Multiple Choice
What was a difficult issue the nation had to resolve at the beginning of Reconstruction?
a. what would be the rights of Northern white persons.
b. what rights the freedmen had and how much the government should help them.
c. Americans wanted their government centralized and national.
d. Censorship
b. what rights the freedmen had and how much the government should help them.
Guns and butter are?
a. too much deficit spending
b. too much military spending
c. weapons and food
d. military mascot
a. too much deficit spending
b. too much military spending
_____ and ______ are the best examples of unity in U.S. history.
WWII and 9/11
The 18th amendment was a Progressive legislation.
TRUE
What was one major change in foreign affairs after WWII?
a. colonial empires gone
b. everything stayed the same
c. racial equality
d. world-wide peace
a. colonial empires gone
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
a. Stock market crash
b. Unequal distribution of wealth/income
c. Worldwide price drops
d. Overproduction and underconsumption
d. Overproduction and underconsumption
The course themes are _____, _____, ______, _____, _____, ______, _______.
Racism, localism, religion, technology, individualism vs greater good, unity vs division, interconnectedness
Television was the revolutionary technological advancement that turned the United States into a modern society.
False – railroads
The Vietnam War effect was
a. the U.S. cannot always win every war
b. the Watergate scandal
c. white middle class societal backlash
d. US ascendency to power
a. the U.S. cannot always win every war
What caused the Progressive Era Progressives to implement workplace safety laws?
a. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
b. World War I
c. Prohibition
d. Weak labor unions
a. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
The ________ _______ Commission was a shift _______ federal power.
Interstate Commerce Commission was a shift toward
In 1905, Lochner v. New York set a minimum wage for workers.
False – worker’s hours
“Law and Order” philosophy became the philosophy of
a. The Truman Administration
b. Cold War philosophy
c. Republican Party in the 1970s
d. Democratic Party in the 1960s
c. Republican Party in the 1970s
What are two examples of individualism in US history?
a. rights revolutions
b. New Deal
c. Great Society
d. Gilded Age
A and D
Before the _____ ______, THE right to be protected was _________.
New Deal and property rights
The majority of Blacks migrated out of the South after Reconstruction ended.
False - Protection of Blacks’ civil rights crumbled under the pressure of restored white rule and unfavorable Supreme Court decisions.
Which two immigrant groups came to the United States during 1880-1924?
a. German and British immigrants
b. Dutch and French immigrants
c. Swedish and Norwegian immigrants
d. South and Eastern European and Chinese immigrants
d. South and Eastern European and Chinese immigrants
What were the biggest economic downturns in history?
a. 1920s
b. 1930s
c. 1880s
d. 1970s
B and D
The ___, ____, _____ amendments lay the groundwork for _______ between ____ and _____.
13th, 14th, 15th lay the groundwork for equality between 1935 and 1990.
The Dust Bowl was a result of the “long hot summers.”
False – “long how summers” was during the 1960s and the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression
Fed gov’t involved in local law enforcement.
Greatest departure of localism yet