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America's empire in the early twentieth century was all of the following EXCEPT |
territorial |
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Between 1901 and 1920, the US intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries: |
in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and companies |
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Theodore Roosevelt's taking of the Panama Canal Zone is an example of |
his belief that civilized nations had an obligation to establish order in an unruly world |
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The Roosevelt Corollary |
claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere |
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Dollar Diplomacy |
was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention |
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Woodrow Wilson's moral imperialism in Latin America produced |
more military interventions than any other president before or since |
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As president, Woodrow Wilson |
believed that the export of U.S. manufactured goods went hand in hand with the spread of democracy |
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As war broke out in Europe, Americans |
were deeply divided |
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The Zimmerman Telegram |
outlined the German plan for an attack on the United States by Mexico |
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On April 2, 1917 Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war |
against Germany, "to make the world safe for democracy" |
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The Fourteen Points |
sought to establish the right of national self-determination |
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The Committee on Public Information |
was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion |
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Why did World War I threaten to tear the women's suffrage movement apart? |
Many suffragist had been associated with opposition to American involvement in the war |
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The Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918) |
were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798 |
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Which of the following best characterizes the relationship Progressives had with civil liberties up to and during much of World War I? |
Civil liberties had never been a major concern for Progressives |
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During World War I, Americans reacted to German-Americans and Germans in all of the following ways EXCEPT |
the federal gov't barred German immigration to the United States |
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Birth of a nation was a film that |
portrayed the Civil War and Reconstruction, exalting the Ku Klux Klan |
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During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson |
dismissed numerous black federal employees |
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How did World War I and the rhetoric of freedom shape the labor movement and worker's expectations? |
Wartime rhetoric inspired hopes for social and economic justice |
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Wartime repression of dissent and free speech culminated in |
the Red Scare |
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All of the following statements about the Palmer Raids are true EXCEPT |
George Creel oversaw the Palmer Raids |
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The Treaty of Versailles |
required Germany to pay more than $33 billion in reparations |
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Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy rhetoric focused on |
self-determination |
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Senators opposing America's participation in the League of Nations |
argued that it would threaten to deprive the country of its freedom of action |
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The trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti demonstrated that |
the Red Scare extended into the 1920s |
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Why did new industries in electronics and chemicals increase their productivity and output so significantly in the 1920s? |
They successfully applied Ford's moving assembly line technology |
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During the 1920s, American multinational corporations |
extended their reach throughout the world |
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During the 1920s |
an estimated 40 percent of the population remained in poverty |
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Agriculture in the 1920s |
experienced declining incomes and increased bank foreclosures |
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In the 1920s, employers embraced the American plan, which |
advocated the "open shop" |
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For the feminist woman in the 1920's, freedom meant |
the right to choose her lifestyle |
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Which would not be considered a characteristic of a flapper? |
advocated temperance |
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In the 1929 study, Middletown, Robert and Helen Lynd |
argued that leisure and consumption had replaced political involvement |
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During the 1920s |
gov't policies reflected the pro-business ethos of the decade |
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The Teapot Dome scandal involved |
the secretary of the interior, who received money in exchange for leasing government oil reserves to private companies |
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Robert La Follette ran for president in 1924 |
as a Progressive Party candidate |
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American foreign policy during the 1920s |
reflected the close relationship between government and business |
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Which of the following was an example of foreign policy designed to improve American business prospects? |
suppressing a nationalist revolt in Nicaragua |
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In Schenck v. United States, Supreme Court |
ruled that bans on dangerous speech were constitutional |
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All of the following statements about the 1924 Immigration Act are true EXCEPT |
the 1924 Immigration Act sought to ensure that more immigrants came from southern Europe than from northern Europe |
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Meyer v. Nebraska |
overturned a law that stated public schools would instruct classes in English only |
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Which city was considered t he "capital" of black America in the 1920s? |
New York |
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"Slumming" meant |
whites going to Harlem's dancehalls, jazz clubs, and speakeasies |
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Which issue became the focus of the 1928 presidential race? |
the fact that Alfred Smith was Catholic |
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The Great Depression was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT |
