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Unit 11 Chapters 31-33
1. AROUND 1920, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN
AGED 10 TO 15 IN THE INDUSTRIAL
WORKFORCE BEGAN TO DECLINE FOR WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWING REASONS?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Supreme Court sustained laws barring the
interstate sale of goods produced by child labor.
Introduction of the minimum wage made child
labor uneconomical.
The American birth rate declined, thus reducing
the number of children available to work.
Factory owners advocated state child labor
laws.
States began to require children to attend
school until a certain age and to limit the ages
at which they could be employed.
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A
FIGURE IN THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
James Weldon Johnson
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Josephine Baker
A. Philip Randolph
3. THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS OF THE
1920S FAVORED
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
membership in the League of Nations
tax cuts for wealthy Americans
stringent federal regulation of American
business
reduced American tariffs on foreign imports
forgiveness of European war debts from the
First World War
4. ONE OF THE MEANS BY WHICH PRESIDENT
HOOVER ATTEMPTED TO FIGHT THE GREAT
DEPRESSION WAS
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the establishment of the Tennessee Valley
Authority
the establishment of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation
a lowering of barriers to free trade
the early payment of bonuses to veterans
direct government aid to the needy
5. THE CARTOON BELOW WAS INTENDED
PRIMARILY AS A SATIRICAL COMMENT ON
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Social Darwinism
the Ku Klux Klan
the election of 1896
the Scopes trial
Lochner v. New York
6. FROM THE 1880S TO THE BEGINNING OF THE
NEW DEAL, THE DOMINANT AMERICAN INDIAN
POLICY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SOUGHT TO
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
strengthen traditional tribal authority
relocate all American Indians to the Oklahoma
Territory
encourage American Indian emigration to
Canada
encourage American Indians to preserve their
languages and religions
break up tribal landholdings
7. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE BONUS
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE THAT MARCHED ON
WASHINGTON, D.C., IN 1932 WAS TO OBTAIN
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
higher commodity prices for farmers
better education for children
civil rights for African Americans
payment of money to veterans of the First
World War
legal rights for members of the Communist
party
8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS
ABOUT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY IS
CORRECT?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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.
It built dams that made rural electrification
possible.
It built interstate highways in the upper South.
9. THE ASSEMBLY-LINE PRODUCTION OF HENRY
FORD’S MODEL T AUTOMOBILE RESULTED IN
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BY THE END OF THE
1920S?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
a sharp decrease in railroad passenger traffic
the federal government’s abandonment of
research on air travel
the development of a large international market
for American automobiles
Widespread purchase of automobiles by average
American families
Construction of the federal interstate highway
system
10. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS WERE
ADDRESSED DURING THE “HUNDRED DAYS” OF
THE NEW DEAL EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
banking regulation
unemployment relief
agricultural adjustment
homeowner mortgage support
court restructuring
11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS
ABOUT AMERICAN CITIES BETWEEN 1890 AND
1930 IS CORRECT?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
area of residence increasingly became an
indicator of social class
poor people moved to the outskirts of cities
industries shifted from the cities to the suburbs
widespread racial integration of communities
occurred
neighborhoods lost their ethnic identification
12. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST
CHARACTERIZES THE WRITERS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LITERARY FLOWERING OF THE 1920S,
SINCLAIR LEWIS AND F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD?
SUCH AS
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
sympathy for Protestant fundamentalism
nostalgia for the “good old days”
commitment to the cause of racial equality
advocacy of cultural isolationism
criticism of middle-class conformity and
materialism
13. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ANDREW
MELLON’S POLICY DID WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
reduced income-tax rates for wealthy to release
money for private investment
provided aid to the Allies during the First World
War
provided federal guarantees for bank deposits
restricted loans to Mexico after the Tampico and
Veracruz incidents
combated the Depression by giving lowerincome groups more purchasing power.
14. PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER
APPROACHED THE TASK OF CARING FOR THE
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS DURING THE GREAT
DEPRESSION BY
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
emphasizing the importance of private charities
asking large corporations to hire war veterans
relying on the services of federal welfare
agencies
enlarging the federal government’s payroll
reactivating the dole
15. DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION,
“HOOVERVILLES” WERE
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
government relocation camps for indigent
workers
model communities established by the Hoover
administration
shantytowns of unemployed and homeless
people
soup kitchens financed under New Deal
legislation
work projects established by the Hoover
administration to revitalize the economy
16. FOR AMERICAN FARMING, THE YEARS
1921 TO 1929 WERE A PERIOD OF
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
increase in the size of the farm population
rapid inflation in the price of farmland
low prices for agricultural products
increased government subsidization
increase in the number of small family-owned
farms
17. OF THE FOLLOWING, THE MOST IMPORTANT
CAUSE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
soaring energy costs
serious dislocations in international trade
European abandonment of the gold standard
confiscatory social security taxes
excessive government spending
18. THE PALMER RAIDS OF 1919 WERE
CONDUCTED AGAINST
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
suspected communists and anarchists
Republicans bitterly opposed to the Wilson
administration
alleged financial backers of Marcus Garvey
labor organizers for the American Federation of
Labor
white racist organizations such as the Ku Klux
Klan
19. AMERICAN WRITERS OF THE 1920S HAVE
OFTEN BEEN CALLED THE “LOST GENERATION”
BECAUSE THEY
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
found it difficult to get their work published
were disillusioned with the course of American
life
failed to achieve fame in their lifetimes
were politically radical in a conservative era
preferred to write for a European rather than
American audience
20. “NOW A WORD ABOUT THE WHOLE BIBLE. I BELIEVE IT
SATAN TO GET US TO DOUBT ANY
PORTION OF THE BIBLE. IF HE CAN GET US TO DOUBT JUST
ONE THING IN THAT BOOK, HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED A
GREAT POINT, AND IT IS GOING TO BE THE OVERTHROW OF
MANY A MAN’S AND WOMAN’S FAITH.”
