Question 1

What Chinese leader ousted the Communists from the Guomindang party in the late 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Soong Meiling 
B)  Jiang Jieshi 
C)  Sun Zhongshan 
D)  Mao Zedong 
A)  Soong Meiling 
B)  Jiang Jieshi 
C)  Sun Zhongshan 
D)  Mao Zedong B

Question 2

The Munich Accord of 1938 concerned Germany's seizure of _________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Polish corridor 
B)  Austria 
C)  the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia 
D)  the Rhineland 
A)  the Polish corridor 
B)  Austria 
C)  the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia 
D)  the Rhineland C

Question 3

The industrial unions that came to power in the 1930s _______________

Accepted Answer

A)  consisted of skilled workers in a particular trade 
B)  ultimately lost in their struggle against traditional craft unions 
C)  organized the workers in each separate factory into a separate, independent union 
D)  represented all the workers within a certain industry, both skilled and unskilled 
A)  consisted of skilled workers in a particular trade 
B)  ultimately lost in their struggle against traditional craft unions 
C)  organized the workers in each separate factory into a separate, independent union 
D)  represented all the workers within a certain industry, both skilled and unskilled D

Question 4

As a result of President Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech in response to Japan's attack on China in 1937, __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  confirmed isolationists were pleased that the president responded to the incident by invoking the Neutrality Acts 
B)  those who believed the United States had been too soft on Japan in the past were pleased by Roosevelt's denunciation of Japan 
C)  Congress froze Japanese assets in the United States 
D)  the State Department formulated a program designed to halt Japanese aggression in the Far East 
A)  confirmed isolationists were pleased that the president responded to the incident by invoking the Neutrality Acts 
B)  those who believed the United States had been too soft on Japan in the past were pleased by Roosevelt's denunciation of Japan 
C)  Congress froze Japanese assets in the United States 
D)  the State Department formulated a program designed to halt Japanese aggression in the Far East

Question 5

The banking crisis that began in the United States in 1929 was caused in part by ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Federal Reserve Board's decision to raise the discount rate several times during the previous year 
B)  enactment of legislation during the Coolidge administration to impose higher taxes on interest income 
C)  risky loans made during the 1920s 
D)  the collapse of the World Bank 
A)  the Federal Reserve Board's decision to raise the discount rate several times during the previous year 
B)  enactment of legislation during the Coolidge administration to impose higher taxes on interest income 
C)  risky loans made during the 1920s 
D)  the collapse of the World Bank

Question 6

Authors associated with the Federal Writers Project _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  collected and published the stories of many freed slaves 
B)  primarily dealt with the trials and tribulations of wealthy Americans in the works they wrote 
C)  had to adhere to strict language and story-line restrictions established by the Works Projects Administration 
D)  were usually critical of Roosevelt and the New Deal 
A)  collected and published the stories of many freed slaves 
B)  primarily dealt with the trials and tribulations of wealthy Americans in the works they wrote 
C)  had to adhere to strict language and story-line restrictions established by the Works Projects Administration 
D)  were usually critical of Roosevelt and the New Deal

Question 7

What was true of the Social Security Act of 1935?

Accepted Answer

A)  The act's unemployment compensation system was fully funded by workers and received no contributions from employers and no tax revenues. 
B)  The law covered farm workers and domestic servants as well as blue- and white-collar workers. 
C)  Workers and employers, not the government, paid for old-age benefits. 
D)  The more workers earned, the higher rate of tax they paid. 
A)  The act's unemployment compensation system was fully funded by workers and received no contributions from employers and no tax revenues. 
B)  The law covered farm workers and domestic servants as well as blue- and white-collar workers. 
C)  Workers and employers, not the government, paid for old-age benefits. 
D)  The more workers earned, the higher rate of tax they paid.

Question 8

Discuss the legacy of and limits of the New Deal.

