HIST 2112 Study

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Muller v. Oregon:

Made it legal for states to set maximum-hour legislation for women.

Margaret Sanger fought against:

Laws that made contraceptive devices illegal.

The garment-workers’ strike in 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts:

Was settled on terms favorable to the workers.

Jane Addams believed that:

She could help the poor by moving into poor neighborhoods.

"Fordism":

Was the idea that the economic system should be based on mass production and mass consumption.

The Federal Reserve System:

All of the above

The Roosevelt Corollary:

All of the above

The sinking of the Lusitania:

Helped the cause of Americans who wanted the US to enter the Europeans

Wilson’s Fourteen Points:

If answers 1 and 2 are correct, and answers 3 and 4 are not, then answer 5 is the correct answer.

The Great Migration did not (repeat, DID NOT):

Force ethnic Germans into internment camps

W.E.B. Du Bois:

Helped build the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The goal of "Americanization" programs was to:

Create a more unified, homogenous national culture

The War Industries Board did NOT (repeat, DID NOT):

Press for better working conditions for American labor.

The Equal Rights Amendment, as passed by Congress:

Guaranteed equal rights for women

The Scopes Trial became a nationally celebrated confrontation between the ideal of
______ and the ideals of Protestant fundamentalism

Modern theology and Evolution

In the Election of 1928, Herbert Hoover:

Easily defeated Al Smith.

The Harlem Renaissance referred to

A movement in Black literature, art, and music

The Immigration Act of 1924:

d. Was based on pseudo-scientific assumptions about the superiority and inferiority of particular races

"Welfare Capitalism"

b. Was the idea that capitalist leaders would uphold the well-being of the American people

18. This legislation prevented many banking practices that had contributed to the stock market crash of 1929:

The Glass-Steagall Act

19. What was the main purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

Improving agricultural prices

20. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934:

Gave American Indian tribes the right to govern their own affairs

21. Which of the following is NOT (repeat, NOT) true about Huey Long?

a. He launched the Share Our Wealth Movement

b. He was known as the "Kingfish"

c. He supported the wealthy Louisiana oil corporations by cutting their taxes

d. He called for the confiscation of most of the wealth of the richest Americans

He supported the wealthy Louisiana oil corporations by cutting their taxes

22. Franklin Roosevelt's plan to add justices to the U.S. Supreme Court:

a. Aroused opposition from critics that he was an aspiring dictator

b. Was proposed because he feared the Court would invalidate Social Security and

the Wagner Act.

c. Was rejected by Congress

d. All of the above

b. Was proposed because he feared the Court would invalidate Social Security and the Wagner Act

23. The U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding this case established the legal principle that states cannot exclude blacks from juries:

a. Powell v Alabama

b. The Gettysburg case

c. The Scottsboro case

d. Norris v Alabama

d. Norris v Alabama

24. The Tennessee Valley Authority

a. Built a series of dams along the Tennessee River

b. Provided inexpensive electricity to people of the TVA region

c. Sought to prevent floods and deforestation

d. All of the above

e. Only A and C

d. All of the above

25. Which group was most likely to be in the Progressive movement:

a. New Immigrants

b. African Americans

c. Angry Farmers

d. Urban Professionals

d. Urban Professionals

26. "Reform" in 20th-Century U.S. politics meant:

a. Changing the democratic-capitalist system in order to save it

b. A new commitment to laissez-faire economic policies

c. That nothing could be done to improve the American way of life

d. That America should become a communist nation

a. Changing the democratic-capitalist system in order to save it

27. To illustrate the meaning of "reform," Professor Flamming drew picture of this in class

a. An electrical circuit

b. A molecule

c. A pie

d. A football stadium

e. I just don't know, and I don't think it would be honorable to guess on this one, so I

will mark "E" and quietly accept my growing sense of shame

c. A pie

28. Mainstream Progressives were primarily concerned with what kind of problems:

a. The hardships of farming life

b. The difficulty of the U.S. in maintaining trade with China

c. Suffering caused by the Great Depression

d. Those caused by rapid urban-industrial growth

d. Those caused by rapid urban-industrial growth

29. Teddy Roosevelt did not run for president in 1908 because

a. By law, he could not run for a third term

b. Taft beat him out in the Republican National Convention

c. He wanted to hunt big-game animals around the world

d. The premise is false; he did run in 1908

c. He wanted to hunt big-game animals around the world

30. This man was NOT a candidate for president in 1912:

a. William Jennings Bryant

b. Eugene v Debs

c. William Howard Taft

d. Teddy Roosevelt

a. William Jennings Bryant

31. How did Wilson win the election of 1912?

a. Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote

b. He left the Democratic Party and became a Republican

c. He chose Teddy Roosevelt as his Vice Presidential candidate

d. He won the votes of Americans who normally voted for the Socialist Party

a. Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote

32. Theodore Roosevelt's idea of "New Nationalism" stated that:

a. Federal anti-monopoly laws would restore traditional American capitalism.

