The money used to provide Social Security payments to retirees comes from

Social Security taxes paid by current workers

Opposition the League of Nations by many U.S. senators during the Paris Peace Conference

gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position

The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when

Sen. McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in Democratic primary

Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he

had removed regulatory controls from major industries

The primary diplomatic result of Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese War was

both Japan & Russia became increasingly hostile to the U.S.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

private corporations from engaging in restraint of trade

All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 except he

disliked the concept of class conflict

The three P's that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are

population Bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the Presidency in March 1933

he received unprecedented congressional support

Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to prosecutor & Congress by claiming that

he had executive privilege (confidentiality)

Cleveland's hostility to silver & silver-backed currency was driven primarily by his fear that

the growing drain of gold from the U.S. Treasury

The oil industry became a huge business

with the invention of the internal combustion engine

During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following except

creating massive amounts of consumer debt

An epidemic of violent strikes and labor conflict in 1892 led to the prospect of

Populists adding industrial workers for support among farmer

The McNary-Haugen Bill passed by Congress & vetoed by Coolidge was aimed to assist farmers by

having the federal government buy farm surpluses & sell them

One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was

a political turn to the Democrats & the rise new Labor Party

The incident that caused clash between Congress & President Johnson to explode into the open

Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau

To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the 14th Amendment

avoid corporate regulation by the states

The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in

the white South and big-city immigrant machines

Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except

willingness to accept responsibility

One exception to Harding's policy of isolationism involved in Middle East, where U.S. sought to

secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies

The Federal Farm Board lent money to farmers primarily to help them to

organize producers' cooperatives

Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities

unmasked corrupt alliance between big business & government

Leftist scholars found fault with post-Civil War era captains of industry argued that these men

built their corporate wealth and power by exploiting workers

In response to a supposed Soviet threat to the Middle Eastern oil, the American CIA in 1953

staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government

The fundamental strategic decision of WW2 made by Roosevelt & the British was to

concentrate first on the war in Europe then war on Japan

In response to Congress's attempt to stop him from continuing the bombing of Cambodia, Nixon

repeatedly vetoed Congress's bills to halt the attacks

Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was

production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive car

Wilson's efforts to conduct an anti-imperialist U.S. foreign policy were 1st undermined when he

