History Midterm

Which of the following was not part of the "good government" movement of the Progressive Era?

Ending segregated schools

Which of the following was not a goal of late 19th century progressives?

Equality for minorities

Which of the following did not benefit from a post-World War 1 economic boom?

Farmers

Fears of revolution were so widespread in post-war America that the U.S. attorney general created a government division to collect information on radicals headed by

J. Edgar Hoover

Which ethnic group was forbidden from immigrating to the United States by the immigration laws passed in the 1920's?

Japanese

In addition to being nicknames "the Roaring Twenties," the 1920's have also been labeled the

Jazz Age

In the 20th century, ________ replaced the 19th century's _______ -based economy.

consumer goods, agriculture

In 1919, the same year that Great Was officially concluded, the United States saw all of the following except

full employment

For Einstein's work,

he received the Nobel Prize

President Taft won office because

he was supported by Roosevelt

As farm productivity _________, farmers earned __________ from their crops.

increased, less

When the Great Depression broke out, the American federal government had ___________ programs in place to deal with homelessness and joblessness.

no

The Securities and Exchange Commission

required all stock brokers to be licensed

The purpose of the Emergency Banking Relief Act was to

restore confidence in American banks

After the end of the Great War, unemployment and consumer goods' prices both

rose a lot

President Wilson argued that women's suffrage

should be enacted by the states

According to your textbook, the most scandalous event in history of American art occurred at

the Armory Show in 1913

Those who came of age during the 1920s are known as

the Lost Generation

Part of Wilson's anti-trust program was

the creation of the Federal Trade Commission.

The groups behind the YWCA and YMCA created their programs because

they believed that Christianity had gotten to far from the lower economic classes

In 1900 __________ of 82 million Americans lived in poverty.

10 Million

By 1932, approximately how many Americans were unemployed?

15 Million

The British vessel the Lusitania was sunk by the U-boat in _________; the United States entered the Great War officially in _________.

1915,1917

The First New Deal lasted from

1933 to 1935

Which of the following was not a common reaction to the tribulations of the Great Depression?

A massive increase in membership in the Communist Party

What was a Hoover blanket

A newspaper

President Roosevelt faced four major challenges when he first took office. They included all of the following except?

Aiding European governments abroad

Perhaps the most profound discovery of the Modernist Era is ____________'s theory of relativity.

Albert Einstein

The law restricting immigration from Europe to the percentage of that ethnicity's makeup in the 1910 U.S. census.

Emergency Immigration Act 1921

For modernists, what would be considered a great honor?

Being completely misunderstood by their intended audience

When President Harding died, he replaced by

Calvin Coolidge

The fresh but untried American soldiers sent to aid the British and French during the Great War were nicknamed

Doughboys

Which statement regarding economists' interpretations of the causes of the Great Depression is most accurate?

Economists to this day debate the various factors that the Great Depression

In an attempt to lower the risk of war, the United States was party to the _______, which limited the size of naval warships for those who signed the document.

Five-Power Treaty

During the Great War, what countries made up the Allied Powers?

France, Great Britain, Russia

Which of the following countries has the highest casualties during the Great War?

Germany

Thanks to the________, African Americans saw greater acceptance and political rights during the 1920's in the North

Great Migration

The movement of more than 400,000 southern blacks to norther cities during the war and through the 1920's was known as the

Great Migration

In 1915, the Supreme Court struck a blow for the political rights of African Americans by abolishing the grandfather clause in this case.

Guinn v. United States

The _________, passed during the presidency of Herbert Hoover, was intended to protect farmers from foreign competition.

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Individuals labeled Mugwumps were best associated with which concept?

Honest government

This law, passed by Congress in 1924, lowered the number of allowed immigrants from European nations to 2 percent of the number who lived in the United States as reported in the 1890 census.

Immigration Act

During the Great War, Wilson's administration organized the sale of _________, which guaranteed a fixed rate of return to fund the war.

Liberty bonds

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was created to do what?

Make loans to struggling banks, life-insurance companies, and railroads

Which of the following statements regarding the effects of the Great Depression is inaccurate?

Malnutrition was not a serious concern during the Great Depression

Which of the following statements regarding Europe's role in the Great Depression is most accurate?

Many European nations had not recovered from World War 1 and had high debts

Much as the New Deal ignored African Americans, it also ignored

Native Americans

The Dust Bowl occurred in all of the following states except

Nevada

Who did the Great Depression affect?

The Great Depression affected all classes and colors.

Marcus Garvey is best associated with the

Universal Negro Improvement Association

Marcus Garvey called this man the "most dangerous enemy of the Negro race" because of his beliefs.

W.E.B. Du Bois

Which of the following statements regarding Woodrow Wilson's involvement in negotiating an end to the Great War is incorrect?

Wilson was very popular among Republican congressmen.

Who made up the so-called Bonus Expeditionary Force?

World War 1 veterans

Which of the following was not an example of a group created during the Progressive Era to promote social justice?

Young Women's Christian Association

As president, Calvin Coolidge pursued

a determined path to not be an activist president

The Second New deal focused on all of the following except

a reduction in taxes

After the Armory Show, _________ became one of the nation's favorite topics of debate.

art

Henry Ford revolutionized the industrial process by perfecting the

assembly line process

Because of the Roosevelt-Taft feud, Theodore Roosevelt decided to

break a pledge he made to seek another term in office

According to your textbook, Roosevelt's early higher taxes of the first New Deal were often criticized by ________ and ________.

business leaders, political conservatives