Fall Semester Common Final

1.

1 point

The Progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals EXCEPT

fostering efficiency in the workplace

promoting business monopolies

protecting social welfare

creating economic reform

2.

1 point

All of the following countries came under United States control as a result of the Spanish American War, EXCEPT:

Hawaii

The Philippines

Puerto Rico

Cuba

3.

1 point

Which statement best characterizes Theodore Roosevelt's position on trusts?

Trusts were legal and could not be abolished

All trusts should be busted

Trusts were a benefit to the public interest

Good trusts should be regulated and bad trusts should be prosecuted

4.

1 point

The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to what document?

Platt Amendment

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Monroe Doctrine

Open Door Policy

5.

1 point

Which of the following was NOT a cause of World War I?

Imperialist competition

European nationalism

American isolationism

The stockpiling of weapons (militarism)

6.

1 point

Of the following, the most important reason for the United States to enter World War I was...

a moral obligation to halt the refugee crisis in Belgium

a desire to become more involved in the affairs of Europe

concern over the repayment of Allied debts to American banks

the outrage of German submarine warfare

7.

1 point

The Treaty of Versailles did NOT stress the importance of

treating all nations justly, including the losers of the war

crippling any nations that might prove dangerous in the future

identifying the guilty party in war

including powerful nations like the Unites States in international peace-keeping organizations

8.

1 point

According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues...licking the alters of the churches?"

communism

poverty

nativism

civil rights

9.

1 point

Which of the following was most closely tied to the public's negative reactions to organized labor in the 1920s?

Resentment over labor's advancements

Fears of a deep depression

Fears of rising prices

Fears of communism

10.

1 point

Organized crime in the 1920's increased due to:

the stock market rising

the early signs of the dust bowl in the Midwest

prohibition

easy credit in the industrial sector

11.

1 point

The law that required truthful labels in order to protect the safety of consumers was the . . .

Meat Inspection Act

Pure Food and Drug Act

Interstate Commerce Act

Sherman Anti-trust Act

12.

1 point

Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?

Business and labor leaders who agreed to work together

unemployed industrial workers and their families

Farmers forced off their land by dust storms

World War I veterans and their families

13.

1 point

Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?

Social Security Act

Fair Labor Standards Act

National Labor Relations Act

Works Progress Administration

14.

1 point

One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people

grew to dislike President Hoover

developed habits of saving and thriftiness

became risk takers in the stock market

came to believe in small government

15.

1 point

Within a few years, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act led to

a dramatic drop in world trade

more demand for American manufactured goods

Hoover's reelection as president

an unequal distribution of income in the United States

16.

1 point

What was the first major action Franklin Roosevelt took as President?

he declared a Bank Holdiay and ordered bank inspections

he proposed passage of Social Security

he proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court

he established the Civil Works Adminstration to provide job relief

17.

1 point

One of the criticisms of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was that _____

it didn't meet the needs of the wealthy

it required deficit spending

it did not seek to benefit the needy

it didn't meet our foreign policy goals

18.

1 point

Refer to Image 1:

What does the cartoon suggest about the banking environment in the United States in 1929?

Greedy bankers stole money from their depositors

High inflation led to bank failures

Runs on banks forced banks to fail, and people lost all their money

People should have planned better for any financial eventuality

19.

1 point

Refer to Image 2:

What does the cartoon imply about the Open Door Policy?

It favored American interests over other foreign interests in China

It mainly benefited American competitors

It treated all foreign interest in China fairly

It weakened American influence in China

20.

1 point

Refer to Image 3:

Which of the following states suffered the most damage during the Dust Bowl period?

Minnesota

Kansas

North Dakota

Missouri