APUSH Test Chapters 21-24

During the 1930's, the radical left in the United States

All the answers are correct.

In 1920, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

All the answers are correct.

In the 1920's, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by

All the answers are correct.

During the recession of 1937,

Congressional Republicans took most of the blame.

On the eve of the Great War, the chief rivalry in Europe was between

Germany and Great Britain.

In the aftermath of the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania

Germany pledged to the United States it would not repeat such an action.

In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed

In 1934,the American Liberty League was formed by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal

During the Red Scare of 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer

None of the answers are correct.

To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the

Securities and Exchange Commission.

Enrollment in colleges and universities increased threefold between 1900 and 1930, with much of that increase occurring after

World War I.

In 1919, American labor unrest saw

a general strike in Seattle that brought the city to a standstill.

In the 1920's bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as

a salesman.

During the 1920's, the agricultural economy of the United States saw

a sharp decline in farmers' incomes.

As a result of the service of African American soldiers in World War I,

activism by blacks for their rights increased.

All of the following factors were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT

conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans.

The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle between

creationism and evolution.

In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

criticized the American obsession with material wealth.

In the 1920's, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance

drew heavily from their African heritage.

The National Origins Act of 1924

entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

established a national minimum wage.

As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925,

fundamentalists reduced their participation in political activism.

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935

gave the government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions.

In the 1920's, the "flapper" lifestyle

had a particular impact on lower middle-class and single women.

In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

helped pave the way for the Social Security system.

All of the following statements regarding the New Deal and women are true EXCEPT that

in general, women were major critics of the New Deal.

The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT

increase competition between companies.

One of the major effects the New Deal had on the United States was that it

it fostered stronger and more varied interest groups.

During the 1930's, regarding radio,

listening was often a community experience.

The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act of 1918

made illegal any public expression opposing the war.

In the 1920's, "behavioral" psychologists argued

mental ailments could be improved by treating their symptoms.

In the workplace, the "open shop" meant

no worker was required to join a union.

During the 1930's, American literature

offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies.

During the Great Depression in the rural United States

one-third of all farmers lost their land.

During the 1920's, the Ku Klux Klan

opposed the existing diversity of American society.

All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT

poverty in the region was significantly reduced.

The election of 1936

produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party.

The Economy Act of 1933

proposed to balance the federal budget and cut workers' salaries.

The Shepard-Towner Act of 1921

provided federal funds for child health-care programs.

The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board

raised interest rates.

After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States

refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America.

During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government

refused to intervene in the dispute.

Throughout the 1920's, the performance of the U.S. economy

saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities.

Throughout 1928, the American stock market

saw the number of shares traded daily soar.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

sought to raise crop process by paying farmers not to plant.

The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"

stated that the U.S. had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT

the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.

By the end of 1938,

the New Deal had largely come to an end.

In the 1920's, a growing interesting birth control among middle-class women resulted from

the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only.

To Herbert Hoover, "assocationalism" meant

the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries.

In March 1917, the United States moved closer to entering the Great War when

the czarist government of Russia was overthrown.

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that

the national government assumed a responsibility for the basic welfare of the people.

In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from

the political far right.

In the 1920's, the "noble experiment" referred to

the prohibition of alcohol.

The policy idea behind "Dollar Diplomacy" was to

to extend investments by the United States in less-developed regions.

President Theodore Roosevelt's policies, in regards to Asia, were intended

to prevent any single nation from being dominant.

During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved

transfers of national oil reserves.

In the 1920's, "welfare capitalism"

was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers.

New Deal policy toward American Indians

was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism.

African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs

were among the first to be released when funds.

The Diplomatic efforts of President Woodrow Wilson toward Latin America

were similar to Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.

In the 1930's, the New Deal generally gave

work relief to men and cash assistance to women.

In 1919, the racial climate in the United States

worsened in both the North and South.