APUSH Test Chapters 21-24
During the 1930's, the radical left in the United States
All the answers are correct.
In 1920, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
All the answers are correct.
In the 1920's, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
All the answers are correct.
During the recession of 1937,
Congressional Republicans took most of the blame.
On the eve of the Great War, the chief rivalry in Europe was between
Germany and Great Britain.
In the aftermath of the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania
Germany pledged to the United States it would not repeat such an action.
In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed
In 1934,the American Liberty League was formed by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal
During the Red Scare of 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
None of the answers are correct.
To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Enrollment in colleges and universities increased threefold between 1900 and 1930, with much of that increase occurring after
World War I.
In 1919, American labor unrest saw
a general strike in Seattle that brought the city to a standstill.
In the 1920's bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as
a salesman.
During the 1920's, the agricultural economy of the United States saw
a sharp decline in farmers' incomes.
As a result of the service of African American soldiers in World War I,
activism by blacks for their rights increased.
All of the following factors were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT
conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans.
The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle between
creationism and evolution.
In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
criticized the American obsession with material wealth.
In the 1920's, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance
drew heavily from their African heritage.
The National Origins Act of 1924
entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
established a national minimum wage.
As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925,
fundamentalists reduced their participation in political activism.
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935
gave the government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions.
In the 1920's, the "flapper" lifestyle
had a particular impact on lower middle-class and single women.
In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that
helped pave the way for the Social Security system.
All of the following statements regarding the New Deal and women are true EXCEPT that
in general, women were major critics of the New Deal.
The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT
increase competition between companies.
One of the major effects the New Deal had on the United States was that it
it fostered stronger and more varied interest groups.
During the 1930's, regarding radio,
listening was often a community experience.
The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act of 1918
made illegal any public expression opposing the war.
In the 1920's, "behavioral" psychologists argued
mental ailments could be improved by treating their symptoms.
In the workplace, the "open shop" meant
no worker was required to join a union.
During the 1930's, American literature
offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies.
During the Great Depression in the rural United States
one-third of all farmers lost their land.
During the 1920's, the Ku Klux Klan
opposed the existing diversity of American society.
All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT
poverty in the region was significantly reduced.
The election of 1936
produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party.
The Economy Act of 1933
proposed to balance the federal budget and cut workers' salaries.
The Shepard-Towner Act of 1921
provided federal funds for child health-care programs.
The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board
raised interest rates.
After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States
refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America.
During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government
refused to intervene in the dispute.
Throughout the 1920's, the performance of the U.S. economy
saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities.
Throughout 1928, the American stock market
saw the number of shares traded daily soar.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
sought to raise crop process by paying farmers not to plant.
The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"
stated that the U.S. had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries.
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT
the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
By the end of 1938,
the New Deal had largely come to an end.
In the 1920's, a growing interesting birth control among middle-class women resulted from
the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only.
To Herbert Hoover, "assocationalism" meant
the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries.
In March 1917, the United States moved closer to entering the Great War when
the czarist government of Russia was overthrown.
One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that
the national government assumed a responsibility for the basic welfare of the people.
In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from
the political far right.
In the 1920's, the "noble experiment" referred to
the prohibition of alcohol.
The policy idea behind "Dollar Diplomacy" was to
to extend investments by the United States in less-developed regions.
President Theodore Roosevelt's policies, in regards to Asia, were intended
to prevent any single nation from being dominant.
During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved
transfers of national oil reserves.
In the 1920's, "welfare capitalism"
was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers.
New Deal policy toward American Indians
was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism.
African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs
were among the first to be released when funds.
The Diplomatic efforts of President Woodrow Wilson toward Latin America
were similar to Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
In the 1930's, the New Deal generally gave
work relief to men and cash assistance to women.
In 1919, the racial climate in the United States
worsened in both the North and South.