Clinton is true?

He was elected president in 1992 and 1996.

Why did President Eisenhower eventually support the desegregation of public schools?

He was forced to defend the law of land after seeing the defiance of Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus.

Why did President Eisenhower eventually support the desegregation of public schools?

He was forced to defend the law of the land after seeing the defiance of Arkansas Governer Orville Faubus.

How did Gerald Ford become president?

He was nominated by Nixon as vice president, confirmed by Congress, and became president when Nixon resigned.

When Eisenhower used the phrase the domino theory, what did he mean?

He was referring to his fear that if one country fell to communism, that country's neighbors would ultimately also fall to communism.

Which of the following best indicates the policy that the United States government followed toward business during World War I?

operating the railroads and creating five thousand government agencies to supervise home-front activities.

Truman & Inflation: Mine workers strike

ordered the army to seize the mines and pressured owners to give in to workers demands

The Salvation Army was

organized along pseudo-military lines to provide food, shelter, and temporary employment for families.

The 1964 Civil Rights Act

outlawed segregation in public accommodations.

The Taft-Hartley Act

outlawed the closed shop and permitted the president to call a cooling-off period to delay a strike.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

outlawed trusts and other monopolies that fixed prices in restraint of trade.

By 2000, about how many Americans had died of AIDS?

over 458,000

Who won the 1928 presidential election? Al Smith Calvin Coolidge Warren Harding Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

How did Franz Ferdinand change history?

His assassination sparked World War I.

Which of the following accurately describes Franz Ferdinand's importance?

His assassination sparked World War I.

Which of the following does not accurately describe Herbert Hoover's involvement in World War I? He headed the Food Administration His policies pushed the United States into a serious depression in 1918. He oversaw the production and allocation of wheat, meat, and sugar He had to ensure supplies for the army as well as for the desperately food-short Allies. He had been organizing food relief in Belgium when Wilson brought him back to Washington.

His policies pushed the United States into a serious depression in 1918.

The leader of nationalist, Communist forces in Vietnam in the 1950s was

Ho Chi Minh

1905- What occurred that made Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize?

Hold peace treaty to stop the Russo Japanese War

Who did HUAC cite for contempt of Congress and send to federal prison?

Hollywood Ten; they refused to testify about past political associations - claimed the free-speech protections of 1st Amendment

HAUC stands for

House Un-American Activities Committee

Which of the following was not a way that World War I affected American women?

Hundreds of thousands of women entered the work force for the first time and developed new careers for the future.

Richard Nixon

Ike's running mate; kept public apprehensions at the boiling point; accused Democrats of treason; saved his political career with his appeal in the "Checkers" speech

During the first two decades of the twentieth century, what was the greatest source of urban population growth?

Immigration

Which of the following starements provided evidence of Americans' assessment of the first twenty months of Harry Truman's presidency?

In the November 1946 elections, Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time since 1928.

Which of the following was one of President Carter's high priorities in international affairs?

Increasing attention to human-rights violations

"Korematsu was not excluded from the military area because of hostility to him or his race. He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the . . . authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures." —Justice Hugo Black Korematsu v. United States, 1944 Which generalization is supported by this quotation?

Individual rights can be restricted under certain circumstances.

What happened in the 1920s Teapot Dome Scandal? President Herbert Hoover was caught having an affair with one of the secretaries in the White House. Interior Secretary Albert Fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies. Secretary of the Treasury William Clinton invested federal funds in the Whitewater land deal. President Calvin Coolidge used federal funds to buy his wife a fancy tea serving set. Vice President Davis was accused of lying under oath about his investments in Mexico.

Interior Secretary Albert Fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies.

What happened in the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal?

Interior Secretary Albert Fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies.

Who were the muckrakers?

Investigative journalists who wrote exposes on large corporations.

May 14, 1948

Israel proclaims its independence

What decision did Congress make in 1871 that would change the nature of relations between U.S. whites and Native Americans over land issues?

It abolished treaty-making and replaced treaties with executive orders and acts of Congress.

Which statement accurately describes southern black education during Reconstruction?

It advanced but remained quite limited.

What did the GI Bill do?

It allowed American veterans of World War II to go to college free and to obtain low-interest mortgages.

What did the G.I. Bill do?

It allowed American veterans of World War II to go to college free to obtain low-interest mortgages

How did the American economic crisis affect the European economy?

It also experienced a crisis as world trade declined.

Which statement concerning the Bush administration's domestic antiterrorism campaign is accurate?

It amounted to a significant expansion of the federal government's role in many aspects of American life.

What was Silent Spring?

It argued that the use of DDT was dangerous to the entire food chain.

What happened to mass culture (magazines, books, radio, and movies) in the 1920s? It became increasingly standardized as the same amusements were available in all parts of the country. It retained regional favor in the South, New England, the Southwest, and other areas with strong cultural traditions. It was available only to the middle class, who could afford it. It became less important as Americans placed renewed emphasis on individualism. It was strongly influenced by the radical, bohemian art world.

It became increasingly standardized as the same amusements were available in all parts of the country.

What happened to housework in the 1920s?

It became simpler because air conditioning and electric heat made homes cleaner.

What was the result of President Nixon's policy of increased heavy bombing of North Vietnam in December 1972?

It broke the deadlock in the peace talks and got the North Vietnamese to agree to terms.

What were the main provisions of the No Child Left Behind education program?

It called for standardized national tests and penalities for schools that fell short of specific goals.

Why is the Currency Act of 1900 significant?

It committed the United States to the gold standard.

Which of the following is not an example of the impact of the department store?

It convinced middle class families to buy cheaper products that they would have to replace annually.

Which of the following was not one of the ways that the automobile affected American life? It gave young people freedom from parental oversight. It broke down the isolation of rural life. It let more prosperous Americans move out to the suburbs. It increased mobility and headaches. It created new stereotypes of feminine delicacy.

It created new stereotypes of feminine delicacy.

Which of the following actions did the United States not take in preparing for war between September 1, 1939 and December 1, 1941?

It cut off diplomatic relations with Germany and Japan.

How well did the United States do in the 1980 Summer Olympics?

It did not participate.

Which of the following was not one of the ways that Germany alienated many Americans?

It distributed lurid and exaggerated propaganda about atrocities by the British

Which of the following was not one of the ways that Germany alienated many Americans?

It distributed lurid and exaggerated propaganda about atrocities by the British.

Why was the 1987 INF Treaty a major milestone in nuclear-arms control?

It eliminated 2,500 U.S. and Soviet missiles from Europe.

What did the 1965 Immigration Act do?

It eliminated racial and national limits and instead established hemispheric quotas.

What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?

It employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.

What did the Hepburn act of 1906 do?

It empowered the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates and to examine the financial records of railroad companies.

Which of the following was not one of the activities of the War Industries Board? It allocated raw materials. It ensured production efficiency. It coordinated military purchasing. It encouraged industrial competition. It established priorities for production.

It encouraged industrial competition.

How did mass culture in the 1920s thwart full gender equality?

It encouraged women to equate freedom with choosing the glamorous fashions and styles found in advertisements and magazines.

What did the Pendleton Act do?

It established a civil-service commission to prepare competitive exams for federal jobs.

What did the Pendleton Act do?

It established a civil-service commission.

Which of the following statements concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1957 is true?

It established a permanent commission on civil rights with broad investigatory powers.

Which of the following were activities of the War Industries Board?

It established priorities for production, it coordinated military purchasing, allocated raw materials, and ensured production efficiency

What was the main importance of the government's establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission?

It established the principle of federal government regulation of interstate transportation.

What was the purpose of the National Resources Planning Board?

It facilitated state and regional management of water, soil, timber, and minerals.

How did the automobile affect American life?

It gave young people freedom from parental oversight; It broke down the isolation of rural life; It let more prosperous Americans move out to the suburbs; It increased mobility and headaches; ALL OF THESE

How did the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) influence the labor movement?

It guaranteed collective-bargaining rights; It permitted closed shops; It outlawed the practice of blacklisting union leaders; All of these.

How was the United States tied to the Allies before it entered the war in 1917?

It had significant economic and cultural ties.

In the 1920s, what happened to American investments in foreign production?

It increased because American corporations invested abroad to supply overseas markets efficiently and acquire raw materials.

Which of the following was one of the ways that the automobile affected American life?

It increased mobility but came with new annoyances, it gave young people freedom from parental oversight, it broke down the isolation of rural life, it let more prosperous Americans move out to the suburbs

How did the post-World War II baby boom affect American society between 1945 and 1960?

It increased the need for educational resources

How did the Ballinger-Pinchot debate influence Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft's relationship?

It indicated the growing rift between Roosevelt and Taft.

How did the settlement-house movement distinguish itself from other urban social-welfare organizations?

It insisted that charity workers live in slum neighborhoods to better understand the living conditions of the poor.

Which of the following operations was the CIA not responsible for in the 1950s? It helped return the deposed shah of Iran to power. It intervened in elections in the Philippines to ensure a pro-American government. It supported a coup in Guatemala and instituting a military dictatorship. It intervened in East Germany and Hungary when the Soviet Union crushed popular insurrections. It sponsored intellectual conferences and jazz concerts, subsidized magazines, and recruited college students.

It intervened in East Germany and Hungary when the Soviet Union crushed popular insurrections.

Which of the following operations was the CIA not responsible for in the 1950's?

It intervened in East Germany and Hungary when the Soviet Union crushed popular insurrections.

Which of the following operations was the CIA not responsible for in the 1950s?

It intervened in East Germany and Hungary when the Soviet Union crushed popular insurrections.

Which of the following statements concerning the 1918 influenza pandemic is true?

It killed as many as 30 million people worldwide.

What did the SALT I agreement do?

It limited the number of offensive nuclear missiles of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Which statement concerning the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is true?

It limited welfare payments for most recipients to two years.

What did the Mann Act of 1910 do?

It made it a federal crime to transport a woman across a state line "for immoral purposes."

Which of the following statements concerning the use of technology in industry in the second half of the nineteenth century is true?

It made it possible for manufacturers to hire cheap unskilled or semiskilled labor.

What happened to the white-collar middle class in the United States from 1900 to 1920?

It more than doubled in size and grew at over twice the rate than the work force as a whole during the same period.

What happened to James Garfield's presidency?

It never really got started since he was assassinated soon after coming to office.

What did the 1935 Social Security Act do?

It offered financial assistance for the elderly and the disabled.

What does the fate of Enron in 2001 highlight?

It offers evidece of the risk of obsession with soaring profits, fat bonuses, and ever-rising stock prices.

Which of the following is not a true statement about the Farm Security Administration?

