Period 7 Questions
Which of the following best explains an effect of the events described in the excerpt?
African American socioeconomic standing improved overall.
Which of the following can be concluded based on the historical context in which the excerpt was produced?
Americans were uncertain how to deal with the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy.
The excerpt could best be used by historians to explain which of the following historical situations?
Attempts by the United States to use its power to influence postwar peace settlements
Which of the following would most likely be considered a significant limitation of the excerpt resulting from its purpose?
Because the excerpt suggests that the Standard Oil Company was undemocratic and unethical, it overlooks the benefits of economic consolidation.
Which of the following best explains a connection between policies intended to address the Great Depression and earlier Progressive Era reform policies?
Both sought to create a stronger financial regulatory system.
The excerpt's point of view best explains the issues in which of the following?
Debates about how to address the consequences of the war in the Pacific
The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments?
Debates emerged over the proper role of the United States in the world.
The establishment of a stronger economic regulatory system during the Great Depression most closely reflected a continuity with which of the following?
Efforts to restrict the excesses of corporations during the Progressive Era
Which of the following best explains the main cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
Episodes of credit and market instability undermined the financial system.
Which of the following contexts between 1900 and 1919 best helps to explain the developments in the excerpt?
Global conflicts led to new United States foreign policy to protect national security.
The policies passed in response to the Great Depression contributed to a change in which of the following earlier popular beliefs?
Government should be noninterventionist during economic downturns.
Which of the following evidence best supports the claims made in the excerpt?
Immigration from Europe peaked in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Which of the following explains a similarity between the United States economy in the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt and the United States economy in the first half of the 1800s?
In both periods, new technology increasingly connected Americans to commerce and markets.
The excerpt best serves as evidence in support of which of the following arguments about the home front during and after the First World War?
Increased anxieties about political radicalism led to restrictions on the freedom of speech.
Which of the following contexts helps to explain the debate in which La Follette was participating in the excerpt?
International conflict led to disagreements over the role of the United States in the world.
Which of the following ways best explains how the United States attempted to influence the outside world following the conclusion of the First World War?
It used trade and investment in order to maintain international connections.
Which of the following best explains the factor that most directly prompted United States entry into the Second World War in 1941 ?
Japan attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor.
Which of the following best explains the factor that prompted United States involvement in military actions during the Second World War?
Japan conducted a surprise attack on a United States military base
Which of the following can best be concluded about United States involvement in the First World War based on the point of view expressed in the excerpt?
Joining the war was a departure from the traditional foreign policy of nonintervention.
Which of the following best explains Lodge's point of view on markets in the excerpt?
Many Americans believed that acquiring island territories would encourage economic development.
Which of the following best explains the historical situation that caused opponents of Lodge to call arguments such as the ones in the excerpt "sordid"?
Many Filipinos joined a nationalist movement seeking independence from the United States.
Which of the following best explains how actions such as those described in the excerpt affected wartime mobilization?
Many women experienced new economic and social opportunities.
Demands for labor like that depicted in the image explains which of the following related effects?
Men and women migrated from rural areas to cities in order to work in defense industries.
Which of the following most directly refutes the argument presented in the third paragraph of the excerpt?
Nativist campaigns led to the passage of quotas that restricted immigration from Europe and Asia.
The purpose of the excerpt is best explained as promoting which of the following?
Negotiating a peaceful settlement in China to limit Soviet influence after the Second World War
Which of the following best explains a result of the developments described in the excerpt?
New employment opportunities opened up for African Americans in industrial and defense industries.
Which of the following best explains a long-term result of the development depicted in the excerpt?
New forms of mass media contributed to the spread of national culture.
Which of the following contributed to Hubert's criticism in the excerpt of White Americans who visited Harlem in the 1920s?
Ongoing public debates over how to improve race relations
Which of the following best explains changes in the federal government resulting from the Great Depression?
Policymakers developed a limited welfare state to reduce the effects of mass unemployment and social upheavals.
Which of the following best explains a long-term political change resulting from the New Deal?
Political alignments shifted as African Americans came to support the Democratic Party.
The purpose of the speech in the excerpt best supports which of the following arguments about United States foreign policy in the 1910s?
Political leaders advocated applying democratic principles to relationships between countries.
Which of the following best explains a conclusion about United States foreign policy in the early 1900s supported by the point of view expressed in the excerpt?
Political leaders continued to promote the earlier idea of predestined national expansion.
Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify the argument made in the excerpt?
Population growth in the South slowed as many people moved to the North and West.
The situation depicted in the excerpt was most significant because it led to which of the following outcomes?
Progressive Era reformers sought federal legislation and court action to help regulate economic markets.
Governmental policies enacted during the New Deal most strongly demonstrate a continuity with which of the following earlier developments?
Progressive reformers demanded stricter regulation of the economy.
Which of the following arguments could best be supported by the purpose of the excerpt?
Reformers encouraged the more active protection of natural resources.
Democratic Party support by a new coalition of workers and African Americans during the 1930s was most similar to that of
Republican Party support following the Civil War
The speech's point of view can best be used to support which of the following historical arguments about the early 1900s?
Some Americans advocated economic development of overseas countries in order to justify imperialism.
