front 1 Before he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson had been a a.
Presbyterian minister. | back 1 b. state governor. |
front 2 As a governor of New Jersey, Woodrow WIlson established a record as a
a. mild conservative. | back 2 e. passionate reformer. |
front 3 In 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency on a Democratic
platform that included all fo the following except a call for a.
antitrust legislation. | back 3 c. dollar diplomacy. |
front 4 When Jane Addams placed Theodore Roosevelt's name in nomination for
presidency in 1912, it a. demonstrated that the Republican party
supported woman suffrage. | back 4 c. symbolized the rising political status of women. |
front 5 Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism a. pinned its economic faith on
competition. | back 5 d. supported a broad program of social welfare. |
front 6 Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom a. advocated social-welfare
programs. | back 6 c. favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship. |
front 7 The 1912 presidential election was notable because a. it gave the voters a choice of political and economic
philosophies. | back 7 a. it gave the voters a choice of political and economic philosophies. |
front 8 Match each 1912 presidential candidate below with his political
party. | back 8 e. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-l |
front 9 According to the text, the runaway philosophical winner in the 1912 election was a. socialism. | back 9 b. progressivism |
front 10 In 1912 Woodrow Wilson became the first ____ elected to the
presidency since the Civil War. | back 10 a. southern-born man |
front 11 Woodrow Wilson was the first president since the Civil War who | back 11 no data |
front 12 Woodrow Wilson's attitude toward the masses can best be described as
a. open contempt. | back 12 c. faith in them if they were properly educated. |
front 13 Woodrow Wilson's political philosopy included all of the following
except a. faith in the masses. | back 13 b. scorn for the ideal of self-determination for minority peoples in other countries. |
front 14 As a politician, Woodrow Wilson was a. clever and agile. | back 14 e. inflexible and stubborn. |
front 15 Congress passed the Underwood Tariff because a. big business favored
its passage. | back 15 b. President Wilson aroused public opinion to support its passage. |
front 16 In 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to
jefferson's day when he a. appointed members of his cabinet without
regard to their party affiliation. | back 16 d. personally delivered his presidential address to Congress. |
front 17 When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1912, the most serious
shortcoming in the country's financial structure was that the a. large
banks were scattered too widely around the country. | back 17 e. currency was inelastic. |
front 18 When Congress passed the Underwood Tariff Billin 1913, it intended the legistlation to a. lower tariff rates. | back 18 a. lower tariff rates. |
front 19 The 16th Amendment provided for a. a personal income tax. | back 19 a. a personal income tax. |
front 20 The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 guaranteed a substantial measure of
public control over the American banking system through the final
authority given to the | back 20 e. Federal Reserve Board. |
front 21 The Federal Reserve Act gave the government the authority to | back 21 a. increase the amount of money in circulation. |
front 22 The Clayton Anti-Trust Act a. held that trade unions fell under the
antimonopoly restraints of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. | back 22 d. explicitly legalized strikes and peaceful picketing. |
front 23 Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the _____ "labor's Magna Charter a. Federal Reserve Act | back 23 c. Clayton Anti-Trust Act |
front 24 The first Jew to sit on the US supreme court, appointed by Woodrow
Wilson was a. Felix Frankfurter. | back 24 d. Louis D. Brandeis. |
front 25 Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism by a. opposing workingmen's compensation. | back 25 e. accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy. |
front 26 President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when a) the Zimmerman note was intercepted and made public b) Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic c) news was received that a revolutionary movement had overthrown the czarists regime in Russia d) Germany rejected Wilson's Fourteen Points for peace e) it appeared that the German army would take Paris | back 26 b) Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic |
front 27 The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between a) Britain and France b) Russia and Germany c) Germany and Mexico d) Mexico and France e) Germany and Canada | back 27 c) Germany and Mexico |
front 28 The U.S. declared war on Germany a) in response to demands by American munitions makers b) as a result of treaty obligations c) because Wall Street bankers demanded it d) after Mexico signed an alliance with Germany e) after German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels | back 28 e) after German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels |
front 29 President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by a) appealing to America's tradition of intervention in Europe b) convincing the public of the need to make the world safe from the German submarine c) pledging to make the war "a war to end all wars" and to make the world safe for democracy d) promising territorial gains e) declaring that only the navy would be involved in combat | back 29 c) pledging to make the war "a war to end all wars" and to make the world safe for democracy |
front 30 President Wilson viewed America's entry into World War I as an opportunity for the U.S. to a) reestablish the balance of power in European diplomacy b) expand America's territorial holdings c) rebuild its dangerously small military and naval forces d) establish a permanent military presence in Europe e) shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy | back 30 e) shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy |
front 31 Of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the one that he hoped would provide a system of collective security was the a) reduction of armaments b) League of Nations c) abolition of secret treaties d) guarantee of freedom of the seas e) principle of national self-determination of peoples | back 31 b) League of Nations |
front 32 The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that a) he oversold Wilson's ideals and led the world to expect too much. b) he relied too much on formal laws to gain compliance c) the entertainment industry was not willing to go along with the propaganda campaign d) U.S. allies refused to cooperate e) the public was skeptical of government propaganda | back 32 a) he oversold Wilson's ideals and led the world to expect too much. |
front 33 Match each civilian administrator below with the World War 1
mobilization agency that he directed. | back 33 A-2, B-3, C-1 |
front 34 When the U.S. entered World War I, it was a) well prepared thanks to the foresight of Woodrow Wilson b) well prepared militarily but not industrially c) well prepared for land combat but not for naval warfare d) well prepared industrially but not militarily e) poorly prepared to leap into global war | back 34 e) poorly prepared to leap into global war |
front 35 During World War I, civil liberties in America were a) protected by the Espionage Act b) limited, but no one was actually imprisoned for his or her convictions c) extended to everyone in this country, because the war was fought for democracy d) protected for everyone except German-Americans e) denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty | back 35 e) denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty |
front 36 Two constitutional amendments adopted in part because of because of wartime influences were the 18th, which dealt with _________________, and the 19th, whose subject was _______________. a) prohibition; an income tax b) direct election of senators; woman suffrage c) prohibition; woman suffrage d) an income tax; direct election of senators e) women suffrage; prohibition | back 36 c) prohibition; woman suffrage |
front 37 As a result of their work supporting the war effort, women a) in large numbers secured a foothold in the work force b) finally received the right to vote c) were allowed to join the air force d) organized the National Women's Party e) all of the above | back 37 b) finally received the right to vote |
front 38 During World War I, the government's treatment of labor could be best described as a) fair b) strict and financially unrewarding c) extremely brutal d) so good the right to form unions was finally granted e) decent for native Americans but harsh for ethnic groups | back 38 a) fair |
front 39 The strikes and sabotage of the Industrial Workers of the World during WWI were a) aimed at undermining the war effort b) unjust c) never taken seriously by the government d) based on Samuel Gompers' union philosophy e) the result of some of the worst working conditions in the country | back 39 e) the result of some of the worst working conditions in the country |
front 40 Grievances of labor during and shortly after World War I include all of the following except a) the inability to gain the right to organize b) war-spawned inflation c) suppression of the American Federation of Labor d) violence against workers by employers e) the use of African-Americans as strike breakers | back 40 c) suppression of the American Federation of Labor |
front 41 The 1919 steel strike resulted in a) the eight-hour workday b) the right to bargain collectively c) higher wages d) a grievous setback crippling the union movement for a decade e) a "general strike" in Seattle and Pittsburgh | back 41 d) a grievous setback crippling the union movement for a decade |
front 42 The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during WWI resulted in a) better race relations in the South b) racial violence in the North c) fewer blacks willing to be used as strikebreakers d) a new black middle class e) all of the above | back 42 b) racial violence in the North |
front 43 Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on _____________ to prepare the economy for war. a) congressional legislation b) voluntary compliance c) presidential edict d) court decisions e) business trade organizations | back 43 b) voluntary compliance |
front 44 Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from a) confiscation of German property b) income taxes c) tariffs d) sale of armaments to Britain and France e) loans | back 44 e) loans |
front 45 In an effort to make economic mobilization more efficient during World War I, the federal government took over and operated a) the railroads b) the merchant marine c) heavy industry d) American agriculture e) the steel mills | back 45 a) the railroads |
front 46 The U.S. used all of the flowing methods to support the war effort except a) encouraging people to buy war bonds b) having "heatless Mondays" to conserve fuel c) using government power extensively to regulate the economy d) seizing enemy merchant vessels trapped in American harbors e) restricting the manufacture of beer | back 46 c) using government power extensively to regulate the economy |
front 47 During World War I the U.S. used naval vessels a) made from concrete b) purchased from Germany c) from the Civil War era d) none of the above e) all of the above | back 47 a) made from concrete |
front 48 When the U.S. entered WWI in 1917, most Americans did not believe that a) the navy was obligated to defend freedom of the seas b) it would be necessary to continue making loans to the Allies c) the U.S. would have to ship war materials to the Allies d) mobilization for war should be largely voluntary e) it would be necessary to send a large American army to Europe | back 48 e) it would be necessary to send a large American army to Europe |
front 49 Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because a) they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve b) the law required the registration of sixteen-year-old males c) women were included in the draft law d) substitutes could be hired to take someone's place e) there was racial discrimination in the military | back 49 a) they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve |
front 50 During WWI, American troops fought in all of the following countries except a) Czechoslovakia b) Russia c) Belgium d) Italy e) France | back 50 a) Czechoslovakia |
front 51 The "champion of the dispossessed"—that is, the poor and
minorities—in the 1930s was | back 51 c. Eleanor Roosevelt. |
front 52 The 1932 Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt ran
for the presidency called for | back 52 a. repeal of prohibition. |
front 53 In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as
president he would attack the Great Depression by | back 53 e. experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform. |
front 54 The phrase "Hundred Days" refers to | back 54 c. the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. |
front 55 One striking feature of the 1932 presidential election was
that | back 55 e. African-Americans became a vital element in the Democratic party. |
front 56 While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency, Herbert
Hoover tried to get the president-elect to cooperate on long-term
solutions to the Depression because | back 56 c. he hoped to bind his successor to an anti-inflationary policy that would make much of the New Deal impossible. |
front 57 When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933, | back 57 c. he received unprecedented congressional support. |
front 58 As World War II began for the United States in 1941, President
Roosevelt | back 58 d) decided to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war on hold |
front 59 Once at war, Americans first great challenge was to | back 59 e) retool its industry for all-out war production |
front 60 Overall, most ethnic groups in the United States during World War
II | back 60 a) were further assimilated into American society |
front 61 Japanese-Americans were placed in concentration camps during World
War II | back 61 c) as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear |
front 62 The minority groups most adversely affected by Washington's wartime
policies was | back 62 c) Japanese-Americans |
front 63 In the 1800s the Japanese government drove many Japanese farmers off
their land by | back 63 d) imposing a steep land tax |
front 64 In the period from 1885 to 1924, Japanese immigrants to the U.S.
were | back 64 e) select representatives of their nation |
front 65 When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, | back 65 d) a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about |
front 66 During World War II, the United States government commissioned the
production of synthetic __________ in order to offset the loss of
access to prewar supplies in East Asia. | back 66 b. rubber |
front 67 While American workers, on the whole, were committed to the war
effort, several unions went on strike. The most prominent was
the | back 67 d. United Mine Workers. |
front 68 During World War II, | back 68 e. labor unions substantially increased their membership. |
front 69 The employment of more than six million women in American industry
during World War II led to | back 69 c. the establishment of day-care centers by the government. |
front 70 The main reason the majority of women war workers left the labor
force at the end of WW II was | back 70 e. family obligations. |
front 71 African-Americans did all of the following during World War II
except | back 71 a) fight in integrated combat units |
front 72 Which one of the following is least related to the other four? | back 72 a. Smith-Connally Act |
front 73 . Big-government intervention got its biggest boost from | back 73 b) World War II |
front 74 The northward migration of African-Americans accelerated after World
War II because | back 74 c) Mechanical cotton pickers came into use |
front 75 During World War II, American Indians | back 75 d) moved off reservations in large numbers |
front 76 By the end of World War II, the heart of the United States'
African-American community had shifted to | back 76 e) northern cities |
front 77 The national debt increased most during | back 77 c) World War II |
front 78 Most of the money raised to finance World War II came through | back 78 e) borrowing |
front 79 The first naval battle in history in which all of the fighting was
done by carrier-based aircraft was the Battle of | back 79 c) the Coral Sea |
front 80 The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the
Battle of | back 80 d) Midway |
front 81 The Japanese made a crucial mistake in 1942 in their attempt to
control much of the Pacific when they | back 81 c) overextended themselves instead of digging in and consolidating their gains |
front 82 In waging war against Japan, the United States relied on a strategy
of | back 82 d) "island hopping" across the South Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds |
front 83 The conquest of ________________ was especially important, because
from there Americans could conduct round-trip bombing raids on the
Japanese home islands. | back 83 e) Guam |
front 84 The Allies won the Battle of the Atlantic by doing all of the
following except | back 84 b) organizing Allied "wolf packs" to chase down German U-boats |
front 85 Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942
at the Battle of Battle of ________________, after which his fortunes
gradually declined. | back 85 b) Stalingrad |
front 86 The Allies postponed opening a second front in Europe until 1944
because | back 86 e) of British reluctance and lack of adequate shipping |
front 87 The Allied demand for unconditional surrender was criticized mainly
by opponents who believed that such surrender would | back 87 encourage the enemy to resist as long as possible |
front 88 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced at
their wartime conference in Casablanca that their principal war aim
was to | back 88 d) force the unconditional surrender of both Germany and Japan |
front 89 In 1945, Japan | back 89 Showed no sign of surrendering unconditionally before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
front 90 The United States used the atomic bomb on Japan primarily to: | back 90 Save American Lives |