It organized programs to teach poor farmers new, more efficient agricultural techniques.

Which of the following did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 not do?

It outlawed closed shops

Which of the following did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 not do?

It outlawed closed shops.

What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act do?

It placed more restrictions on business activities that could lead to the formation of a monopoly.

Why was the United States called the arsenal of democracy?

It produced 300,000 airplanes, 2.6 million machine guns, 6 million tons of bombs, and numerous other war material.

Why was the United States called the "Arsenal of Democracy"?

It produced 300,000 airplanes, 2.6 million machine guns, 6 million tons of bombs, and numerous other war materials.

Which of the following statements about the Strategic Defense Initiative is true?

It proposed a system of space-based lasers and other high-tech defenses against nuclear missiles.

What did the Zimmermann telegram do?

It proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico in a war against the United States, after which Mexico would receive New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.

What happened to Roosevelt's court-packing plan?

It proved unnecessary because Roosevelt was able to replace four members of the Supreme Court who died or retired.

Why was Apollo 11 significant to Americans at the time?

It provided hope to Americans in difficult times.

In the 1892 election, what happened to the Populist party?

It received over one million votes across the nation.

How did U.S. Steel in 1937 respond to the newly formed Steel Workers' Organizing Committee?

It recognized the union, granted a wage increase, and agreed to a forty-hour week.

What did television in the 1950s do?

It reinforced consumerism and conformity.

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Interstate Highway Act was significant?

It reinvigorated central cities by making it easier for people to drive in to them.

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the 1947 National Security Act was significant? It unified the armed forces. It created the Central Intelligence Agency. It established the National Security Council. It established the Department of Defense. It required federal employees to sign a loyalty oath.

It required federal employees to sign a loyalty oath.

How did the "Cash and Carry" Policy work?

It required nations at war in 1939 and 1940 to pay for U.S. goods in cash and to carry them in their own ships.

How did the cash-and-carry policy work?

It required nations at war in 1939 and 1940 to pay for U.S. goods in cash and to carry them in their own ships.

What was the result of the Haymarket Square bombing in 1886?

It resulted in intensified animosity toward labor unions.

What did the Triangle Shirtwaist fire reveal about the problems in American society?

It revealed how abusive factory working conditions could be.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the automobile in the 1920s?

It saw a big increase in popularity, with the number of vehicle registrations jumping dramatically.

What was the Kennedy administration's policy toward Vietnam?

It sent some 16000 military advisers to South Vietnam and attempted to move South Vietnamese peasants into fortified villages to isolate the Vietcong.

Which of the following statements concerning the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is not true? It witnessed the flowering of black culture, particularly among writers. It depended on white patronage. It had little contact with the black masses. It ended with the onset of the Great Depression, but stands as a monument to African- American cultural creativity. It showcased the talents of Paul Robeson and Chuck Barry.

It showcased the talents of Paul Robeson and Chuck Barry.

What does the Hmong expirience reveal about American Society?

It shows the ongoing ability of immigrant families to thrive in the United States.

What did the Hepburn Act of 1906 do?

It strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act by raising penalties and increasing the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Blockade of West Berlin in 1948?

It used an airlift to resupply West Berlin.

How did the United States respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948?

It used an airlift to resupply West Berlin.

Which statement concerning the Creel Committee on Public Information is true?

It used propaganda to spread the U.S. government's official version of the war.

Which statement concerning the Creel Committee on Public Information is true?

It used propaganda to spread the US government's official version of the war.

What did the Bretton Woods Agreement do?

It valued other currencies in relation to the American dollar.

What was the purpose of the Commission on Training Camp Activities?

It waged a campaign against alcohol use and immoral behavior among American soldiers in WWI.

By the mid-1920s, which of the following was true concerning the use of electricity?

It was becoming more common because 60 percent of new homes were wired for electricity.

What was the role of the War Production Board in World War II?

It was created to allocate materials, limit the production of civilian goods, and distribute contracts among workers.

What was the purpose of Operation Rolling Thunder?

It was designed to use aerial bombardments to force the North Vietnamese to negotiate and stop the flow of soldiers and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Which statement best describes the Treaty of Versailles?

It was harsh because it stripped Germany of territory and saddled that country with immense reparations.

Which statement best describes the Treaty of Versailles?

It was harsh in that it stripped Germany of territory and saddled that country with immense reparations.

Which of the following statements regarding the D-Day invasion of France on the beaches at Normandy is true?

It was known as Operation Overlord.

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's party is true? It unified the feminist movement in the 1920s, which had become splintered after women won the vote. It attracted the support of young women, who looked up to the feminists for their civic idealism. It was supported by an alliance of professional women and labor activists. It turned out to be the deciding issue in the 1928 presidential election. It was opposed by many young women, who began defining liberation in terms of consumption.

It was opposed by many young women, who began defining liberation in terms of consumption.

What happened to the Equal Rights Amendment?

It was passed by Congress but died three states short of ratification.

In the 1950s and 1960s what did the Warren Court do?

It was responsible for a series of liberal decisions enraged more conservative Americans.

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's party is TRUE?

It was supported by an alliance of professional women and labor activists

What is the importance of ENIAC?

It was the first computer ever built.

Which of the following descriptions best describes the American army when the United States entered World War I?

It was woefully unprepared, with little combat experience and an aging officer corps

Which of the following descriptions best describes the American army when the United States entered World War I?

It was woefully unprepared, with little combat experience and an aging officer corps.

Which of the following statements best describes the American army when the US entered WWI?

It was woefully unprepared, with little combat experience and an aging officer corps.

Which of the following statements best describes the American army when the United States entered World War I?

It was woefully unprepared, with little combat experience and an aging officer corps.

How did the Ballinger-Pinchot debate influence the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft?

It widened the rift between Roosevelt and Taft.

Who established Hull House?

Jane Addams

68. Although Japan's sea and air power was totally shattered by the end of 1944, why didn't the imperial government surrender to the United States

Japanese military leaders insisted on fighting until the bitter end

Which musical style epitomized the 1920s?

Jazz

Who was the main subject in Bruce Barton's "The Man Nobody Knows?"

Jesus Christ

Who founded Standard Oil?

John D. Rockefeller

Which of the following was not an example of the affirmative cultural nationalism characteristic of the late 1930s?

John Dos Passos's The 42nd Parallel.

Who commanded American forces in Mexico and later the AEF?

John J. Pershing

Who commanded American forces in Mexico and later the AEF?

John Pershing

Which two current Supreme Court justices did President Bush nominate?

John Roberts and Samuel Alito

Which of the following women was not a leader of the woman-suffrage movement in the late nineteenth and/or early twentieth centuries?

Josephine Dodge

Which of the following people was convicted and executed for conspiring to commit espionage?

Julius Rosenberg

Which of the following people was convicted and executed for conspiring to commit espionage? Alger Hiss "Red Dean" Acheson Whittaker Chambers Julius Rosenberg Ayn Rand

Julius Rosenberg

Economist blamed all of the following for causing the depression except

Key industries embraced only costly new technologies that they could not financially support

How was war avoided in the Cuban missile crisis?

Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy's pledge not to invade that country.

If you were in San Francisco in 1966, what would you have found if you went to Haight Street?

LSD and psychedelic music.

The Taft-Hartley Act is also known as

Labor-Management Relations Act

Which of the following issues did not impede the growth of unions in the late 19th century?

Lack of interest on the part of workers because their real wages were rising and conditions were improving

Who was accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy?

Lee Harvey Oswald

What did the results of the 1960 presidential election reveal?

Lingering fears about a Catholic president.

What was the result of the 1964 presidential election?

Lydon Johnson won a landslide in the popular vote, while the GOP carried only Arizona and five Deep South states.

What was the result of the 1964 presidential election?

Lyndon Johnson won a landslide in the popular vote while the GOP carried only Arizona and five Deep South states.

Who was the first woman secretary of state?

Madeleine Albright

51. Japan demonstrated its expansionist policies in 1931-1932 by invading

Manchuria

Japan demonstrated its expansionist policies in 1931-1932 by invading

Manchuria.

Which of the following was an antiprostitution measure that prohibited transporting a woman across state lines for" immoral purposes"?

Mann Act

What was a result of the Tet Offensive?

Many Americans came to realize that no area of South Vietnam was secure from enemy attack.

Which statement best represents the economic status of farm families during the 1930s?

Many farm families gave up because of debt and the drought.

72. How did Germany's persecution of Jews during the 1930s benefit the allies during World War Ii

Many leading European scientists and intellectuals fled German control and aided the allies during war

Which statement about Japanese Americans interned during World War II is most accurate?

Many lost their homes and businesses

Which of the following is not representative of progressive attitudes toward blacks

Mary White Ovington's study of blacks in NYC, Half a Man

Which of the following pieces of legislation attempted to regulate food and/or drug safety?

Meat Inspection Act; Pure Food and Drug Act; Narcotics Act

Which allied offensive in the fall 1918 helped end the war?

Meuse-Argonne offensive

Which group faced appalling labor conditions in California's agricultural regions?

Mexican-Americans

Which group faced appalling labor conditions in California's agricultural regions? Native Americans African-Americans Asian-Americans Mexican-Americans German Americans

Mexican-Americans

What evidence was produced during the Alger Hiss espionage hearings?

Micro films in pumpkins and "pumpkin papers"

If you were in San Francisco in 1966, what would you have found if you went to Haight Street?

Microbiotic food, LSD, and psychedelic music

When he used "shuttle diplomacy," where was Henry Kissinger attempting to achieve a peace settlement?

Middle East

Which of the following was not a way that World War I affected American women?

Millions of women entered the work force for the first time.

Which of the following was not a way that World War I affected American women? Women served in the AEF. A million women worked in industry during the years 1917-1918. Millions of women entered the work force for the first time. A constitutional amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote. Women moved into better paying jobs.

Millions of women entered the work force for the first time.

Why did the federal government during the late nineteenth century tend to ignore the social consequences of industrialization?

Most American leaders, regardless of party, believed in the laissez-faire doctrine and did not support a large governmental role in the economy.

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force?

Most college women entered such traditionally "female" professions as nursing, school teaching, and librarianship

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force?

Most college women entered traditionally female professions such as nursing, school teaching, and library science.

Which of the following best describes American youth of the 1960s?

Most followed conventional paths and sought a secure place in the system.

To a middle-class reformer around 1910, which of the following statements would reveal the most about the morality of the movies?

Movies were typically shown in immigrant-district nickelodeons.

What was the country's first radio network?

NBC

What was the country's first radio network? ABC CBS NBC PBS FOX

NBC

Who became the first woman to hold the position the House minority leader?

