Ch.22-26 History
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?
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Which of the following did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 not do?
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The Open Door Notes advocated free and open trade with which of the following countries
China
What environmental disaster struck the nation during the Depression?
Dust Bowl
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
Which three writers expressed hostility to the moralistic pieties of the old order and the business pieties of the new?
Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, and H.L Mencken
Which of the following nations used propaganda most effectively to demonize its enemy prior to the America's entrance into the war
Great Britain
How did President Eisenhower respond to the aggression of England, France, and Israel against Egypt in 1956?
He condemned the attacks and forced them to withdraw their troops
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.
What was the purpose of the National Resources Planning Board?
It facilitated state and regional management of water, soil, timber, and minerals.
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.
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.
which of the following statements accurately describe the automobile in the 1920s
It saw a big increase in popularity, with the number of vehicle registrations jumping dramatically
Who was the main subject in Bruce Barton's The Man Nobody Knows
Jesus Christ
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 the war
Which statement best represents the economic status of farm families during the 1930s?
Many farm families gave up because of debt and the drought.
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
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 statement best represents the United States' response to reports of the German persecution of Jews?
The US refused to liberalize its restrictive imigration laws or seriously consider rescue schemes
Which of the following is not true about the American economy during WWI
The civilian workforce contracted as Americans joined the armed forces
Which statement best expresses the mobility of African Americans during the 1930s
The depression slowed down the migration of African-Americans Northward.
What impact did the wartime economy have on the distribution of American incomes?
The earnings of the middle class doubled
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.
In 1928, many Americans feared that if Al Smith were elected he would
answer to the pope
The 1924 National origins act was designed to
decrease the number of immigrant coming from southern and eastern europe
The 1918 influenza epedemic
killed as many as 50 to 100 million people worldwide
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.
What 1949 event embittered many conservatives?
The establishment of the communist People's Republic of China
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 defnd the nation
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
Why did temperance advocates receive a boost from WWI
They pointed out that the biggest breweries like Pabst, Schiltz, and Anhueser-busch had 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. (All of the above)
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.
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."
Which of the following was not true concerning the election of 1936?
Third-party candidates siphoned off an alarming number of Democratic votes.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.
The Smith-Connally Labor Disputes Act
empowered the president to take over any facility where strikes interrupted war production
Which of the following leaders is not matched correctly 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.
The 14 points were
Woodrow Wilson's statement of American war aims
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.
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
What did the "Double V" campaign represent?
the African-Americans' campaign to defeat their enemies at home and abroad.
The America First Committee argued that
the United States had the strength to stand alone and did not need to enter the war.
In Schenck v. U.S the supreme court rules that
the government could curtail free speech when exercise of it presented a clear and present danger in the country
At the Yalta Conference, Stalin agreed on all the following except
the recognition of Mao Zedong as ruler of China
What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case reveal?
the strong ethnic prejudices in the United States.
In 1950, Joseph McCarthy argued that
there were communists working in the American government.
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
Which 1917 legislative act established the American draft in World War I?
selective service act
Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million
Heuy Long proposed?
A 100% tax on all incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes over $5 million.
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.
The object of William Howard Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" was to
Advance American commercial interest abroad
The Scottsboro boys were
African-American teenagers sentenced to death by an all white jury on highly suspect rape charges.
Which New Deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production?
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
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
What was the radio adaption of 'War of the Worlds' about?
An alien landing
How many American men and women ultimately served in the armed forces?
Aproximately 15 million
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 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% of the labor force remained jobless.
Which writer captured the political idealism of the Spanish Civil War in a novel?
Ernest Hemingway
Which of the following statements about the experiences of blacks during WWI is correct
Black soldiers served in segregated units
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 key issue in the Scopes trial revolved around teaching of which subject in public schools?
Evolution
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
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 companies bitterly resisted unionization in the 1930s
Ford Motor Company
Which of the following did the "new conservatives" not advocate?
Gun control
The Roosevelt corollary was significant to U.S relations with the countries in the western hemisphere during the 20th century because it established the precedent that the U.S
Had the right to intervene in Latin American countries
Who claimed that Korea was the "Greece of the Far East"? Question options:
Harry Truman
Which of the following pieces of legislation was an attempt at a campaign reform in the late 1930s?
Hatch Act
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 did John Steinbeck describe In "The Grapes of Wrath"?
He described the desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family.
Which of the following best describes Woodrow Wilson's policy toward Mexico?
He made moralistic pronouncements backed by military forces.
Which of the following was not one of Roosevelt's immediate responses to the banking crisis?
He nationalized the banks.
Which of the following steps did Herbert Hoover not take to revive the economy after the stock-market crash?
He persuaded the 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 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 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.
In order to acquire the right for the U.S to build a canal across panama in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt...
Helped facilitate a Panamanian rebellion against Columbia and then negotiated a treaty to lease a strip of territory.
Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the union movement weakened in the 1920s
Inequities and regional variations in wages were eliminated through the federal fair wages act
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.
Which of the following was not one of the ways that the automobile affected American life?
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.
