The purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was to

raise farm prices by limiting agricultural production

Conservative Republicans like Henry Cabot Lodge opposed the Treaty of Versailles argued that the League of Nations would

limit United States sovereignty

What was the main reason for the major decrease in the number of Europeans immigrating to the United States in the 1920s

The United States passed the National Origins Act

What was the effect and fall out of the Zimmerman note ( telegram) on the U. S. foreign Policy?

It pushed the United States closer to participation in the First World War

All of these contributed to the split of the Republican Party in 1912 EXCEPT:

Democratic control of the White House

Which of the following is true of the 1935 Social Security Act?

It legislated a tax that transfers money from workers to pensioners.

Which of the following was a common experience on the United States home front during the Second World War?

Rationing of basic consumer goods

Which of the following best characterizes the muckrakers of the early twentieth century?

They were leading critics of urban boss politics

During the 1920s, both the Sacco and Vanzetti case and the rise of the new Ku Klux Klan reflected

public fear and resentment of southern and eastern European immigrants

Which of the following correctly describes the Committee on Public Information?

It was made to mobilize domestic support for the war effort during WWI.

What section of the country did women get the right to vote by 1919

The west because Frontier life tended to promote more acceptance of women.

Which of the following was most significant in influencing organized labor to support the Democratic Party?

The passage of the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

The United States home front during the First World War was marked by an increase in all of the following EXCEPT

support of individual liberties by the Supreme Court

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson established a policy that called for

acknowledgment of American neutral rights on the high seas

During the Great Depression, “Hoovervilles” were

shantytowns of unemployed and homeless people

Jacob Riis’s "How the Other Half Lives" is a study of

immigrant urban poverty and despair in 1890’s

Which of the following statements about the Tennessee Valley Authority is correct?

It built dams that made rural electrification possible.

African American migration to the urban North during the First World War was due primarily to

expanded job opportunities in Northern factories

In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover disagreed most strongly about the desirability of

direct federal relief to individuals

Robert La Follete was known to...

expose corrupt political leaders

Which of these was not a result of the Progressive movement?

a return to traditional society

Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity

Why did some opponents of the war like senator Robert Lafollette say that getting involved in the war was a bad Idea?

Joining the war goes against our traditional foreign policy of neutrality

One means by which President Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was

the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

An underlying cause of the Great Depression, which began in 1929, was

overproduction in the manufacturing and farm sectors

American participation in the Second World War had which of the following major effects on the home front?

A movement of women into factory work

A key goal of the Progressive movement was to

use government power to regulate industrial production and labor conditions

The assembly-line production of Henry Ford’s Model T car resulted in which of the following by the end of the 1920s?

Widespread purchase of automobiles by average American families

In FDR's Four Freedoms Speech, what is FDR eluding to when he talks about "freedom from want"?

ending the Depression and getting people back to work to feed their family

In Schenck v. the U.S. what Speech did the Supreme court find that it was a Clear and present danger during wartime?

Critiques by radicals of United States foreign policy going against the war

Why did some opponents to WWI say we were not neutral before 1917 and we helped Great Britain before we joined the War?

U.S. policies favorable to Great Britain undercut American neutrality

The flappers of the 1920’s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

President Theodore Roosevelt addressed all of the following issues during his presidency EXCEPT

