The “spark” that started World War I was

the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand

All of the following occurred during the Second World War EXCEPT

The prohibition of interstate travel without permission

return the country to full employment

A Christian fundamentalist is one who

Believes in the fundamental inerrancy of the Bible.

In the presidential election of 1916, the Democrats emphasized

Wilson had managed to keep the US out of the European war

The main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to

Provide government credit to secure failing banks

The term “Bolshevik” refers to

A member of a revolutionary communist faction in Russia

The Japanese officially surrendered by signing a treaty

On the battleship U.S.S. Missouri.

The relief programs of the New Deal had long term significance because they

Marked an expansion in the role of the federal government.

The main purpose of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) was to

Distribute pro-war propaganda & promote support in the US

Which of the following was NOT a government organization created as a result of the Cold War?

Federal Department of Investigation

What did economist John Keynes say was necessary to restart the economy during the depression?

Use government spending to increase consumer demand

Which of the following is true about the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?

It was a multilateral pact condemning recourse to war.

“liberty cabbage” & “liberty sausage” replacing “sauerkraut” & “bratwurst” during war showed

American hostile reaction to things German

In 1916, Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election

With less than fifty percent of the vote.

The new American mass culture resulted in all of the following changes EXCEPT

The decline in newspaper and magazine circulation.

The 19thAmendment to the Constitution

granted suffrage rights to women

What was the U-2 incident?

An American spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union.

Which New Deal Agency used a blue eagle & “We do our part” to identify participating businesses

National Recovery Administration

During the Second World War, Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam were

Sites of conferences held by the Big Three.

During World War II, the Japanese word kamikaze referred to

a Japanese suicide mission when a pilot purposely crashed

Which of the following was NOT a communist spy exposed during the late-1940s or early-1950s?

