Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Muscle Shoals Bill

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The Muscle Shoals Bill refers to a piece

Question 2

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. ​
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-In the 1920s, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, while serving Presidents Harding and Coolidge, encouraged the creation of trade associations to

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A) force compliance with the existing antitrust laws. 
B) encourage business competition. 
C) promote the standardization of products. 
D) help big business weaken the ability of organized labor to unionize and bargain effectively for wage and benefits. 
E) circumvent the antitrust laws. 
A) force compliance with the existing antitrust laws. 
B) encourage business competition. 
C) promote the standardization of products. 
D) help big business weaken the ability of organized labor to unionize and bargain effectively for wage and benefits. 
E) circumvent the antitrust laws.

Question 3

The term "Hoovervilles" refers to

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A) industrial sections of cities where poor workers lived. 
B) shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people during the Great Depression. 
C) picket lines erected by the Bonus Army in their protest against Washington D.C. 
D) breadlines and soup kitchens that fed the hungry during the Great Depression. 
E) cities hardest hit by the Great Depression - with the highest unemployment and poverty rates. 
A) industrial sections of cities where poor workers lived. 
B) shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people during the Great Depression. 
C) picket lines erected by the Bonus Army in their protest against Washington D.C. 
D) breadlines and soup kitchens that fed the hungry during the Great Depression. 
E) cities hardest hit by the Great Depression - with the highest unemployment and poverty rates.

Question 4

Were the Harding administration scandals largely a product of individual presidential weakness an ineptitude and corruption by Harding's political and business cronies, or did they reflect a post-World War I "anything goes" laissez-faire political and business climate? Why did the Republican party suffer so little damage from the scandals?

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The Harding administration scandals were

Question 5

In what ways did the Five-Power Naval Treaty, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Dawes Plan, and Stimson doctrine each fall short of ensuring American national security and peace and security in Europe and Asia? Do you agree with the suggestion of the text's authors that America's failure to join the League of Nations and its pursuit of a "sentimental," rather than a realist, foreign policy constituted seeking the benefits of peace without incurring the financial, military, diplomatic, and interventionist burdens a great power, such as the United States in the 1920s, should assume in order to preserve peace and security in the world?

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The Five-Power Naval Treaty, the Kellogg

Question 6

The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact

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A) formally ended World War I for the United States, which had refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles. 
B) set a schedule for German payment of war reparations. 
C) established a battleship ratio for the leading naval powers. 
D) condemned Japan for its unprovoked attack on Manchuria. 
E) ostensibly and naively attempted to outlaw war as a legitimate means to resolve armed conflict arising from geopolitical rivalries between and among nations. 
A) formally ended World War I for the United States, which had refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles. 
B) set a schedule for German payment of war reparations. 
C) established a battleship ratio for the leading naval powers. 
D) condemned Japan for its unprovoked attack on Manchuria. 
E) ostensibly and naively attempted to outlaw war as a legitimate means to resolve armed conflict arising from geopolitical rivalries between and among nations.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Calvin Coolidge

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President o

Question 8

The Federal Farm Board, created by the Agricultural Marketing Act, lent money to farmers primarily to help them to

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A) organize producers' cooperatives. 
B) learn a new and more profitable trade. 
C) open new land to cultivation. 
D) purchase expensive new farm machinery. 
E) take land out of production. 
A) organize producers' cooperatives. 
B) learn a new and more profitable trade. 
C) open new land to cultivation. 
D) purchase expensive new farm machinery. 
E) take land out of production.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dawes Plan

Accepted Answer

The Dawes Plan was an economic plan firs

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harry M. Daugherty

Accepted Answer

Harry M. Daugherty (1860–1941) was an Am

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Agricultural Marketing Act

Accepted Answer

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 w

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Black Tuesday

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday refers to October 29, 1929

Question 13

The 1932 Stimson doctrine

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A) reversed the United States' long-standing interventionist policy in Latin America. 
B) committed the United States to join the League of Nations' effort to impose economic sanctions against Japan for its invasion of Manchuria. 
C) announced the United States' willingness to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy. 
D) declared that the United States would not recognize any territorial acquisition achieved by force of arms. 
E) declared Japan and Germany rogue states. 
A) reversed the United States' long-standing interventionist policy in Latin America. 
B) committed the United States to join the League of Nations' effort to impose economic sanctions against Japan for its invasion of Manchuria. 
C) announced the United States' willingness to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy. 
D) declared that the United States would not recognize any territorial acquisition achieved by force of arms. 
E) declared Japan and Germany rogue states.