Nancy Pelosi

What happened at Kent State University in May 1970?

National Guard troops panicked and fired at a crowd of students, wounding eleven and killing four.

What roles has Condoleeza Rice served in Bush administration?

National Security adviser and secretary of state

Which precedent was established by the Nuremberg war crimes trials?

National leaders can be held responsible for crimes against humanity .

The 1950s gov't policies of termination and relocation proved disastrous for

Native Americans

Based on a study of the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti (1920's) and the internment of Japanese Americans (1940's), which conclusion is most accurate?

Nativism and racism sometimes override the ideals of constitutional democracy

Which series of events leading to World War II is in the correct chronological order? 1. Neutrality Acts → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → Lend-Lease Act → United States declaration of war on Japan 2. Lend-Lease Act → Neutrality Acts → United States declaration of war on Japan → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 3. United States declaration of war on Japan → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → Lend-Lease Act → Neutrality Acts 4. Neutrality Acts → Lend-Lease Act → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → United States declaration of war on Japan

Neutrality Acts → Lend-Lease Act → Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → United States declaration of war on Japan

Which of the following is not one of the reasons that Prohibition failed? Organized crime provided a ready supply of liquor. It proved impossible to enforce rules of behavior with which a significant portion of the population disagreed. The Volstead Act was underfunded. New pharmaceutical discoveries cured the problem of alcohol abuse in a simpler way. Prohibition laws were weakly enforced.

New pharmaceutical discoveries cured the problem of alcohol abuse in a simpler way.

NATO stands for

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Truman & Inflation: vetoed bill extending the life of the

Office of Price Admin, but deprived it of power thus ending price controls

Who would have most likely opposed the Alaska Lands Act?

Oil companies

About what portion of the American people lived in poverty by 1960?

One-fifth

Why did Prohibition fail?

Organized crime provided a ready supply of liquor; It proved impossible to enforce rules of behavior with which a significant portion of the population disagreed; The Volstead Act was underfunded and weakly enforced; ALL OF THESE

Which of the following was not a tool that southern states used to disfranchise blacks after Reconstruction?

Outright legal prohibitions

Why did the union movement weaken in the 1920s?

Overall wage rates rose steadily in the 1920s; The older craft-based pattern of union organization was ill suited to the new mass-production industries; Management was hostile to labor organizing; The open shop was dubbed the American plan; ALL OF THESE

What happened to Richard Nixon after he resigned from the presidency?

Pardoned by President Ford for any and all crimes committed while in office.

Who organized the Christian Coalition?

Pat Robertson

How did the tactics of Alice Paul's National Woman's Party differ from Carrie Chapman Catt's National American Woman's Suffrage Association?

Paul's followers used radical tactics like chaining themselves to the White House fence.

Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?

Phonograph

Which Supreme Court ruling upheld restrictions on abortion providers?

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

The White House tapes revealed that

President Nixon had ordered a cover-up in the Watergate affair.

What did the "White House tapes" reveal?

President Nixon had ordered a cover-up in the Watergate affair.

Which of the following is TRUE about the American economy during World War I?

Prices and wages rose, Factory production increased by one-third, Cigarette consumption more than tripled, Agricultural prices more than doubled

Which book described the United States' economy during postwar era?

Progress and Poverty

Which statement about the Progressive Movement is correct?

Progressives wanted to restrain big business and protect the economically vulnerable.

Which statement about the progressive movement is correct?

Progressives wanted to restrain big business and protect the economically vulnerable.

Future president Richard Nixon became nationally prominent in the late 1940s when he

Prosecuted Alger Hiss

How were blacks treated in the North during the late nineteenth century?

Public opinion sanctioned widespread de facto discrimination.

Brown v. Board of Education was so important to the black civil-rights movement because it ruled that segregation in which of the following was unconstitutional?

Public schools

Which of the following is not true regarding the government's management of public opinion during World War II?

Publishers and broadcasters were allowed to say and report whatever they thought would be in the best interest of the public and the war effort.

In late-nineteenth-century cases dealing with the rights of blacks, what did the Supreme Court decide?

Racial segregation was constitutional as long as each race had equal facilities

What happened in the 1980 presidential election?

Reagan won about 51 percent of the popular vote, and Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time since 1955.

Which of the following agencies was created during Hoover's administration to help failing financial institutions and continued to be active through the New Deal years?

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Which of the following agencies was created during the Hoover administration to help failing financial institutions and continued to be active through the New Deal years?

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Which of the following agencies was created during the Hoover administration to help failing financial institutions and continued to be active through the New Deal years? Federal Emergency Relief Administration Tennessee Valley Authority Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation National Recovery Administration Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Which of the following companies bitterly resisted unionization in the 1930s?

Republic Steel

The neoconservatives are members of a group of

Republicans who are dedicated to an assertive foreign polivy, especially in the Arab world.

What happened to President Richard Nixon?

Resigned from office before the House of Representatives could impeach him, which it was likely to do.

56. in 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war. Why?

Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany

In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war. Why?

Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany.

How did the Russo-Japanese War come to an end?

Roosevelt mediated the conflict and negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth between them.

Who ran as a major third party candidate in the 1992 election?

Ross Perot

Where did the United States and Germany almost have a naval clash in the late 19th century?

Samoan Islands

Which of the following writers would not be considered a muckraker?

Samuel Jones

What was one of the factors that caused the saving-and-loan crisis in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

Saving-and-loan institutions gave risky loans made on speculative real-estate ventures.

What role did the American scientific community have in World War II?

Scientists participated actively in developing new weapons, chemicals, medicines, and medical techniques that would advance the fight against the Axis powers.

Who was known as the king of ragtime?

Scott Joplin

Which 1917 legislative act established the American draft in WWI?

Selective Service Act

Which 1917 legislative act established the American draft in World War I?

Selective Service Act

What is the GI Bill also known as?

Servicemen Readjustment Act of 1944

Why is Aimee Semple McPherson significant?

She anticipated the television evangelists of a later day in her theatrical sermons.

What was Betty Freidan's The Feminine Mystique so controversal?

She claimed that women should have more opportunities than being a housewife.

During the 1880s and 1890s, which new obligation was added to the traditional middle-class woman's role as director of the household?

She had to foster an artistic environment that would nurture her family's cultural improvement.

What did Eleanor Roosevelt see as her primary role as First Lady?

She wanted to serve as an observer for her husband and promote social reform.

What did Eleanor Roosevelt see as her primary role as First Lady? She wanted to serve as an observer for her husband and promote social reform. She wanted to be a gracious hostess for the many dignitaries who visited the White House. She wanted to personally draft legislation and forge foreign policy. She wanted to promote an appreciation of the arts. She wanted to support her husband and be a light presence at social functions.

She wanted to serve as an observer for her husband and promote social reform.

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age flapper?

She was a rebellious, sexually active woman in the 1920s.

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Since it believed a war with the U.S. was inevitable, it decided upon a preemptive strike.

Which of the following is the story of an innocent and attractive girl from Wisconsin who is seduced by a traveling salesman, moves in with the married proprietor of a fancy saloon, and eventually pursues a career in the theater?

Sister Carrie

Where was the American Federation of Labor's main source of strength?

Skilled trades

Which of the following is a valid conclusion to draw about the ways in which immigrants adjusted to urban life in their new society?

Skilled workers and immigrants familiar with Anglo-American customs had relatively few problems adjusting, but for others, adjusting was difficult.

Which piece of New Deal legislation established the principle of federal responsibility for social welfare and created the basic framework for the welfare system?

Social Security Act

Which piece of New Deal legislation established the principle of federal responsibility for social welfare and created the basic framework for the welfare system? Wagner Act Revenue Act of 1935 Social Security Act Hatch Act Federal Securities Act

Social Security Act

Where did the United States send a humanitarian force from 1992 to 1994?

Somalia

Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women's rights movement?

Some advocates of women's rights refused to support black suffrage without similar guarantees of woman suffrage.

Which Allied offensive in the fall of 1918 helped end the war?

Somme offensive

Where was the Democratic party strongest in the late 19th century?

South

Who were the "new immigrants" who poured into the United States between 1890 and 1920?

Southern and eastern Europeans

How did southern cotton mills differ from northern cotton mills in the 1880s?

Southern cotton mills were located in the countryside rather than cities.

Which of the following was not a feature of Lincoln's "10 percent plan"?

Southern plantations were to be confiscated and divided among the blacks who had formerly worked there as slaves.

76. which country suffered the greatest number of casualties in World War II

Soviet Union

Which country suffered the greatest number of casualties in World War II?

Soviet Union

Sputnik

Soviets launched first artificial satellite on October 4, 1957; rose 5 feet in the air and exploded on TV

What economic problem plagued the American economy in the 1970s?

Stagflation

Which of the following court case is correctly paired with its significance?

Standard Oil Co. v. U.S.: Orders dissolution of Standard Oil.

What major change took place during the late nineteenth century in the teaching of medicine, architecture, engineering, and law?

Standards were raised and practice was professionalized.

Another name for the Dixiecrats?

States' Rights Democratic Party

How did industrialization affect skilled craftsmen?

Subdividing the manufacture of a product into smaller jobs meant that an individual no longer manufactured an entire product.

Which of the following was not part of the Reagan administration's Middle East policy?

Supporting Iran in its bloody war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

The 1955-1956 African-American boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama eventually led to

Supreme Court affirming a lower-court decision outlawing segregation of public transportation.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Supreme Court rejected the separate-but-equal doctrine and ruled that racial segregation violates the equal-protection clause of the 14th amendment

What was pro management, anti labor?

Taft-Hartley Act

The Great White Fleet was the American navy that which American president sent around the world from 1907 to 1909?

Teddy Roosevelt

What groups were the Farm Security Administration designed to benefit?

Tenant Farmers and Sharecroppers

What group(s) was the Farm Security Administration designed to benefit?

Tenant farmers and sharecroppers

In what type of building did most urban poor people live in the late 19th century?

Tenements

Which book described the United States' economy during the postwar era?

The Affluent Society

Which of the following was not one of the developments of the early and mid-1960s that tended to radicalize thousands of American students?

The American government refused to pursue total victory in Vietnam.

The "Don't ask, don't tell" policy was

The Clinton administration's compromise on the issue of homosexuals in the military.

Which of the following was not one of the decisions of the Warren Court?

The Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion.

How did Truman's presidency end?

The Democratic Party refused to renominate him.

What does the monetarist theory assert was the cause of the stock-market crash?

The Federal Reserve System

What does the "monetarist" theory argue was the cause of the stock-market crash?

The Federal Reserve System's tight monetary policies

Which of the following acts of aggression did not occur in the 1930s?

