04.08 Segment One Exam Part B U.S. History
This political cartoon below was created in 1906: Library of Congress [PRES FILE - Roosevelt, Theodore-Cartoons] What aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy does this cartoon help illustrate?
Roosevelt was willing to use force to promote American interests overseas.
To prepare the country for World War I, what became an early focus of American industrial mass production?
Ships
How did newspapers and magazines relate to American foreign policy at the end of the 19th century?
Stories about distant places were popular and encouraged calls for a larger American role in world affairs.
How did the Great Migration affect life for African Americans in many industrial cities?
The African American population grew quickly, leading to discrimination and race riots in some cities.
Which of the following events contributed to the outbreak of the Red Scare in the United States?
The Bolshevik (Russian) revolution
The poster below is from 1915: Library of Congress [POS - WWI - Gt Brit, no. 14] What event in Belgium is illustrated in this recruitment poster?
The German invasion of Belgium
The poem below was written in the early 1900s: "Her voice was like the sound of blended flutesBlown by black players upon a picnic day.She sang and danced on gracefully and calm,The light gauze hanging loose about her form;To me she seemed a proudly-swaying palmGrown lovelier for passing through a storm.Upon her swarthy neck black, shiny curlsProfusely fell; and, tossing coins in praise,The wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls,Devoured her with their eager, passionate gaze;But, looking at her falsely-smiling faceI knew her self was not in that strange place." To which of the following is the excerpt above linked?
The Harlem Renaissance
Which explains the effect of demobilization following WWI on the economy?
The demand for war materials lessened, which weakened the global economy.
Why did the U.S. government support Cuba in the Spanish-American War?
The government viewed Cuba as a nation in need of independence.
With which of these positions would President Calvin Coolidge have agreed?
To improve the economy, government should do little to regulate business.
Why did fighting on the Western Front of World War I become a stalemate with high casualties but little progress?
Trench warfare
How did the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois differ?
Washington advocated a gradual approach to racial equality, while DuBois advocated rapid change.
The quote below was written in the 1920s: "A dollar down and a dollar forever." The quote above describes which of the following aspects of life during the 1920s?
Buying goods on an installment plan
The cartoon below was published in 1904: Library of Congress [Illus. in AP101.P7 1904] What does the cartoonist suggest about the construction of the Panama Canal?
Construction was extremely dangerous and meant certain death for many laborers.
What was the result of the Schenck decision?
It stated that First Amendment rights do not apply in wartime.
What provision of the Treaty of Versailles brought the most opposition in the United States?
Joining the League of Nations
Which of the following was the name for the agreement signed by 62 nations to renounce war as an instrument of national policy?
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The text below was written in the early 1900s: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." What is the origin of this quote?
Nineteenth Amendment
Public reaction to prohibition demonstrated which of the following?
An increased tension between conservative beliefs and modern beliefs
Which of these was a main goal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during the 1920s?
Reducing racial discrimination in the American workplace