APUSH 1900-WW2

30. Which of the following best describes the home-front experience of many Americans during World War II?

a. There were severe shortages of basic commodities throughout the nation.

27. The neutrality legislation of 1935-1937 was based on the contention that one of the chief causes of World War I had been

a. economic ties with the belligerents.

22. The Immigration Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924 were designed to restrict migrants from

a. southeastern Europe.

26. Which of the following New Deal legislation was a basic reform measure dealing with banking?

b. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

20. American writers of the 1920s have often been called the "lost generation" because they

b. Were disillusioned by the course of American life.

25. Which of the following statements about the Tennessee Valley Authority is correct?

c. It built dams to make rural electrification possible.

21. For American farming, the years 1921 to 1929 were a period of

c. Low prices for agricultural products.

24. Franklin D. Roosevelt's farm policy was primarily designed to

c. Reduce production in order to boost farm prices.

19. Which of the following celebrated trials best illustrates the cultural conflict in the 1920s between fundamentalism and modernism?

c. The John T. Scopes trial

7. In 1917, President Wilson brought the United States into World War I based on his stated intention to

c. defend humanitarian and democratic principles.

2. Which of the following Progressive Reforms most directly promoted "active citizenship"?

c. the direct election of senators

6. A settlement house worker was most likely motivated by which of the following?

d. Urban Political Machines

29. All of the following are true about the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 EXCEPT

d. it permitted United States merchant ships to deliver weapons directly to Spain and Italy.