Why did southern progressives support the disfranchisement and segregation of African Americans? A) They argued it would lead to economic growth. B) They were more racist than most in the South. C) They wanted protection from the Ku Klux Klan. D) They believed it was necessary for political and social reform. ANSWER Answer: D
The Uprising of the 20,000 illustrated the collective power of __________. A) working-class miners B) working-class women and middle-class reformers and suffragists C) the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League D) residents of company towns ANSWER Answer: B
Which of these people would have been most likely to favor prohibition? A) working-class Catholic B) German Lutheran C) Italian immigrant D) middle-class Protestant ANSWER Answer: D
The Roosevelt Corollary was issued because Roosevelt __________. A) wanted to prevent armed European intervention in South America B) wanted to prevent the Japanese from colonizing Nicaragua C) wanted to ensure European creditors access to Latin markets D) sought an “open door” in China ANSWER Answer: A
The American military forces in Europe reflected contemporary American culture in that __________. A) African American servicemen faced racist and humiliating treatment B) over half the soldiers were foreign born C) women served on an equal basis with men D) they were all-volunteer, highly patriotic forces ANSWER Answer: A
During the ratification debate on the Versailles Treaty, Republican opponents most objected to __________. A) collective security provisions in the League of Nations charter B) American exclusion from receiving reparations payments C) the failure to hold war crimes trials D) the United States accepting equal guilt for the war ANSWER Answer: A
The absence of __________ was notable at the Paris peace talks. A) Americans B) the French C) the British D) Germans ANSWER Answer: D
In 1913, it took thirteen hours to produce one automobile. By 1925, Henry Ford’s new plants were producing one car every __________. A) ten seconds B) hour C) ninety minutes D) two hours ANSWER Answer: A
Changes in 1920s morality probably reflected __________. A) government programs forbidding sex education B) a convergence in male and female sexual attitudes and habits C) widespread legalization of prostitution D) greater mainstream acceptance of homosexuality ANSWER Answer: B
Creator of George Babbitt of Zenith, this person became the first American author to win the Nobel Prize for literature. A) Sinclair Lewis B) Ernest Hemingway C) Eugene O’Neill D) Upton Sinclair ANSWER Answer: A