Question 14

The economic mood in the United States just before the stock market crashed in 1929 could best be described as

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A) anxious. 
B) supremely confident and optimistic. 
C) pessimistic. 
D) fearful. 
E) deeply ambivalent. 
A) anxious. 
B) supremely confident and optimistic. 
C) pessimistic. 
D) fearful. 
E) deeply ambivalent.

Question 15

Outline the causes of the great crash of 1929. Why did it come so unexpectedly? Should the great crash of 1929
been so unexpected given the rampant speculation in international financial markets, the international debt situation, a decade of relying on loose and easy American credit, the lack of any significant government regulation of securities markets, and the ability to purchase stocks and other securities "on margin"?

Accepted Answer

The great crash of 1929 was caused by a

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Al Smith

Accepted Answer

Al Smith, whose full name was Alfred Ema

Question 17

After the initial shock of the initial Harding administration scandals, many Americans reacted to the acquittals of two wealthy businessmen connected to the Teapot Dome scandal by

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A) demanding that these two businessmen have their assets seized and be prosecuted civilly. 
B) demonstrating a cynical acceptance of the easy ability of wealthy and politically connected Americans to manipulate the courts to their legal advantage. 
C) demanding the impeachment of the president. 
D) suggesting that Harding resign the presidency so that Calvin Coolidge could take control. 
E) calling for a thorough Congressional investigation. 
A) demanding that these two businessmen have their assets seized and be prosecuted civilly. 
B) demonstrating a cynical acceptance of the easy ability of wealthy and politically connected Americans to manipulate the courts to their legal advantage. 
C) demanding the impeachment of the president. 
D) suggesting that Harding resign the presidency so that Calvin Coolidge could take control. 
E) calling for a thorough Congressional investigation.

Question 18

The advent of the gasoline-powered tractor in the 1920s meant that

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A) productivity went way up but so did debt. 
B) farmers did not need to plow as much land to make the same profit. 
C) farmers would have to spend time training hands on new equipment. 
D) bigger crops could be grown on smaller areas. 
E) None of these 
A) productivity went way up but so did debt. 
B) farmers did not need to plow as much land to make the same profit. 
C) farmers would have to spend time training hands on new equipment. 
D) bigger crops could be grown on smaller areas. 
E) None of these

Question 19

One of Herbert Hoover's chief strengths as a presidential candidate was his ​

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A) adaptability to the give-and-take of political accommodation. 
B) considerable experience in running for political office. 
C) personal charm and charisma. 
D) ability to face criticism. 
E) acumen for administration and his management skills. 
A) adaptability to the give-and-take of political accommodation. 
B) considerable experience in running for political office. 
C) personal charm and charisma. 
D) ability to face criticism. 
E) acumen for administration and his management skills.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Warren G. Harding

Accepted Answer

Warren G. Harding was the 29th President

Exam 31: The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Muscle Shoals Bill

The term "Hoovervilles" refers to

The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Calvin Coolidge

The Federal Farm Board, created by the Agricultural Marketing Act, lent money to farmers primarily to help them to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dawes Plan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harry M. Daugherty

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Agricultural Marketing Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Black Tuesday

The 1932 Stimson doctrine

The economic mood in the United States just before the stock market crashed in 1929 could best be described as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Al Smith

After the initial shock of the initial Harding administration scandals, many Americans reacted to the acquittals of two wealthy businessmen connected to the Teapot Dome scandal by

The advent of the gasoline-powered tractor in the 1920s meant that

One of Herbert Hoover's chief strengths as a presidential candidate was his ​

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Warren G. Harding

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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