The German invasion of Norway

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that Woodrow Wilson's efforts at the Versailles Peace Conference were hampered even before he left the United States?

The Germans had already rejected the Fourteen Points as a basis of negotiations.

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is not true?

The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era in order to attract a mass membership

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is not true? The Klan was made up of ordinary Americans. The Klan targeted blacks, Catholics, or Jews, depending on the region. The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era in order to attract a mass membership. Estimates of Klan membership in the 1920s range as high as 5 million Americans. It promised to restore the nation's lost racial, ethnic, religious, and moral purity.

The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era in order to attract a mass membership.

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is NOT true?

The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era to attract a mass membership.

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is true?

The Klan targeted blacks, Catholics, Jews and women violating sexual taboos, estimates of Klan membership in the 1920s range as high as 5 million Americans, it promised to restore the nation's lost racial, ethnic, religious, and moral purity

Which of the following events did not occur internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

The Kurds of Iraq successfully defied Saddam Hussein and established an independent state.

In the so-called Eisenhower Doctrine, where did Dwight Eisenhower declare the United States would send military aid and, if necessary, troops to help counter communist thrusts?

The Middle East

In the "Eisenhower Doctrine," Dwight Eisenhower declared the United States would send military aid and, if necessary, troops to help counter communist thrusts in

The Middle East.

In the "Eisenhower Doctrine," Dwight Eisenhower declared the United States would send military aid and, if necessary, troops to help counter communist thrusts in The Middle East. Indochina. Latin America. Western Europe. Southern Africa.

The Middle East.

Which of the following statements is not true about the New Deal?

The New Deal brought about full economic recovery, and by 1939 unemployment was no longer a serious problem.

Which of the following statements is not true about the New Deal? The New Deal brought about full economic recovery, and by 1939 unemployment was no longer a serious problem. The New Deal vastly increased the power and prestige of the presidency. The New Deal assumed a fundamental governmental responsibility to promote economic prosperity and the well-being of all citizens. As the New Deal evolved, it acted as a broker for all organized interest groups⎯including agriculture and labor, not just business. In the course of the New Deal, a fundamental political realignment took place.

The New Deal brought about full economic recovery, and by 1939 unemployment was no longer a serious problem.

Why was the 1892 election significant to U.S. history?

The Populist Party showed it was a potential threat to the Republican and Democratic Parties

Which of the following statements does not apply to the late nineteenth century relationship between the southern agrarian protest movement and southern attitudes toward blacks?

The Populist movement was exclusively white because of exclusion provisions in their charters.

How did the personal diplomacy conducted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II affect the Presidency?

The President's role in shaping United States foreign policy was strengthened.

Which of the following Reconstruction laws is correctly paired with one of its provisions?

The Reconstruction Act of 1867: invalidated state governments formed under Lincoln and Johnson.

Which group benefited the most from the population shift to the Sunbelt?

The Republican party.

What happened in the 1994 midterm elections?

The Republicans won majorities in both houses of Congress.

Which of the following amendments is not accurately defined?

The Seventeenth Amendment allows the direct election of members of the House of Representatives

Which of the following amendments is NOT accurately defined?

The Seventeenth Amendment allows the direct election of members of the House of Representatives.

Which of the following amendments is not accurately defined?

The Seventeenth Amendment allows the direct election of members of the House of Representatives.

Which of the following books did WEB Du Bois write?

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois was the author of

The Souls of Black Folk.

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans became concerned about the nation's security during the late 1940's?

The Soviet Union beat the United States in the race to develop a hydrogen bomb.

Which of the following statements concerning the formation of NATO in 1949 is not true?

The Soviet Union formed NATO to offset the creation of the Warsaw Pact by the United States.

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans became concerned about the nation's security during the late 1940s?

The Soviet development of a hydrogen bomb.

What happened to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act?

The Supreme Court ruled it ruled unconstitutional

What happened to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act?

The Supreme Court ruled it ruled unconstitutional.

What happened to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act?

The Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.

What incident ruined the 1960 Paris summit between Eisenhower and Khrushchev?

The U-2 incident

Which of the following statements about American military and foreign policy between 1950 and 1953 is true? The United States pared back its defense budget from $60 billion to $13 billion. The United States closed down many military bases around the world. The United States began to pay some three-fourths of the cost of the French war against the Vietnamese independence movement. The United States expanded trade with the Soviet Union and mainland China as a way of diminishing their aggressive tendencies. The U.S. lost interest in such newly-independent Third World countries as Egypt, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

The United States began to pay some three-fourths of the cost of the French war against the Vietnamese independence movement.

Why was the United States called the "arsenal of democracy" in 1940?

The United States provided much of the weaponry needed to fight the Axis powers.

Which statement best represents the United States' response to reports of the German persecution of Jews?

The United States refused to liberalize its restrictive immigration laws.

What was the cause of the 1973-1974 oil embargo?

The United States was providing Israel with military equipment to repel the attack by Syria and Egypt.

What did the Nixon Doctrine state?

The United States would provide financial and moral support to nations facing communist subversion, but such nations would have to defend themselves.

What lent weight to the charges against Hiss and confirmed the guilt of Julius Rosenberg?

The Venona Intercepts in the 90's

Why did the United States begin to lend money to the European powers after August 1915?

The Wilson administration feared the economic, financial, and social consequences of American industry's failing to secure European business.

Why did the Kennedy adinistration have such a poor record of legislative accomplishments?

The administration had recieved a weak electoral mandate, was more committed to foreign affairs, and lacked the votes in Congress.

Which of the following was accomplished during Truman's presidency?

The armed forces were desegregated.

Which of the following was accomplished during Truman's presidency? The armed forces were desegregated. A national health-insurance system was started. Labor unions were strengthened by government backing for the closed shop. A federal anti-lynching law was enacted. Communists were banned from government.

The armed forces were desegregated.

After what event did the Japanese government finally begin to discuss acceptance of surrender terms?

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Which of the following is not true about the American economy during World War I?

The civilian work force contracted as Americans joined the armed forces.

What event triggered the Panic of 1893?

The collapse of a railroad

Which of the following was not a reason the days of the open range and great cattle drives came to an end after the mid-1880s?

The demand for beef declined as more people turned to cheaper food.

What did John Steinbeck describe in The Grapes of Wrath?

The desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family

Which of the following did not contribute to the "sexual revolution" during the 1960s?

The elimination of all state laws infringing on a woman's right to an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.

The Exxon Valdez incident revealed

The environmental dangers of transporting oil.

What 1949 event embittered many Americans?

The establishment of the communist People's Republic of China

What 1949 event embittered many conservatives?

The establishment of the communist People's Republic of China

Which of the following statements regarding the fall of the Philippines is false?

The fall of the Philippines deeply divided U.S. public opinion, which now began to question openly whether the country should be at war.

Which of the following was not one of the changes in the American "social topography" that occurred during World War II?

The family unit was strengthened, and divorce rates dropped, as Americans united in the effort to defend the nation.

Which of the following statements best indicates the policy that the United States government followed toward business during World War I?

The government nationalized the railroads and created five thousand government agencies to supervise home-front activities.

What did the Eisenhower Doctrine demonstrate?

The growing importance of oil in American foreign policy

Which of the following is not an indicator of women's changing relationship to men during the last decades of the nineteenth century?

The growing popularity of catalog and department stores

What did the new-look defense program in the 1950's emphasize?

The importance of nuclear weapons

What did the new-look defense program in the 1950s emphasize?

The importance of nuclear weapons

Which of the following is not part of the evidence of a renewed interest in religion in the 1950s?

The intensity of faith increased for many people, as mainstream churches increasingly emphasized sin and evil.

What was the most significant cause of the incease in federal aid to education and the shift to greater emphasis on basic disciplines in the late 1950's?

The launch of Sputnik, which gave Americans reason to fear that they were intellectually and technologically backward

At the end of the Civil War, what communications system did the railroads use to coordinate their complex flow of rail cars?

The magnetic telegraph

Which of the following was not one of the effects of emancipation on the black family in the years after the Civil War?

The majority became single-parent families as men left their wives and set out to seek their fortunes.

When General Dwight Eisenhower received the Republican nomination for president in 1952, which wing of the party was he viewed as representing?

The moderate wing

When General Dwight Eisenhower received the Republican nomination for president in 1952, which wing of the party was he viewed as representing? The moderate wing The conservative wing The hard-line wing The southern wing The left wing

The moderate wing

What two issues dominated national politics in the 1870s and 1880s?

The money supply and civil-service reform

What did the presidential election of 1920 demonstrate?

The nation was spiritually drained and wanted "normalcy."

What did the presidential election of 1920 demonstrate? Americans still loved Woodrow Wilson. The spirit of reform was still alive. The nation was spiritually drained and wanted "normalcy." The influence of munitions makers was widespread. The people were tired of Wilson but wanted the League.

The nation was spiritually drained and wanted "normalcy."

How did World War II affect millions of American women?

The proportion of women in the labor force rose from one-quarter to more than one-third, as 19 million women were employed.

What impact did the wartime economy have on the distribution of American incomes?

The size of the middle class doubled.

What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case expose in American society?

The strong ethnic bias in the US.

In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?

The theory of evolution

The Great White Fleet was a squadron of battleships sent around the world in 1907-1909 by

Theodore Roosevelt.

The Great White Fleet was a squadron of battleships sent around the world in 1907-1909 by Grover Cleveland. William McKinley. Theodore Roosevelt. William Howard Taft. Woodrow Wilson.

Theodore Roosevelt.

What did Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, and Mary Pickford have in common?

They all became celebrities in the 1920s because of their acting in movies.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, what did the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood, and some thirty-nine state legislatures have in common?

They all contributed to the anticommunist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in American society.

What do David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Breyer have in common?

They all joined the Supreme Court during the 1990s.

In the 1956 Southern Manifesto, what did approximately 100 senators and congressman argue?

They argued the segregation of shcools should be permitted

Why did the Germans resume unrestricted submarine warfare?

They believed it would help them achieve victory before American troops reached the front.

Why did many progressives advocate restricting immigration to the US?

They believed that the typical recent immigration was a hairy, low-browed, big-faced person of obviously low mentality.

How did William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer change the newspaper industry?

They competed for readers by writing sensationalized stories that captured the reader's attention.

Why did many progressives advocate restricting immigration to the United States?

They concluded that since the immigrant city bred problems, immigrants should be excluded.

What did the work of Frances Willard of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union show about many women in the late nineteenth century?

They could challenge the cult of domesticity and expand women's sphere while at the same time remaining committed to women's nurturing and supportive role within the family.

How did most Americans react to the campus convulsions of 1970?