IS A MASTER STROKE OF
THE PASSAGE ABOVE, FROM THE 19TH CENTURY,
EXPRESSES THE VIEWPOINT OF THE PROPONENTS OF
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
fundamentalism
deism
the higher criticism
the Social Gospel
the Gospel of Wealth
21. DURING THE PRESIDENCIES OF HARDING
AND COOLIDGE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
WAS TRUE ABOUT MOST OF THE FEDERAL
REGULATORY AGENCIES CREATED DURING THE
PROGRESSIVE ERA?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
they kept business divided into small, fiercely
competitive units
they were declared unconstitutional
they were abolished
they served mainly to aid business
they were placed in the hands of the states
22. THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
(AFL) SPLIT APART AT ITS NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN 1935 BECAUSE
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
most workers opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt
and the New Deal
many delegates believed that the leadership of
the AFL was soft on communism
a majority of AFL leaders opposed collective
bargaining
a majority of AFL leaders refused to grant
charters to new unions organized on an
industry-wide basis
many delegates believed that the AFL had
become too revolutionary in pursuing the tactic
of the sit-down strike
23. DESPITE ITS ISOLATIONIST POSITION IN THE
1920S, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTIVELY
INTERVENED THROUGHOUT THE DECADE IN
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
international finance and reparations
collective security against communism
human rights
resistance to fascism
development of international cartels
24. THE NEW DEAL ATTEMPTED TO REVIVE
THE FARM ECONOMY DURING THE 1930S BY
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
reducing the amount of land under cultivation
opening up more federal land for homesteads
making cash payments to encourage more
production
increasing tariffs to eliminate foreign
competition
selling surplus farm commodities abroad
25. IN 1932 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND
HERBERT HOOVER DISAGREED MOST STRONGLY
ABOUT THE DESIRABILITY OF
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
a balanced federal budget
farm price supports
federal aid to corporations
a program of public works
federal relief to individuals
26. THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY
ACT SOUGHT TO COMBAT THE GREAT
DEPRESSION BY
ending private ownership of basic industries
 reducing competition
 lowering prices
 weakening organized labor
 breaking up trusts

27. POLITICALLY, THE DECADE OF THE
1920S
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
was dominated by conservative presidents
experienced one of the major reform periods in
the nations history
was dominated by Democratic presidents
was favorable to unions as government passed
collective bargaining laws
was dominated by women who had recently
been given the vote
28. THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
gave women the right to vote
ended prohibition
made it illegal to belong to a radical
organization
made it illegal to purchase, distribute, or
consume liquor
made it legal to teach evolution in public schools
29. THE VOLSTEAD ACT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
allowed the government to purchase railroad
companies from private companies
provided a tax cut to wealthy Americans
placed railroad companies under combined
government and private management
restricted immigration
provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth
Amendment
30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
James Weldon Johnson
Jean Toomer
Booker T. Washington
31. A. MITCHELL PALMER IS ASSOCIATED
WITH
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the Harlem Renaissance
prohibition
the motion picture industry
baseball
the red scare
32. SACCO AND VANZETTI WERE
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
leaders of the prohibition movement
arrested and convicted for placing bombs on
Wall Street
trade union leaders arrested by the government
for organizing illegal strikes
anarchists who were controversially convicted
and executed for murder
Major League baseball players
33. THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL OCCURRED
DURING WHICH PRESIDENT’S ADMINISTRATION?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Coolidge
Hoover
F.D. Roosevelt
Harding
Wilson
34. A MAJOR REASON WHY AL SMITH WAS
DEFEATED IN THE 1928 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
WAS BECAUSE
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
of his vocal support for radical movements
he had been president of a militant trade union
he had been involved in the Teapot Dome
scandal
he was associated with Wilson’s idealism
he was a Catholic
35. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS
CONSIDERED TO BE THE SYMBOL OF POST-WWI
CONSUMERISM?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
television
automobile
refrigerator
phonograph
radio
36. THE “HUNDRED PERCENTERS”
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
advocated for the repeal of the Volstead Act
favored a loose immigration policy
were rural Americans who condemned urban
life
favored an isolationist policy
opposed the teaching of Darwin’s theory of
evolution in public schools
37. FOLLOWING WWI, THE “RED SCARE”
WAS FUELED BY
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Russia’s decision not to enter World War I
the claim that many members of the U.S.
