History Midterm
Which of the following was not part of the "good government" movement of the Progressive Era?
Ending segregated schools
Which of the following was not a goal of late 19th century progressives?
Equality for minorities
Which of the following did not benefit from a post-World War 1 economic boom?
Farmers
Fears of revolution were so widespread in post-war America that the U.S. attorney general created a government division to collect information on radicals headed by
J. Edgar Hoover
Which ethnic group was forbidden from immigrating to the United States by the immigration laws passed in the 1920's?
Japanese
In addition to being nicknames "the Roaring Twenties," the 1920's have also been labeled the
Jazz Age
In the 20th century, ________ replaced the 19th century's _______ -based economy.
consumer goods, agriculture
In 1919, the same year that Great Was officially concluded, the United States saw all of the following except
full employment
For Einstein's work,
he received the Nobel Prize
President Taft won office because
he was supported by Roosevelt
As farm productivity _________, farmers earned __________ from their crops.
increased, less
When the Great Depression broke out, the American federal government had ___________ programs in place to deal with homelessness and joblessness.
no
The Securities and Exchange Commission
required all stock brokers to be licensed
The purpose of the Emergency Banking Relief Act was to
restore confidence in American banks
After the end of the Great War, unemployment and consumer goods' prices both
rose a lot
President Wilson argued that women's suffrage
should be enacted by the states
According to your textbook, the most scandalous event in history of American art occurred at
the Armory Show in 1913
Those who came of age during the 1920s are known as
the Lost Generation
Part of Wilson's anti-trust program was
the creation of the Federal Trade Commission.
The groups behind the YWCA and YMCA created their programs because
they believed that Christianity had gotten to far from the lower economic classes
In 1900 __________ of 82 million Americans lived in poverty.
10 Million
By 1932, approximately how many Americans were unemployed?
15 Million
The British vessel the Lusitania was sunk by the U-boat in _________; the United States entered the Great War officially in _________.
1915,1917
The First New Deal lasted from
1933 to 1935
Which of the following was not a common reaction to the tribulations of the Great Depression?
A massive increase in membership in the Communist Party
What was a Hoover blanket
A newspaper
President Roosevelt faced four major challenges when he first took office. They included all of the following except?
Aiding European governments abroad
Perhaps the most profound discovery of the Modernist Era is ____________'s theory of relativity.
Albert Einstein
The law restricting immigration from Europe to the percentage of that ethnicity's makeup in the 1910 U.S. census.
Emergency Immigration Act 1921
For modernists, what would be considered a great honor?
Being completely misunderstood by their intended audience
When President Harding died, he replaced by
Calvin Coolidge
The fresh but untried American soldiers sent to aid the British and French during the Great War were nicknamed
Doughboys
Which statement regarding economists' interpretations of the causes of the Great Depression is most accurate?
Economists to this day debate the various factors that the Great Depression
In an attempt to lower the risk of war, the United States was party to the _______, which limited the size of naval warships for those who signed the document.
Five-Power Treaty
During the Great War, what countries made up the Allied Powers?
France, Great Britain, Russia
Which of the following countries has the highest casualties during the Great War?
Germany
Thanks to the________, African Americans saw greater acceptance and political rights during the 1920's in the North
Great Migration
The movement of more than 400,000 southern blacks to norther cities during the war and through the 1920's was known as the
Great Migration
In 1915, the Supreme Court struck a blow for the political rights of African Americans by abolishing the grandfather clause in this case.
Guinn v. United States
The _________, passed during the presidency of Herbert Hoover, was intended to protect farmers from foreign competition.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Individuals labeled Mugwumps were best associated with which concept?
Honest government
This law, passed by Congress in 1924, lowered the number of allowed immigrants from European nations to 2 percent of the number who lived in the United States as reported in the 1890 census.
Immigration Act
During the Great War, Wilson's administration organized the sale of _________, which guaranteed a fixed rate of return to fund the war.
Liberty bonds
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was created to do what?
Make loans to struggling banks, life-insurance companies, and railroads
Which of the following statements regarding the effects of the Great Depression is inaccurate?
Malnutrition was not a serious concern during the Great Depression
Which of the following statements regarding Europe's role in the Great Depression is most accurate?
Many European nations had not recovered from World War 1 and had high debts
Much as the New Deal ignored African Americans, it also ignored
Native Americans
The Dust Bowl occurred in all of the following states except
Nevada
Who did the Great Depression affect?
The Great Depression affected all classes and colors.
Marcus Garvey is best associated with the
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey called this man the "most dangerous enemy of the Negro race" because of his beliefs.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Which of the following statements regarding Woodrow Wilson's involvement in negotiating an end to the Great War is incorrect?
Wilson was very popular among Republican congressmen.
Who made up the so-called Bonus Expeditionary Force?
World War 1 veterans
Which of the following was not an example of a group created during the Progressive Era to promote social justice?
Young Women's Christian Association
As president, Calvin Coolidge pursued
a determined path to not be an activist president
The Second New deal focused on all of the following except
a reduction in taxes
After the Armory Show, _________ became one of the nation's favorite topics of debate.
art
Henry Ford revolutionized the industrial process by perfecting the
assembly line process
Because of the Roosevelt-Taft feud, Theodore Roosevelt decided to
break a pledge he made to seek another term in office
According to your textbook, Roosevelt's early higher taxes of the first New Deal were often criticized by ________ and ________.
business leaders, political conservatives