insider trading on the stock market

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AGHS APUSH TP #7 1890-1945

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1
Many countries, including the USA, experienced high inflation after WWI
True
False
2
The purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was to
expand agricultural production by subsidizing farmers
provide for the distribution of surplus meat and produce to the poor
ease the economic difficulties of sharecroppers and tenant farmers
raise farm prices by limiting agricultural production
3
Jane Addams advocated for women to help educate children and gain the right to vote. What movement was she involved in?
Expansionism
Conservatism
Progressivism
Cult of Domesticity
4
Conservative Republicans like Henry Cabot Lodge opposed the Treaty of Versailles argued that the League of Nations would
limit United States sovereignty
prevent the United States from seeking reparations from Germany
isolate the United States from postwar world affairs
violate President Wilson’s own Fourteen Points
5
What was the main reason for the major decrease in the number of Europeans immigrating to the United States in the 1920s
The United States passed the National Origins Act
An increase in emigration from Mexico left few jobs for Europeans
Most European countries passed laws forbidding immigration to the U.S.
There was widespread prosperity in Europe after the First World War
6
What was the effect and fall out of the Zimmerman note ( telegram) on the U. S. foreign Policy?
It resulted in the Palmer raids of 1919.
It was used to justify a declaration of war against Mexico
It helped the newspapers to garner public support for the war against Spain
It pushed the United States closer to participation in the First World War
7
All of these contributed to the split of the Republican Party in 1912 EXCEPT:
Taft's tariff policy
Teddy Roosevelt's popularity
Democratic control of the White House
Taft's conservative nomination
8
Which of the following is true of the 1935 Social Security Act?
It provided health insurance for anyone who needed it
It created benefits for the needy by using taxes on corporate profits
It made the U.S. the 1st country to provide a social welfare system
It legislated a tax that transfers money from workers to pensioners.
9
Which of the following was a common experience on the United States home front during the Second World War?
Frequent antiwar protests
Highly publicized trials of suspected communists
Government attempts to misinform the public about the war’s death toll
Rationing of basic consumer goods
10
Which of the following best characterizes the muckrakers of the early twentieth century?
They were leading critics of urban boss politics
They wrote primarily for an academic audience.
They were mostly recent immigrants to the United States
They were primarily concerned with racial issues
11
Congress approved the Treaty of Versailles
True
False
12
During the 1920s, both the Sacco and Vanzetti case and the rise of the new Ku Klux Klan reflected
increased racism because of the migration of Black southerners to the North
the decreased influence of fundamentalist religious groups
public fear and resentment of southern and eastern European immigrants
growing lawlessness resulting from the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment
13
How did the USA's involvement in WWII effect the workforce back home
more women in factory work
women were more inclined to stay at home and take care of the house
More men became farmers and moved away from the city
Young children were forced into factory work.
14
Which of the following correctly describes the Committee on Public Information?
It was an antislavery group that formed after the Compromise of 1850.
It was made to mobilize domestic support for the war effort during WWI.
It was the first organization to oppose legalizing abortion
It was a business lobby against Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
15
What section of the country did women get the right to vote by 1919
The north because the cult of domesticity advocated women's suffrage.
The west because Frontier life tended to promote more acceptance of women.
The south becuase Jim Crow laws favored women than men.
The east because industrialization required more women in the factories.
16
Which of the following was most significant in influencing organized labor to support the Democratic Party?
Herbert Hoover’s signing of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
The passage of the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
The establishment of welfare capitalism in the 1920s
Harry Truman’s use of the Taft-Hartley Act
17
In the period from 1900 to 1921, which of the following groups made up the largest share of immigration to the U.S.?
Italians and Poles
English and Irish
French and Germans
Mexicans and Cubans
18
The United States home front during the First World War was marked by an increase in all of the following EXCEPT
employment opportunities for African Americans and Mexican Americans
support of individual liberties by the Supreme Court
participation of women in factories, government service, and volunteer work
government regulation of fuel, food, and transportation
19
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson established a policy that called for
a strict embargo on trade with all warring nations
immediate American aid to the Allied powers
American trade with Europe on a cash-and-carry basis only
acknowledgment of American neutral rights on the high seas
20
During the Great Depression, “Hoovervilles” were
government relocation camps for indigent workers
model communities established by the Hoover administration
soup kitchens financed under New Deal legislation
shantytowns of unemployed and homeless people
21
Jacob Riis’s "How the Other Half Lives" is a study of
Jim Crow segregation and its effect on African Americans
immigrant urban poverty and despair in 1890’s
the plight of Great Plains farmers in the 1890’s
corruption in city political machines in the 1890’s
22
Which of the following statements about the Tennessee Valley Authority is correct?
It built dams that made rural electrification possible.
It was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
It provided land for immigrants who wanted to become farmers
It was a state-sponsored agency established to restore eroded soil.
23
African American migration to the urban North during the First World War was due primarily to
expanded job opportunities in Northern factories
encouragement by White Protestant churches in the North
racially integrated residential neighborhoods in Northern cities
recruitment efforts by labor unions
24
The Red Scare was a widespread fear of the spread of democracy
True
False
25
The Quota Acts intended to decrease immigration from
Western Europe
China and Japan
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
Southern and eastern Europe
26
Women's employment rate increased during the Great Depression.
True
False
27
Germany promised Mexico the return of land lost in the Mexican-American War if they joined the Axis powers
True
False
28
Constitutional amendments enacted during the Progressive Era concerned all of the following EXCEPT
prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages
imposition of poll taxes
extension of suffrage to women
imposition of an income tax
29
The 17th Amendment allowed for the direct election of presidents
True
False
30
Which President banned discrimination in the defense industry?
FDR
Taft
Truman
Hoover
31
In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover disagreed most strongly about the desirability of
federal aid to corporations
a program of public works
direct federal relief to individuals
a balanced federal budget
32
What two countries signed a non-agression pact in order to divide up Poland?