increased government regulation of banking and the stock market |
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Liberalism during the New Deal came to be understood as |
active government to uplift less fortunate members of society |
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The Great Depression and the economic crisis that ensued discredited supporters of |
unregulated capitalism |
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The New Deal |
included a reliance on economic planning |
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All of the statements about Roosevelt's group of advisers, known as the "Brain Trust," are true EXCEPT |
the "Brain Trust" believed that large corporations needed to be dismantled |
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The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the |
banking crisis |
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The Glass-Steagall Act |
established the Federal Deposit insurance corporation |
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The National Industrial Recovery Act |
established codes that set standards for production, prices, and wages in several industries |
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The Civilian Conservation Corps |
put young men to work in national parks |
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the Tennessee Valley Authority |
combined economic regional planning with relief |
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act |
raised farm prices by establishing quotas and paying farmers not to plant more |
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Which two New Deal programs did the Supreme Court rule unconstitutional? |
Agricultural Adjustment Act and National Recovery Administration |
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Which statement best describes Huey Long, Upton Sinclair, and Dr. Francis Townsend? |
They all challenged Roosevelt to move further to the left of center |
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The Share Our Wealth movement was |
led by Louisiana senator Huey Long and gained a national following |
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The Second New Deal |
focused on economic security |
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Which program employed white-collar workers and professionals, including doctors, writers, and artists? |
the Works progress Administration |
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The Wagner Act |
created the National Labor Relations Board |
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Why did FDR try to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court? |
He feared the Supreme Court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security acts |
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Which phrase best describes Eleanor Roosevelt's tenure as First Lady? |
redefined the role of First Lady, championing civil rights and labor legislation |
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Federal housing policy |
reinforced residential segregation |
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The Popular Front |
was a political and cultural movement associated with the communist Party |
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The Scottsboro case |
reflected the racism that was prevalent in the south during the 1930s |
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Which group welcomed black members and used programs to educate whites about racial issues? |
the Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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In 1938, Congress established the House Un-American Activities Committee, which |
included liberals and labor radicals in its definition of "un-American"
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The New Deal failed to generate |
sustained prosperity |
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The Four Freedoms |
provided a language of national unity |
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During the 1930s, the Good Neighbor Policy |
was a foreign policy based on the recognition of the autonomy of Latin American countries |
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Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini conquered the African nation of |
Ethiopia |
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France and Britain's policy toward Germany of giving concessions in hopes of avoiding war was called |
appeasement |
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Many Americans remained convinced that their involvement in World World I had been |
a mistake |
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In 1940, the "cash and carry" plan |
allowed Great Britain to purchase U.S. arms on restricted basis |
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The Lend-Lease Act |
authorized military aid to those fighting against Germany and Japan |
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Why did the United States provide Lend-Lease assistance to the Soviet Union after June 1941? |
Hitler had renounced the nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and invaded that country |
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After the United States entered World War II |
Americans experienced a series of military losses |
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What was the "final solution"? |
Adolf Hitler's plan to mass-exterminate "undesirable" peoples |
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Which area of the United States witnessed the greatest growth during the war? |
West Coast |
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Organized labor assisted in the war effort by |
agreeing to a no-strike pledge |
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Women working in defense industries during the war |
made up one-third of the West Coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and shipbuilding |
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For most women workers, World War II |
allowed them to make temporary gains |
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The 1944 conference at Dumbarton Oaks established the structure of the |
United Nations |
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What did Henry Luce and Henry Wallace have in common? |
They both put forth a new conception of America's role in in the world based in part on internationalism and on the idea that the American experience should serve as a model for all other nations |
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The GI Bill of Rights |
included scholarships for education for veterans |
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Under the Bracero program |
more than 4.5 million immigrants entered under labor contracts |
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Government propaganda and war films portrayed the Japanese as |
bestial and subhuman |
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In Korematsu v United States, the Supreme Court |
upheld the legality of Japanese internment |
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The Fair Employment Practices Commission |
was the first federal agency since Reconstruction to advocate equal opportunity for blacks |
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According to Gunmar Myrdal, America's dilemma was a conflict between |
American values and American racial policies |