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.

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

Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the 14th & 15th Amendments because they

gave nation citizenship rights to A.A males but not females

The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was

the overthrow of Mussolini & Italy's unconditional surrender

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

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

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

the white South and big-city immigrant machines

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

avoid corporate regulation by the states

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

Sen. McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in Democratic primary

The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it

united the nation into a single, integrated national market

Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he

had removed regulatory controls from major industries

In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants

rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas

The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it

marked the beginning of a German withdrawal

The 3rd party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

featured the support of prominent women progressives

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

gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position

Americans favored providing aid to Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons but

belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented threat to U.S.

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

motivated by treaty obligations

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

he had executive privilege (confidentiality)

The monetary inflation needed to relieve social & hardships of 19th century came as a result of

an increase in the international gold supply

Relations with America's European allies in NATO

The term "Hoovervilles" refers to

shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people

During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, to

spy on domestic antiwar protesters

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

concentrate first on the war in Europe then war on Japan

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

educate students for the broad rang of life's challenge

Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except

willingness to accept responsibility

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the Presidency in March 1933

he received unprecedented congressional support

The oil industry became a huge business

with the invention of the internal combustion engine

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

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1
President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ___ trusts.
dissolving
regulating
nationalizing
collusion with
2
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 U.S. began to ally itself with Russia against Japan
U.S. relations with Japan improved
China began to seek an alliance with the U.S.
3
In response to Congress's attempt to stop him from continuing the bombing of Cambodia, Nixon
shifted the bombing campaign to Laos
repeatedly vetoed Congress's bills to halt the attacks
gradually reduced the number of bombing raids
declared he was stopping the bombing but continued secretly
4
Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the 14th & 15th Amendments because they
gave white women but not black women the right to vote
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
5
The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was
a conflict between Churchill & General Eisenhower
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
6
Wilson's efforts to conduct an anti-imperialist U.S. foreign policy were 1st undermined when he
sent the U.S. Navy to seize the Virgin Islands from Denmark
told Filipinos that they couldn't independence for 40 years
dispatched U.S. military forces in China
sent American marines to Haiti and Dominican Republic
7
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A
C
D
B
8
the first major product of the oil industry was
Gasoline
Kerosene
Heating oil
Natural gas
9
The McNary-Haugen Bill passed by Congress & vetoed by Coolidge was aimed to assist farmers by
providing federal farm subsidies and federal price suppports
providing federal support for farm co-operatives
making the importation of cheaper agricultural commodities
having the federal government buy farm surpluses & sell them
10
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the U.S.; France
France; Czechoslovakia
Germany; Britain
Poland; France
11
The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in
the white South and big-city immigrant machines
the small towns of Northeast and the South
Midwestern farmers
big business and those involved in international trade
12
To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the 14th Amendment
help freedmen to work in factories
avoid corporate regulation by the states
incorporate big business
allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes
13
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
began seeking alternative sources of energy
engaged in sabotage against pro-Soviet governments in area
developed close cooperation with Israeli intelligence agency
14
By the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to
A
D
B
C
15
Which of the following was not among features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar
B
D
C
A
16
Which of the following was not among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?
The motion picture
The electric dynamo
The electric light bulb
The phonograph
17
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C
A
B
D
18
Which of the following was not among prominent African American cultural figures of the 1920s?
Ralph Ellison
Joseph "King" Oliver
"Jelly Roll" Morton
Langston Hughes
19
In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist attacks, President Eisenhower
B
D
C
A
20
The incident that caused clash between Congress & President Johnson to explode into the open
the creation of the sharecropping system
Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau
passage of the Pacific Railroad Act
the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment
21
Hitler's last-ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in
the Battle of the Bulge
the Battle of the Rhineland
the attempt to assassinate Churchill and Roosevelt
an attempt to arrange a negotiated peace with Stalin
22
The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when
Vice President Humphrey turned against Johnson's policies
Senate voted to cut off funds for any escalation of war
Sen. McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in Democratic primary
3-party challenger George Wallace began criticizing Johnson
23
America's first billion-dollar corporation was
Standard oil
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
General Electric (GE)
United States Steel
24
Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a(n)
inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates
lack of political experience
mediocre mind
administrative weakness
25
The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it
enabled people from farms and small towns to visit cities
developed a skill industrial workforce
united the nation into a single, integrated national market
enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living
26
Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he
had failed to control double-digit inflation
had not aggressively pursued civil rights
negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty
had removed regulatory controls from major industries
27
The first talkie motion picture was
The Great Train Robbery
Gone with the Wind
The Jazz Singer
The Birth of a Nation
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Germany's nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
the fall of France
the invasion of Poland
Hitler's armies overrunning Denmark and Norway
29
In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants
were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges
rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas
sharply criticized American society and American government
welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics
30
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
31
The steel industry owed much to the inventive genius of
Jay Gould
Henry Bessemer
J.P. Morgan
Thomas Edison
32
The 3rd party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
failed to endorse significant social justice causes
assumed the animal symbol of the "bull moose"
featured the support of prominent women progressives
never developed a coherent political counterpart to Wilson
33
Opposition the League of Nations by many U.S. senators during the Paris Peace Conference
gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position
stemmed from a small minority of hard-core isolationists
forced Wilson to drop his goal of establishing security
led to an abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine
34
Americans favored providing aid to Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons but
sympathy for Cuban patriots fighting for their freedom
belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented threat to U.S.
atrocity stories reported in yellow press of William Hearst
fear that American investment in Cuban sugar would be lost
35
In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the U.S. was
acknowledging the view of the U.S. Navy
providing tacit encouragement to Japanese militarists
providing the Philippines with long-term economic terms
motivated by treaty obligations
36
Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to prosecutor & Congress by claiming that
it would violate his 5th Amendment rights
portions of the tape were erased
he had executive privilege (confidentiality)
it would violate his right to privacy
37
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
McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard
an increase in the international gold supply
38
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American troops in Somalia
Ethnic violence and massive deaths in Rwanda
Ethnic conflict in the Balkans
Relations with America's European allies in NATO
39
By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was
1/4 (25%)
3/4 (75%)
1/2 (50%)
1/10 (10%)
40
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
41
The term "Hoovervilles" refers to
breadlines and soup kitchens that fed the hungry
industrial sections of cities where poor workers lived
shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people
picket lines erected by the bonus Army in their protest
42
A Century of Dishonor (1881) was authored by
Chief Joseph
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Joseph F. Glidden
Helen Hunt Jackson
43
During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, to
spy on domestic antiwar protesters
help destabilize the government of Thailand
infiltrate FBI headquarters
lead an invasion of Cambodia
44
In the 1980 national elections
B
D
C
A
45
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C
A
B
D
46
The fundamental strategic decision of WW2 made by Roosevelt & the British was to
arouse the American people to an idealistic crusade
fight naval war against Japan & land war against Germany
plant for a second front in Western Europe ASAP
concentrate first on the war in Europe then war on Japan
47
According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
instill rigid discipline and moral character in young people
emphasize training for particular set of professional skills
educate students for the broad rang of life's challenge
ensure that his/her students pass all standardized exams
48
Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except
few pretensions
honesty
willingness to accept responsibility
patience and prudery
49
When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the Presidency in March 1933
he rejected a pragmatic approach to governing the country
he received unprecedented congressional support
Congress refused to grant him any legislative authority
he knew exactly what he wanted to do
50
The oil industry became a huge business
when oil shipping tankers were constructed on massive scale
when diesel engines were perfected
when federal government granted a monopoly to Standard Oil
with the invention of the internal combustion engine
51
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
soon gold & silver would both be replaced by paper currency
supporting silver would be politically good to Democrats
the unlimited supplies of silver within the U.S.
52
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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
53
The three P's that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are
patriotism, pro-war enthusiasm, and perfectionism
poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority
population Bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity
public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions
54
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airport construction program
interstate highway system
urban public subway and light rail project
Grand Coulee dam project
55
President Clinton aroused the hostility of liberals within his own party when he
appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court
signed the Welfare Reform Bill
vetoed the Welfare Reform Bill
backed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays
56
At first, John F. Kennedy moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because he
B
D
C
A
57
Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities
exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas
exposed the U.S. Senate as a millionaire's club
unmasked corrupt alliance between big business & government
uncovered corruption between government & Oil Company
58
Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was
production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive car
introducing a variety of automobile models with varied color
voluntarily permitting unions to organize his auto plants
installment credit buying of cars
59
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited
federal government from favoring 1 business over another
private corporations from engaging in restraint of trade
companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding
competing comp. from having interlocking boards of directors
60
The Fourteenth Amendment
guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote
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
61
The Federal Farm Board lent money to farmers primarily to help them to
learn a new and more profitable trade
open new land to cultivation
organize producers' cooperatives
take land out of production
62
The largest southern-based monopolistic corporation was the one founded by James Duke to make
cigaretts
alcohol
textiles
oil
63
When he took office in 1961, Kennedy chose to try to stimulate the sluggish economy through
a tighter monetary policy
a massive foreign-aid program
large-scale government spending programs
an income tax cut
64
After mid-term elections of 2006, who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House?
Hillary Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
Janet Napolitano
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
65
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
tried to take the U.S. back to an earlier age of aristocracy
were environmentally insenitive
were insufficiently philanthropic
66
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of
banking syndicates
labor unions
railroad corporations
oil companies
67
The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his
dismal of Secretary Stanton contrary to Tenure of Office Act
veto of the Reconstruction Act of 1867
veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill
readmission of Southern states without reconstructing them
68
An epidemic of violent strikes and labor conflict in 1892 led to the prospect of
a switch of urban works from Democratic to Republican party
Populists declaring opposition to immigration restrictions
Grover Cleveland's switch to pro-labor & pro-farmer campaign
Populists adding industrial workers for support among farmer
69
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
70
One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was
a political turn to the Democrats & the rise new Labor Party
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
71
The money used to provide Social Security payments to retirees comes from
Social Security taxes paid by current workers
the contributions made by elderly during their working lives
private employers' pension funds
the federal income tax
72
All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 except he
was an excellent orator
was an energetic and charismatic campaigner
disliked the concept of class conflict
was very youthful
73
One exception to Harding's policy of isolationism involved in Middle East, where U.S. sought to
stop the Soviet Union from dominating the area
stop League of Nations letting British & French protectorate
secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies
support a homeland for Jews in Israel
74
As a part of his New look foreign policy, President Eisenhower
called for "open skies" mutual inspection program over both
sought to an alliance with China
allied with Israel against the Arab states
sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters
75
The single largest source of a raw material that fueled early American industrialization was
Mesabi iron rang of Minnesota
coal mines of Kansas and Nebraska
copper mines of Montana and Arizona
oil wells of Oklahoma and Texas

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