Accepted Answer

The New Deal, implemented by President F

Question 9

What was true of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provided for the complete separation of commercial banking from investment banking. 
B)  It provided for federally insured deposits in reopened banks. 
C)  It put the responsibility for reopening banks into the hands of state examining boards. 
D)  It provided for the reopening of banks that were solvent and the reorganization of those that were not. 
A)  It provided for the complete separation of commercial banking from investment banking. 
B)  It provided for federally insured deposits in reopened banks. 
C)  It put the responsibility for reopening banks into the hands of state examining boards. 
D)  It provided for the reopening of banks that were solvent and the reorganization of those that were not.

Question 10

Which of the following is true of African-American workers in the early 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Laws were passed in several southern states making it illegal to hire an African American for a job if there was also a white applicant. 
B)  African Americans living in the South generally fared better in finding employment than those living in other regions. 
C)  Many African Americans joined the militant Black Shirts organization, which advocated the violent overthrow of the American government. 
D)  African American workers in the North usually found that as industry cut production, they were the first to be fired. 
A)  Laws were passed in several southern states making it illegal to hire an African American for a job if there was also a white applicant. 
B)  African Americans living in the South generally fared better in finding employment than those living in other regions. 
C)  Many African Americans joined the militant Black Shirts organization, which advocated the violent overthrow of the American government. 
D)  African American workers in the North usually found that as industry cut production, they were the first to be fired.

Question 11

Which of the following factors limited the gains made by nonwhite Americans under the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Conservative rulings by the Supreme Court in cases such as that of the Scottsboro Boys 
B)  Roosevelt's fear that the public would link him with militant black activists if he supported programs primarily designed to help nonwhites 
C)  Roosevelt's naïve belief that the New Deal was race neutral 
D)  President Roosevelt's need for support from southern Democrats to secure passage of his legislative program 
A)  Conservative rulings by the Supreme Court in cases such as that of the Scottsboro Boys 
B)  Roosevelt's fear that the public would link him with militant black activists if he supported programs primarily designed to help nonwhites 
C)  Roosevelt's naïve belief that the New Deal was race neutral 
D)  President Roosevelt's need for support from southern Democrats to secure passage of his legislative program

Question 12

Between 1929 and 1933, many American farmers tried to make up for the low prices offered for farm goods by __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing production 
B)  decreasing production 
C)  withdrawing their crops from the market 
D)  exporting their surplus crops 
A)  increasing production 
B)  decreasing production 
C)  withdrawing their crops from the market 
D)  exporting their surplus crops

Question 13

Defend the following statement: "Because President Hoover mobilized the resources of the federal government as never before, he may be depicted as a bridge to the New Deal of the 1930s."

Accepted Answer

President Hoover can be depicted as a br

Question 14

Under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the president was allocated the power to _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reduce American tariffs through special agreements with other nations 
B)  participate in economic conferences and agreements sponsored by the League of Nations 
C)  join international economic boycotts against nations engaging in aggression 
D)  authorize American companies to enter into binding trade agreements with foreign companies 
A)  reduce American tariffs through special agreements with other nations 
B)  participate in economic conferences and agreements sponsored by the League of Nations 
C)  join international economic boycotts against nations engaging in aggression 
D)  authorize American companies to enter into binding trade agreements with foreign companies

Question 15

The American Liberty League ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  criticized the New Deal for ignoring the needs of minorities 
B)  secretly funded racist propaganda to undercut the New Deal 
C)  lobbied to establish a minimum wage for all American workers 
D)  supported the New Deal by implying that critics of the Roosevelt administration were unpatriotic 
A)  criticized the New Deal for ignoring the needs of minorities 
B)  secretly funded racist propaganda to undercut the New Deal 
C)  lobbied to establish a minimum wage for all American workers 
D)  supported the New Deal by implying that critics of the Roosevelt administration were unpatriotic

