Exam 3

Warren G. Harding:

oversaw a presidential administration plagued by scandal.

Labor unions lost members in the 1920s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

through collective bargaining, labor unions had secured a national eight-hour day.

The flapper:

epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior.

American farmers in the 1920s:

increasingly migrated out of rural areas.

The rise of the automobile did all of the following EXCEPT:

Opened Alaska to tourism

For the feminist woman in the 1920s, freedom meant:

the right to choose her lifestyle.

During the 1920s, American multinational corporations:

extended their reach throughout the world.

Who was responsible for perfecting the moving assembly line?

Henry Ford

Who said, "The business of America is business."?

Calvin Coolidge

Sacco and Vanzetti were tried, convicted, and executed for robbery and murder despite the lack of evidence linking them to the crime scene.  Critics of the case state that they were really guilty of 

being anarchists.

Which statement about politics in the 1920s is FALSE?

Women took an active role in national politics, mostly with the Republican Party.

Which political party dominated in post war America?

Democrats

Which of the following statements best answers Herbert Hoover’s qualification for the presidency in 1928?

His skill in economic planning and the organization of food relief made him a good choice for both good and hard times.

All of the following could be associated with flappers with EXCEPT

Victorian values

The automobile:

spurred growth in other industries such as tourism and steel production.

The Ku Klux Klan expanded its membership significantly during the early 1920s, primarily into which region of the United States

Northern States

Why did cigarettes become known as “torches of freedom” during the 1920s?

Women began to smoke cigarettes as an expression of personal freedom.

The amendment to the constitution that barred the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors was ratified in:

1919

Labor unions lost members in the 1920s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

through collective bargaining, labor unions had secured a national eight-hour day.

President Harding’s call for a return to normalcy meant:

a call for the regular order of things without Progressive reform

All of the statements about Prohibition during the 1920s are true EXCEPT:

religious fundamentalists opposed Prohibition on the grounds that it violated freedom.

These were all policies of President Franklin Roosevelt except:

Roosevelt Corollary

The term *New Deal* comes from:

A speech FDR gave on the campaign trail

The 21st Amendment

Ended Prohibition

The Glass-Steagall Act did what upon its passage?

Provided Federal oversight and separated banking and investment firms

Part of the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which did what?

Insured a certain amount of money in a banking account

The 1937 economic slump was caused in party by:

A sharp decrease in government spending

Among the objectives of the Tennessee Valley Authority were all the following EXCEPT:

The development of Smoky Mountain National Park

What was Roosevelt's goal in creating the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

restore the public's faith in financial institutions

Which of the following New Deal programs is incorrectly matched?

FERA - legitimized unions

Which of the following was NOT a underlying cause of the Great Depression?

elimination of tariffs

The use of atomic bombs against Japan had what significance?

They allowed the Americans to avoid an amphibious invasions of Japan

Under the *bracero* program:

Mexicans were encouraged to immigrate, but they were denied the right of citizenship.

In June 1941, Germany widened the war by:

invading the Soviet Union

During World War II, Native Americans:

served in the military and worked in war production.

Which statement about the Japanese-American internment is FALSE?

Once their loyalty was proven, they were free to leave.

In the United States during World War II:

unemployment declined, production soared, and income taxes increased.

Germany's invasion of what country triggered the beginning of World War II in Europe?

Poland

The principles of freedom embodied by the 1941 Atlantic Charter:

reflected the idea of a global extension of the New Deal that would improve the quality of life for people all over the world.

The country that suffered the most deaths in the fighting of World War II was:

Soviet Union

Which of the following was NOT a component of the Washington Naval Conference?

limitations on aircraft carrier development

A major cause of the Great Depression was:

Over expansion of Credit

The term *New Deal* comes from:

A speech FDR gave on the campaign trail

During the Depression, the U.S. government deported 500,000 Mexican American and their American-born children because:

Officials wanted to avoid the costs of providing them with public service

President Hoover was slow to react due to his philosophy of:

Laissez Faire

Eleanor Roosevelt:

Was especially supportive of women, African Americans, and organized labor

During the New Deal period, Congress blocked President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attempt to

appoint additional Justices to the Supreme Court

Which was an effect of the Great Depression on the American economy?

high unemployment and falling real estate values

The shantytowns of the depression were often called

Hoovervilles

Franklin D. Roosevelt:

Was permanently disabled after contracting polio

At the outset of his presidency, to deal with the banking crisis, Roosevelt:

Declared a bank holiday, shutting the banks down briefly

What year did the Stock Market Crash?

October 29, 1929

The “dust bowls” described by John Steinbeck in *The Grapes of Wrath* had the greatest impact on

farmers on the Great Plains

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal policies?

Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate

The unemployment rate rose to what level during the Great Depression Nationally?

25%