Government were communist sympathizers
the success of the Bolsheviks during the
Russian Revolution
the influence of isolationists in Congress
following World War I
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s crusade to expose
communist sympathizers in American
government and society
38. AL CAPONE IS MOST ASSOCIATED WITH
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING POST-WWI
ACTIVITIES?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
evangelism
organized crime
major league baseball
jazz
prohibition
39. THE EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT OF 1921
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
temporarily stopped immigration from Asia
drastically limited immigration from Latin
America
ultimately benefited eastern and southern
Europeans
was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court because it favored certain nationalities at
the expense of others
temporarily ended all immigration for a tenyear period
40. THOUGH CONSIDERED A FILM CLASSIC,
D.W. GRIFFITH’S BIRTH OF A NATION IS
HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE OF ITS
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
portrayal of women seeking greater political
rights
glorification of the Ku Klux Klan
depiction of urban life as degrading to its
inhabitants
critique of the Founding Fathers
anti-American theme
41. MARGARET SANGER CHAMPIONED
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
prohibition
pacifism
immigration reform
civil rights
birth control
42. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THE GREAT
DEPRESSION?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
underconsumption
the effects of World War I
the fragility of the banking system
the vastly unequal distribution of wealth
inadequate capital investment
43. THE MELLON TAX PLAN
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
helped lift the nation out of the Great
Depression
was adopted by FDR as a remedy for
underconsumption
distributed wealth evenly between the nation’s
social classes
led to underconsumption and wild speculation
in the stock market
was instituted to pay for the enormous cost of
the New Deal agencies
44. THE HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFF
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
facilitated improved trade relations between the
United States and its trade partners
reduced the tax on imported industrial goods,
thus hurting American industry
was the highest tariff in the nation’s history,
and an underlying cause of the Great
Depression
was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court
was vetoed by Roosevelt, but passed by
Congress over his veto
45. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH HOOVER’S IDEOLOGY IN
REGARDS TO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS
CREATED BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE ECONOMY
IN
1929?
A.
deficit spending
localism
voluntarism
laissez-faire
rugged individualism
B.
C.
D.
E.
46. WHICH OPPONENT OF FDR INTRODUCED
AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE NEW DEAL IN THE
FORM OF AN OLD AGE REVOLVING PENSION
PLAN?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
Calvin Coolidge
Father Coughlin
Francis Townsend
47. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS
WAS INSTITUTED BY PRESIDENT HOOVER?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
going off the gold standard
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
48. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED THIS
NEW DEAL AGENCY UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN
THE 1930S.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
National Industrial Recovery Act
Federal Housing Administration
49. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF
RAMPANT SPECULATION IN THE STOCK MARKET,
FDR
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
closed the stock exchange for four days
placed a limit on how much money and
individual or company could invest in the stock
market
established the Securities and Exchange
Commission
set a ceiling on how high the price of a stock
could go
established the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation
50. FDR’S GOAL TO REORGANIZE THE
FEDERAL JUDICIARY
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
provided him the opportunity to replace
conservative judges who had been appointed by
the previous administration
was achieved, but it was ruled unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court
allowed him to bypass the judiciary when
considering new programs and agencies
was described by angry critics as “court
packing”
was intended to give more power to the states
51. THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
was designed to provide assistance to the
agrarian sector of the economy
employed musicians, artists, actors, and writers
provided assistance to the elderly and
handicapped and to dependent women and
children
established codes of conduct for corporations
and unions
allowed workers to form unions and engage in
collective bargaining
52. WHICH NEW DEAL PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION (FDIC), WHICH PROTECTS
INDIVIDUAL BANK DEPOSITS?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Wagner Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act
Reorganization Act
Gold Reserve Act
53. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT
A CRITIC OF FDR’S NEW DEAL?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Frances Perkins
Huey Long
Charles Coughlin
Henry Ford
Gerald K. Smith
54. THE NATIONAL RECOVERY
ADMINISTRATION (NRA) SOUGHT TO ADDRESS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ECONOMIC
CONCERNS WITH RELIEF,
RECOVERY, AND
REFORM?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
banking, industry, and trade
unemployment, labor, and industry
trade, unemployment, and internal
improvements
labor, trade, and banking
farming, banking, and unemployment
55. PRESIDENT HOOVER’S RATIONALE IN
VETOING THE MUSCLE SHOALS BILL, WHICH
WOULD HAVE DAMMED THE TENNESSEE RIVER,
WAS BASED ON HIS VIEW THAT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
there was no need for the project because the Tennessee
Valley was rural and its residents would not benefit from
electricity
the government had not gone far enough in providing cheap
electricity to all citizens
the bill would benefit only one region rather than the entire
nation
the government was adopting socialist methods to resolve
concerns of utilities
the bill would promote internal improvements within
Tennessee and therefore was not the responsibility of the
federal government
56. OPPOSITION TO THE FAIR LABOR
STANDARDS ACT CAME PRIMARILY FROM
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
labor unions
the agrarian sector
black Americans
southern states
women