What disaster led to the development of the commission form of urban government? A) the panic of 1893 B) the San Francisco fire C) the Chicago fire D) the Galveston flood ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Woodrow Wilson believed that U.S. economic expansion should be accompanied by __________. A) political domination B) democratic principles and Christianity C) military force and naval power D) American bureaucratic know-how ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The CPI led an aggressively negative campaign against all things __________. A) German B) French C) Italian D) Russian ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eugene V. Debs, the socialist leader, was sentenced to a ten-year prison term for __________. A) giving a speech defending antiwar protestors B) planning to blow up a post office C) evading the military draft D) advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the United States fail to sign the Treaty of Versailles? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: isolationism; the provisions of the treaty; Wilson’s campaign on behalf of the treaty; opposition in the Senate
Date: September 9th, 2020
Whether shopping at A&P, watching the movies, listening to radio, or reading a newspaper, consumers in the 1920s were exposed to more things that __________. A) challenged them intellectually B) reflected local or regional qualities C) set them apart from the new immigrant D) were produced for a national market ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
After 1924, Japanese and Asian Indians were excluded from U.S. citizenship because __________. A) business leaders feared competition from Asians B) the Supreme Court held that they were impossible to assimilate C) Japan and India refused to allow their citizens to emigrate D) their nations had fought against the United States in World War I […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What virtue championed by the progressives was also championed by American business in the 1920s? A) openness B) efficiency C) self-promotion D) tolerance ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the election of 1932, __________. A) Roosevelt won by a razor-thin margin B) Hoover pledged, if reelected, to launch a “new deal” C) Roosevelt won in an unprecedented landslide D) Republicans retained control of Congress ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
As First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt __________. A) played a traditional and uncontroversial role B) openly opposed many New Deal programs C) was a powerful voice for liberal causes D) alienated many women with her activism ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
