Which statement best describes the need for organized labor?

corporate leaders ignored working conditions to increase $$

Which of the following would be the LEAST likely reason a person would have migrated to the US

better educational opportunities

Which best describes Pullman?

business owners like Pullman wanted to maximize profits

How did a changing population affect the development of cities?

poor quality low income tenements were built

Which statement best shows the difference between Roosevelt and Hoover in how the wanted to end the Great Depression?

Roosevelt wanted the government to step in and help people

Why did so many banks fail at the onset of the Great Depression?

Too many depositors tried to withdraw their money all at once

Which of the following as NOT a reason for the US entering WWI?

assassination of Franz Ferdinand

How did the FDIC encourage people to put their money back in banks?

it guaranteed they would get their money back up to a certain dollar limit

How did the Panama Canal help the US become a world power

made it easier to trade with other countries

What was the main benefit offered by many of Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

job opportunities created by the government

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1
All of the following were causes of WWI EXCEPT
Nationalism
Alliance system
Imperialism
Social Darwinism
2
Which statement best describes the need for organized labor?
workers wanted to be part of a community
corporate leaders wanted to increase wages
corporate leaders ignored working conditions to increase $$
employment opp. were plentiful and unions preserved jobs
3
Which of the following would be the LEAST likely reason a person would have migrated to the US
many job opportunities
better educational opportunities
chance to escape poverty
desire to escape religious persecution
4
Which best describes Pullman?
business owners like Pullman cared about their workers
workers enjoyed a large amount of control
business owners like Pullman wanted to maximize profits
industrialization had positive effects for workers
5
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?
Passage of the Social Security Act
Reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940
Beginning of World War II
Announcement of the Marshall Plan
6
How did a changing population affect the development of cities?
there was a lot of clean and safe housing options
immigration to the US decreased
poor quality low income tenements were built
immigrants found high paying jobs
7
Which group would most want to help after reading 'The Jungle'?
business owners
progressives
politicians
inventors
8
Which inventions most likely helped grow railroads?
telegraph, oil, coal
entrepreneurship, steel, monopoly
telegraph, oil, coal
oil, steel, steam power
9
Which statement best shows the difference between Roosevelt and Hoover in how the wanted to end the Great Depression?
Roosevelt believed the Depression would end on its own
Hoover believed more education would help
Roosevelt wanted the government to step in and help people
Hoover did not believe America would recover from the Great Depression
10
What was NOT a result of the Great Depression?
FDIC
Hoovervilles
recovery efforts
passing Prohibition
11
Why did so many banks fail at the onset of the Great Depression?
The Federal Reserve put too much money into circulation
The stock market collapsed too slowly to collect on debts
Too many investors tried to open new accounts
Too many depositors tried to withdraw their money all at once
12
Which of the following as NOT a reason for the US entering WWI?
assassination of Franz Ferdinand
sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Note
unrestricted submarine warfare
13
What was a long term effect of WWI?
sinking of the Lusitania
eventual entry into WWII
assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
creation of the Zimmerman note
14
How did the FDIC encourage people to put their money back in banks?
t provided retirement benefits to investors
it convinced people that banks would never fail again
it forced banks to stay open 24 hours
it guaranteed they would get their money back up to a certain dollar limit
15
What was the greatest impact of Henry Ford's assembly line
decreased need safety regulations
led to fire safety laws
made cars cheaper
raised prices of cars
16
Who took the blame for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Ottoman Empire
17
How did the Panama Canal help the US become a world power
led to agricultural products
opened up new land for settlement
led to the sinking of the Lusitania
made it easier to trade with other countries
18
What was the main benefit offered by many of Roosevelt's New Deal programs?
restoration of the banking industry
erosion control
electricity for the Tennessee Valley
job opportunities created by the government
19
What did progressive women believe was their greatest victory?
better housing conditions
passing Prohibition
getting the right to vote
equal pay with men

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