By the early 1920s, many eastern states __________. A) did not even try to enforce prohibition B) had eradicated alcohol consumption C) were actively engaged in the importation of alcohol D) had passed laws making the consumption of alcohol legal ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The National Recovery Administration sought to stimulate production through __________. A) increased competition B) government purchase of private corporations C) government loans to corporations D) government-enforced industrial codes ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Public Works Administration (PWA) was based on the principle of stimulating the economy through __________. A) providing jobs and increasing consumer spending B) making credit available to businesses, banks, and industries C) encouraging small businesses and self-employment D) setting prices at a 1909‒1914 purchasing power average ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The purpose of the Glass-Steagall Act was to __________. A) protect minority groups from employment discrimination B) protect individual Americans from the consequences of bank failures C) protect farmers from falling crop prices D) protect the federal government from international defaults ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Hitler saw which of these as a root cause of Germany’s problems in the 1920s and 1930s? A) the Treaty of Versailles B) the Catholic church C) Italian interference in German affairs D) the Germans’ own failures ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
By mid-1941, __________. A) the United States was fighting an undeclared naval war with Germany in the Atlantic B) Americans were demanding that the United States formally enter the war C) the United States had made no significant preparations for the coming war D) both Germany and Japan were carefully avoiding any action that might […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The basic Allied strategy in World War II was to __________. A) defeat Japan first B) defeat Germany first C) devote equal resources to both theaters of war D) fight a defensive war and wait for the Axis powers to exhaust themselves ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What steps did the government take to encourage patriotism and prevent subversion during the war? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: Office of War Information; wiretap authorizations; illegal FBI surveillance; Office of Strategic Services
Date: September 9th, 2020
In a 1950 speech, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy claimed that __________. A) there were 205 Communists working in the State Department B) Truman was a closet Communist C) the army was ignoring the Communist threat D) a military takeover of the United States by the Communists was imminent ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1950, Alger Hiss was convicted of __________. A) being a Communist in the 1930s B) spying for Germany during World War II C) passing secrets to the Soviet Union D) perjury in denying his Communist connections ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
