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During the first two years of World War I, the United States:
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? became an arsenal for the Allies.
? maintained a genuinely neutral stance. ? remained politically and economically isolated from European affairs. ? became sympathetic toward the Central Powers because the English blockade of Germany. |
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Woodrow Wilson's reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania was to:
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? ask congress for a declaration of war.
? break diplomatic relations with Germany. ? impose a complete embargo on exports to both sides. ? demand assurances from Germany that such outrages we not recur. |
D
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In the presidential election of 1916, the Democrats emphasized:
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? taking a firm stand against both German and British violations of American neutral rights.
? staying out of the European war. ? taking a belligerant stand against German violations American neutral rights. ? domestic issues only and ignored the European war. |
B
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In the Senate debate on ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, the so-called irreconcilables were those who were adamantly opposed to:
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? isolationism.
? United States membership in the League. ? interjecting partisan politics into foreign relations. ? any modification of the treaty as it was originally drafted. |
B
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The Palmer Raids may be cited as evidence of the depth of feeling in America in the aftermath of World War I against:
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? Communism
? internationalism. ? Italian-Americans. ? German-Americans. |
A
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As used in reference to the period of the Great War, the expression "Great Migration" means:
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? Easterners moving west.
? blacks moving north. ? rural dwellers moving to the city. ? refugees fleeing war-torn Europe for America. |
B
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In the first few years after World War I, relations between blacks and whites in America were characterized by:
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? grudging acceptance due to common economic distress.
? great cordiality due to the blacks' gallant service in the war. ? extreme resentment, race riots, and numerous lynchings. ? improvement due to new legal safeguards for blacks enacted during the progressive period. |
C
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The immediate cause of the American declaration of war against Germany in April 1917 was the:
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? sinking of the Sussex.
? Bolshevik revolution in Russia. ? reports of German atrocities against civilians. ? German resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. |
D
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One of the main purposes of the Creel Committee during World War I was to:
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? combat inflation.
? discover and expose disloyal elements in America. ? disseminate propaganda and proselytize on behalf of the war. ? engage in espionage. |
C
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The Harlem Renaissance referred to:
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? a movement in black literature.
? a movement in New York to improve the conditions of recent immigrants to the United states. ? the spread of jazz to the cities of the North. ? a back-to-Africa movement among black intellectuals who had completely repudiated American values. |
A
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Three of the following statements accurately describe the "noble experiment" of prohibition. Which is the exception?
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? Enforcement was ludicrously ineffective.
? It stimulated the growth of organized crime. ? The Great Depression hindered efforts to repeal Prohibition. ? Begun as a middle-class progressive reform, prohibition was later supported largely by rural Protestant Americans. |
C
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Compared with the effect of the immigration act of 1921, the effect of the National Origins Act of 1924 was to:
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? discriminate heavily against immigrants from southern
and eastern Europe. ? liberalize the quotas somewhat. ? establish small quotas for Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans. ? discriminate heavily against immigrants from northwestern Europe. |
A
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A new feature of American business developed in the 1921 known as welfare capitalism. The essence of welfare capitalism was:
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? company-provided benefits for workers.
? government-provided unemployment benefits for worker ? company-provided bonuses for management. ? government-provided financial aid for troubled industries. |
A
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John T. scopes was accused of the crime of:
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? organizing a labor conspiracy in restraint of trade.
? teaching communism in the public schools of Tennessee. ? teaching Christianity in the public schools of Tennessee. ? teaching Darwinian evolution in the public schools of Tennessee. |
D
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Which political party dominated the national government during the so-called New Era, or Age of "Normalcy"?
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? The Republicans controlled both Congress and the presidency.
? The Republicans controlled Congress, and the Democrats controlled the presidency. ? The Democrats controlled Congress, and the Republicans controlled the presidency. ? The Democrats controlled both Congress and the presidency. |
A
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The so-called Ohio Gang was most closely associated with the administration of:
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? Woodrow Wilson.
? Calvin Coolidge. ? Herbert Hoover. ? Warren G. Harding. |
D
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Both the Teapot Dome and the Elk Hills scandals in the 1920s involved:
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? embezzlement of Veterans Bureau funds.
? tainted seafood being shipped in interstate commerce in violation of the Pure Food and Drug Act. ? corrupt leasing of government oil reserves to private business. ? corruption in the Justice Department in which cases were "fixed" in return for bribes paid to government officials. |
C
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Three of the following were "firsts" in the 1920s. Which is the exception?
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? the first network of radio broadcasting stations
? the first "talkie" movie ? the first chain of newspapers ? the first commercial radio broadcasting station |
C
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Margaret Sanger was significant to American social and cultural life in the 1920s as a promoter of:
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? temperance.
? progressive education. ? the "debunkers." ? the birth-control movement. |
D
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Three of the following were manifestations of changing cultural values among Americans in the 1920s. Which is the exception?
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? There was an increase in secularism.
? The national divorce rate climbed dramatically. ? Many women enjoyed a less inhibited life style. ? Birth-control devices were legalized in all states, and abortion was legalized in some states. ? acceptance of modern American society as the best of all possible worlds. |
D-birth control
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