sent American marines to Haiti and Dominican Republic

According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to

educate students for the broad rang of life's challenge

The term "Hoovervilles" refers to

shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people

In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the U.S. was

motivated by treaty obligations

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1
In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist attacks, President Eisenhower
D
C
A
B
2
The money used to provide Social Security payments to retirees comes from
the federal income tax
Social Security taxes paid by current workers
private employers' pension funds
the contributions made by elderly during their working lives
3
Opposition the League of Nations by many U.S. senators during the Paris Peace Conference
led to an abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine
stemmed from a small minority of hard-core isolationists
gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position
forced Wilson to drop his goal of establishing security
4
The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when
3-party challenger George Wallace began criticizing Johnson
Senate voted to cut off funds for any escalation of war
Sen. McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in Democratic primary
Vice President Humphrey turned against Johnson's policies
5
Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he
had removed regulatory controls from major industries
had not aggressively pursued civil rights
had failed to control double-digit inflation
negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty
6
The primary diplomatic result of Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese War was
both Japan & Russia became increasingly hostile to the U.S.
U.S. relations with Japan improved
China began to seek an alliance with the U.S.
the U.S. began to ally itself with Russia against Japan
7
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited
private corporations from engaging in restraint of trade
companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding
competing comp. from having interlocking boards of directors
federal government from favoring 1 business over another
8
All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 except he
was very youthful
was an energetic and charismatic campaigner
disliked the concept of class conflict
was an excellent orator
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D
C
B
A
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the invasion of Poland
the fall of France
Germany's nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
Hitler's armies overrunning Denmark and Norway
11
The three P's that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are
population Bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity
poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority
public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions
patriotism, pro-war enthusiasm, and perfectionism
12
When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the Presidency in March 1933
he knew exactly what he wanted to do
he received unprecedented congressional support
Congress refused to grant him any legislative authority
he rejected a pragmatic approach to governing the country
13
President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ___ trusts.
regulating
dissolving
nationalizing
collusion with
14
Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to prosecutor & Congress by claiming that
portions of the tape were erased
it would violate his right to privacy
it would violate his 5th Amendment rights
he had executive privilege (confidentiality)
15
Cleveland's hostility to silver & silver-backed currency was driven primarily by his fear that
supporting silver would be politically good to Democrats
the growing drain of gold from the U.S. Treasury
soon gold & silver would both be replaced by paper currency
the unlimited supplies of silver within the U.S.
16
The oil industry became a huge business
with the invention of the internal combustion engine
when federal government granted a monopoly to Standard Oil
when oil shipping tankers were constructed on massive scale
when diesel engines were perfected
17
At first, John F. Kennedy moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because he
C
D
A
B
18
By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was
3/4 (75%)
1/10 (10%)
1/4 (25%)
1/2 (50%)
19
During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following except
providing a fundamental & solid basis for long prosperity
transforming once frugal Americans into consumers
stimulating of economic growth in the country
creating massive amounts of consumer debt
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C
B
D
A
21
An epidemic of violent strikes and labor conflict in 1892 led to the prospect of
Populists adding industrial workers for support among farmer
Populists declaring opposition to immigration restrictions
Grover Cleveland's switch to pro-labor & pro-farmer campaign
a switch of urban works from Democratic to Republican party
22
The McNary-Haugen Bill passed by Congress & vetoed by Coolidge was aimed to assist farmers by
providing federal support for farm co-operatives
providing federal farm subsidies and federal price suppports
having the federal government buy farm surpluses & sell them
making the importation of cheaper agricultural commodities
23
America's first billion-dollar corporation was
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
United States Steel
General Electric (GE)
Standard oil
24
One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was
the defeat of a Democratic House of Representatives in 1874
damage to the country's credit rating
the rise of American dollar against foreign currencies
a political turn to the Democrats & the rise new Labor Party
25
By the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to
A
D
B
C
26
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Grand Coulee dam project
urban public subway and light rail project
airport construction program
interstate highway system
27
The incident that caused clash between Congress & President Johnson to explode into the open
Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau
the creation of the sharecropping system
the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment
passage of the Pacific Railroad Act
28
According to the Progressives, the cure for all of American democracy's ill was
more democracy
a third political party
socialism
technical and scientific expertise
29
To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the 14th Amendment
incorporate big business
allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes
help freedmen to work in factories
avoid corporate regulation by the states
30
The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in
Midwestern farmers
the small towns of Northeast and the South
big business and those involved in international trade
the white South and big-city immigrant machines
31
Which of the following was not among prominent African American cultural figures of the 1920s?
Ralph Ellison
"Jelly Roll" Morton
Langston Hughes
Joseph "King" Oliver
32
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of
oil companies
labor unions
banking syndicates
railroad corporations
33
Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except
few pretensions
honesty
patience and prudery
willingness to accept responsibility
34
One exception to Harding's policy of isolationism involved in Middle East, where U.S. sought to
support a homeland for Jews in Israel
stop League of Nations letting British & French protectorate
stop the Soviet Union from dominating the area
secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies
35
The Federal Farm Board lent money to farmers primarily to help them to
organize producers' cooperatives
learn a new and more profitable trade
take land out of production
open new land to cultivation
36
Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities
unmasked corrupt alliance between big business & government
exposed the U.S. Senate as a millionaire's club
exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas
uncovered corruption between government & Oil Company
37
Leftist scholars found fault with post-Civil War era captains of industry argued that these men
built their corporate wealth and power by exploiting workers
were environmentally insenitive
tried to take the U.S. back to an earlier age of aristocracy
