a. US objections to dividing Germany between the Western and Eastern Allies after WWI.
b. isolationist sentiment that raised concerns about making alliances with foreign nations, especially European.
c. the United States did not want to contribute troops to the League of Nations’ army.
d. fear of unrestricted use of German submarine warfare.
Use the statement, below, plus your knowledge of Social Studies to respond to the question that follows.
…the policy of the government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire….
5. As a precursor to the economic collapse that will become The Great Depression, which of the following increased in the years prior to 1929?
a. struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP.
b. population increase in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
c. program to promote African-American owned businesses.
d. explosion of African-American culture, especially in the arts.
Analyze the source below. Use it and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question that follows.
a. Fourteenth Amendment permitted suspending the Bill of Rights in wartime.
b. US war effort would be threatened if dissenters were allowed free speech.
c. public should be shielded from experiencing the ‘negative’ aspects of the war.
d. US should replicate the efforts of other wartime countries that already curtailed civil liberties.
9. Which of the following did the United States insist that Cuba include in its constitution? The addtion would permit US involvement in future Cuban internal affairs.
c. force the federal government to pay a monetary sum they believed was owed to them for their WWI service.
d. protest restrictive hiring practices that prevented veterans of WWI from being employed.
11. The image above is representative of which Progressive Era goal?
12. What purpose did adopting Initiative, Referendum, and Recall serve for States during the Progressive Era?
13. Which should have had the LEAST impact on the development of The Great Depression in the 1920s?
a. declare a bank holiday that closed banks in the United States for several days.
b. nationalize the banks to ensure they were following federal regulations.
c. establish the Federal Reserve System to reduce the possibility of another bank emergency.
d. borrow money from foreign banks to support the failing US banks.
a. the New Deal was an effort to make the United States a socialist state.
b. deficit spending and “priming the pump” was bad for the American economy.
c. his (Mr. Long’s) “Share-Our-Wealth” plan would allow everyone to be wealthy at this time of great need.
d. his (Mr. Long’s) “Share-Our-Wealth” plan will provide 60 acres and a mule to all needy citizens at this time of great need.
18. Which choice best reflects FDR’s motive for including the Federal Housing Administration (FHA, 1934) as part of his New Deal legislation?
a. to alleviate the suffering of American farmers.
b. to promote large-scale infrastructure projects and increase construction jobs.
c. to provide loans to Americans who wanted to buy a home and increase construction jobs.
d. to give free housing to homeless Americans.
a. civil rights leaders of the 1940s.
c. writers associated with the cultural explosion of the Harlem Renaissance.
d. outspoken opponents to U.S. involvement in WWII.
a. place a banking system under the direct control of Congress.
b. decentralize the banking industry to allow for local control of money.
c. protect the banking industry by removing the country from the gold standard.
d. create a banking system that could regulate the amount of money in circulation.
22. What trend does this map (above) illustrate?
23. The Scopes Monkey Trial can be best described as a clash between which two value systems?
24. Using the graph above, what ‘could’ be contributing to the trend depicted in the graph?
c. Outbreaks of contagious disease in the foreign countries listed.
c. Great Britain & Poland.
a. foster the growth of trade unions.
b. promote recovery through economic development.
c. give direct aid to American businesses.
d. provide a minimum retirement income.
a. reduce the number of federal courts.
b. impeach current Supreme Court justices.
c. give states the power to appoint Supreme Court justice.
d. declared portions of New Deal programs unconstitutional.
b. upset the system of checks and balances.
d. cost too much to implement.
a. will to expand overseas trade.
b. growing concern with the preservation of Native American artifacts.
c. rising nativist sentiment during a significant increase in immigrant numbers following WWI.
d. ‘progressive’ initiative to restrict the flow of business income to foreign banks and away from local communities.
c. economic and social ties to Great Britain and other Allied Powers (predating WWI).
d. Germany threatening direct attacks on the US homeland.
34. The image above best reflects which reform effort?
b. exerting economic influence rather than military force to achieve US interests.
36. Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
a. Mexican Revolution as a rebel leader who conducted cross-border raids into the US.
c. Cuban Insurrection as a rebel leader fighting Spanish colonial rule.
d. US’s Rough Riders, as a local Cuban member fighting during the Spanish-American War.
a. U.S. imperialism was negatively impacting Filippinos while failing to foster American values.
b. U.S. imperialism would bring a stable government to the Philippines.
c. U.S. imperialism was necessary for the United States to become a world power.
d. U.S. imperialism was necessary to civilize the people of the Philippines.
a. Forcing farmers to sell their crops at below-market prices.
b. Forcing farmers to sell their crops at inflated prices.
c. Incentivizing farmers to not sell their crops, so that less supply would slowly lead to higher crop prices.
d. Paying farmers to sell their crops, so that more supply would slowly lead to higher crop prices.
Which conclusion is best supported by these headlines during the latter part of the Gilded Age?
a. The Anti-Imperialist League strongly influenced Congress.
b. Respect for native cultures motivated United States foreign policy.
c. United States territorial expansion increased in the Pacific Ocean.
d. Construction of a railroad to Alaska was a major policy goal.
a. creation of Social Security.
b. formation of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
c. passage of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act.
d. establishment of unemployment insurance.
44. Which geographic area was most seriously affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?
45. This was a code name for a top-secret WWII-era collaboration between the US military and a group of scientists stationed is Los Alamos, New Mexico. The purpose of the collaboration was the development, production, and deployment of a nuclear device before it could be done by the Axis Powers. Ultimately, that device would be used in Asia.
46. This was a US geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of Communism. It earmarked Cold War foreign policy for the United States and its allies.
47. This leader of the Soviet Union was at the helm during the iconic standoffs of the Cold War to include: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the shooting-down of Francis Gary Powers’ U2 reconnaisance aircraft.
48. He was the lead scientist of the Manhattan Project. A key player in the coordination of efforts between the US military hierarchy and the scientists working on the project.
49. German for “Lightning Warfare”.
50. This US President gave the order that ultimately ushered the world into the ‘Nuclear Age’ in the most violent setting.