Which of the following was not one of the activities of the War industries Board?
It encouraged industrial competition
How did the National Labor Relations Act ( Wagner Act) influence the labor movement?
It guaranteed collective-bargaining It permitted closed shops It outlawed the practice of blacklisting union leaders It created the National Labor Relations board (All of these choices)
Which of the following people was convicted and executed for conspiring to commit espionage?
Julius Rosenberg
Which of the following was not true of the National Industrial Recovery Act?
It limited workers' collective-bargaining rights.
What did the 1935 Social Security Act do?
It offered financial assistance for the elderly and the disabled.
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 musical style epitomized the 1920s?
Jazz
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 descriptions best describes the American army when the U.S entered WWI
It was woefully unprepared with little combat experience and an aging officer corps
Which of the following was not an example of the affirmative cultural nationalism characteristic of the late 1930s?
John Dos Passo's The 42nd Parallel.
Who commanded American forces in Mexico and later the AEF
John J. Pershing
Japan demonstrated its expansionist policies in 1931-1932 by invading
Manchuria
Which group faced appalling labor conditions in California's agricultural regions?
Mexican-Americans
Which of the following was not a way that WWI affected American women?
Millions of women entered the work force for the first time.
Which of the following best indicated the policy the United States government followed toward business during WWI
Operating the railroad and creating 5000 govt agencies to supervise home front activities
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
What did the Fordney-McCumber Tariff do?
Raised import taxes to protect home goods. The United States was willing to raise tariffs to protect domestic manufacturers.
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.
What tied the United States to the Allies even before it entered war in 1917?
Significant economic and cultural ties
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
Since it belived a war with the US was inevitable, it decided on a preemptive strike
Which country suffered the greatest number of casualties in World War II?
Soviet Union
Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of the stock market leading up to the October 1929 crash?
Steep-income tax hikes suddenly cut flow of the money into the market.
What happened to Roosevelt's "court-packing" plan?
The American people rejected it in a referendum.
Which 1942 battle was a decisive victory for the United States in the Pacific theatre of World War II?
The Battle of Midway
What does the 'Monetarist" theory argue was the cause of the stock-market crash?
The Federal Reserve System's tight monetary policies.
Which allied offensive in the fall of 1918 helped end the war?
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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 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
In response to the sinking of the Lusitania the U.S
The U.S demanded that Germany cease unrestricted submarine warfare.
Which of the following was accomplished during Truman's presidency?
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
What did the "New Look" defense program in the 1950s emphasize?
The importance of nuclear weapons
Why is Aimee Semple McPherson significant?
The popularity of her theatrical sermons illustrated the impact of fundamentalism on American society.
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.
In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which if the following issues?
The theory of evolution
What was the main issue in the 1916 presidential elections
The war in Europe
How did the Russo-Japanese war come to an end?
Theodore Roosevelt mediated the conflict and negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth between them.
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.
What was the initial reaction of most American's to the outbreak of WWI in Europe
They wanted to ensure that the U.S would stay out of the conflict
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 do Randolph Bourne, Jeannette Rankin and Eugene V. Debs have in common
They were all opposed to WW1
Which statement most accurately reflects the situation facing organized labor during WWI
Union membership nearly doubled during the war
Which statement best describes union membership in the e1930s?
Unions gained membership, growing from only 3 million in 1933 to over 8 million in 1941.
Which of the following was not a popular pastime during the depression?
Watching television.
The 1948 Marshall Plan provided funding after World War II to help the recovery and rebuilding of
Western Europe
In the two years after the conclusion of WWI, which of the following occurred in the U.S
Wide-scale harassment of suspected radicals, violence against the blacks, and a rash of strikes.
Which of the following was a new technique of warfare that was introduced during wwi
air conflict
The World War II War Production Board was created to
allocate materials, limit the production of civilian goods, and distribute contracts among workers
The "Gentlemen's Agreement" was an
arrangement in which Japan agreed to end the emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States.
What did Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association advocate?
blacks should return to Africa
Congress created the Office of Price Administration to
control inflation during the war
Benny Goodman was noteworthy because he
created an integrated jazz orchestra that performed at Carnegie Hall.
What did Secretary of State John Foster Dulles believe?
he believed the US should pursue a strong anti-communist foreign policy
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 Taft-Hartley Act
outlawed the closed shop and permitted the president to call a cooling-off period to delay a strike
Henry Ford led the way in industry by
paying his workers higher wages to encourage consumerism.
The Zimmerman telegram
proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico in a war against the U.S after which Mexico would receive New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona
In the 1920s housework
reduced in terms of hours and sheer physical effort thanks to electrification, store bought clothing, and purchased food
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 training ports in China
The Manhattan Project was the
secret $2 billion project to develop an atomic bomb.
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?
the Japanese army insisted on fighting to the bitter end
What did the presidential election of 1920 demonstrate
the nation was spiritually drained and wanted normalcy
The Committee for Industrial Organization was Established..
to organize all workers in a particular industry, regardless of race, gender, or degree of skill.
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.
The Creel committee on Public Information
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 WWI