b. Large corporations could have a positive impact on American life

c. Big Business was here permanently, so America needed Big Government to be

permanent as well.

d. The premise of this question is false; Roosevelt campaigned on the idea of "New

Freedom"

e. B and C are correct

e. B and C are correct

33. Regardless of Woodrow Wilson's campaign slogans, his actual policies as President

reflected which set of ideas:

a. The New Nationalism

b. The New Freedom

c. The New Deal

d. Socialism

e. Fascism

a. The New Nationalism

34. Which word best describes Woodrow Wilson's campaign platform for re-election in

1916:

a. Peace

b. Militarism

c. Internationalism

d. Empire

a. Peace

35. After the Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris in 1919:

a. The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty

b. The League of Nations did NOT come into existence

c. Wilson told the American people that the U.S. should not support the Treaty

d. All of these are correct

a. The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty

36. Professor Flamming made the argument that Wilson's 14 Points represented:

a. Wilson's attempt to claim part of Germany as an American possession.

b. Wilson's efforts to spread Progressivism to the rest of the globe

c. Wilson's disillusionment with the Senate Republicans

d. Wilson's acceptance that England and France would rule the postwar world

b. Wilson's efforts to spread Progressivisim to the rest of the globe

37. In lecture, Flamming discussed a divide in the woman suffrage movement between these two factions:

a. States' Rights women vs. National Amendment women

b. Rural women vs. Urban women

c. American-born women vs. Immigrant women

d. Protestant women vs. Catholic women

a. States' Rights women vs. National Amendment women

38. When it came to woman suffrage, this American president unexpectedly came out in

favor of a national amendment, therefore inspiring its passage by Congress:

a. Roosevelt

b. Taft

c. Wilson

d. Harding

c. Wilson

39. This state's approval of the woman suffrage amendment completed the ratification of the 19th Amendment:

a. Massachusetts

b. California

c. Florida

d. Tennessee

d. Tennessee

40. Franklin Roosevelt's "First 100 Days":

a. saw General McArthur burn out the Bonus Army in Washington. D.C.

b. showed that Roosevelt could not get legislation through Congress

c. saw an unprecedented number of bills become law

d. included legislation for "Recovery" but not "Relief."

c. saw an unprecedented number of bills become law

41. What did 1930s liberals mean by the term "welfare state"?

a. The Federal Government must ensure the common welfare of the nation

b. The old "Dole" was no longer sufficient and must be expanded

c. Welfare relief must become a permanent part of local governments

d. Public schools should be privatized

a. The Federal Government must ensure the common welfare of the nation

42. "Big Labor" in the 1930s:

a. Never became "Big," the Wagner Act notwithstanding

b. Soared into power after the passage of the Wagner Act

c. Was on the decline by 1935

d. Was strongly opposed by Franklin Roosevelt

b. Soared into power after the passage of the Wagner Act

43. The "Conservative Coalition" in Congress:

a. Stopped New Deal legislation from passing during Roosevelt' first term

b. Was made up exclusively of the South's conservative Democrats

c. Approved of Roosevelt's "court packing" plan

d. Slowed passage of New Deal reforms during the late 1930s

d. Slowed passage of New Deal reforms during the late 1930s

44. Phase One of the New Deal Political Realignment (1932) included:

a. A new mobilization of white working class voters moving into the Democratic

Party.

b. A massive shift of voters out of the Republican Party and into the Democratic

Party.

c. A sharp decline in the voting strength of the Democratic Party.

d. A massive shift of African American voters into the Democratic Party

a. A new mobilization of white working class voters moving into the Democratic Party.

45. Phase Two of the New Deal Political Realignment (1936) included:

a. A new mobilization of white working class voters moving into the Democratic

Party

b. A massive shift of voters out of the Republican Party and into the Democratic

Party.

c. A sharp decline in the voting strength of the Democratic Party

d. A shift of African American voters into the Democratic Party.

d. A shift of African American voters into the Democratic Party

46. One result of the New Deal Political Realignment was:

a. A political shift away from American liberalism

b. A gradual movement by the government in favor of racial liberalism

c. The collapse of the Republican Party

d. The collapse of the Democratic Party

b. A gradual movement by the government in favor of racial liberalism

47. Eleanor Roosevelt:

a. Was the first activist First Lady

b. Encouraged FDR to move toward racial liberalism

c. Was a wealthy aristocrat who championed the common people

d. All of the above

d. All of the above

48. The Congressional elections of 1932:

a. Brought many liberals into Congress who wanted the New Deal to do more

b. Brought a conservative backlash against the New Deal

c. Saw the election of many Congressmen focused on foreign policy

d. None of the above

a. Brought many liberals into Congress who wanted the New Deal to donmlre

49. After FDR contracted polio:

a. He lost the use of his legs

b. He was confined to a wheelchair

c. He began to empathize with the "common man"

d. All of the Above

d. All of the above

50. Flamming's Anti-Zero-Exam-Score Policy requires this question:

a. Wrong

b. Wrong II

c. Correct Answer.

