APUSH - America's Debt and Hoover's Presidency

In 1930, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff raised the average tariff close to a. 35% b. 60% c. 95% d. 100%

60%

What government action rescheduled German reparations payments and gave the way for further American private loans to Germany? a. Five-Power Naval Treaty b. Dawes Plan c. Treaty of Versailles d. Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law e. Nine-Power Treaty

Dawes Plan

Which of the following programs was instituted by President Hoover? a. Home Owner's Loan Corporation b. going off the gold standard c. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation d. Reconstruction Finance Corporation e. Tennessee Valley Authority

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

A major reason why Al Smith lost the presidential election in 1928 was... a. Franklin D. Roosevelt's lack of support for Smith's candidacy. b. his opposition to the 19th amendment. c. his allegiance to Hoover's economic programs. d. Smith's Catholicism, which cost him Protestant votes. e. his adherence to maintaining a balanced budget in the midst of depression.

Smith's Catholicism, which cost him Protestant votes.

Which of the following is NOT associated with Hoover's ideology in regards to addressing the problems created by the collapse of the economy in 1929? a. voluntarism b. deficit spending c. rugged individualism d. localism d. laissez-faire

deficit spending

The Bonus Army... a. was organized in 1861 to suppress the rebellion of the Southern states that had seceded from the Union. b. was sent by President Wilson to France in 1917 to help the Allied Powers defeat the Central Powers. c. demanded that the federal government pay their World War I bonuses immediately rather than wait until 1945. d. was composed of those Americans who had fought in both world wars. e. was the name given to those workers who were rewarded by business owners for refusing to join a union.

demanded that the federal government pay their World War I bonuses immediately rather than wait until 1945.

The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932... a. placed strict limitations on immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe. b. established the eight-hour workday. c. made it a federal offense to strike during wartime. d. outlawed yellow-dog contracts. e. provided billions of dollars for the construction of an interstate highway system.

outlawed yellow-dog contracts. **These were anti-union**

The Stimson Doctrine a. stated that the United States would not recognize Japan's territorial gains in China. b. stated that the United States would seek unconditional surrender terms from Japan and Germany. c. implied that the United States would not challenge Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. d. declared that the United States would sink German submarines on sight. e. was widely condemned by the America First Committee.

stated that the United States would not recognize Japan's territorial gains in China.

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff a. was the highest tariff in the nation's peacetime history, and an underlying cause of the Great Depression. b. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. c. was vetoed by President Roosevelt, but passed by Congress over his veto. d. facilitated improved trade relations between the United States and its trade partners. e. reduced the tax on imported industrial goods, thus hurting American industry.

was the highest tariff in the nation's peacetime history, and an underlying cause of the Great Depression.

Herbert Hoover believed in "Rugged Individualism" which... a. was the idea that American presidents needed to be previous office holders. b. was the view that America was made great by strong, self-sufficient individuals. c. was a belief held by many Americans that the United States is the strongest nation in the world. d. was the idea that other countries feared the United States. e. was the view that American people must become united in order to promote a strong front.

was the view that America was made great by strong, self-sufficient individuals.