Germany and the Soviet Union
Germany and Poland
The USA and Germamy
The Soviet Union and France
33
Robert La Follete was known to...
expose corrupt political leaders
participate in yellow journalism
expose racist corporation owners
advocate for prohibition
34
Which of these was not a result of the Progressive movement?
women's suffrage
trust busting
child labor reforms
a return to traditional society
35
Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?
The beginning of the NAACP
An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity
The rehabilitation of a decaying urban area
The most famous art show of the early twentieth century
36
Why did some opponents of the war like senator Robert Lafollette say that getting involved in the war was a bad Idea?
Americans did not assert rights of neutrality early in the war
The vast majority of popular opinion was in favor of declaring war
Joining the war goes against our traditional foreign policy of neutrality
Cultural connections made Americans sympathetic toward the Allied Powers.
37
One means by which President Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was
the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
a lowering of barriers for free trade
the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority
the early payments of bonuses to veterans
38
An underlying cause of the Great Depression, which began in 1929, was
excessive government control of business and industry
overproduction in the manufacturing and farm sectors
withdrawal of foreign investments from the United States
the budget deficit incurred after the First World War
39
The National Recovery Administration created the first
labor unions
women's voting rights
anti-segregation laws
minimum wages
40
American participation in the Second World War had which of the following major effects on the home front?
A movement of women into factory work
The breakdown of racial segregation in the South
The introduction of a system of national health insurance
The growth of isolationism in the Midwest
41
A key goal of the Progressive movement was to
use government power to regulate industrial production and labor conditions
replace capitalism with socialism
transform the United States into an agrarian republic
eliminate class differences in the United States
42
The assembly-line production of Henry Ford’s Model T car resulted in which of the following by the end of the 1920s?
A sharp decrease in railroad passenger traffic
The development of a large international market for American automobiles
The federal government’s abandonment of research on air travel
Widespread purchase of automobiles by average American families
43
In FDR's Four Freedoms Speech, what is FDR eluding to when he talks about "freedom from want"?
The fear of the Soviet threat to spread communism to nations in the West
Not wanting anything to do with help from the federal government
ending the Depression and getting people back to work to feed their family
Woodrow Wilson wanting to exstablish the Leauge of Nations
44
In Schenck v. the U.S. what Speech did the Supreme court find that it was a Clear and present danger during wartime?
African Americans protesting conditions in the rural South
Critiques by radicals of United States foreign policy going against the war
Nativist resistance to migration from abroad
Challenges by women to their prescribed status in society
45
Why did some opponents to WWI say we were not neutral before 1917 and we helped Great Britain before we joined the War?
Great Britain was defending humanitarian ideals shared with the U.S.
The actions of Germany made us help Britain because we were both democratic
U.S. policies favorable to Great Britain undercut American neutrality
Attacks by Germans subs on our ships made us side with Britain.
46
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote
True
False
47
The flappers of the 1920’s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting
an equal rights amendement
a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law
greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
gender equality in salaries
48
President Theodore Roosevelt addressed all of the following issues during his presidency EXCEPT
unsafe drug products
unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
insider trading on the stock market
monopolization and consolidation in the railroad industry
49
The Social Security Act of 1935 did not include...
established a system of old-age benefits
benefits for victims of industrial accidents
unemployment insurance
health care for the poor
50
The Civilian Conservation Corps employed this group of people
educated young women
non-educated African Americans
unemployed former soldiers
unemployed young men
51
Which group was hit the hardest by the Great Depression?
Wall Street brokers
Professional athletes
Small buisness owners
Farmers
52
When did the first Great Migration of African Americans from the South occur?
During and immediately after the First World War
During the Great Depression
During the civil rights movement of the 1960’s
Immediately following the Civil War
53
Woodrow Wilson tried to defend Article X ( if one is attacked all is attacked) of the League of Nations by
opposing the resolution on racial equality put forth by the Japanese.
refusal to award Fiume to the Italians
Refusing to accept the "reservations" by senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
sending troops to northern Russia and Siberia in 1919
54
Lincoln Steffens, a muckraker, advocated for good local government. How do referendums and recalls help with this?
Passage of legislation expanding political power to citizens
Strengthening of political machines in major urban areas
Elimination of legal and social segregation in northern cities
Limitations on local governments’ ability to regulate businesses
55
The LEAST prosperous group in the 1920s consisted of
workers in newer industries like radio and automobiles
skilled workers threatened by new laborsaving technologies
workers in older industries like steel and railroads
farmers in the Midwest and the South
56
Wilson’s Fourteen Points incorporated all of the following EXCEPT
open diplomacy
recognition of Allied economic and land agreements made during the war
freedom of the seas
national self-determination
57
About 1920, the # of kids aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?
The Supreme Court sustained laws barring child Labor.
States began to require children to attend school until a certain age (16).
The minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.
Factory owners advocated state child labor laws
58
What was the purpose of the Liberty Loan bonds between 1917 and 1918?
finance American involvement in the First World War
aid in the implementation of New Deal programs
encourage young men to enlist in the army
support the establishment of Boy Scout troops throughout the nation
59
Why did African Americans leave the south between 1900 and 1929?
A chance to own and farm large tracts of land in the west
A surplus of affordable housing available in the North and West
A desire to achieve religious freedom in the North and West
It was an effort to escape violence and limited opportunity in the South
60
All of the following contributed to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment legislating Prohibition in 1919 EXCEPT
the continued efforts of the Anti-Saloon League
the First World War lending patriotism to the cause of prohibition
the Progressive belief in social reform
the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents
61
How did Woodrow Wilson try to counter act Big Business influence on the economy?
increasing tariff rates
eliminating the gold standard
establishing the Federal Trade Commission
applying the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to corporations

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