They criticized campus protestors for undercutting the nations foreign policy.

Between 1947 and 1951, what did the loyalty boards that were established to root out subversives in government service do? They uncovered evidence of massive subversion and espionage within the Departments of State and Defense. They restricted their investigations to potential subversives in high-risk areas of government service. They forced several thousand government employees to resign and led to the dismissal of almost six hundred on charges of disloyalty. They restored to federal government employees a sense of calm and confidence that had been missing since the end of World War II. They were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

They forced several thousand government employees to resign and led to the dismissal of almost six hundred on charges of disloyalty.

Between 1947 and 1951, what did the loyalty boards that were established to root out subversives in government service do?

They forced several thousand government employees to resign and led to the dismissal of almost six hundred on charges of disloyalty.

Which of the following is not a true statement about the muckrakers?

They got their nickname - muckrakers - from Woodrow Wilson, who criticized them for only focusing on the worst aspects of American life.

What did the writings of Thorstein Veblen, Charles and Mary Beard, William james, and Herbert Croly have in common?

They implicitly supported the need for far-reaching reforms of American society.

Between 1964 and 1968, how did some urban African-Americans around the country express their reaction to the civil-rights movement?

They looted, rioted, and destroyed white property.

How were the new research universities of the late 19th century different from earlier colleges?

They offered courses in a wide variety of subject areas, established professional schools, and encouraged faculty members to pursue basic research.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the "Yippies"?

They part of the counterculture movement that wished to disrupt the Democratic Convention in Chicago.

Why did temperance advocates receive a boost from World War I?

They pointed out that the biggest breweries¾like Pabst, Schlitz, and Anheuser-Busch¾had German names. They said it was unpatriotic to use grain to manufacture liquor at a time when food had to be conserved. They said that beer was a German plot to undermine America's moral fiber and fighting qualities. Americans were able to view prohibition as a war measure.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Wobblies?

They preached revolution, class struggle, and the abolition of the wage system.

Why were amusement parks so important to the urban poor?

They provided an opportunity for a brief escape from life in the tenements.

Which of the following functions was not typically performed by political bosses and precinct captains?

They ran settlement houses.

How did Southern states respond to the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in schools?

They refused to comply whenever possible.

Why did the Nixon administration attempt to halt the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

They revealed a long history of government lies that could further undermine public trust in government statements about the Vietnam War.

What did the Nixon administration attempt to halt the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

They revealed a long history of government lies that could further undermine public trust in govt. statements about about the Vietnam War.

Why did temperance advocates receive a boost from World War I?

They said it was unpatriotic to use grain to manufacture liquor at a time when food had to be conserved.

What did Booker T Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the US?

They should accommodate themselves to segregation and disenfranchisement while at the same time working hard and providing their economic value to society.

What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

They should accommodate themselves to segregation and disfranchisement while at the same time working hard and proving their economic value to society.

According to John Dewey, what did schools need to do?

They should become the instruments of reform by embracing the new ethnic of social interdependence.

What did the members of the preparedness movement advocate?

They supported rearmament and universal military training.

Which of the following statements best describes warfare between the Japanese soldiers and American Marines?

They utterly hated each other and committed numerous atrocities.

In the early twentieth century, how did many middle-class women begin to think of employment outside the home?

They viewed it as a potential opportunity.

What was the initial reaction of most Americans to the outbreak of WWI in Europe?

They wanted to ensure that the US could stay out of conflict.

What was the initial reaction of most Americans to the outbreak of World War I in Europe?

They wanted to ensure that the United States could stay out of the conflict.

What was the initial reaction of most Americans to the outbreak of World War I in Europe? They wanted to ensure that the United States could stay out of the conflict. They wanted the United States to declare war against Germany. They feared that war in Europe would propel the United States into economic recession. They did not care because the United States had no ties to Europe. They gleefully saw the war as a golden opportunity for American business to make money.

They wanted to ensure that the United States could stay out of the conflict.

What was the goal of urban planners and architects like Daniel Burnham?

They wanted to rebuild the urban landscape with grand boulevards, imposing squares, monumental buildings, and extensive recreational facilities, and thereby restore the public's pride in metropolitan America.

Who were the "contras"?

They were a group financed by the CIA to undermine the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

Who were the "Hollywood Ten"?

They were a group of prominent film directors and screenwriters who refused to say whether they had been members of the Communist Party.

What were Jim Crow laws?

They were a method of imposing strict segregation in places like streetcars, trains, schools, parks, public buildings, and cemeteries.

What do Randolph Bourne, Jeannette Rankin, and Eugene V. Debs have in common?

They were all opposed to World War I.

What do Randolph Bourne, Jeannette Rankin, and Eugene V. Debs have in common? They were all pro-German. They were all opposed to World War I. They all worked for the Creel Committee. They were all convicted and hanged for terrorist activity. They were all convicted of advocating socialism.

They were all opposed to World War I.

What do Howard, Atlanta, and Fisk universities, and Hampton Institute have in common?

They were all predominantly black institutions that were established in the years immediately following the Civil War.

What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington provide?

They were patriotic and idealistic portrayals of the triumph of "the people" over entrenched interests.

What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington provide? They were comedies that lampooned New Deal policies. They were patriotic and idealistic portrayals of the triumph of "the people" over entrenched interests. They were realistic docudramas about social problems. They were gangster movies showing gritty images of urban America. They were zany musicals that offered viewers a chance to forget the depression.

They were patriotic and idealistic portrayals of the triumph of "the people" over entrenched interests.

What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington provide?

They were patriotic and idealistic portrayals of the triumph of the people over entrenched interests.

For a late-nineteenth-century unmarried working-class woman, why did amusement parks exert a powerful lure?

They were places to meet friends, get away from parental supervision, and try out the latest dance steps

For a late-nineteenth-century unmarried working-class woman, why did amusement parks exert a powerful lure?

They were places to meet friends, get away from parental supervision, and try out the latest dance steps.

Why did black Americans migrate to northern cities during WWI?

They were seeking the economic opportunities afforded by northern industrial expansion.

Why did black Americans migrate to northern cities during World War I?

They were seeking the economic opportunities afforded by northern industrial expansion.

Who were the Dixiecrats? They were states rights segregationists who hoped to deny Truman's re-election and preserve their "way of life." They bolted the Democratic party and supported Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. They formed the core of President Truman's support in the solid South during the 1948 election. They were Northerners who moved to the south in the postwar years to build new industries and take advantage of cheap labor. They were the leftwing Democrats who joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party in 1948.

They were states rights segregationists who hoped to deny Truman's re-election and preserve their "way of life."

Who were the Dixiecrats?

They were states rights segregationists who hoped to deny Truman's re-election and preserve their "way of life."

Who were the Dixiecrats?

They were white supremacists who hoped to deny Truman's reelection and preserve their way of life.

What did the experiences of late 1960s communes demonstrate?

They were, at best, short-lived.

Which of the following was not true concerning the election of 1936?

Third-party candidates siphoned off an alarming number of Democratic votes.

Who coined the term "conspicuous consumption" to describe the excessive materialism and flaunting of wealth of America's captains of industry?

Thorstein Veblen

How did Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward influence the American presidency?

Through their newspaper reports, they provided in-depth coverage of the Watergate scandal.

Helen Hunt Jackson was among those Americans who were outraged by the federal government's violation of its Indian treaties and instead embraced a different approach to the Indians, which was

To establish boarding schools that would teach them the ways of civilized society.

Which of the following is NOT true about jazz music in the 1920s?

To increase jazz's popularity, black musicians famously watered down standard tunes for a mass audience

What was the goal of William S. Rainford's institutional church movement?

To insist that downtown churches provide social services to immigrants such as recreational facilities and industrial training programs.

Why was NATO created?

To unite the Western powers against possible invasion by the USSR

The Selective Service Act of 1940 was the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.

True

U.S. forces first truly went on the offensive in the Pacific at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

True

What brought about the Truman Doctrine?

Truman asking Congress for $400 million in military assistance to Greece & Turkey

What was one result of World War II

Two superpowers emerged.

Which statement most accurately reflects the situation facing organized labor during World War I?

Union membership nearly doubled during the war.

Which statement best describes union membership in the 1930s?

Unions gained membership, growing from only 3 million in 1933 to over 8 million in 1941.

What did the Nixon Doctrine state?

United States would provide financial and moral support to nations facing communist subversion, but such nations would have to defend themselves.

What was the key difference between the Lincoln and Johnson plans for reconstruction?

Unlike Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan barred from political participation any ex-Confederate with taxable property worth $20,000 or more.

In the 1896 election, which area was a center of William McKinley's political support?

Urban areas

Which of the following statements accurately describes urban growth in the late 19th century?

Urban populations grew dramatically with cities such as Chicago growing more than fivefold.

What form of theatrical entertainment drew the largest audiences in late-nineteenth-century America?

Vaudeville

Eisenhower advanced his domino theory to justify U.S. intervention in the internal affairs of

Vietnam; believed if they became communist, other Asian states would fall to it as well

How did President Ford try to curb inflation?

Voluntary wage-and-price restraint

By 1964 what had become the major thrust of the majority of African-American activists?

Voter-registration drives in southern states

Panama and Hardball Diplomacy:

Wasn't diplomatic at all Intimidation Using threats to get what you want

Which of the following was not a popular pastime during the depression?

Watching television

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Were the first Americans civilians executed for espionage

The 1948 Marshall Plan provided funding after World War II to help the recovery and rebuilding of

Western Europe.

The 1948 Marshall Plan was important because it helped which geographic area recover and rebuild after World War II?

Western Europen

In the two years after the conclusion of World War I, which of the following occurred in the United States?

Wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against blacks, and a rash of strikes

Who argued that "The law of survival of the fittest was not made by man, and it cannot be abrogated by man. We can only, by interfering with it, produce the survival of the unfittest."?

William Graham Sumner

Who became famous for the "Cross of Gold" speech in the 1896 presidential election?

William Jennings Bryan

Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe black Americans in the early twentieth century?

William Lloyd Garrison led a campaign against lynchings.

Which of the following people established an inner-city church to reach out to the poor?

William S. Rainsford

Which of the following were reasons that Woodrow Wilson's efforts at the Versailles Peace Conference were hampered even before he left the United States?

Wilson decided to go to the conference personally

74. Which of the following leaders is not matched correctly with the right country

Winston Churchill, France

Which of the following leaders is not match correctly with the right country?

Winston Churchill, France

Which of the following leaders is not matched with the right country?

Winston Churchill, France

Which of the following statements concerning women in the work force in the 1920s is true?

Women faced systematic wage discrimination.

