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Kerr U.S. II Benchmark #1
Communists advocated
Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election after promising
Kerr U.S. II Benchmark #1
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1
Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election after promising
an immediate end to the Depression.
a "new deal" for the American people.
to lower taxes.
to close the stock market.
2
Communists advocated
the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti.
private property and individual freedoms.
government control of farms, industries, land, and transportation.
return to "normalcy."
3
What event occurred on November 6, 1917 that would have lasting international repercussions?
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for murder.
President Warren G. Harding was assassinated.
A series of U.S. labor strikes began.
Lenin's Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian government.
4
The overall goal of President Wilson's Fourteen Points was to
create a lasting peace.
promote imperialism.
preserve Europe's system of alliances.
force Germany to pay for war damages.
5
What is federal deficit spending?
money owed over the long term to bondholders
money spent on public works programs
money spent over and above annual revenues
money spent to repay the annual debt, or "deficit"
6
The "Bonus Army," consisting of U.S. World War I veterans and their families, was defeated by
fortifications around Washington D.C.
American soldiers under General MacArthur.
hunger and cold.
German troops at Verdun.
7
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was a federal project that controlled
agricultural erosion in Tennessee.
flooding on the Tennessee River.
banking in the state of Tennessee.
race rioting in the south.
8
In the 1920s, many African Americans moved to northern cities to escape
labor strikes.
overcrowded southern cities.
the Jim Crow laws.
competition from European immigrants.
9
The stock market crash led directly to
higher farm prices.
the Great Depression
prosperity in Europe.
a rapid recovery.
10
The FDIC and the SEC, both started under Roosevelt's administration, are federal
public works programs.
agricultural assistance programs.
public arts organizations.
financial organizations.
11
The Great Depression lasted until
the U.S. entered World War II in 1941.
businesses cut workers' salaries and productivity returned.
a group of bankers pooled their money and purchased stocks.
President Hoover left office.
12
During World War I, the government's role in the American economy
was insignificant.
grew.
decreased.
was felt only in military production.
13
Unlike previous conflicts, many troops were decimated in World War I by
famine.
a contaminated water supply.
modern warfare techniques and weapons.
harsh terrain.
14
During the Red Scare, many Americans blamed labor strikes on
high rent.
Republicans.
Communists.
the shortage of workers.
15
During World War I, the United States government passed laws to
promote freedom of the press.
prohibit all immigration.
protect people's right to criticize the Constitution.
silence opposition to the American war effort.
16
The Scopes trial was about the teaching of
racial prejudices in the home.
alcohol distillation during Prohibition.
new journalistic techniques.
evolution in public schools.
17
Bank runs were
mass withdrawals of money from banks.
long trips made by bankers to obtain money from Federal Reserve banks.
erected by Dust Bowl farmers to prevent soil from eroding.
not common until after the Depression had ended.
18
Hard times on the farms of the Great Plains caused many farm families to
move to Canada.
move to California.
move south to become sharecroppers.
begin growing cash crops.
19
Marcus Garvey encouraged African Americans to
move north.
move to Africa.
integrate the races.
support the NAACP.
20
A main goal of the New Deal was to
lower taxes.
create jobs.
decrease the size of government.
oppose labor unions.
21
One characteristic of a consumer economy is that
only the rich can afford modern products.
people make everything they need.
people buy large numbers of products.
most people work at home.
22
The Dow Jones is a(n)
type of risky loan that can hurt a bank.
statistical method for determining investor confidence.
average of stock prices of major industries.
service that tracks the nation's business cycles.
23
Calvin Coolidge's presidency was marked by
corruption and scandal from misguided presidental appointments.
a laissez-faire approach to business and a minimal role for government.
a sharp increase in government spending.
economic instability.
24
Which of the following art forms came to define the decade of the 1920s?
jazz music
impressionist painting
radio broadcasting
playwriting
25
What was a flapper?
a dance craze that swept the nation in the 1920s
a supplier of illegal alcohol during Prohibition
a slang term for a 1920s jazz musician
a popular image of a 1920s woman
26
Where was the "Dust Bowl" located?
in California
in the northeast United States
in the southern United States
in the midwest United States
27
The Harlem Renaissance was
the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
an African American literary awakening.
a popular New York jazz club.
a growth in the population of Manhattan in the 1920s.
