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The United States home front during the First World War was marked by an increase in all of the following EXCEPT
(A) tax rates on individuals and estates
(B) government regulation of fuel, food, and transportation
(C) employment opportunities for African Americans and Mexican Americans
(D) support of individual liberties by the Supreme Court
(D) support of individual liberties by the Supreme Court
In the late nineteenth century, all of the following encouraged American jingoism EXCEPT
(A) yellow journalism
(B) the New Navy policy of Alfred Thayer Mahan and Theodore Roosevelt
(C) the example of European imperialism
(D) the flooding of American markets by foreign producers
(D) the flooding of American markets by foreign producers
During the 1930s Black voters overwhelmingly switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party because
(A) the Democrats promised to end Prohibition
(B) President Roosevelt actively pursued race reform
(C) Black Americans benefited from some New Deal economic policies
(D) the Ku Klux Klan was gaining power within the Republican Party
(C) Black Americans benefited from some New Deal economic policies
The flappers of the 1920’s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting
(A) a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law
(B) gender equality in salaries
(C) an equal rights amendement
(D) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
(D) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
Which of the following is true of American women during the Second World War?
(A) They initiated a visible and highly vocal feminist movement.
(B) They married younger and had more children than women did before or after the war.
(C) Those who took industrial jobs learned new skills and earned better pay than in jobs previously open to them.
(D) Aside from participating in rationing programs, women contributed little to the war effort.
(C) Those who took industrial jobs learned new skills and earned better pay than in jobs previously open to them.
Conservative Republican opponents of the Treaty of Versailles argued that the League of Nations would (A) isolate the United States from postwar world affairs
(B) prevent the United States from seeking reparations from Germany
(C) violate President Wilson’s own Fourteen Points
(D) limit United States sovereignty
(D) limit United States sovereignty
Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?
(A) The Supreme Court sustained laws barring the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor.
(B) Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.
(C) Factory owners advocated state child labor laws.
(D) States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.
(D) States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed
The establishment of a stronger economic regulatory system during the Great Depression most closely reflected a continuity with which of the following?
(A) Efforts to fund internal improvements during the Early Republic
(B) Efforts to expand the influence of unionized labor during the Gilded Age
(C) Efforts to restrict the excesses of corporations during the Progressive Era
(D) Efforts to encourage women to enter the workforce during the Second World War
(C) Efforts to restrict the excesses of corporations during the Progressive Era
What was the main reason for the major decrease in the number of Europeans immigrating to the United States in the 1920s?
(A) There was widespread prosperity in Europe after the First World War.
(B) Most European countries passed laws forbidding immigration to the United States.
(c) Fear of political persecution after the Palmer raids and the Sacco and Vanzetti case discouraged many Europeans from emigrating.
(d) The United States passed the National Origins Act.
(d) The United States passed the National Origins Act.
All of the following have been cited as reasons for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 EXCEPT the need to
(A) block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States
(B) keep the Soviet Union out of the war against Japan
(C) save American lives
(D) demonstrate American superiority in weaponry to the Soviet Union
(E) force the unconditional surrender of Japan
(A) block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States
One stated objective of Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after the First World War was to
(A) ensure the military dominance of the United States over the European powers
(B) ensure that the Central Powers paid the Allied nations for war damages
(C) destroy the Central Powers’ military strength
(D) promote the right of national self-determination
(D) promote the right of national self-determination
7. W. E. B. Du Bois differed in philosophy from Booker T. Washington in that Du Bois believed Scoring Guide Period 7 Exam Page 10 of 14 AP U.S. History
(A) African Americans should pursue immediate and full equality
(B) economic success would lead to political equality
(C) job training was ultimately more important than formal education
(D) civil rights would come through local efforts rather than national organization
(A) African Americans should pursue immediate and full equality
An underlying cause of the Great Depression, which began in 1929, was
(A) excessive government control of business and industry
(B) overproduction in the manufacturing and farm sectors
(C) the budget deficit incurred after the First World War
(D) withdrawal of foreign investments from the United States
(B) overproduction in the manufacturing and farm sectors
Which of the following has been viewed by some historians as an indication of strong anti-Catholic sentiment in the presidential election of 1928?
(A) The increased political activity of the Ku Klux Klan
(B) The failure of the farm bloc to go to the polls
(C) Alfred E. Smith’s choice of Arkansas senator Joseph T. Robinson as his running mate
(D) Alfred E. Smith’s failure to carry a solidly Democratic South
(D) Alfred E. Smith’s failure to carry a solidly Democratic South
The bracero program encouraged
(A) Mexican workers to come to the United States as temporary laborers from the 1940s to the 1960s
(B) federal courts to protect the civil rights of Mexican Americans in the 1960s
(C) the United States media to broadcast Latino music and movies in the 1980s
(D) Latino immigrants to pursue United States citizenship
(A) Mexican workers to come to the United States as temporary laborers from the 1940s to the 1960s
Wilson’s Fourteen Points incorporated all of the following EXCEPT
(A) open diplomacy
(B) freedom of the seas
(C) recognition of Allied economic and territorial agreements made during the war
(d) national self-determination
(C) recognition of Allied economic and territorial agreements made during the war
The Open Door policy of the early twentieth century called for
(A) the continuation of the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere
(B) the opening of United States markets to foreign goods
(c) unlimited European immigration into the United States
(d) open access to China for American investment and commercial interests
(d) open access to China for American investment and commercial interests
One means by which President Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was
(a) the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
(b) a lowering of barriers for free trade (D) the early payments of bonuses to veterans
(c) direct government aid to the needy
(a) the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American writers of the 1920’s have often been called the “lost generation” because they
(A) found it difficult to get their work published
(B) were disillusioned with the course of American life
(C) failed to achieve fame in their lifetimes
(D) were politically radical in a conservative era
(B) were disillusioned with the course of American life
Conscription policies in the First and Second World Wars differed significantly in that in the Second World War
(A) conscientious objectors were not officially recognized
(B) the draft began before the United States entered the conflict
(C) the draft was administered at the regional and federal levels by the armed forces
(D) exemptions were offered for a range of war-related occupations
(B) the draft began before the United States entered the conflict
Which of the following correctly describes the Committee on Public Information?
(A) It was the first organization to oppose legalizing abortion.
(B) It was a business lobby against Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
(C) It was established to mobilize domestic support for the war effort during the First World War.
(D) It was the effort led by Samuel Adams to rally colonists against British taxes.
(C) It was established to mobilize domestic support for the war effort during the First World War.
Policy initiatives during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first two presidential terms included all of the following EXCEPT
(A) restricting agricultural production
(B) restoring public confidence in the banking system
(C) deficit financing
(D) nationalizing basic industries
(D) nationalizing basic industries
The flappers of the 1920’s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting
(A) a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law
(B) gender equality in salaries
(C) an equal rights amendement
(D) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
(D) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
The Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States upheld the constitutionality of
(A) flag burning as a form of free speech
(B) the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity
(C) prohibiting Japanese workers from immigrating to the United States
(D) private prayer in public schools
(B) the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity
The purpose of the Lend-Lease Act was to
(A) create military bases outside the borders of the United States
(B) lend money to impoverished farmers
(C) provide military supplies to the Allies
(D) provide subsidies to railroads and businesses
(C) provide military supplies to the Allies