were insufficiently philanthropic
38
In response to a supposed Soviet threat to the Middle Eastern oil, the American CIA in 1953
began seeking alternative sources of energy
developed close cooperation with Israeli intelligence agency
staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government
engaged in sabotage against pro-Soviet governments in area
39
Hitler's last-ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in
the Battle of the Rhineland
the Battle of the Bulge
the attempt to assassinate Churchill and Roosevelt
an attempt to arrange a negotiated peace with Stalin
40
The fundamental strategic decision of WW2 made by Roosevelt & the British was to
plant for a second front in Western Europe ASAP
arouse the American people to an idealistic crusade
concentrate first on the war in Europe then war on Japan
fight naval war against Japan & land war against Germany
41
In response to Congress's attempt to stop him from continuing the bombing of Cambodia, Nixon
repeatedly vetoed Congress's bills to halt the attacks
shifted the bombing campaign to Laos
gradually reduced the number of bombing raids
declared he was stopping the bombing but continued secretly
42
Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was
voluntarily permitting unions to organize his auto plants
installment credit buying of cars
production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive car
introducing a variety of automobile models with varied color
43
Wilson's efforts to conduct an anti-imperialist U.S. foreign policy were 1st undermined when he
sent American marines to Haiti and Dominican Republic
dispatched U.S. military forces in China
told Filipinos that they couldn't independence for 40 years
sent the U.S. Navy to seize the Virgin Islands from Denmark
44
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the U.S.; France
Germany; Britain
Poland; France
France; Czechoslovakia
45
According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
educate students for the broad rang of life's challenge
instill rigid discipline and moral character in young people
emphasize training for particular set of professional skills
ensure that his/her students pass all standardized exams
46
The term "Hoovervilles" refers to
industrial sections of cities where poor workers lived
picket lines erected by the bonus Army in their protest
shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people
breadlines and soup kitchens that fed the hungry
47
The largest southern-based monopolistic corporation was the one founded by James Duke to make
textiles
alcohol
cigaretts
oil
48
After mid-term elections of 2006, who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House?
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Hillary Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
Janet Napolitano
49
In the 1980 national elections
B
C
A
D
50
In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the U.S. was
providing tacit encouragement to Japanese militarists
providing the Philippines with long-term economic terms
motivated by treaty obligations
acknowledging the view of the U.S. Navy
51
Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a(n)
mediocre mind
lack of political experience
inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates
administrative weakness
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B
C
D
A
53
The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his
readmission of Southern states without reconstructing them
veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill
dismal of Secretary Stanton contrary to Tenure of Office Act
veto of the Reconstruction Act of 1867
54
The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it
developed a skill industrial workforce
enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living
united the nation into a single, integrated national market
enabled people from farms and small towns to visit cities
55
the first major product of the oil industry was
Natural gas
Gasoline
Heating oil
Kerosene
56
Which of the following was not among features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar
B
C
D
A
57
During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, to
spy on domestic antiwar protesters
infiltrate FBI headquarters
help destabilize the government of Thailand
lead an invasion of Cambodia
58
Americans favored providing aid to Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons but
sympathy for Cuban patriots fighting for their freedom
atrocity stories reported in yellow press of William Hearst
fear that American investment in Cuban sugar would be lost
belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented threat to U.S.
59
The steel industry owed much to the inventive genius of
J.P. Morgan
Thomas Edison
Jay Gould
Henry Bessemer
60
When he took office in 1961, Kennedy chose to try to stimulate the sluggish economy through
large-scale government spending programs
a tighter monetary policy
a massive foreign-aid program
an income tax cut
61
As a part of his New look foreign policy, President Eisenhower
sought to an alliance with China
allied with Israel against the Arab states
sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters
called for "open skies" mutual inspection program over both
62
A Century of Dishonor (1881) was authored by
Chief Joseph
Joseph F. Glidden
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Helen Hunt Jackson
63
President Clinton aroused the hostility of liberals within his own party when he
signed the Welfare Reform Bill
vetoed the Welfare Reform Bill
appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court
backed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays
64
The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was
the overthrow of Mussolini & Italy's unconditional surrender
a modification of the demand for unconditional surrender
the threat of a Communist takeover of the Italian government
a conflict between Churchill & General Eisenhower
65
The Fourteenth Amendment
failed to confer any civil rights to the freedmen
met all the political demands of the radical Republicans
prohibited formed Confederates from federal & state office
guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote
66
Which of the following was not among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?
The motion picture
The electric light bulb
The electric dynamo
The phonograph
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Relations with America's European allies in NATO
Ethnic conflict in the Balkans
Ethnic violence and massive deaths in Rwanda
American troops in Somalia
68
The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it
marked a temporary reversal of the Allies progress in Europe
was the first time American troops saw action in France
marked the beginning of a German withdrawal
saw the first use of combat aircraft
69
The first talkie motion picture was
The Jazz Singer
The Birth of a Nation
Gone with the Wind
The Great Train Robbery
70
Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the 14th & 15th Amendments because they
contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on males
failed to give women the right to serve on juries
gave nation citizenship rights to A.A males but not females
gave white women but not black women the right to vote
71
The monetary inflation needed to relieve social & hardships of 19th century came as a result of
the repeal of the Gold Standard Act
the creation of the Federal Reserve System
an increase in the international gold supply
McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard
72
The 3rd party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
failed to endorse significant social justice causes
never developed a coherent political counterpart to Wilson
assumed the animal symbol of the "bull moose"
featured the support of prominent women progressives
73
In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants
rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas
sharply criticized American society and American government
were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges
welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics
74
The single largest source of a raw material that fueled early American industrialization was
coal mines of Kansas and Nebraska
Mesabi iron rang of Minnesota
oil wells of Oklahoma and Texas
copper mines of Montana and Arizona
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A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

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