Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Teapot Dome

Accepted Answer

The Teapot Dome scandal was a significan

Question 2

The great event that essentially crippled organized labor throughout the 1920s was

Accepted Answer

A)  the Supreme Court's ruling against the union closed shop in the Adkins case. 
B)  the deportation of the most effective labor organizers to the Communist Soviet Union. 
C)  the split within the American labor movement between the American Federation of Labor and the Socialists. 
D)  the federal government's antilabor intervention that broke the 1919 steel strike. 
E)  repeal of the Clayton Act guaranteeing unions the right to organize. 
A)  the Supreme Court's ruling against the union closed shop in the Adkins case. 
B)  the deportation of the most effective labor organizers to the Communist Soviet Union. 
C)  the split within the American labor movement between the American Federation of Labor and the Socialists. 
D)  the federal government's antilabor intervention that broke the 1919 steel strike. 
E)  repeal of the Clayton Act guaranteeing unions the right to organize.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Accepted Answer

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Robert La Follette

Accepted Answer

Robert La Follette was a prominent Ameri

Question 5

President Hoover supported the following antidepression measures

Accepted Answer

A)  federal government loans to banks, corporations, and local governments. 
B)  the Muscle Shoals Bill. 
C)  the public dole system then being used in Britain. 
D)  federally financed public works projects. 
E)  employment of young people in conservation projects. 
A)  federal government loans to banks, corporations, and local governments. 
B)  the Muscle Shoals Bill. 
C)  the public dole system then being used in Britain. 
D)  federally financed public works projects. 
E)  employment of young people in conservation projects.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry L.Stimson

Accepted Answer

Henry L. Stimson was an American statesm

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-McNary-Haugen Bill

Accepted Answer

The McNary-Haugen Bill was a piece of pr

Question 8

In the years 1900-1920 progressivism enjoyed widespread support among the American public.Why were progressives of the 1920s,including La Follette's Progressive party,so ineffective and uninfluential? What happened to the once-powerful progressives and their ideals?

Accepted Answer

The progressives of the 1920s, including

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Albert B.Fall

Accepted Answer

Albert B. Fall was a U.S. Senator from N

Question 10

Explain how American tariff policy and policy on war debts and reparations contributed to deepening the Great Depression,even if they did not cause it.Why were Americans so generally indifferent to the effects of their policies on Europe during these years?

Accepted Answer

The American tariff policy, particularly

Question 11

The major political scandal of Harding's administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of

Accepted Answer

A)  the treasury. 
B)  state. 
C)  the navy. 
D)  commerce. 
E)  the interior. 
A)  the treasury. 
B)  state. 
C)  the navy. 
D)  commerce. 
E)  the interior.

Question 12

After the initial shock of the Harding scandals,many Americans reacted by

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A)  demanding that all those involved be sent to prison. 
B)  excusing some of the wrongdoers on the grounds that "they had gotten away with it." 
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 all those involved be sent to prison. 
B)  excusing some of the wrongdoers on the grounds that "they had gotten away with it." 
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 13

America's major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes Plan,which

Accepted Answer

A)  ended the big-stick policy of armed intervention in Central America and the Caribbean. 
B)  established a ratio of allowable naval strength between the United States, Britain, and Japan. 
C)  condemned the Japanese aggression against Manchuria. 
D)  aimed to prevent German re-armament. 
E)  provided a solution to the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations payments. 
A)  ended the big-stick policy of armed intervention in Central America and the Caribbean. 
B)  established a ratio of allowable naval strength between the United States, Britain, and Japan. 
C)  condemned the Japanese aggression against Manchuria. 
D)  aimed to prevent German re-armament. 
E)  provided a solution to the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations payments.

Question 14

In what ways did Herbert Hoover combine the values and beliefs of an older,nineteenth-century America with the experience and outlook of the modern corporate economy?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover combined the values and b

Question 15

Warren G.Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  lack of political experience. 
B)  mediocre mind. 
C)  inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates. 
D)  unwillingness to hurt people's feelings by saying no. 
E)  administrative weakness. 
A)  lack of political experience. 
B)  mediocre mind. 
C)  inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates. 
D)  unwillingness to hurt people's feelings by saying no. 
E)  administrative weakness.

Question 16

Hoover was criticized for his handling of the Great Depression,but some historians consider this unfair for all of the following reasons except

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A)  his measures probably prevented a more serious collapse than the one that occurred. 
B)  his expenditures for relief were revolutionary in that day. 
C)  his government programs paved the way for the massive spending programs of the New Deal. 
D)  his handling of the crisis proved that old notions and programs would no longer work in a major crisis. 
E)  his policies enabled local and state governments to act more efficiently to help people in need. 
A)  his measures probably prevented a more serious collapse than the one that occurred. 
B)  his expenditures for relief were revolutionary in that day. 
C)  his government programs paved the way for the massive spending programs of the New Deal. 
D)  his handling of the crisis proved that old notions and programs would no longer work in a major crisis. 
E)  his policies enabled local and state governments to act more efficiently to help people in need.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The Dawes Plan was an economic plan firs

Question 18

As a result of America's insistence that its Allies' war debts be repaid in full,the

Accepted Answer

A)  French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany. 
B)  German mark was ruined by drastic inflation. 
C)  Allies borrowed money from Switzerland to repay the loans. 
D)  Allies imposed enormously high new taxes on their citizens. 
E)  Allies demanded that the United States lower its tariffs. 
A)  French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany. 
B)  German mark was ruined by drastic inflation. 
C)  Allies borrowed money from Switzerland to repay the loans. 
D)  Allies imposed enormously high new taxes on their citizens. 
E)  Allies demanded that the United States lower its tariffs.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Legion

Accepted Answer

The American Legion is a U.S. war vetera

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles R.Forbes

Accepted Answer

Charles R. Forbes was the first director

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Teapot Dome

The great event that essentially crippled organized labor throughout the 1920s was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert La Follette

President Hoover supported the following antidepression measures

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry L.Stimson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McNary-Haugen Bill

In the years 1900-1920 progressivism enjoyed widespread support among the American public.Why were progressives of the 1920s,including La Follette's Progressive party,so ineffective and uninfluential? What happened to the once-powerful progressives and their ideals?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Albert B.Fall

Explain how American tariff policy and policy on war debts and reparations contributed to deepening the Great Depression,even if they did not cause it.Why were Americans so generally indifferent to the effects of their policies on Europe during these years?

The major political scandal of Harding's administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of

After the initial shock of the Harding scandals,many Americans reacted by

America's major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes Plan,which

In what ways did Herbert Hoover combine the values and beliefs of an older,nineteenth-century America with the experience and outlook of the modern corporate economy?

Warren G.Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a(n)

Hoover was criticized for his handling of the Great Depression,but some historians consider this unfair for all of the following reasons except

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

As a result of America's insistence that its Allies' war debts be repaid in full,the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Legion

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles R.Forbes

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

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