All of the above were exposed as communist spies

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1
The “spark” that started World War I was
the sinking of the Lusitania
the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand
the assassination of Russian Tsar Nicholas II
Germany’s invasion of Belgium
2
In an attempt to force Russia out of war, what exiled Russian did Germany send back home?
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Alexander Kerensky
3
What was the goal of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
To prevent war
To limit military buildup
To end the use of protective tariffs
To force European nations to repay their war debts
4
Who wrote, “There can be no right to strike against the public by anybody, anywhere, anytime”?
A. Mitchell Palmer
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
5
The first man-made satellite, _________, launched by the Soviets in 1957, began the Space Race.
Bikini
Apollo
Lika
Sputnik
6
All of the following occurred during the Second World War EXCEPT
The prohibition of interstate travel without permission
An increase in Black migration to urban areas
An increase of married women entering the paid work force
The forced relocation of Japanese-Americans to camps
7
The New Deal did NOT
encourage the growth of unions
return the country to full employment
vastly increase the federal bureaucracy
claim government had responsibility for the national welfare
8
A Christian fundamentalist is one who
Believes in general ideas of the Bible, not in literal truth
Accepts the basic truths of all the world’s religions
Believes in the fundamental inerrancy of the Bible.
Wishes to base morality on secular fundamentals.
9
Who won the 1952 presidential election?
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
10
Who was elected president in 1960?
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
11
Which of the following place names most readily brings to mind appeasement of the Nazis?
Munich
Stockholm
Paris
Dunkirk
12
In 1958, what communist leader visited the US as part of “peaceful coexistence”?
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
Joseph Stalin
Ho Chi Minh
13
In the presidential election of 1916, the Democrats emphasized
domestic issues & almost ignored WWI an an issue
Wilson had managed to keep the US out of the European war
against violation of US neutrality & joining the Allies
stand against British & German violations of neutrality
14
The main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to
Provide low-cost mortgages to homeowners facing foreclosure
Provide work relief for unemployed through public projects
Provide government credit to secure failing banks
Raise farm prices by encouraging farmers to reduce output
15
The term “Bolshevik” refers to
Anyone who subscribed to communist ideology
A member of a revolutionary communist faction in Russia
A member of the white Russian loyalist army
A supporter of the Tsarist government in Russia
16
Teapot Dome is located in
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Alaska
17
The Japanese officially surrendered by signing a treaty
On the battleship U.S.S. Missouri.
On the island of Okinawa.
In the Japanese emperor’s palace.
In the city of Tokyo.
18
Which group, not previously aligned with the Democratics, joined the Roosevelt coalition?
Progressives
Labor unions
Southern whites
African Americans
19
The preacher of “Pan-Africanism,” and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. was
Langston Hughes
W.E.B. DuBois
J. Edgar Hoover
Marcus Garvey
20
The relief programs of the New Deal had long term significance because they
Abolished state and local programs of assistance.
Helped trigger immediate, widespread recovery.
Declared that government pay the wages of private industry.
Marked an expansion in the role of the federal government.
21
Which woman supported eugenics, contraception, and abortion to limit reproductive abilities ?
Alice Paul
Zelda Fitzgerald
Clara Bow
Margaret Sanger
22
What American nation aligned with the Soviet Union in 1959?
Mexico
Cuba
Nicaragua
Columbia
23
Which is NOT an example of something first made widely available and affordable in the 1920s?
radio
television
electric iron
automobile
24
The main purpose of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) was to
Infiltrate German lines & distribute flyers to citizens
Distribute pro-war propaganda & promote support in the US
Inform consumers about wartime regulations and restrictions
Report to American newspapers the status of the war
25
The New Deal did NOT
Help FDR build & strengthen the Democratic Party’s coalition
Prolong the Great Depression
End the Great Depression.
Create programs that had a lasting impact on USA
26
Which of the following was NOT a government organization created as a result of the Cold War?
Federal Department of Investigation
National Security Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
27
Camps of families made homeless by the Great Depression were known as
The slums
Hoovervilles
Bonus Armies
New Dealers
28
Which celebrated trial best illustrates the 1920s conflict between fundamentalism & modernism?
The John T. Scopes trial
The Leopold-Loeb trial
The Sacco-Vanzetti trial
The Albert B. Fall trial
29
Woodrow Wilson __________ the passage of the 19^thAmendment.
Ignored
Tacitly supported
Campaigned for
Opposed
30
Which general, made famous by WW2, also commanded US forces at the beginning of the Korean War?
Dwight Eisenhower
Matthew Ridgway
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
31
What did economist John Keynes say was necessary to restart the economy during the depression?
Maintain laissez-faire and let the economy recover naturally
Establishing greater protection to organized labor
Use government spending to increase consumer demand
Cutting taxes on business and investors so they could grow
32
Which of the following was NOT an action taken by Hoover to try and end the Great Depression?
Hoover did none of the above
Reconstruction Finance Commission provided business loans
Federal Farm Board organized to provide credits for farmers.
Hoover signed Hawley-Smoot tariff, the largest increase ever
33
Which of the following is true about the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?
It created an alliance between the United States and France.
It contained provisions (“teeth”) for enforcement of peace.
It was a bilateral pact for naval disarmament.
It was a multilateral pact condemning recourse to war.
34
The America First movement counted whom as its most famous member?
Pilot Charles Lindbergh
Time magazine publisher Henry Luce
Pilot Amelia Earhart
Republican Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie
35
“liberty cabbage” & “liberty sausage” replacing “sauerkraut” & “bratwurst” during war showed
food shortages in America
American food relief to Belgium
American hostile reaction to things German
fervor to increase food supply by planting “victory gardens”
36
The first Catholic to receive a major party’s presidential nomination was
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Al Smith
37
In the 1990s, the release of the Venona Papers confirmed the following
Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter White were both Communist agents
All of the above
Over 300 Soviet spies worked for US govt during & after WWII
USSR had agents in US, including several named by McCarthy
38
In 1916, Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election
With less than fifty percent of the vote.
With over fifty percent of the popular vote.
Wilson did not win the election of 1916.
After results were sent to Congress since no one won.
39
The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to
Assassinate Adolf Hitler to hasten the end of the war.
Develop improved jet technology to gain superiority.
Destroy a German espionage ring located in New York City.
Develop an atomic bomb.
40
The new American mass culture resulted in all of the following changes EXCEPT
The decline in newspaper and magazine circulation.
establishment of celebrity as an element in modern life.
The boom in the motion picture and radio industries
The rise of automobile ownership across the country.
41
June 6, 1944 became known as
Kristallnacht
V-E Day
D-Day
V-J Day
42
The 19^thAmendment to the Constitution
granted suffrage rights to women
changed how U.S. Senators were elected
allowed the government to impose an income tax
prohibited manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol
43
Who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
J. Robert Oppenheimer
44
What was the U-2 incident?
An American spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union.
US plan to invade Hungary and support a revolution.
Eisenhower’s resolution of the Suez Crisis.
Creation of NASA in response to the launching of Sputnik.
45
Which New Deal Agency used a blue eagle & “We do our part” to identify participating businesses
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Recovery Administration
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
46
One of the two locations on which the United States dropped atomic bombs were
Enola Gay
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Okinawa
47
Herbert Hoover was significant to the American effort in World War I as head of the
Food Administration
War Industries Board
Navy
Rationing Board
48
During the Second World War, Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam were
Pivotal military victories for the Allied powers.
Decisive victories for the Axis powers.
Sites of Nazi concentration camps.
Sites of conferences held by the Big Three.
49
During World War II, the Japanese word kamikaze referred to
a Japanese suicide mission when a pilot purposely crashed
ritual disembowelment
the speed with which Japan swept through Southeast Asia
atomic fallout
50
Which of the following was NOT a communist spy exposed during the late-1940s or early-1950s?
All of the above were exposed as communist spies
Julius Rosenberg
Harry Dexter White
Alger Hiss

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