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Because Franklin D. Roosevelt was not himself a deep thinker, he formed a __ to help him shape policy.

"brain trust"

By 1932, how many Americans were out of work as a result of the Great Depression?

1 in 4

The father of the muckrakers, and their style of writing, could be considered

Samuel McClure

The Townsend Plan targeted which segment of the American Population to aid during the Great Depression?

Senior citizens

This belief during the Progressive Era persuaded followers to pursue their ideals to effect the coming of "the Kingdom of God."

Social Gospel

The biggest scandal of the Harding administration involved the

Teapot Dome

Which of the following was not part of the culture craze in the 1920s?

Televisions

During the Progressive Era, what was the most popular form of reform?

Temperance

Who did the Great Depression affect?

The Great Depression affected all classes and colors

The Twenty-First Amendment, passed in 1933, allowed

Americans to drink alcohol again

In 1914, what did Wilson do to anger progressives?

Announced that his New Freedom plan was complete

With the signing of the Treaty of __ Russia ended its involvement in the Great War.

Brest-Litovsk (its lit)

An excellent example of the reckless speculation of the late 1920s was

Buying stock on margin.

Which of the following would have been considered an average progressive during that period

Christian moralists

Whereas President Roosevelt saw himself as a __, President Taft saw himself as a __.

Crusader of reform, judge-like administrator

President Wilson was a member of the __ party, and he was often opposed by the __ party during the peace process.

Democratic, Republican

Those who came from the age during the 1920s are known as

The Lost Generation

Which of the following was not a goal of the late 19th century progressives

Equality for minorities

According to Calvin Coolridge, the president should passively defer to Congress.

False

Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations

False

Herbert Hoover refused to involve the government in efforts to relieve the effects of economic depression.

False

In the presidential election of 1916, Republicans used the slogan "He kept us out of war" to discredit Wilson.

False

One major cause of the Depression was that workers' wages were too high.

False

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

False

Robert M. La Follette said, "The chief business of the American people is business."

False

The Bonus Expeditionary Force was organized to secure the United States-Mexico border.

False

The Fair Labor Standards Act forbade racial discrimination in hiring

False

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was mainly a southern rural organization.

False

The NAACP favored militant protests over legal challenges as a way to end racial discrimination

False

The Zimmerman Telegram, sent to the Mexican Government from the White House, was intercepted by the Germans.

False

The so-called Arabic Pledge involved Wilson's stand to stop North Africa's fall into chaos during the war.

False

Theodore Roosevelt considered the Federal Trade Commission to be the cornerstone of his anti-trust program.

False

Warren G. Harding was shot by the assassin Charles Guiteau

False

William H. Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.

False

Wilson was a weak president who trusted congress to adopt the proper policies.

False

With the Republicans in control of the federal government, progressivism disappeared in the 1920s

False

Women in "war work" were unusually able to keep their jobs after the war.

False

Women in "war work" were usually able to keep their jobs after the war.

False

Floppers was the slang word for illegal drinking establishments in the 1920s.

Flase

during the Great War, what countries made up the allied powers?

France, Great Britain, Russia

Which of the following countries had the highest casualties during the Great War?

Germany

During the Great War, what countries made up the Central Powers?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Although publicly President Wilson urged Americans to remain neutral regarding the Great War, he personally favored

Great Britain and France

__ and __ wanted germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the war.

Great Britain, France

In 1937, President Roosevelt tried to add sic new justices to the Supreme Court. Why?

He wanted to change the court's makeup to aid his policies.

When Coolridge chose not to run for a second term of his own, the Republicans nominated

Herbert Hoover

The Louisiana native known as the "Kingfish" who criticized President Roosevelt was

Huey P. Long

During the Great War, African American men fought

In racially segregated units.

Which of the following statements regarding the War Industries Board is correct?

It could fore workers to work in specific factories.

During the 1920s, this boxer became famous among the workingmen because he came from humble beginnings.

Jack Dempsey

During the Progressive Era, who was considered a leading reformer?

