US HISTORY FINAL EXAM
Despite their differences, Langston Hughes and Marcus Garvey agreed that
African American success did not depend on white approval.
With which of the following statements do both Leuchtenburg and Bernstein agree, based on the excerpts reproduced here?
African Americans especially were left out of any New Deal successes.
Why would it be important in the 1920s for the Klan to commemorate the actions of the KKK and the Women of the Reconstruction Period of American History?
America was moving away from the ideals of the Confederacy and Redeemers.
President William Howard Taft's statement that he would like to substitute "dollars for bullets" inspired
American bankers to increase their investments in Central America.
Which of the following best describes the context in which Monica and her friends found themselves in the United States on December 7, 1941?
Americans were very suspicious of Japanese immigrants.
Though McKinley felt that the white man was superior to the Filipinos, in what way did he see them as equal?
As sinners in need of a savior
According to John P. Davis, who has suffered the most as a result of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration?
Black farm laborers
A higher proportion of black women than white women worked outside the home both prior to and during the Depression because
Black men faced higher rates of unemployment than white men
What was Langston Hughes most likely describing in his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?
Black roots are in America as well as Africa.
After reading Ann Marie Low's diary, what does it seem like she spent more time doing than any other activity?
Cleaning
On what grounds does A. Mitchell Palmer defend his broad conviction of communists, with or without official charges of crimes?
Communism was criminal and the government must prevent crime.
What does Palmer imply with the statement, "'Reds' were criminal aliens."
Communists are not citizens
What Anti-Imperialist argument of the time period does this cartoon support?
Consent of the governed
What made it possible for income inequality to grow during the 1920s, a period of apparent prosperity?
Corporate profits grew much faster than wages did, so more wealth was accumulated by the already rich.
What does Kipling's language imply that he felt towards the people of colonized nations?
Derision
How is Isbell indicative of many Americans during the Great Depression?
Desperation pushed her to seek assistance for the first time
Why did Davis argue that the Agricultural Adjustment Act was particularly harmful to black sharecroppers and tenants?
Discriminatory policies and fraud in payments
What gave Bessie Smith the "Down-Hearted Blues"?
Emphasis on redemption
Why was Kipling's nationality significant as he encouraged America to participate in the process of imperialism?
England governed the largest empire in the world.
Which of the following characterizes the intent of Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Equality should be established among the nations.
What message does the artist William Carson send with his depiction of the Filipino insurgent in his political cartoon, "A Bigger Job Than He Thought For?"
Filipinos were tough determined opponents, though still inferior.
What consequence did his handling of the Bonus Army protest have for President Hoover?
He appeared insensitive to the plight of ordinary people.
What economic argument did McKinley make regarding the acquisition of the Philippines?
He did not want Germany or France to control Philippine resources
What is Kikuchi's concern about a possible challenge to Nisei citizenship or their right to vote?
He would not be in a strong position to protest such action.
Why might Smith's blues have been so appealing within the context of the era?
Her message crossed racial lines.
As a Nisei, a second-generation immigrant, Monica was an American citizen. What Issei, or first generation immigrant, was she more concerned for than herself?
Her mother
What can be inferred about Monica's life based on her circumstances when she learned about the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Monica was very American in her lifestyle
Which of the following, according to Breitman and Lichtman, made any potential active policy on the part of President Roosevelt to save Europe's Jews likely futile?
Nazi Germany's focus on the Final Solution
Which of the following reveals a problem with the claim by Justice Black that racism did not play a role in the decision to intern the Japanese Americans?
No Germans or Italians were similarly interned
Why does Mildred emphasize to Mrs. Roosevelt that they are not "on the relief"?
Pride
With which of the following statements would the authors of these two passages both agree?
Regarding the Holocaust, Roosevelt had his hands tied by domestic politics.
Which of the following statement accurately summarizes Breitman and Lichtman's characterization of President Roosevelt's policy toward the Holocaust?
Roosevelt worked covertly and did more than any of his political adversaries would have.
What is the significance of Mildred Isbell's age in her letter to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt?
She is forced to be mature beyond her years.
Wilson's reelection in 1916 can be attributed to
The American public's ambivalence about entering the war
In which of the following ways did home-front mobilization transform women's lives during World War I?
Women entered the paid workforce in unprecedented numbers.
Which of the following properly describes the American public's perception of women's industrial work during World War II?
Women temporarily filled positions that were rightfully those of men.
What does Ann Marie Low's diary reveal about gender roles during this era?
Women's roles were mostly domestic
In retrospect, was Monica right to be concerned for her family's futures?
Yes, she and over 120,000 other Japanese Americans were imprisoned.
The results of the 1928 presidential election reflected
a rural-urban divide over basic values
The Sacco and Vanzetti case, like the cases of Charles Schenck and Jacob Abrams, demonstrated a predisposition among native-born Americans to see immigrants as
a threat to the safety and security of the American people.
President McKinley's imperialist agenda was signaled by his declaration of war on Spain and
annexation of the Hawaiian islands
The lack of urgency with which the United States responded to Jewish refugees can be attributed to
anti-Semitism within the government
Eleanor Roosevelt's influence on her husband was apparent in his decision to
appoint Frances Perkins to head the Department of Labor
If he must die, what does McKay hope that he and his "kinsmen" might accomplish through their deaths?
change
The threat of Dominican bankruptcy in 1904 motivated President Theodore Roosevelt to
claim the right to intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Union workers who went on strike during World War II were protesting
corporate profiteering at their expense
To what does he compare those who commit violence against African Americans?
cowardly dogs
The growth of the American Communist Party during the 1930s can be attributed to
dissatisfaction with the response of government and employers to the Depression.
The dust storms that swept the Great Plains during the 1930s were, in part, a result of
famers failing to plant trees and grasses that could have prevented erosion.