28
During the New Deal, labor unions
were declared illegal.
lost many members.
grew in size and power.
opposed FDR.
29
Tensions between Germany and the United States grew because of
British submarine attacks
Germany's refusal to use American U-boats.
German submarine attacks.
Germany's threats to use U-boats.
30
Buying on margin is sometimes practiced in
stock trading.
paper manufacturing.
industrial expansion.
the publishing industry.
31
The Schlieffen Plan outlined Germany's strategy to
recruit countries to join their coalition
overthrow Great Britain's government.
defeat France and Russia.
divide colonies after the war.
32
At first, The United States responded to World War I by
declaring its neutrality.
stopping its overseas trade.
sending troops immediately to Europe
forming an alliance with the Central Powers.
33
Installment plans were developed by manufacturers to
help customers get products installed in their homes.
reduce consumer debt and encourage spending.
speed up production of goods.
increase profits by loaning money and charging interest.
34
Fundamentalism refers to a
political trend in the mid-1920s.
conservative religious movement.
literary movement that flourished in Harlem.
musical offshoot of jazz.
35
Henry Ford's first two commercial automobiles were the
Chevrolet and Model T.
Model T and Quadricycle.
Model T and Model A.
Model A and Model B
36
The Twenty-first Amendment repealed
the right to consume alcohol.
bankers' right to foreclose on farms.
Prohibition.
unjust tax laws that had started the Great Depression.
37
The term "Hooverville" was used to describe
President Hoover's home town.
shelters built by homeless people.
housing built by the government.
the stock market.
38
The Eighteenth Amendment
prohibited alcohol.
established an income tax.
gave women the right to vote.
abolished slavery.
39
John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath was about
the effort to unionize grape workers in California.
migrant farmers in the Dust Bowl era.
political battles during the New Deal.
striking automobile workers in Detroit.
40
Which of the following was a result of Prohibition?
Most Americans in cities stopped drinking.
The crime rate fell in most cities.
Crime organizations grew rich selling alcohol.
Sale of alcohol rose in rural areas.
41
In the Senate, the main criticism of the League of Nations was that it would
not be located in the United States.
be too expensive.
accept too many nations as members.
draw the United States into another war.
42
Which New Deal program was created to offer payments to people who could not support themselves?
Social Security
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Reserve Board
43
Soon after arriving in Europe, American troops
were unable to save Paris from capture by the Germans.
helped break through French lines.
helped fight back a German advance on Paris.
attacked Russia after it had made peace with Germany.
44
The use of the assembly line to manufacture automobiles allowed Ford to
produce cars without factory workers.
gain a monopoly on the automobile industry.
sell cars at higher prices
sell cars at prices ordinary Americans could afford.
45
Speakeasies allowed people to
hear jazz musicians from the comfort of their own homes.
learn about national news more quickly than ever before.
drink alcohol during Prohibition.
communicate inexpensively with distant relatives.
46
Roosevelt's regular public radio addresses to the nation were known as the
noontime talks.
Roosevelt Radio Hour.
fireside chats.
New Deal.
47
Frances Perkins and Mary McLeod Bethune were
noted laborers who benefited greatly from FDR's public works programs.
outspoken critics of the New Deal.
leaders of labor organizations.
high-ranking women in the Roosevelt administration.
48
One way Eleanor Roosevelt helped FDR was by
leading the National Recovery Administration.
becoming a powerful member of Congress.
reporting to him on how people were reacting to New Deal programs.
traveling to Europe to gain support for the New Deal.
49
As it applies to immigration policy, a quota is a(n)
numerical limit on immigration from certain ethnic groups or nations.
law that defines the requirements of U.S. citizenship.
denial of citizenship to an immigrant.
approval of citizenship to an immigrant.
50
When the United States joined World War I, it
had already instituted a draft as part of its preparations for war.
sent a huge army to Europe right away.
needed to institute a draft to build a large army.
refused to loan money to the Allies.
