Andrew Carnegie stated a differing view of the Gospel of Wealth by expressing that
__________.
A) socialists and capitalists should cooperate in labor negotiations
B) settlement houses were ineffective at addressing the needs of the poor
C) the affluent class should return some of their wealth to working class communities
D) the government was entirely responsible for poor living conditions
Alfred Smith, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928, was __________.
A) Methodist
B) Baptist
C) Jewish
D) Catholic
President Nixon’s domestic policies included __________.
A) extending Lyndon Johnson’s extensive aid to troubled cities
B) rejecting price and wage freezes in dealing with a struggling economy
C) funneling more money to suburbs through “no-strings” grants
D) cordial public relations with New Left reformers
Why did Allied leaders support the right of self-determination for the eastern European
countries formerly part of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires?
A) These countries swore allegiance to the Allied powers against Germany.
B) These countries were anticommunist and could serve as a border to protect Europe
from communist Russia.
C) These countries promised to join the League of Nations.
D) These countries vowed to defeat the Bolsheviks in Russia.
The Treaty of Versailles placed sole responsibility for the start of World War I on
__________.
A) Bosnia
B) Austria
C) Germany
D) Russia
Which statement about lynchings in the South in the 1890s is true?
A) Lynchings decreased compared to the Reconstruction era.
B) Leaders of lynch mobs tended to come from the wealthy ruling class.
C) Lynchings and acts of violence against blacks increased dramatically.
D) The federal government began to aggressively attempt to end lynchings.
A major effect of the Marshall Plan was __________.
A) a strengthening of the economic relationship between the United States and western
Europe
B) the political downfall of President Truman
C) the communist movement in western Europe gained momentum
D) business and labor never supported the political or economic philosophy of the plan
What year did prohibition go into effect?
A) 1916
B) 1919
C) 1926
D) 1933
Mining eventually became a corporate operation because __________.
A) individual miners left the region because of conflict with Indians
B) Indians sold their native lands to mining capitalists
C) massive capital investment in equipment was conducive to financial success
D) ethnic disputes destroyed unity in old mining towns
Which statement would most likely have been said by a nativist?
A) “The nation’s purity is being ruined by Catholics and undesirable foreigners.”
B) “Labor must organize across ethnic lines to achieve justice and equality.”
C) “The needs of the working class outweigh the desires of industrialists.”
D) “The workers’ movement must be global and cannot be restricted to local concerns.”
Which statement about conditions for African Americans during the depression is true?
A) Unemployment rates for blacks stayed at the same high pre-depression rate.
B) Blacks received equal treatment in receiving aid from relief programs.
C) Religious charity groups often denied providing help to blacks.
D) Blacks were generally the first workers to be fired and the last to be hired.
Between 1868″1896, the presidency was a(n) __________ institution.
A) weak
B) corrupt
C) strong
D) effective
Between 1965 and 1990, __________.
A) industrial growth brought great prosperity to the old cities of the Northeast
B) commercial farming declined as a portion of the agricultural economy
C) corporate “downsizing” reached an all-time low
D) the number of service workers continued to increase
In November 1933, President Roosevelt extended formal recognition to __________.
A) Cuba
B) the Soviet Union
C) South Africa
D) Canada
Which statement would most likely have been said by a radical Republican in 1865?
A) “The Constitution does not grant secession, thus the South has never left the Union.”
B) “Northern hypocrisy shall never determine the destiny of the South’s future.”
C) “The former Confederate states are to be treated as provinces conquered in war.”
D) “It is with no malice in our hearts that we welcome the return of our southern
brothers.”
Who was sworn in as president immediately after John Kennedy’s death?
A) Dwight Eisenhower
B) Lyndon Johnson
C) Gerald Ford
D) Richard Nixon
How did corporations help to fuel the rise of the Sunbelt?
A) They built new factories after being lured by weak labor laws.
B) They donated millions of dollars to build infrastructure.
C) They refused to move to the Sunbelt, which left the area pristine and attractive.
D) They offered to pay moving expenses for skilled workers.
Popular anger against Spain was ignited by __________.
A) their refusal to allow limited autonomy to Cuba
B) the destruction of the U.S. ship, the Maine
C) their insistence that deconcentration must continue indefinitely
D) the rising of Spanish rebels in Venezuela
In 1982, nearly 1 million people turned out in New York for a rally __________.
A) against the Vietnam War
B) in support of American offensives in the Persian Gulf War
C) against Richard Nixon’s policy of dtente
D) in support of a freeze on the development of nuclear weapons
“The 100 Days” refers to __________.
A) the active first three months of FDR’s first term of office
B) the “lame duck” final few months of Hoover’s presidency
C) the immediate after-effects of the stock market crash
D) the length of the sit-down strike at the General Motors plant
The first United States president to be impeached in the House of Representatives was
__________.
A) John Adams
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Andrew Johnson
D) Bill Clinton
FDR’s issuance of Executive Order 8802 __________.
A) allowed women to join the Army-Air Corps
B) required participation in scrap drives and victory gardens
C) gave approval for the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan
D) banned racial discrimination in employment for defense industries
D. W. Griffith’s successful film, Birth of a Nation, promoted an image of __________.
A) blacks as equal citizens
B) southerners and northerners working together
C) radicalism within the rural reform movement
D) a heroic Ku Klux Klan
Which of the following advocated a policy of war preparedness?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Jane Addams
C) William Jennings Bryan
D) the Socialist Party
President George W. Bush’s 2005 statement that the United States should actively
extend democracy throughout the world closely mirrored statements by which
president?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) James Monroe
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Thomas Jefferson
In the second half of the 1970s, hundreds of thousands of political refugees immigrated
to the United States from __________.
A) Canada
B) western Europe
C) Vietnam and Southeast Asia
D) South Africa
What nickname did the press give to the group formally known as the Commonweal of
Christ?
A) McKinley’s Army
B) Coxey’s Brigade
C) McKinley’s Brigade
D) Coxey’s Army
An important legacy of the Housing Act of 1949 was that it __________.
A) established the goal of decent housing for all Americans
B) managed to put an end to all slums in the Northeast
C) succeeded because Congress generously funded the program
D) showed that the Republicans would never support federal housing measures
In an effort to expand markets and avoid foreign tariffs, U.S. companies __________.
A) made negotiating concessions with organized labor
B) increasingly became multinational corporations
C) resorted to trade embargoes with European nations
D) supported the Sheppard-Towner Act
Which party essentially dissolved as a result of the 1896 election?
A) the Democratic Party
B) the Republican Party
C) the People’s Party
D) the Prohibition Party
An effective vaccine for polio __________.
A) has not yet been developed
B) was one of the triumphs of the 1930s
C) was developed in 1955
D) was developed through federally funded research in the 1980s
What occurred on “Black Tuesday”?
A) A stock market crash wiped out all the gains of the previous year.
B) Germany attacked Poland.
C) Herbert Hoover announced he would take no action regarding the faltering farm
economy.
D) U.S. Steel announced a layoff of over half its workers.
The Freedom Riders __________.
A) brought their message of equality to urban ghettos of the North
B) received little attention from the Kennedy administration
C) challenged the segregation of interstate bus terminals
D) rejected biracial organization in protests against segregation
Theodore Roosevelt’s strategy in establishing the Panama Canal revealed __________.
A) the inherent flaws of the Platt Amendment
B) the growth of good relations with Great Britain
C) that American naval strength was weakening
D) the closeness of ties between the United States and Colombia