Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the prohibition movement. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: the goals of the movement; the motives of the movement; WCTU; Anti-Saloon League; nativism
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was a direct outcome of __________. A) the building of the Panama Canal B) negotiation of the Treaty of Portsmouth C) the Nationalist Chinese revolt of 1911 D) the success of the American Expeditionary Force ANSWER Answer: A
Which labor group was all but destroyed by a government crackdown during the war? A) Industrial Workers of the World B) American Federation of Labor C) Knights of Labor D) United Mine Workers ANSWER Answer: A
Whose diplomacy was based on the principle of the “big stick”? A) Woodrow Wilson B) Theodore Roosevelt C) William Howard Taft D) Warren G. Harding ANSWER Answer: B
Large employers implemented welfare capitalism in an effort to __________. A) undermine unions B) meet government standards C) fulfill their strong social conscience D) keep workers employed ANSWER Answer: A
Anti-American feelings in postwar Europe were fueled by __________. A) U.S. insistence that at least part of the European debts be repaid B) American occupation of Europe C) American corporations buying European businesses at fire sale prices D) American isolationist tendencies ANSWER Answer: A
The National American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman’s Party disagreed over __________. A) which group gave more protection to immigrants B) methods for achieving full suffrage C) which group had a greater social conscience D) labor laws to protect women ANSWER Answer: D
Why did the agricultural sector, especially in the South, lag behind other areas of the 1920s economy? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: supply and demand; global markets; adjustments to postwar economic environment
The CIO differed from the AFL in that it __________. A) included blacks and women B) distinguished between various gradations of labor C) organized only skilled labor D) avoided conflict with mass-production industries ANSWER Answer: A
The New Deal for Indians would best be described as __________. A) bringing important but limited improvements to Native Americans B) insensitive and harmful to traditional Indian culture C) enormously beneficial to Native Americans D) underfunded, halfhearted, and ineffective ANSWER Answer: A