APUSH 18
Which of the following developments in the 1920s would most directly support the author's sentiments in the excerpt?
Liberalized divorce laws
The Jungle directly contributed to the passage of the
Meat Inspection Act
The above excerpt is most closely associated with which sector of the Progressive movement?
Muckrakers
Which of the following was designed to provide long term "job security" for workers?
National Labor Relations Act
Based on this excerpt, which of the following groups or pieces of legislation would McElroy most likely support?
Pendleton Act of 1881
During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefited from the poverty described by Riis?
Political machines
McElroy's letter uses humor to make a point. Which of the following statements reflects McElroy's true criticism?
Politics was primarily about holding office for personal gain
Newspaper headlines such as those above most directly contributed to which of the following?
The declaration of war against Spain by the US Congress
Which phrase best summarizes what Riis considers the cause of the problem he sees?
"In the tenements all the influences make for evil"
Which of the following most directly supports the argument found in the above excerpt?
Appointment of Harry M. Daugherty as Attorney General
What does the author imply by the phrase, "not one of the riches that the citizens of this country are called upon to surrender in time of war"?
Citizens do not lose their freedom of speech during war
Upton Sinclair's Jungle was primarily concerned about working conditions. Which of the following most directly helped organized labor?
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Anthony targeted the states as the parts of government discrimination against women primarily for which of the following reasons?
Except for the 14th and 15th amendments, the United States Constitution left the power to the states to determine who could vote
Who of the following would most strongly support the sentiments in these headlines?
Expansionists such as Henry Cabot Lodge
Which of the following most directly supports the author's analysis?
Farm income fell from $11.4 billion in 1929 to $6.3 billion in 1932
Which of the following groups faced the most difficult economic conditions during the 1920s?
Farmers and many rural areas
Which of the following most likely explains the significant reduction of immigration during the 1870s and 1890s to the United States?
Financial panics and depressions
Which of the following does this excerpt support as the primary cause of the US declaration of war in April 1917?
Germany's violations of US neutral rights
Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined $100 for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. She refused to pay the fine. To whom of the following were her actions most similar?
Henry David Thoreau
Which of the following most influenced thinking about sexual behavior during the 1920s?
Popularization of Sigmund Freud
Voters demanded patronage reform in politics after
President James Garfield was assassinated
Which of the following represents a policy that the authors of the excerpt would most likely support?
President Wilson's signing of the Jones Act in 1916
Which of the following would most likely directly support the argument that Progressives were "exclusionary"?
Progressives did little to end the segregation of African Americans
Which of the following interpretations of progressivism would most likely support this excerpt?
Progressives were a diverse group who support various reforms
Which of the following most directly addressed "security for capitalists"?
Security snd Exchange Commission
Which of the following was the most direct result of the policy stated in this excerpt?
The United States intervened in many American countries in the early 20th century
Which of the following cites an even that most clearly challenges the interpretation expressed in the above excerpt?
The Washington Conference of 1921
Many historians criticize the economy that developed during the 1920s. Which of the following statements best suppers the line of view?
The boom was based on speculation and borrowed money
Which of the following most directly contributed to the anti-imperialist sentiments expressed in the excerpt?
The provisions of the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War
Which of the following trends of the 1920s is most clearly portrayed in this advertisement?
The use of extended payment plans to purchase consumer goods
Which of the following would most likely support a belief that the government was "against the common people"?
Treatment of the Bonus Marchers
Which of the following was most directly related to the phrase in the testimony "the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens"?
Twenty-five percent of the workforce was unemployed
The administration of which of the following presidents who served between 1865 and 1900 most closely resembles the corruption of the Harding administration?
Ulysses S. Grant
The issue of freedom of the seas in World War I most closely resembles the cause of which of the following conflicts?
War of 1812
The leader most closely associated with the viewpoint in this excerpt was
William Jennings Bryan
When the Zimmermann message was made public, many people in the United States
expressed nationalist anger against Germany
Which individual would be most likely to argue that the government should not intervene to improve the tenements?
Herbert Spencer
Who among the following individuals or groups would most directly oppose the philosophy of the New Deal as explained in this excerpt?
Huey Long
During World War I, the government propaganda such as poster shown above, most likely contributed to which of the following?
Increased fear of foreigners and immigrants
The excerpt suggest that Eleanor Roosevelt knew that her positions could most harm her husband's standing with which of the following groups?
Southern Democrats
Which of the following conflicts raised the most similar concerns about the violation of civil rights as did World War I?
The American Civil War
Which of the following during World War I proved the most direct threat to the perspective on civil rights in this excerpt?
The Espionage and Sedition Acts
Susan B. Anthony's arguments for women's suffrage can best be understood in the context of
The Reconstruction amendments
Which of the following Progressive reforms most directly promoted "active citizenship"?
The direct election of senators
The above excerpt most directly reflects that the temperance movement
appeared to a varied constituency of reformers
The Prohibition movement was simile to other Progressive reforms because ir
began on the local and state levels before becoming national
Eleanor Roosevelt expressed the most independence from President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisers in her
opposition to racial discrimination
In the chart above, the "new immigrants" include those who arrived in the United States from
southern and eastern Europe
The point of view of this newspaper most clearly reflects
the concept of jingoism
This excerpt most directly reflects the continuation of the policy that
the independent nations of the Americas should remain free from European intervention
During the war, a government agency named the Committee of Public Information, headed by George Creel, was
the producer of a vast number of posters, pamphlets, and films
