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 […]
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
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
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
In which of these industries did wages fall in the 1920s? A) textiles B) automobiles C) electrical manufacturing D) plastics ANSWER Answer: A
Between 1943 and 1945, a unique community emerged in Los Alamos, New Mexico, made up of __________. A) displaced Dust Bowl farmers B) African American factory workers C) researchers, scientists, and their families D) Japanese internees ANSWER Answer: C
By the time the Allies met at Yalta, Roosevelt had realized that neither the Soviets nor British would accept __________. A) establishing European spheres of influence B) a conditional German surrender C) the principles of the Atlantic Charter D) American domination of the postwar world ANSWER Answer: C
The fighting over this island was particularly fierce, since it was so close to Japan. A) Okinawa B) Guam C) Guadalcanal D) Tarawa ANSWER Answer: A
Which of these delayed Germany’s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union? A) an assassination attempt on Hitler B) the threat of a British landing in Scandinavia C) Mussolini’s failures in North Africa and Greece D) German losses in the Battle of Britain ANSWER Answer: C
Truman’s assumption that the United States would maintain its containment policy through a monopoly on nuclear weapons was undercut by __________. A) the Soviets matching each U.S. atomic and hydrogen bomb development B) the unsustainable cost of nuclear weapons C) technical problems that made mass production of nuclear weapons impossible D) European NATO allies refusing […]
