SAT II Prep: 6

Question 1

African Americans and Women in war

Answer 1

first war served in: Revolution

Question 2

Jacob Riis

Answer 2

wrote book called How the Other Half Lives about living conditions of immigrants in 1890s NYC

Question 3

Volstead Act

Answer 3

designed to enforce 18th amendment

Question 4

FDR

Answer 4

got third term due to skill as campaigner, success at creating jobs, opponent’s failure to create attractive alternatives, and popularity/optimism

Question 5

DuBois v. Washington

Answer 5

DuBois felt that African Americans should force white majority to recognize and eliminate white prejudice through political activism

Question 6

16th Amendment

Answer 6

Congress can levy income taxes

Question 7

Harding

Answer 7

increased business profits

Question 8

Native American literary tradition

Answer 8

best described as creation myths and legends

Question 9

John J. Pershing

Answer 9

commanded U.S. Expeditionary forces during WWI

Question 10

Iran hostage crisis

Answer 10

impact on 1980 election

Question 11

Brinkmanship

Answer 11

“The ability to get to the verge without getting into war is the necessary art”

Question 12

FTC actions

Answer 12

investigated corporations, banned fraudulent/unfair business practices, enforced rulings with court system, targeted abuses such as mislabeling and false claims

Question 13

The First Cabinet

Answer 13

Comprised of attorney general, postmaster general, sec. of state, sec. of treasury, and sec. of war

Question 14

GM in the 1920s

Answer 14

utilized installment plan to help consumers buy more expensive cars

Question 15

Stalwarts

Answer 15

formed in opposition of Hayes’s civil-service reform

Question 16

“realpolitik”

Answer 16

foreign policy guided by national interests rather than ideals

Question 17

Reclamation

Answer 17

Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency: making damaged land productive again

Question 18

Sod houses

Answer 18

typical shelters built by white settlers on the Great Plains

Question 19

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Answer 19

AKA the FDIC: insure bank deposits up to $5,000

Question 20

Vaudeville

Answer 20

most popular form of stage entertainment during the late 1800s

Question 21

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Answer 21

prohibition of discrimination in employment, requirement of handicapped access for physically disabled, prohibition of discrimination in transportation, guarantee of easy and fair access to telephone services