The point of view of the first two paragraphs of the excerpt can best be used to support which of the following historical arguments?
Some political leaders pointed to traditions of self-determination when making foreign policy.
Which of the following best explains the policy of the United States toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s?
Strong isolationist sentiments after the First World War left many Americans wary of involvement in another European conflict.
Which of the following best explains changes in migration patterns in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s?
The Great Depression of the 1930s and the increased demand for war production in the 1940s led many Americans to migrate to cities in search of economic opportunities.
In which of the following ways did the New Deal mark a departure from previous government practices?
The New Deal actively used government power to stimulate economic recovery.
The development depicted in the image best helps explain which of the following effects on United States foreign relations?
The United States and its allies won the war in part because they had sufficient military supplies.
Which of the following explains the historical situation that led Lodge to deliver the speech in the excerpt?
The United States came to control new colonial possessions after the Spanish-American War.
Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the argument made in the excerpt?
The United States experienced persistent racial violence throughout the early twentieth century.
Which of the following best explains United States foreign policy between the First World War and the Second World War?
The United States followed an isolationist policy in order to avoid becoming involved in another conflict abroad.
Which of the following social contexts best helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt?
The United States population shifted from rural to urban areas.
Which of the following best explains how the United States sought to engage in world affairs in the 1920s and 1930s, the decades immediately following the First World War?
The United States used peace treaties and select military intervention to promote international order.
Which of the following is a limitation of using Bryan's speech to study the differences between imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early 1900s?
The anti-imperialist idea in the speech about the racial differences between Filipinos and White Americans was similar to the racial theories of imperialists.
The speech could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical situations related to the First World War?
The changes in traditional ideas about United States noninvolvement in Europe
Which of the following contexts most directly contributed to the trend in immigration described in the first paragraph of the excerpt?
The continued transition of the United States from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy
Which of the following long-term developments in the second half of the 1800s best helps to explain the change in United States culture depicted in the excerpt?
The creation of new manufacturing methods allowed factories to greatly increase production.
Which of the following developments during the mid-to-late 1910s could best be used as evidence to refute the argument made in the excerpt?
The economic situation of many African Americans in urban areas improved.
The excerpt can best be used to explain which of the following situations that resulted from the Spanish-American War?
The emergence of nationalist movements in areas under United States control
The excerpt could best be used to explain which of the following postwar situations?
The emergence of the United States as a global superpower
The development depicted in the excerpt had most in common with which of the following earlier developments?
The expansion of the telegraph system during the Gilded Age
The impact of the Great Depression on agriculture in the United States continued which of the following trends?
The farm labor force diminished in size as the economy industrialized.
The excerpt best reflects which of the following changes to United States society compared to previous periods?
The growth of a consumer culture that emphasized leisure time
The development by the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt represented a continuation of which of the following earlier developments?
The growth of the middle class during the Gilded Age
Patterns of migration in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s were most similar to which of the following earlier patterns of migration?
The immigration of Europeans to Northern cities in the United States during the Gilded Age
The ideas expressed in the excerpt are best situated within which of the following broader historical contexts?
The impact of the transition of the United States from an agricultural to an industrial economy
The excerpt best explains which of the following historical situations during the late nineteenth century?
The increased involvement of the United States in Asia and the Pacific
The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments by the 1920s?
The movement of African Americans during the Great Migration
The excerpt could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical developments?
The persistence of popular isolationist sentiment in the United States in the early 1900s
The excerpt could best be used to explain the significance of which of the following historical situations?
The role of journalism in reform movements
The point of view expressed in the excerpt most directly contributes to a historical understanding of which of the following issues?
The role of the United States in the establishment of postwar peace settlements
Which of the following is a limitation of using the excerpt to study the long-term influences on United States involvement overseas in the early 1900s?
The speech was given during the period when this development occurred
Evidence from the excerpt could best be used to support which of the following arguments about journalists during the Progressive Era?
They feared that unfair corporate practices were undermining smaller companies and promoting economic inequality.
Which of the following arguments about Progressives could Muir's point of view best be used to support?
They were supportive of federal regulation of the economy in order to limit the impact of industrialization.
The publication of the excerpt most likely had which of the following purposes?
To increase opposition to the United States annexation of the Philippines
The point of view in the excerpt best supports which of the following historical arguments about United States involvement in the First World War before 1917 ?
United States policies favorable to Great Britain undercut American neutrality.
Which of the following best explains a context for the development depicted in the excerpt?
Urban centers provided African Americans with opportunities for artistic expression.
Which of the following contexts helps to explain the economic changes that contributed to the production of the excerpt?
Women experienced growing opportunities to earn wages.
Which of the following best explains the cause of the historical development depicted in the image?
Workforce shortages led to calls for women to perform jobs previously reserved for men.
A limitation of the excerpt as evidence of the reasons for United States entry into the First World War was that it
expressed opposition to war with Germany
Other world leaders most likely interpreted the excerpt as indicating that the United States was
taking a leading role in world diplomacy.
A context that helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt is that, after 1920, Americans were debating
the appropriate gender roles for women in society
A limitation of using the speech excerpted to study opposition to the League of Nations is that the speech
was given before the Treaty of Versailles was concluded