Which of the following statements concerning women in the work force in the 1920s is true? Women workers swelled the union movement. Women found increased job opportunities on assembly lines. Women faced systematic wage discrimination. Women workers declined in number and power as women returned home and let their husbands resume their careers. Women workers increased proportionally so that almost half of women were working outside the home.

Women faced systematic wage discrimination.

Which of the following statements concerning women in the work force in the 1920s is true?

Women mostly received low-paying, unskilled jobs.

The Fourteen Points were

Woodow Wilson's statment of American war aims

The Fourteen Points were

Woodrow Wilson's statement of American war aims.

The Fourteen Points were Woodrow Wilson's statement of American war aims. Herbert Hoover's guidelines for conserving food. The Russian Bolsheviks' conditions for not revealing the secret treaties made prior to 1914. David Lloyd George's plan for reconstructing the British Empire. The Creel Committee's guidelines for censorship.

Woodrow Wilson's statement of American war aims.

The Fourteen Points were?

Woodrow Wilson's statement of American war aims.

Which music festival came to symbolize the 1960s counterculture?

Woodstock

What increasingly characterized commerce in the 1920s?

Workers and consumers established cooperative.

Besides the fact that its all-inclusive membership undermined its unity, why did the Knights of Labor collapse in the late 1880s?

Workers became disillusioned when a series of unauthorized strikes failed

Besides the fact that its all-inclusive membership undermined its unity, why did the Knights of Labor collapse in the late 1880s?

Workers became disillusioned when a series of unauthorized strikes failed.

Who were the bonus marchers in 1932?

World War I veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments of their veterans' bonuses

Who were the 1932 "bonus marchers"?

World War I veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments of their veterans' bonuses.

Who were the 1932 "bonus marchers"? World War I veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments of their veterans' bonuses. Farmers who threatened to dump milk and other agricultural products if they did not receive a government bonus for not producing farm surpluses. Trade unionists who marched on Washington when industrialists refused to pay the bonuses stipulated in union contracts. Federal government workers who objected to losing their Christmas bonus because of the depression. Young people who marched in the Civilian Conservation Corps.

World War I veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments of their veterans' bonuses.

In the 1920s, what happened to American investments in foreign production? a. It increased because American corporations invested abroad to supply overseas markets efficiently and acquire raw materials. b. It decreased because investment opportunities in United States production grew. c. It was outlawed to keep the American dollar at home. d. It decreased, particularly in Latin America, because foreign governments began to nationalize their industries. e. It ended because a worldwide depression began.

a

Many Americans feared the election of Al Smith in 1928 because they thought he would a. answer to the pope. b. enforce Prohibition. c. give too much away to the socialists. d. have a kitchen cabinet made up of women advisers. e. make Christianity America's official religion.

a

Marcus Garvey, founder of the UNIA, advocated that blacks should a. return to Africa b. return to the rural south b/c northern migration had led only to the ghetto c. integrate into white society d. focus on the acquisition of practical skills while temporarily accepting second class status e. exercise political power by voting

a

The key issue in the Scopes trial was whether which of the following subjects should be taught in the public schools? a. Evolution b. Sex education c. Creationism d. Racial equality e. Biology

a

Welfare capitalism refers to a. corporations providing employee benefits in the hope of preventing the establishment of unions. b. the high rate of unemployment in the 1920s, when many people had to go on welfare. c. the trade-union philosophy that the welfare of the workers should be the first concern of capitalism. d. the federal government providing massive subsidies to select government contractors. e. the creation of Social Securitiy and Medicare in the 1930s.

a

What happened to mass culture—magazines, books, radio, and movies—in the 1920s? a. It became increasingly standardized because the same amusements were available in all parts of the country. b. It retained regional favor in the South, New England, the Southwest, and other areas with strong cultural traditions. c. It was available only to the middle class, who could afford it. d. It became less important as Americans placed renewed emphasis on individualism. e. It was strongly influenced by the radical, bohemian art world.

a

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age flapper? a. She was a rebellious, sexually active woman in the 1920s. b. She drove the success of the Harlem Renaissance. c. She was the spiritual sister of the suffragist because both suffragists and flappers supported feminist political action. d. She was the product of publicists and advertising agencies. e. She was the evangelical Christian woman who followed the teachings of Billy Sunday.

a

Which of the following scientific achievements did not occur in the 1920s? a. The discovery of a cure for polio b. The basic research that led to the cyclotron c. The first successful launch of a liquid-fuel rocket d. The discovery of how to create Vitamin D in milk e. Advances in the development of x-rays

a

Which statement best describes the post-World War I American attitude toward businessmen? a. Postwar America venerated the magnates of business. b. Americans considered corporate leaders to be robber barons. c. There was a growing hostility to the growth of the military-industrial complex. d. Postwar America held businessmen in contempt as war profiteers. e. Most Americans blamed corporate America for the postwar depression.

a

What did Coxey's Army want?

a $500 million public-works program funded with paper money.

Huey Long proposed

a 100% tax on all incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes over $5 million.

Huey Long proposed a 100% tax on all incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes over $5 million. cutting taxes and federal spending to stimulate the economy. nationalizing banks and industry. a national sales tax that would raise revenue to pay down the deficit. stimulating the economy by having the government an interstate highway system.

a 100% tax on all incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes over $5 million.

The 1892 World's Columbian Exposition was

a World's Fair held in Chicago, Illinois.

What did the GI help to fuel?

a baby boom, suburbanization, record demand for new goods/services

in 1948 whittaker chambers testified before the house un american activities committee that former state department official alger hiss was

a communist

In 1948, Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that former State Department official Alger Hiss was

a communist.

What was Winston Churchill referring to in 1946 when he spoke in Missouri about an "iron curtain"?

a division between Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent.

"Machine politics" was

a form of urban politics where local politicians, known as bosses, dominated urban areas.

Which of the following was not a goal of the Populist and Farmer's Alliance movements?

a higher protective tariff.

The condition of African-Americans improved during World War II through all the following reasons means except

a massive march on Washington by 100,000 African-Americans.

During the late nineteenth century, the working-class saloon was not

a meeting place for husbands and wives.

Jim Crow laws were

a method of imposing strict segregation in things like streetcars, trains, schools, parks, public buildings, and cemeteries.

Which of the following was not one of the features that dominated the world of large-scale manufacturing after the Civil War?

a new focus on energy conservation and finding alternatives to fossil fuels.

Which of the following was not one of the features that dominated the world of large-scale manufacturing after the Civil War?

a new focus on energy conservation and finding alternatives to traditional fossil fuels.

Cold War

a new form of international rivalry in which the United States and the Soviet Union avoided direct military conflict while using all their resources to thwart each other's objectives.

What was détente?

a policy during the Nixon administration of reducing tensions with China and the Soviet Union.

What did the civil-service reformers of the late 1870s and early 1880s want?

a professional civil service based on merit and staffed by gentlemen.

Robert La Follette was

a progressive reformer who established policies that were labeled the "Wisconsin Idea".

Which change in United States foreign policy is demonstrated by the passage of these acts prior to World War II?

a shift from neutrality toward more direct involvement

During World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly because

a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age "flapper"?

a sophisticated, pleasure-mad young woman

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age "flapper"? a sophisticated, pleasure-mad young woman. the key to the success of the Harlem Renaissance. the "spiritual sister" of the suffragist since both suffragists and flappers supported feminist political action. the product of publicists and advertising agencies. the evangelical Christian woman who followed the teachings of Billy Sunday.

a sophisticated, pleasure-mad young woman.

In the 1960s, what did the term "counterculture" refer to?

a youth culture that was radically disaffiliated from the mainstream assumptions of American society.

What did the 1965 Immigration Act do?

abolished the national origins quotas of the 1920s.

The object of William Howard Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" was to use federal funds to buy access into South American countries. advance American commercial interests abroad. encourage countries to invest in the U.S. stock market. persuade European governments to cooperate in making financial decisions. bribe Chinese officials to obtain concessions for American businessmen.

advance American commercial interests abroad.

What new measures did the Fair Deal DENY?

aid to education, nat'l health insurance, civil-rights laws, larger farm subsidies, and repeal of Taft-Hartley

Which of the following was a new technique of warfare that was introduced in World War I?

air conflict

Which of the following was a new technique of warfare that was introduced in World War I? ground warfare sea conflict air conflict use of the bayonet tactical nuclear warfare

air conflict

Which of the following was an explanation offered for the destructive race riots that swept American cities between 1964 and 1968?

all of these choices

Why did the Truman administration adopt a "get tough" policy concerning Poland in 1945-1946? Truman worried that the American economy would be hurt by Soviet domination in Eastern Europe. Democrats feared the domestic political repercussions of appearing to be abandoning Poland. Truman advisers argued that American generosity or conciliation could lead to Soviet aggression. Truman wanted to demonstrate that he was in command. all of these choices

all of these choices

80. the WWII Production Board was created to

allocate materials, limit the production of civilian goods, and distribute contracts among workers

The World War II War Production Board was created to

allocate materials, limit the production of civilian goods, and distribute contracts among workers.

The War Industries Board

allocated raw materials, ensured production efficiency, coordinated military purchasing.

What did the GI Bill do?

allowed American veterans of World War II to go to college free and to obtain low interest mortgages

What was the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds about?

an alien landing

why did soviet american relations become strained in 1960

an american spy plane was shot down within soviet borders

Which of the following was the result of the rapid industrial development of the United States between 1860 and 1900?

an economy dominated by enormous corporations.

65. A. Phillip Randolph's call for a massive march on Washington led to

an executive order prohibiting employment discrimination and creating a Fair Employment Practices Committee

A. Philip Randolph's call for a massive march on Washington led to

an executive order prohibiting employment discrimination and creating a Fair Employment Practices Committee.

Which of the following was a goal of the Greenback Party?

an expanded money supply

President Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on his belief that

an invasion of Japan would result in excessive casualties

What was the Grange (the Patrons of Husbandry)?

an organization of farmers.

In 1928 many Americans feared that if Al Smith were elected he would answer to the pope. enforce prohibition. too much away to the socialists. have a "kitchen cabinet" made up of women advisers. make Christianity America's official religion.

answer to the pope.

Many Americans feared the election of Al Smith in 1928 because they thought he would

answer to the pope.

What was the fault in Stevenson's speeches?

appealed primarily to intellectuals, not the average voter

Speaker A:"We must take action even if we are not sure it will work. To do nothing to stop them would be a repeat of the Munich mistake." Speaker B:"We must recognize the increasing interdependence of nations and join the United Nations." Speaker C:"Stopping the spread of communism can and must take several forms. We must be willing to do whatever is necessary." Speaker D:"Involvement in European affairs would be a mistake. We should not jeopardize our peace and prosperity over issues that Europe's ambitions and rivalries control." The "Munich mistake" mentioned by speaker A refers to a policy of

appeasement

Molly Dewson, head of the Democratic Party's women's division, advocated

appointing more women to federal policy-level positions.

