African American soldiers returning from the Great War were met with __________. A) a more equal society B) gratitude for their wartime service C) welcome home parades D) racism and violence ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the American economy change from a producer-durable-goods to a consumer-durable-goods economy in the early twentieth century? A) mass production B) labor shortages C) high wages D) lack of raw materials ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under the “studio system,” companies making movies __________. A) depended on Wall Street investors for financing B) downplayed the role of “stars” C) controlled production, distribution, and exhibition D) concentrated on making short, cheap films ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
People who supported the Klan in the 1920 were likely to be __________. A) city dwellers B) believers in Darwinian evolution C) religious fundamentalists D) scientific modernists ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
