What is a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
100
Which of the following was a long-term cause of WWI for EUROPE?
a. the system of alliances
b. American isolationism
c. the Zimmerman Notes
d. Hitler's invasion of France
What is...
a. the system of alliances
100
Why did the Allied leaders reject Wilson's "Fourteen Points" peace place when he arrived in Paris?
a. It punished Great Britain and France for starting the war
b. It paid the US too much money in reparations
c. It gave the US a large foreign empire
d. It did not punish Germany enough
What is...
d. It did not punish Germany enough
100
The increased use of the automobile in the 1920s was a major cause of
a. the growth of farms
b. urban sprawl or growth of cities
c. a change in birthrate
d. the increased use of railroad travel
What is
b. urban sprawl or growth of cities
200
The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
a. high tariffs
b. oil-rich lands
c. union members
d. gold mines
What is
b. oil-rich lands
200
What was the Red Scare?
What is the fear of the spreading of communism.
200
What reasons did Senators give for opposing US membership in the League of Nations?
a. It would drain American finances.
b. It would lead to international instability.
c. It would drag the US into European conflicts.
d. It would interfere with free-trade agreements.
What is...
c. It would drag the US into European conflicts.
200
Nativists who found fault with the Emergency Quota Acts of 1921 would have been most likely to say which of the following?
a. It did not restrict immigration enough.
b. It violated US principles by restricting immigration.
c. It discriminated against the wrong immigrants.
d. It threatened industry with a labor shortage.
What is
a. It did not restrict immigration enough.
200
Which of the following was most closely tied to the public's negative reactions to organized labor unions in the 1920s?
a. fear of an economic depression
b. fear of communism
c. fear of overuse of credit
d. fears of rising prices
What is
b. fear of communism
300
Which of the following is not a sign of superficial prosperity?
a. the number of products purchased on credit
b. the difference in income between workers and managers
c. the success of the advertising industry
d. the economic situation on farms
What is
c. the success of the advertising industry
300
Which of the following calls for the abolition (abolish) of private property in order to equally distribute wealth and power.
a. isolationism
b. nativism
c. communism
d. quota system
What is
c. communism
300
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to
a. help Germany pay off its war debts
b. raise taxes on good leaving the US
c. raise taxes on good entering the US to protect American businesses
d. help Britain and France pay off their war debts
What is
c. raise taxes on good entering the US to protect American businesses
300
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
a. corruption and fraud
b. big business
c. communists and anarchists
d. small business owners
What is
c. communists and anarchists
300
Which of the following rose dramatically in the early 1920s?
a. the build-up of armaments
b. labor union membership
c. wages
d. tariffs
What is
d. tariffs
400
To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged in all of the following except
a. encouraging white women to join the organization
b. playing on people's fears of political radicals
c. allowing members to profit from recruiting new members
d. blaming national problems on immigrants
What is
a. encouraging white women to join the organization
400
In what year was the last Model T Ford produced?
What is 1927.
400
What is the definition of anarchy?
What is the absence of government.
400
What did Warren G. Harding die of?
What is heart failure.
400
What two presidents followed Woodrow Wilson?
Who are Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
500
What kind of government did Calvin Coolidge believe in?
What is a government that limited its role in businesses and social issues.
500
Name three things that changed in the American landscape as a result of automobiles.
What are driveways, garages, public parking garages, shopping malls, etc.
500
Describe the Red Scare.
What is a major fear of communism in the US that led to the persecution of innocent people.
500
Who were the Ohio Gang? Why were they bad for President Harding and his presidency?
What is a group of Harding's childhood friends who he appointed to his cabinet. They participated in corrupt acts and abused their power.