How did the Alabama mob and prison officials help keep tight control over the Scottsboro accused?
fear
The United States intervened in the Boxer uprising in order to
force Europe to grant Americans access to free trade with China.
Adolf Hitler's popularity within Germany was a consequence of German
frustration with post-World War I deprivations.
According to Johnson, in what aspect of society is the Ku Kluxer a heroic and selfless defender of honor?
in their imagination
What was the impact of the assembly line on American manufacturing?
it lowered the cost of producing consumer goods.
American "jingoism" was a response to the
late-nineteenth-century masculinity crisis.
The Lend-Lease Act did not violate the Neutrality Acts because
no weapons or munitions were actually sold to the British.
The American conviction that native Cubans and Filipinos were not ready for self-governance after their liberation from Spain reflected the belief that
nonwhite peoples were inferior and needed to be educated and protected by whites.
The growth of the Ku Klux Klan outside the South during the 1920s can be attributed to the
organization's adoption of nativist and traditionalist views.
The racial tensions that arose in urban areas during World War II can be attributed to
overcrowding and competition for housing
The government's concern that the American public was not solidly in support of the war is evidenced by the
passage of the Espionage and Sedition acts.
What aspect of this case was indicative of the historical context of the 1930s?
racial discrimination
The incident that sparked the Chicago race riots of 1919 demonstrated that
racial segregation was practiced in the North as well as the South.
The Scopes trial was a perfect reflection of the culture wars of the 1920s because it
resulted in a guilty verdict and its subsequent overturning left both sides feeling vindicated.
Why would a communist magazine like Negro Worker be willing to print their appeal and support their case?
solidarity among the working class
Many Native American tribes rejected the Indian Reorganization Act because
some of its requirements forced them to abandon their traditional practices.
Why might the authors have mentioned being out of work and hungry in their letter to the editor of the magazine?
sympathy
Despite their differences, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson both believed that
the United States had the right to intervene in the affairs of other nations.
According to Palmer, what foundation of society was threatened by the "Reds?"
the church
The rise in the marriage rate during the 1940s was a consequence of
the decline in unemployment
The fact that, by 1929, Americans bought 60 percent of their cars and 80 percent of radios on the installment plan was evidence that
the nation's economic growth was dependent on mass consumption.
When confronted with the expansion War Refugee Board's free-port program in 1944 what, according to Wyman, was paramount in President Roosevelt's mind?
the presidential election in November
What convinced the majority of Americans that they would eventually need to enter World War II against Germany?
the successful Nazi invasion of France
During World War II, when civil rights activists spoke of a two-front war, they were connecting
their fight against racism at home to the nation's fight against the Nazis
Americans of Italian and German descent received better treatment than Japanese Americans during the war because
they were more assimilated.
What does author Claude McKay call for in his poem and its title, "If We Must Die?"
to die fighting
To what ideals do both sources claim that the KKK aspired?
tradition and faith
The United States was motivated to begin pursuing an imperialist agenda at the end of the nineteenth century because the country
was producing more manufactured goods than its population could use.
What idea does the statement refer to as "the whole truth" that they hoped to reveal to the world through their organization?
white superiority
In 1945, the Allies met at Yalta to plan for the postwar future but were divided over
who would rule Poland
What can you learn about the effects of the Dust Bowl from reading Ann Marie Low's diary?
Its effect reached hundreds of miles across the US.
Tensions between the United States and Japan prior to Pearl Harbor resulted from
Japan's continuing efforts to occupy and control China.
What series of laws were African American tenant farmers already facing in their march towards civil rights?
Jim Crow Laws
Why did Rudyard Kipling choose to use the term "burden" to describe the process of imperialism?
Kipling believed imperialism was a worthy yet difficult obligation of the west.
What is Minnie Hardin's primary complaint to Eleanor Roosevelt?
Lazy relief recipients
How did many farmers, including Ann Marie Low's family respond to the Dust Bowl?
Make best of the situation
What can be implied about the Japanese American community's reaction to the internment based on Kikuchi's diary and the Koremastu case?
Many Japanese Americans were angry and protested the decision in a variety of ways
Which of the following, according to Leuchtenburg, was a long-term effect of the New Deal?
It empowered and emboldened the president
Why was the timing of Kipling's poem in 1899 significant within the historical context of the period?
It encouraged imperialism at a time when support was dwindling.
Why, according to Bernstein, was the New Deal conservative in nature?
It failed to redistribute wealth or power in the long term.
Why was, according to Leuchtenburg, the New Deal a "half-way revolution?"
It only benefited certain groups
How does Hughes' reference to his deep soul and the rivers he has known fit within the context of the Harlem Renaissance?
It reveals the length, depth, and significance of African American contributions.
Why, according to Wyman, did President Roosevelt do more to help Europe's Jews during the Holocaust?
It was not politically expedient
What does Kipling promise will come with American imperialism?
The respect of others
Which of the following reflected American anxiety about the spread of communism in the wake of the Russian Revolution?
The use of the National Guard to end a strike by Boston's police officers
What is the message regarding the KKK according to author Gerald Johnson?
They are criminals who disguise their actions with chivalrous terminology.
Why does Charles Kikuchi refer to James Fisk and members of the Joint Immigration Committee as "so-called Americans"?
They denied American's rights
Why were Monica and some of her friends worried about what would happen to them after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
They knew they would be seen as the enemy.
Which of the following statement accurately relates how, according to Bernstein, the New Deal benefited most, especially poor, African Americans?
Though it hardly aided them, most African Americans felt that it did.
Why do the authors repeatedly refer to themselves as "workers" and "boys"?
To relate with Communist readers
What was Hardin's motivation in writing to Roosevelt?
To reveal the real effects of the New Deal
