Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Accepted Answer

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff, officially know

Question 2

The Progressive party did not do well in the 1924 election because

Accepted Answer

A)  it could not win the farm vote. 
B)  too many people shared in the general prosperity of the time to care about reform. 
C)  it was too caught up in internal discord. 
D)  the liberal vote was split between it and the Democratic party. 
E)  La Follette could not win the Socialists' endorsement. 
A)  it could not win the farm vote. 
B)  too many people shared in the general prosperity of the time to care about reform. 
C)  it was too caught up in internal discord. 
D)  the liberal vote was split between it and the Democratic party. 
E)  La Follette could not win the Socialists' endorsement.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Ohio Gang"

Accepted Answer

The "Ohio Gang" refers to a group of pol

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Andrew Mellon

Accepted Answer

Andrew Mellon (1855–1937) was an America

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stimson doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Stimson Doctrine refers to a policy

Question 6

In response to the League of Nations' investigation into Japan's invasion and occupation of Manchuria

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States became an official member of the League. 
B)  Japan withdrew its troops. 
C)  Americans called for a boycott of Japanese goods. 
D)  Japan left the League. 
E)  the United States and China moved toward an alliance. 
A)  the United States became an official member of the League. 
B)  Japan withdrew its troops. 
C)  Americans called for a boycott of Japanese goods. 
D)  Japan left the League. 
E)  the United States and China moved toward an alliance.

Question 7

The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact

Accepted Answer

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)  officially outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry and conflict. 
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)  officially outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry and conflict.

Question 8

The McNary-Haugen Bill passed by Congress and twice vetoed by President Coolidge was aimed to assist American farmers by

Accepted Answer

A)  restricting the amount of crops farmers could plant in order to drive up prices. 
B)  having the federal government buy farm surpluses and sell them abroad. 
C)  providing federal support for farm co-operatives as a way of eliminating middle men. 
D)  providing federal loans for agricultural equipment and seeds. 
E)  blocking the import of certain cheaper agricultural commodities from Europe and Latin America. 
A)  restricting the amount of crops farmers could plant in order to drive up prices. 
B)  having the federal government buy farm surpluses and sell them abroad. 
C)  providing federal support for farm co-operatives as a way of eliminating middle men. 
D)  providing federal loans for agricultural equipment and seeds. 
E)  blocking the import of certain cheaper agricultural commodities from Europe and Latin America.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Four-Power Treaty

Accepted Answer

The Four-Power Treaty was a treaty signe

Question 10

The term "Hoovervilles" refers to

Accepted Answer

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 11

Republican economic policies under Warren G.Harding

Accepted Answer

A)  sought to continue the same laissez-faire doctrine as had been the practice under William McKinley. 
B)  hoped to encourage the government actively to assist business along the path to profits. 
C)  sought to regulate the policies of large corporations. 
D)  aimed at supporting increased competition in business. 
E)  aided small business at the expense of big business. 
A)  sought to continue the same laissez-faire doctrine as had been the practice under William McKinley. 
B)  hoped to encourage the government actively to assist business along the path to profits. 
C)  sought to regulate the policies of large corporations. 
D)  aimed at supporting increased competition in business. 
E)  aided small business at the expense of big business.

Question 12

The impact of the Great Depression on American resulted in all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  jobless husbands felt guilt and shame for their families' hardships. 
B)  thousands of banks collapsed, taking with them people's life savings. 
C)  breadlines and soup kitchens emerged to feed the hungry. 
D)  thousands of people lost their homes to foreclosure. 
E)  salaries for those who held on to their jobs rose slightly. 
A)  jobless husbands felt guilt and shame for their families' hardships. 
B)  thousands of banks collapsed, taking with them people's life savings. 
C)  breadlines and soup kitchens emerged to feed the hungry. 
D)  thousands of people lost their homes to foreclosure. 
E)  salaries for those who held on to their jobs rose slightly.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Herbert Hoover

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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 15

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

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President o

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

In the Adkins case,the Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  federal child labor laws were unconstitutional. 
B)  women had the right to sue for equal pay for equal work. 
C)  anti-union "right to work" laws were constitutional. 
D)  women were no longer entitled to special protection in the workplace because they now had the vote. 
E)  federal maternity benefits designed for women did not constitute unequal treatment. 
A)  federal child labor laws were unconstitutional. 
B)  women had the right to sue for equal pay for equal work. 
C)  anti-union "right to work" laws were constitutional. 
D)  women were no longer entitled to special protection in the workplace because they now had the vote. 
E)  federal maternity benefits designed for women did not constitute unequal treatment.

Question 18

In the early 1920s,one glaring exception to America's general indifference to the outside world was its

Accepted Answer

A)  involvement in the World Court. 
B)  armed intervention in the Caribbean and Central America. 
C)  involvement in the League of Nations' humanitarian operations. 
D)  naval buildup. 
E)  continuing attempt to oust the Communists from power in the Soviet Union. 
A)  involvement in the World Court. 
B)  armed intervention in the Caribbean and Central America. 
C)  involvement in the League of Nations' humanitarian operations. 
D)  naval buildup. 
E)  continuing attempt to oust the Communists from power in the Soviet Union.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Frank B.Kellogg

Accepted Answer

Frank B. Kellogg was an American lawyer,

Question 20

During the 1920s,the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  often ruled against progressive legislation. 
B)  rigorously upheld the antitrust laws. 
C)  generally promoted government regulation of the economy. 
D)  staunchly defended the rights of organized labor. 
E)  upheld laws providing special protection for women. 
A)  often ruled against progressive legislation. 
B)  rigorously upheld the antitrust laws. 
C)  generally promoted government regulation of the economy. 
D)  staunchly defended the rights of organized labor. 
E)  upheld laws providing special protection for women.

Exam 32: The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hawley-Smoot Tariff

The Progressive party did not do well in the 1924 election because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Ohio Gang"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Mellon

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stimson doctrine

In response to the League of Nations' investigation into Japan's invasion and occupation of Manchuria

The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact

The McNary-Haugen Bill passed by Congress and twice vetoed by President Coolidge was aimed to assist American farmers by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Four-Power Treaty

The term "Hoovervilles" refers to

Republican economic policies under Warren G.Harding

The impact of the Great Depression on American resulted in all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Herbert Hoover

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

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

In the Adkins case,the Supreme Court ruled that

In the early 1920s,one glaring exception to America's general indifference to the outside world was its

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frank B.Kellogg

During the 1920s,the Supreme Court

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

Filters