75. How many American men and women ultimately served in the armed forces

approximately 15 million

Silent Spring

argued that the use of DDT was dangerous to the entire food chain.

The "gentlemen's agreement" was an

arrangement in which Japan agreed to end the emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States.

The "gentlemen's agreement" was an attempt on the part of Woodrow Wilson to teach Mexico to behave properly. understanding between Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan on the regulation of the trusts. agreement between the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany on the territorial integrity of China. agreement between Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan over the formulation of foreign policy. arrangement in which Japan agreed to end the emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States.

arrangement in which Japan agreed to end the emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States.

In the early twentieth century, how did many middle-class women begin to view employment outside the home?

as a potential opportunity.

Where did Andrew Carnegie learn many of the successful management methods he used in the steel?

as an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

How were the Rosenbergs named?

as co-conspirators in the wartime spy network

The Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association were formed mainly to

assist rural young men and women who migrated to the city

The Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association were formed mainly to

assist rural young men and women who migrated to the city.

The 19th century conservation movement

attempted to educate the public about the destruction of the environment.

Ike: Interstate Highway Act

authorized construction of a 41k mile system of expressways across America, which accelerated suburban growth, heightened dependence on imported oil, and contributed to urban decay and air pollution

Between 1934 and 1937, Congress passed a series of neutrality acts that were designed primarily to

avoid mistakes that had led to American involvement in World War I

The Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in the mid-1930s were efforts to

avoid mistakes that led the country into World War I

"Arms Sales to Warring Nations Banned" "Americans Forbidden to Travel on Ships of Warring Nations" "Loans to Nations at War Forbidden" "War Materials Sold Only on Cash-and-Carry Basis" These headlines from the 1930s reflect the efforts of the United States to

avoid participation in European wars

What did Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, and Mary Pickford have in common? a. They all flourished playing music on the radio. b. They all became celebrities in the 1920s because of their acting in movies. c. They all devoted their lives to Christian service. d. They all encouraged American leaders to invest more resources into helping the poor. e. They all engaged in efforts to undermine Prohibition.

b

The Zimmermann telegram pledged that Germany would not sink any more merchant ships without giving warning and saving civilians. proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico in a war against the United States after which, Mexico would receive New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. demonstrated that Austria-Hungary had turned its back on Germany in order to save Italy. contained proof that the Germans were committing such atrocities as bayoneting babies. revealed Germany's designs to conquer and colonize much of Central and South America.

proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico in a war against the United States after which, Mexico would receive New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.

President Franklin Roosevelt encouraged the passage of the Lend-Lease Act because he wanted to

provide aid to Great Britain in its struggle with Germany

In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill of Rights in order to

provide economic aid to veterans

A major purpose of the GI Bill (1944) was to

provide federal funds for veterans to attend college

President Harry Truman developed the Truman Doctrine in 1947 because he wanted to

provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism

President Harry Truman developed the Truman Doctrine in 1947 because he wanted to

provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism.

During World War II, the federal government used rationing to

provide more resources for the military

Amusement parks were important to the urban poor because they

provided an opportunity for a brief escape from life in the tenements.

Sputnik: National Defense Education Act

provided direct federal funding to higher education, especially to improve the teaching of sciences, mathematics, and foreign languages

Employment Act: Council of Economic Advisers

provided the president with the data and recommendations to make policy a reality

In Brown v. Board of Education the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation in ____ was unconstitutional.

public schools

62. Which of the following is not true regarding the government's management of public opinion during World War II

publishers and broadcasters were allowed to say and report whatever they though would be in the best interest of the public and the war effort

Ford Motor Company

put FBI agents on its payroll to look for communists on the assembly line

A major cause of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was

racial prejudice

A major cause of the growth of state and Federal highway systems after World War II was the

rapid development of suburbs

What was Congress's goal towards the impoverished, highly unemployed Indians?

reasserting Indian sovereignty and cultural autonomy through assimilation

69. At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed on all the following except

recognition of Mao Zedong as the ruler of China

At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed on all the following except

recognition of Mao Zedong as the ruler of China.

As World War II was ending, the United States decided to join the United Nations mainly because the United States

recognized that efforts to achieve world peace required United States involvement

In the early 1940's, the "destroyers-for-military-bases deal" with Great Britain and the Lend-Lease Act were evidence that the United States

recognized that its policy of neutrality conflicted with its self-interest

During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to

recruit women into wartime industries

n the 1920s, city women found housework was...

reduced in terms of hours and sheer physical effort thanks to electrification, store-bought clothing, and purchased food

What did Ike work towards?

reducing taxes, containing inflation, and when necessary, check downturns by stimulating the economy

How did congress stem the resulting tide of illegal Mexican immigrants?

reintroduced the wartime "temporary worker" program that brought in seasonal farm laborers (braceros)

50. FDR's good neighbor policy

renounced any nation's right to intervene in the affair of another

Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy

renounced any nation's right to intervene in the affair of another.

During the last years of the nineteenth century, the United States responded to events in China by

requesting equal trading privileges and the opening of trading ports in China.

". . . it is known that there are Japanese residents of California who have sought to aid the Japanese enemy by way of communicating information . . ." — Culbert Olson, Governor of California, February 1942 This statement helped influence President Franklin D. Roosevelt to

restrict the civil liberties of Japanese Americans

Which of the following was not one of the ways that Andrew Carnegie revolutionized the steel industry?

restructuring the criteria for wages so that his workers could have the highest wage scales in the country.

Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocated that blacks should

return to Africa

To help pay for World War II, the United States government relied heavily on the

sale of war bonds

60. What role did the American scientific community have in World War II

scientists participated actively in developing new weapons, chemicals, medicines, and medical techniques that would advance the fight against the axis powers

61. the Manhattan Project was the

secret $2 billion project to develop an atomic bomb

The Manhattan Project was the

secret $2 billion project to develop an atomic bomb.

While the Treaty of Versailles was opposed for many reasons, the most popular objective had to do with Article 10 which...

seemed to limit America's sovereignty and infringed on Congress's constitutional power to declare war.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the

selling war bonds

What was the Kennedy administration's policy toward Vietnam?

sent some 16,000 military advisers to South Vietnam and attempted to move South Vietnamese peasants into fortified villages to isolate the Vietcong.

In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

separate but equal facilities for the different races were constitutional.

Ronald Reagan's nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court was important because

she was the first woman ever confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Railroads

sides with bosses

Truman reaction to miners

sides with workers

What tied the United States to the Allies even before it entered the war in 1917?

significant economic and cultural ties.

What tied the United States to the Allies even before it entered war in 1917?

significant economic and cultural ties.

What tied the United States to the Allies even before it entered war in 1917? significant economic and cultural ties. an alliance with the French guaranteeing French colonial possessions. an agreement with the British exchanging bases for destroyers. A pledge to support only democracies in wartime. membership in the League of Nations.

significant economic and cultural ties.

87. why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor

since it believed a war with the US was inevitable, it decided on a preemptive strike

Which of the following was not one of the programs of the Kennedy administration?

social legislation to fight poverty and finance medical care for the elderly

Taft-Hartley Act made organized labor less of a

social movement and more of a special-interest group

The rulings of the Supreme Court inDred Scott v. Sanford (1857), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), and Korematsu v. United States (1944) all demonstrate that the Supreme Court has

sometimes failed to protect the rights of minorities

Puerto Rican Association for Community Affairs (PRACA)

sought to end discrimination against Puerto Ricans and Nuyoricans - their children born in NYC

The League of United Latin American Citizens

sought to stop abuses against aliens and violations of the rights of Mexican-Americans.

Bretton Woods Agreement: International Monetary Fund

stabilized exchange rates by valuing "pegging" other currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that

states could not restrict abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy.

In the period following World War II, the United States established a long-term military presence in West Germany in an effort to

stop communist expansion in Europe

Describe the meuse-argon offense was about

successful meuse-argonne offensive ended the war → germany surrendered on november 11, 1918

Before entering World War II, the United States acted as the "arsenal of democracy" by

supplying war materials to the Allies

McCarthyism

synonym for personal attacks on individuals by means of indiscriminate allegations and unsubstantiated charges

In the 1960s many Native Americans began to demand that the federal government

take action to redress long-standing discrimination and poverty.

Truman & Inflation: Railroad workers strike

tells them they are "crazy as hell" if they think he will allow them to tie up the country

How did Congress assimilate the Indians?

terminated treaties and withdrew financial support from 61 reservations - pushed Indians off their reservations

What did the HUAC fail to prove?

that Hollywood had produced "flagrant communist propaganda films"

What did Booker T. Washington argue?

that black Americans should acquire useful skills and patiently accept their lot until racism faded.

What did Karl Marx argue?

that capitalists would eventually bring about their own destruction by driving impoverished workers to revolt.

What did George Kennan argue in his long telegram from Moscow?

that conflict with the Soviet Union was inevitable, so the United States had to pursue a firm policy of containing Soviet expansion.

What did Henry George argue in Progress and Poverty?

that the government should tax the "unearned increment" of rising land prices and use the funds to ameliorate the misery caused by industrialization.

In 1950, Joseph McCarthy argued

that there were communists working in the American government.

What did the Rosenbergs insist about themselves?

that they were victims of anti-Semitism being prosecuted for their leftist beliefs

78. What did the Double V campaign represent

the African-Americans' campaign to defeat their enemies at home and abroad

What did the "Double V" campaign represent?

the African-Americans' campaign to defeat their enemies at home and abroad.

52. Which of the following occurred prior to the formal beginning of World War II

the Italian invasion of Ethiopia

Which of the following did not occur prior to the formal beginning of World War II?

the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

The America First Committee argued that

the United States had the strength to stand alone and did not need to enter the war.

An immediate effect of the Lend-Lease program was that

the United States provided critical aid to Great Britain and the Soviet Union

Why did the Kennedy administration have such a poor record of legislative accomplishments?

the administration had received a weak electoral mandate, was more committed to foreign affairs, and lacked the votes in Congress.

70. After what event did the Japanese government finally begin to discuss acceptance of surrender terms?

the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

After what event did the Japanese government finally begin to discuss acceptance of surrender terms?

the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

66. The condition of African-Americans improved during World War II through all the following reasons means except

the average wage for African-Americans increased dramatically

World War I and World War II brought about changes for minorities and women because these conflicts led to

the creation of new job opportunities

58. What impact did the wartime economy have on the distribution of American incomes

the earnings of the middle class doubled

The purpose of the Medicare program was to provide health insurance for

the elderly.

