Review Questions

Question 1

How did W.J Bryan gain the Democratic nomination for president?

Answer 1

Supported the unlimited coinage of silver

Question 2

What party rose to succeed the Farmers Alliance?

Answer 2

Populist Party

Question 3

What was the first major farmers organization?

Answer 3

Patrons of Husbandry

Question 4

What policy called on the major world powers, including the U.S., to respect the territorial integrity of China?

Answer 4

Open Door Policy

Question 5

What was the focus of each of the following social critics? Henry Demarest Lloyd; Jack London; Thorstein Veblen; Jacob Riis

Answer 5

“Bloated” trusts; destruction of nature; conspicuous consumptions; slum conditions

Question 6

What amendment established prohibition?

Answer 6

18th

Question 7

What amendment provided for the direct election of senators?

Answer 7

17th

Question 8

What prompted the U.S. To declare war on Germany in 1917?

Answer 8

German U-boats sank 4 unarmed American merchant ships

Question 9

What amendment provided for woman suffrage?

Answer 9

19th

Question 10

How did Wilson persuade the American people to support US entry into WWI?

Answer 10

Said it would be “a war to end all wars” and to make the world safe for democracy

Question 11

Whose foreign policy was known as “moral diplomacy”?

Answer 11

Wilson’s

Question 12

What was the name for the proposed secret agreement between Germany and Mexico prior to US entry into WWI?

Answer 12

Zimmerman Note

Question 13

What act of 1934 attempted to reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society?

Answer 13

Indian Reorganization Act

Question 14

Which of the New Deals “Three R’s” was each of the following? Social Security Act; WPA; PWA

Answer 14

Reform; relief; recovery

Question 15

What brought an end to the Great Depression?

Answer 15

World War II

Question 16

Did Labor unions increase or decrease in membership during WWII??

Answer 16

Increase

Question 17

Why did Japan believe it was forced into war with the U.S.?

Answer 17

Because FDR insisted Japan withdraw from China

Question 18

From 1925 to 1940, what sequence did the U.S. follow with respect to arms sales?

Answer 18

Embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease

Question 19

What promoted Congress to pass a conscription law prior to US entry into WWII?

Answer 19

Fall of France in 1940

Question 20

What promoted FDR to initiate his “Good Neighbor” policy?

Answer 20

He was eager to enlist Latin American allies to defend the Western Hemisphere against European and Asian dictators

Question 21

Did African-Americans fight in integrated units during WWII?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

What factors encouraged many Americans to move to the suburbs in the years following WWII?

Answer 22

“White flight” from racial change; government-built highways; home-loan guarantees from the FHA and VA; tax deductions for interest payments on home mortgages

Question 23

When did the post-WWII “baby boom” reach its peak?

Answer 23

Late 1950’s

Question 24

What initiated the early Cold War policy of “containment”?

Answer 24

George Kennan

Question 25

The Cold War began over a disagreement between the U.S. And the Soviet Union over…

Answer 25

Postwar division of Eastern Europe

Question 26

The U.S. Assistance in rebuilding Western Europe following WWII was called…

Answer 26

The Marshall Plan

Question 27

Why did Truman fire General MacArthur?

Answer 27

MacArthur publicly voiced his disagreement with presidential polices

Question 28

What was the term for Trumans domestic welfare legislative plan?

Answer 28

Fair Deal

Question 29

What doctrine of JFK potentially lowered the level at which diplomacy might give way to shooting?

Answer 29

Flexible response

Question 30

To where did JFK order federal marshals and federal troops to force racial integration?

Answer 30

University of Mississippi

Question 31

In what areas did LBJ’s Great Society programs achieve significant success?

Answer 31

Education and health care

Question 32

Vietnam resulted in the loss of…

Answer 32

The war, economic power; confidence inits military ability; respect in the eyes of foreigners

Question 33

What was the guiding principle or Carters foreign policy?

Answer 33

Human rights

Question 34

In what year did the U.S. Agree to withdraw its troops from Vietnam?

Answer 34

1973

Question 35

What significant “weapon” was used to put Bo’s Tweed in jail?

Answer 35

Cartoons of Thomas Nast

Question 36

What agreement resulted in the withdraw of federal troops from the south, this ending Reconstruction?

Answer 36

Compromise of 1877

Question 37

Who were, in sequence, the “forgettable presidents”?

Answer 37

Hayes, Garfield., Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland

Question 38

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was used at first to curb the power of…

Answer 38

Labor unions

Question 39

Who helped to blaze the trail for social workers?

Answer 39

John Addams and Florence Kelley

Question 40

What labor organization worked for higher wages, shorter working hours, and better working conditions?

Answer 40

American Federation of Labor

Question 41

Did most New Immigrants try to preserve their Old Country culture in America?

Answer 41

Yes

Question 42

What act promised Indians citizenship in twenty-five years, dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal ownership of land, and tried to make Indians into rugged individuals?

Answer 42

Dawes Act