Question 16

In the early 1930s, both Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals working in the United States _________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  continued to provide a docile, reliable farm labor force in the American Southwest 
B)  were sometimes subjected to deportation by the U.S. government 
C)  benefited significantly from the AAA 
D)  steadily replaced whites in California's migratory work force 
A)  continued to provide a docile, reliable farm labor force in the American Southwest 
B)  were sometimes subjected to deportation by the U.S. government 
C)  benefited significantly from the AAA 
D)  steadily replaced whites in California's migratory work force

Question 17

What characterizes the conduct of the United States under the Good Neighbor policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not provide support for military dictators in Latin America. 
B)  It provided substantial economic assistance for industrial development in Latin America. 
C)  It no longer intervened militarily in Latin America. 
D)  It was less blatant in its domination of Latin America. 
A)  It did not provide support for military dictators in Latin America. 
B)  It provided substantial economic assistance for industrial development in Latin America. 
C)  It no longer intervened militarily in Latin America. 
D)  It was less blatant in its domination of Latin America.

Question 18

Huey Long's Share Our Wealth Society advocated for __________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  government ownership and control of all banks 
B)  that the government should provide a guaranteed annual income to each American family 
C)  a national health insurance plan 
D)  federal education subsidies to all families with college-age children 
A)  government ownership and control of all banks 
B)  that the government should provide a guaranteed annual income to each American family 
C)  a national health insurance plan 
D)  federal education subsidies to all families with college-age children

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the Tennessee Valley Authority?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not bring about the economic revitalization of the Tennessee Valley and serves as a classic example of pork-barrel legislation. 
B)  It degraded the water by dumping waste and pollutants into rivers and streams. 
C)  Through its educational programs relating to soil management, it prevented further soil erosion in the vast area of the Tennessee Valley. 
D)  It was the first step in the federal government's attempt to nationalize public-power facilities throughout the United States. 
A)  It did not bring about the economic revitalization of the Tennessee Valley and serves as a classic example of pork-barrel legislation. 
B)  It degraded the water by dumping waste and pollutants into rivers and streams. 
C)  Through its educational programs relating to soil management, it prevented further soil erosion in the vast area of the Tennessee Valley. 
D)  It was the first step in the federal government's attempt to nationalize public-power facilities throughout the United States.

Question 20

In 1939, after declaring the United States neutral in the war in Europe, Roosevelt _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  secured congressional repeal of the arms embargo 
B)  provided Lend-Lease assistance to Britain and France 
C)  placed a total embargo on exports to Nazi Germany 
D)  initiated the first peacetime draft in the nation's history 
A)  secured congressional repeal of the arms embargo 
B)  provided Lend-Lease assistance to Britain and France 
C)  placed a total embargo on exports to Nazi Germany 
D)  initiated the first peacetime draft in the nation's history

Exam 22: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

What Chinese leader ousted the Communists from the Guomindang party in the late 1920s?

The Munich Accord of 1938 concerned Germany's seizure of _________________________.

The industrial unions that came to power in the 1930s _______________

As a result of President Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech in response to Japan's attack on China in 1937, __________________.

The banking crisis that began in the United States in 1929 was caused in part by ____________.

Authors associated with the Federal Writers Project _____________________.

What was true of the Social Security Act of 1935?

Discuss the legacy of and limits of the New Deal.

What was true of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?

Which of the following is true of African-American workers in the early 1930s?

Which of the following factors limited the gains made by nonwhite Americans under the New Deal?

Between 1929 and 1933, many American farmers tried to make up for the low prices offered for farm goods by __________________.

Defend the following statement: "Because President Hoover mobilized the resources of the federal government as never before, he may be depicted as a bridge to the New Deal of the 1930s."

Under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the president was allocated the power to _________________.

The American Liberty League ____________________.

In the early 1930s, both Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals working in the United States _________________________.

What characterizes the conduct of the United States under the Good Neighbor policy?

Huey Long's Share Our Wealth Society advocated for __________________________.

Which of the following is true of the Tennessee Valley Authority?

In 1939, after declaring the United States neutral in the war in Europe, Roosevelt _____________________.

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