Major Exam 2 Questions (final)

Question 1

Germany resorted to submarine warfare:

Answer 1

in its effort to break England’s naval blockade on trade with the Central Powers.

Question 2

Major aspects of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 2

promotion of regulated international trade.

Question 3

In the Zimmerman Note, Germany promised:

Answer 3

that Mexico could regain lost territory in America if it joined the Central Powers.

Question 4

The Red Scare was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

Answer 4

Lenin’s open threats of toppling the U.S. Empire.

Question 5

The Republican presidents of the 1920s:

Answer 5

emphasized the importance of business interests.

Question 6

The term ________ refers to a situation in which a few large corporations control an industry.

Answer 6

oligopoly

Question 7

The Sheppard-Towner Act:

Answer 7

provided federal funds for infant and maternity care.

Question 8

The Harlem Renaissance:

Answer 8

featured some of the greatest literature, music, and visual art of the era.

Question 9

The National Origins Act of 1924 was aimed at limiting the immigration of:

Answer 9

southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese.

Question 10

Which statement about women during the Great Depression isnottrue?

Answer 10

Women were not included in the NRA’s minimum wage requirement.

Question 11

One of Herbert Hoover’s few relief measures was creation of the:

Answer 11

Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Question 12

A significant shift in voting demographics occurred in the 1930s when:

Answer 12

blacks shifted their loyalties from the Republicans to the Democrats.

Question 13

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT:

Answer 13

a drop in agricultural production in the mid-1920s.

Question 14

Most southerners supported the Tennessee Valley Authority because it:

Answer 14

brought jobs and modern conveniences to an impoverished region.

Question 15

“Court packing” refers to FDR’s proposal to:

Answer 15

assert more presidential control over the makeup of the Supreme Court.

Question 16

In the early 1930s, Hitler established this type of government in Germany

Answer 16

fascist

Question 17

A turning point on the Eastern Front came when:

Answer 17

the Soviet Union forced a German surrender after the Battle of Stalingrad.

Question 18

In the months leading up to Pearl Harbor:

Answer 18

FDR froze Japanese assets and increased U.S. naval presence in the Pacific.

Question 19

FDR’s issuance of Executive Order 8802:

Answer 19

banned racial discrimination in employment for defense industries.

Question 20

Why did Germany’s transatlantic purchases dwindle to almost nothing between 1914 and 1916?

Answer 20

The British blockade was effective.

Question 21

During World War I, the nation’s foremost African American intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois

Answer 21

expressed hope that the war overseas would improve race relations at home.

Question 22

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in the spring of 1918

Answer 22

pulled Russia out of the war and freed German troops for the Western front.

Question 23

President Woodrow Wilson’s call for self-determination and readjustment of colonial arrangements challenged

Answer 23

Europe’s empires.

Question 24

What made it possible for American companies to issue shares that had no underlying value?

Answer 24

There was minimal government regulation of the securities market.

Question 25

The Ku Klux Klan of the reconstruction era resurfaced in the 1920s with a message that was decidedly

Answer 25

anti-immigrant.

Question 26

Why did the state of Tennessee indict high school teacher John Scopes in 1925?

Answer 26

He had taught the theory of evolution.

Question 27

In the 1920s the New York neighborhood of Harlem became a hotbed of which new political movement?

Answer 27

Pan-Africanism

Question 28

Which of the following was most important in increasing American levels of consumption during the 1920s?

Answer 28

consumer credit

Question 29

Which of the following best characterizes First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt?

Answer 29

She transformed the role of First Lady from hostess to social crusader.

Question 30

Which of the following best describes political trends on the fringes in the United States in the 1930s?

Answer 30

Several small fascist movements developed, but none gained national traction.

Question 31

The Glass-Steagall Banking Act

Answer 31

separated risky investment banking from ordinary banking.

Question 32

Why did the Social Security Act not include a modest national health insurance plan?

Answer 32

The American Medical Association complained loudly about “socialized medicine.”

Question 33

Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt not push the issue of civil rights during the New Deal?

Answer 33

He considered it more important to maintain good political relations with southern Democrats.

Question 34

How did the United States respond to the Japanese seizure of most of French Indochina in July 1941?

Answer 34

It halted petroleum sales on which the Japanese navy depended.

Question 35

How did most Germans feel about the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 35

They felt resentment over the harsh terms of peace.

Question 36

How did the Navajo Indians assist U.S. forces during World War II?

Answer 36

Through their language, they provided troops in the battlefield with a secure code language.

Question 37

On what grounds did the U.S. Supreme Court overturn state laws that compelled students to salute the flag in the case of Barnette v. West Virginia?

Answer 37

The salute was an unconstitutional limit on free speech

Question 38

Under what conditions did the U.S. Congress permit arms sales to Britain and France in November 1939?

Answer 38

They had to pay cash and transport weapons on their own ships.

Question 39

Which of the following best signified the flapper of the 1920s?

Answer 39

smoking a cigarette

Question 40

What was the goal of Dr. Frances Townsend?

Answer 40

a nationwide, old age pension plan

Question 41

The major weakness of the League of Nations was that it

Answer 41

did not include the United States

Question 42

One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that

Answer 42

African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party

Question 43

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to

Answer 43

reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society by establishing tribal self-government

Question 44

Japan believed it was forced into war with the United States because Franklin Roosevelt insisted that Japan

Answer 44

withdraw from China

Question 45

The Potsdam conference

Answer 45

issued an ultimatum to Japan to surrender or be destroyed

Question 46

In attempting to analyze the census of the Great Depression, a reliable account would entail an examination of data from

Answer 46

1920’s tax policy and market focus