Per 8. MCQ Test Review Packet (DEUSH)

Which of the following was a long-term reaction to the actions of the youth addressed in the excerpt?

the emergence of a conservative backlash against perceived cultural decline

The sentiments expressed in the excerpt are best explained in connection to which of the following broader developments during the period?

a widening political & cultural gap between young people & earlier generations

The historical development described in the excerpt can best be explained by which of the following related developments?

the persistence of economic and racial disparity in the United States

The concerns Addams raises in the excerpt were most directly a reaction to which of the following?

social injustice and rising economic inequality

The ideas expressed in the excerpt (Addams) most clearly reflect the ideals of which of the following?

progressivism

The decision guaranteeing the rights of Mexican Americans to serve on juries most directly resulted from which of the following historical processes during this period?

the use of court challenges to obtain legal reforms

The excerpts best support which of the following arguments about postwar United States foreign policy?

fear of Soviet expansion led to greater United States international involvement

Which of the following was a similarity between Eisenhower's and Kennedy's arguments in the excerpts?

both asserted that communism was a threat to the United States national security

Which of the following best describes a difference between Eisenhower's and Kennedy's arguments in the excerpts?

kennedy called for an increase in spending on national defense, while Eisenhower cautioned against the effect of defense spending on democratic government

Which of the following was the most direct effect of the trend described in the excerpt?

the development of the Progressive movement to address social problems associated with industrial society

Carson's argument in the excerpt most strongly influenced what movement?

passage of new laws to reduce pollution

Which of the following developments contributed most directly to the conditions described in the excerpt?

the increase in government regulation of natural resources

Which of the following most directly led to the circumstances illustrated by the image?

the United States victory in the Spanish-American War

The ideas expressed through the image reveal that in 1901, which of the following was most true of the United States?

interventionism had become a more prevalent feature of foreign policy

The developments referenced by the image most directly contributed to United States involvement in

the suppression of an independence movement in the Philippines

The overall trend in African American migration depicted on the graph most directly contributed to the

white resistance to integrated communities in the North

Which of the following contributed most to the trend in African American migration from the South between 1940 and 1949 ?

the availability of industrial employment during the Second World War

Which of the following was the most direct effect of the African American migration shown on the graph between 1900 and 1929 ?

the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance

Which of the following most directly contributed to the trend in African American migration shown on the graph between 1900 and 1929 ?

an effort to escape violence and limited opportunity in the South

Which groups would have been most likely to support and oppose the policy suggested in the image?

business executives and industrialists

In the 1960s, the policy referenced in the image was what?

overturned by the passage of new legislation

In the period from 1900 to 1921, which of the following groups made up the largest share of immigration to the United States?

Italians and Poles

The policy suggested in the image was most directly a response to

fears that immigrants were dangerous radicals or would increase competition for jobs

The increased culture of consumerism during the 1950s was most similar to developments in what earlier period?

the 1920s

What factors most directly contributed to the economic trend Patterson describes?

a surge in the national birthrate

The excerpt best serves as evidence of what development during the 1960s?

growing pressure to eliminate racial inequalities in society

The tactics described in the excerpt best represent what issues?

using nonviolence to fight racial discrimination and segregation in all aspects of American life

Eisenhower's concerns expressed in his 1961 Farewell Address emerged most directly from the context of

the Cold War

The best characterization of the military-industrial complex in the decade following Eisenhower’s speech?

the concerns about the military and industry largely persisted

Which of the following most directly contributed to the developments Eisenhower warned "we must guard against"?

the growth of the nuclear arsenal

Kennedy's views expressed in the excerpt best reflects a foreign policy built around what?

containment of communism

A desire for greater national security in the United States emerged immediately after the Second World War because of fear of which of the following?

the spread of international communism

The rise of what the excerpt describes as "domestic containment" most directly contributed to which of the following characteristics of United States society during the period?

greater cultural homogeneity

The pattern described in the excerpt of Americans who "got married, moved to the suburbs, and had babies" most directly contributed to which of the following long-term developments?

the rise of youth rebellion through the counterculture

The Marshall Plan most directly resulted from which of the following?

a foreign policy based on the collective security of non-communist Nations

The fact that a former British prime minister expressed the ideas in the excerpt to an audience in the United States helped promote which of the following?

the participation of both Britain and the United States in an international collective security system

A key significance of Churchill's purpose in the excerpt was that it helped prompt the United States to

provide financial support to democratic nations in Western Europe to help restore a market economy

An important way in which the situation described in the excerpt was significant was that it

highlighted a view of communism as an authoritarian threat

Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech helped mark the beginning of what larger development

the Cold War

What conclusions about school segregation in 1954 can be drawn from the map above?

school segregation was a national problem, not one confined to a single region

The ideas expressed in the excerpt are most consistent with which of the following?

the growth of activism among religious conservatives

The excerpt was most likely written with which of the following purposes?

to respond to increasing calls in the United States for equality for women

Accounts of North Vietnamese torpedo-boat attacks on United States destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin during the summer of 1964 were used to justify which of the following United States actions in Vietnam?

escalation of the American naval involvement