Jane Addams

In his second presidential election in 1936, Democrat Franklin Roosevelt carried all the states of the Union except

Maine and Vermont

how did Lincoln Steffens propose ending the abuses toward society during the Progressive Era?

Make democracy more democratic

The Reconstruction Fianance Corporation was created to do what?

Make loans to struggling banks, life insurance companies, and railroads

In response to the crises of the Great Depression, states deported __ and __

Mexican Americans, their American-born children

The Dust Bowl occurred in all of the following states except

Nevada

The first monopoly broken up by President Theodore Roosesvelt was

Northern Securities Company.

The peace negotiations to end the Great War were held in __ in __

Paris, 1919

__ killed roughly 100 million people worldwide in 1918

The Spanish flu

What best explains the United States citizens' overwhelming support for Coolridge in 1924?

The economy was going great, so why change?

Which of the following statements regarding America in the immediate aftermath of the Great War is correct?

The peace did not being stability to America.

According to your textbook, what often limited reformers likt Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson's actions?

Their belief in the supremacy of the "Anglo-Saxon race"

How did the Wilson administration use women to aid the war effort?

They were told to take jobs previously held by men.

What reason did Wilson give for proposing tariff reform?

To combat misuse of the tariff by corporations

Although Warren G. Harding presided over what can be argued was the most corrupt administration in American history, he was never personally linked to any wrongdoing.

True

During World War 1, popular prejudice associated anything German with disloyalty.

True

FDR called the Social Security Act the most significant achievement of the New Deal

True

Henry Cabot Lodge led the Senate Republicans, who demanded amendments to the Treaty of Versailles.

True

Many immigrant groups in the United States supported the Central Powers in European War.

True

More than 400,000 southern blacks moved northward during the war years.

True

Socialism was antecedent of progressivism.

True

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff raised import duties to an all-time high.

True

The Republican candidate for president in 1916 was Charles Evans Hughes.

True

The __ voted to reject the Treaty of Versailles that President Wilson had worked so hard on

U.S. Senate

Which of the following statements regarding the treaty of Versailles is incorrect

Ultimately the Treaty of Versailles was a great success

Marcus Garvey called this man the "most dangerous enemy of the Negro race" because of his beliefs.

W.E.B. Du Bois

The unintended consequence of the Immigration Act of 1924 was

a large influx of Hispanics from the Western Hemisphere.

The biggest stumbling block to progresivism during the progressive era was

big business

The purpose of the Works Progress Administration was to

employ out-of-work Americans.

Because of their belief in "freedom of the seas," the British allowed Americans to trade with Germany.

false

Women in the 1920s who rebelled against conventional dress, hairstyles, and what was considered to be "ladylike" were commonly called

flappers

How long did the conflict known as the Great War last?

from 1914 to 1918

The so-called Wagner Act

gauranteed American workers the right to organize

For Einstein's work

he received a Nobel Prize

President Taft won office because

he was supported by Roosevelt.

As farm productivity __, farmers earned __ from their crops.

increased, less

After World War 1 came to an end, the United States actively practiced __ in its relations with the rest of the world.

isolationism

Intellectuals and artists who believed that the 20th century was the turning point in human development were known as

modernists

Economists call a marked slowdown in economic growth a

recession

The purpose of the Emergency Banking Relief Act was to

restore confidence in American banks.

As a result of __,__ of the American wage workforce went on strike in 1919.

rising consumer prices, 20 percent

During the Great War, the Espionage and Sedition Acts

stifled free speech

What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of the Great War?

the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

By 1952, approximately how many Americans were unemployed?

15 million

By 1939, what proportion of the American labor force remained out of work?

17 percent

The British vessel the Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat in __; the United States entered the Great War officially in __.

1915, 1917

In the presidential election of 1920, women made up what percentage of the electorate?

40 percent

what was the Hoover blanket?

A newspaper

Which of the following groups had the highest rate of joblessness in the early years of the Great Depression

African Americans

Which of the following statements regarding African Americans and the New Deal is incorrect?

African Americans were greatly helped by the New Deal.


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