d. I know this is the wrong answer, but I oppose Flamming's Policy, so I am marking answer 4. By intentionally marking a wrong answer on this question, I am showing Professor Flamming that I am in charge of my own destiny. So there!

c. Correct Answer

10. The War Industries Board did NOT (repeat, DID NOT):

a. Preside over all elements of war production.

b. Press for better working conditions for American labor.

c. Establish standardized specifications to spur efficiency.

d. Have Wall Street financer Bernard Baruch as its leader.

b. Press for better working conditions for American labor.

14. In the Election of 1928, Herbert Hoover:

a. Easily defeated Al Smith.

b. None of the above are true.

c. Won the Catholic vote.

d. Won despite the economic depression.

e. Answers 1 and 3 are correct; answers 2 and 4 are not correct.

e. Answers 1 and 3 are correct; answers 2 and 4 are not correct.

23. The Scottsboro Case:

a. Was a high-profile court case that brought thousands of spectators to Austin, Texas.

b. Went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which affirmed the legal precedent of Meyer v. Nebraska.

c. If answers 1 and 4 are correct, and answers 2 and 3 are not correct, then answer 5 is the correct answer.

d. Involved the right of black workers to join the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

e. Went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that defendants had a constitutional right to effective legal representation.

e. Went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that defendants had a constitutional right to effective legal representation.

37. Which of the following led to a sense of American disillusionment in 1919:

a. If answers 2 and 3 are correct, and answers 1 and 4 are not correct, then 5 is the correct answer

b. Race riots in major northern cities

c. The League of Nations debate in the U.S. Senate

d. All of the above

e. The election of Herbert Hoover

b. Race riots in major northern cities

48. In the first phase of the New Deal political realignment:

a. The white working class converted from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party

b. The white working class became mobilized in favor of the Democratic Party

c. The white working class converted from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party

d. African Americans became mobilized in favor of the Republican Party

b. The white working class became mobilized in favor of the Democratic Party

49. In the second phase of the New Deal political realignment:

a. The premise is false; there was no second phase of the New Deal political realignment.

b. All of the above.

c. African Americans converted from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party

d. The white working class converted from the Democrats to the Republicanse. Southern Republicans re-enfranchised African American voters in Dixie

c. African Americans converted from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party

What was D-Day?

invasion of Normandy to liberate Europe from Germany, Allies came and fought; a second front was established and Germany had to fight a war on two major fronts; Eisenhower; June 6 1944

Why was the Battle of Okinawa important?

destroyed Japan's remaining defenses, Bloodshed influenced eventual use of the atomic bomb, conventional bombing of Japan resulted in destruction of most major cities and buildings (60%)

What disease made the U.S. war effort difficult in the Pacific theater?

Malaria

What was "Rationing" on the American home front?

sugar, meat, coffee, typewriters, fuel oil, gas, rubber, and cars were rationed; food rationing affected Americans the most and each American was issued a book of ration coupons each month; rationed goods were assigned a price and point value, once families used their coupons they couldn't buy rationed goods until the next month; rubber and gas were the most vital product rationed; clothing and shoes were rationed and families could pool coupons of all members living in same household

What was the Bracero Program?

1942; short term work permits were issued to Mexican workers because of an increased need for farm production; 150,000 braceros (temporary Mexican laborers in US) came to work in the railroad and agricultural industries during the war; half a million Mexicans deported from the US during Great Depression bc whites were so desperate for work

What was the Executive Order 9066?

February 19, 1942; FDR authorized the War Department to declare the West Coast a "war theater"; initially, military did not see need for internment; relocation was needed when other states wouldn't accept Japanese residents from California; Japanese were singled out by the government for action: Pearl Harbor caused paranoia that people of Japanese ancestry in California would help Japan during the war; people of Japanese ancestry were interned in concentration camps; given 48 hours to dispose of their belongings

What happened at Georgia Tech in World War II?

Tech hosted other military training programs during WWII with ROTC; keeping college enrollment up during the war but had specialized programs to channel technically trained men to the military; military members came to Tech and campus became a military camp; Brittain was converted to a military mess hall; an industry keyed to its highest pitch of wartime production; temporary barracks around campus