What did the mobilization of Hispanic voters lead to?

the election of the first Mexican American mayor in El Paso in 1958

what 1949 event embittered many conservatives

the establishment of the communist peoples republic of china

71. the experiences of B.B. Sledge illustrate

the extreme hardships of fighting in the Pacific theatre

The experiences of E.B. Sledge illustrate

the extreme hardships of fighting in the Pacific theatre

63. Which of the following was not one of the changes in the American "social topography" that occurred during WWII

the family unit was strengthened, and divorce rates dropped, as Americans united in the effort to defend the nation

In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that...

the government could curtail free speech when exercise of it presented a "clear and present danger" to the country

In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that

the government could curtail free speech when exercise of it presented a "clear and present danger" to the country.

What did the Triangle Shirtwaist fire illustrate about the problems in American society?

the heavy toll that industrialization had taken on American life.

What did the "New Look" defense program in the 1950s emphasize?

the importance of nuclear weapons.

What did the "New Look" defense program in the 1950s emphasize? strengthening the army and navy but not the air force. new methods of guerrilla warfare learned in Vietnam. the importance of nuclear weapons. the control and reduction of strategic weapons. clandestine OSS operations.

the importance of nuclear weapons.

Roosevelt justified his "corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine with the reasoning that...

the instability of Latin American nations made them vulnerable to intervention by European powers

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed the corruption in

the meatpacking industry.

in the eisenhower doctrine, dwight eisenhower declared the united states would send military aid and, if neccessary, troops to help encounter communist thrusts in

the middle east

At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed to all of the following except

the partitioning of Germany.

64. How did WWII affect millions of American women

the proportion of women in the labor force rose from one-quarter to more than one-third, as 19 million women were employed

What could Stevenson not overcome?

the sentiment that 20 years of Democratic rule was enough

What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case reveal? the growing division over the use of the death penalty. the strong ethnic prejudices in the United States. the growing ties betweens immigrants and blacks. the corruption in Boston's "Little Italy." the need for immigration restrictions.

the strong ethnic prejudices in the United States.

Grover Cleveland proposed a reduction of the tariff rates because

the tariff was feeding a large and growing federal budget surplus.

What were the goals of the Students for a Democratic Society?

the transformation of the United States into a "participatory democracy" in which citizens would have direct control over decision making.

The Korean War was an example of all the following except

the triumph of military over political leadership.

The Korean War was an example of all the following except limited war. the triumph of military over political leadership. the containment policy. war without congressional approval. a stalemate.

the triumph of military over political leadership.

55. The America First Committee argued that

the united states had the strength to stand alone and did not need to enter the war

53. Which statement best represents the US's response to reports on the German persecution of Jews

the united states refusal to liberalize its restrictive immigration laws or seriously consider rescue schemes

What was the major trend affecting business and industry in America in the 1920s?

the vanishing of small companies through mergers and consolidations

The main issue in the 1916 presidential elections was

the war in Europe

What was the main issue in the 1916 presidential elections?

the war in Europe.

Josephine Shaw Lowell and the New York Charity Organization Society wanted

their aid recipients to move towards self-sufficiency.

In 1950, Joseph McCarthy argued that

there were communists working in the American government.

In 1950, Joseph McCarthy argued that General Eisenhower should lead a military coup against President Truman. the United States should seek a peace settlement with the Soviet Union. UN forces should use the atomic bomb against North Korea. there were communists working in the American government. Richard Nixon had been a communist spy during World War II.

there were communists working in the American government.

in the late 1940s and early 1950s whatd did the house of un-american activities committee, hollywood, and some thirty nine state legislatures have in common

they all contributed to the anticomminist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in american society

Why did most unions shun politics to focus on securing better pay & benefits for their members?

they feared appearing "red" or even "pink"

83. Which of the following statements best describes warfare between the Japanese soldiers and American Marines

they utterly hated each other and committed numerous atrocities

While writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Sinclair Lewis criticized what they saw as American hypocrisy in the 1920s, the truth was...

they were diehard Americans at heart who wanted to create a more authentic culture

Why was the Interstate Commerce Commission established?

to investigate and oversee railroad activities.

The Committee for Industrial Organization was established

to organize all workers in a particular industry, regardless of race, gender, or degree of skill.

What was the main purpose of the GI Bill passed by Congress shortly before the end of World War II?

to provide economic aid to veterans

In an effort to bolster American security and at the same time help England during the Battle of Britain, President Roosevelt concluded an agreement with Prime Minister Churchill that

transferred fifty overage American destroyers to Britain in exchange for leases on British air and naval bases in the Western Hemisphere.

54. In an effort to bolster American security and at the same time help England during the Battle of Britain, President Roosevelt concluded an agreement with Prime Minister Churchill that

transferred fifty overage American destroyers to Britain in exchange for leases on British air and naval bases in the Western hemisphere

Which of the following statements does not accurately describe conditions in the American army in Vietnam by 1969?

troop strength had risen to about 700,000.

The 1887 Dawes Severalty Act was designed to

turn Indians into individual landowners and farmers and to undermine tribal bonds.

The Federal Reserve Act, signed into law by Woodrow Wilson, provided for a banking system

under mixed public and private control

The Federal Reserve Act, signed into law by Woodrow Wilson, provided a banking system that was

under mixed public and private control.

How were Mexican-Americans treated?

underpaid, segregated from mainstream American life; the presence of countless "undocumented aliens" compounded their woes

brinkmanship

understanding force and force alone; if we do it, they'll back down; if things are handled properly you'll rarely ever have to do it

What did the government pay for under the GI Bill?

up to 4 years of further education or job training for veterans; loans to GI's who were starting businesses/buying homes

In the case of Schenck v. US, the Supreme Court

upheld convictions under the Espionage Act on the ground that the government could curtail free speech when it presented a "clear and present danger" to the country.

In response to the 1948 Soviet blockade of West Berlin, the United States

used an airlift to re-supply West Berlin.

in response to the 1948 soviet blockade of west berlin, the united states

used an airlift to re-supply west berlin

The Creel Committee on Public Information

used propaganda to spread the U.S. government's official version of the war.

The Creel Committee on Public Information was established by Woodrow Wilson to ensure that the American people had access to the full truth about the war. used propaganda to spread the U.S. government's official version of the war. was a propaganda agency secretly sponsored by the German foreign ministry. worked to drum up support for the election of Republican presidential candidate George Creel. attempted to turn public opinion against immigrants by painting them as agents of foreign revolution.

used propaganda to spread the U.S. government's official version of the war.

The purpose of the Commission on Training Camp Activities was to...

wage a campaign against alcohol use and immoral behavior among American soldiers in World War I

The purpose of the Commission on Training Camp Activities was to

wage a campaign against alcohol use and immoral behavior among American soldiers in World War I.

According to its defenders in the late nineteenth century, college football

was a character-building sport that could function as a surrogate frontier experience in an increasingly urbanized society.

Mary Harris Jones

was a leader of the United Mine Workers of America who expanded its membership by stressing the need to fight for families.

During World War II, many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were relocated to detention centers primarily because they

were seen as a security threat

American involvement with Vietnam began

when the Truman admin began aiding the French in their attempt to regain their former colony

What was Truman's stance on civil rights?

white riots against blacks, lynchings, etc horrified him

In the two years after the conclusion of World War I, which of the following occurred in the United States?

wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against blacks, and a rash of strikes

In the two years after the conclusion of World War I, which of the following occurred in the United States? wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against blacks, and a rash of strikes resurgence of the liberal reform spirit of the prewar years renewed commitment to the Wilsonian vision of a liberal democratic world a split in the Democratic party into Eastern Internationalist and Western Isolationist branches the political vindication of Woodrow Wilson at the polls

wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against blacks, and a rash of strikes

In the two years after the end of World War I, which of the following occurred in the United States?

wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against blacks, and a rash of strikes resurgence of the liberal reform spirit of the prewar years

What did the Dixiecrats hope to do?

win enough votes to deny Truman reelection, restore their dominance in the Democratic Party, and preserve the segregationist "southern way of life"

John Mitchell, E. Howard Hunt, and G. Gordon Liddy arranged the break-in at the Watergate complex in order to

wiretap the telephone of the Democratic National Committee.

Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the Manhattan Project to

work on the development of an atomic bomb

During World War II, many women experienced a change in role in that they

worked in jobs formerly held by men

The Beats were a group of

writers who challenged the conformity of the 1950s.

Zoot suits were the preferred attire of

young Mexican Americans in California.

Which action best illustrates the policy of isolationism followed by the United States before it entered World War II?

passage of neutrality legislation forbidding arms sales to warring nations

In the 1930's, the United States attempted to avoid a repetition of the events leading up to United States involvement in World War I by

passing a series of neutrality laws

What were the Rosenbergs arrested for?

passing atomic secrets to Soviets

Henry Ford led the way in industry by pioneering a style of management that delegated corporate decisions to professionals in specialized divisions. instituting worker-management teams to share decision making about production. paying his workers higher wages to encourage consumerism. breaking labor unions and replaced them with industry "worker associations." paying his workers low wages to increase the profit margin.

paying his workers higher wages to encourage consumerism.

Which of the following most accurately characterizes television programming in the 1950s?

perfectly coiffed moms, frisky yet obedient kids, and all-knowing dads

For what crime was Hiss convicted?

perjury

How did Truman picture the matter as a global struggle?

pitting "freedom" and "liberty" against "oppression" and "terror," in which the policy of the U.S. would be to support free peoples everywhere if they were threatened by armed minorities/outside pressure

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

placed more restrictions on business activities that could lead to the formation of a monopoly.

In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court declared that

police had to advise a suspect of his or her constitutional right to remain silent.

The Gay Liberation movement became more publicly militant in reaction to

police raid on the Stonewall Inn.

Speaker A: "The use of the bomb shortened the war and saved American lives." Speaker B: "The United States might have been able to force the Japanese to surrender simply by demonstrating the power of the bomb on a deserted island." Speaker C: "The use of the bomb was justified because of the Japanese attack on PearlHarbor." Speaker D: "In Hiroshima, the bomb instantly incinerated more than 60,000 people. Most were civilians." These statements most likely were made during the

post-World War II period

John Muir is best known for his work in

preserving America's wilderness areas.

Which of the following was not a goal of municipal reformers?

privatizing water, gas, and public transportation, for greater efficiency.

Horatio Alger influenced American society by

propagating the "rags to riches" idea.