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Which of the following is NOT one of the underlying causes of WW1 recognized by most historians?

1. Racism

2. Imperialism

3. Militarism

4. Alliances

1. Racism

Historians consider what event as the spark which ignited the war in Europe ?

1. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

2. Sinking of the Lusitania

3. Zimmerman note

4. Russia’s Communist revolution

1. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Britain, France, and later the USA were collectively known as the _______ during WW1

1. Atlantic Powers

2. Axis

3. Allies

4. Central Powers

1. Allies

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were collectively known as the ____ during WW1

1. Atlantic Powers

2. Allies

3. Central Powers

4. Axis

3 Central Powers

Which method of fighting came to characterize WW1 on Europe leading to a stalemate?

1. Attack and retreat

2. Air bombing raids

3. Trench warfare

4. Search and destroy

3 Trench warfare

The sinking of the British liner _____ killed 128 Americans and turned American public opinion against Germany.

1. Arabic

2. Sussex

3. Lusitania

4. Maine

3 Lusitania

The Zimmerman note indicated that Germany wanted to form an alliance with which nations to keep the United States occupied during the war?

1. Panama

2. Cuba

3. Canada

4. Mexico

4 Mexico

Which nations dropped out of the war early and soon experienced a communist overthrowing of the government?

• United States

• Germany

• France

• Russia

• Russia

Which of the following was a law requiring men to register with the government in order to be randomly chosen for military service.

• Sedition Act

• Selective Service Act

• War Powers Act

• War industries Broad

• Selective Service Act

At one time a race car driver, this “American Ace of Aces” engaged in 134 dogfights, downing 26 enemy aircraft

• John Pershing

• Manfred Von Richthofen

• Alvin York

• Eddie Rickenbacker

• Eddie Rickenbacker

Which general led the American Expeditionary Force during WW1?

• John Pershing

• Alvin York

• George Patton

• Douglas MacArthur

• John Pershing

Initially a conscientious objector, this American war hero is remembered for killing 25 Germans and capturing 132 prisoners

• Eddie Rickenbacker

• Alvin York

• Woodrow Wilson

• John Pershing

• Alvin York

Why was the covey system (boat formation- heavy armed ships first then merchant ships) so important in WW1

• It patrolled the Atlantic Ocean for German U-boats

• It cleared the waters around Europe of mines and enemy ships

• It protected the transport of U.S personnel and materials

• It broke the German blockade of Great Britain

• It protected the transport of the U.S personnel and materials

James Montgomery Flagg’s recruitment poster featured what character pointing at the viewer with the caption “I want YOU for U.S Army”?

1. Captain American

2. Lady liberty

3. Uncle Sam

4. President Woodrow Wilson

3 Uncle Sam

The U.S gov. financed a majority of the war cost through ?

1. prosecuting tax cheats

2. war bonds

3. new and increased taxes

4. selling western land

1. war bonds

During the war many African Americans left the ____ for the ____ looking for the job opportunities and to escape racial discrimination.

1. South/West

2. West/East

3. North/South

4. South/North

4 South/North

The Espionage and Sedition Acts (these acts prohibited you from saying anything anti-war) created a controversy in the U.S. over what issue of the prosecution of antiwar activities?

• Immigration

• due process procedures

• Gun rights

• Free speech

• Free speech

Present Wilson’s vision for the postwar world was known as the ____ points?

• 14

• 20

• 21

• 10

• 14

Wilson believed strongly in the right of people to choose their own political status, also known as

• mandate system

• nation building

• self-determination

• reparations

• self-determination

The most controversial element of Wilson’s peace plan revolved around whether the U.S. should join which organizations

• League of Nations

• United Nations

• Justice League

• League of Democracies

• League of Nations

Which treaty ended WW1?

• treaty of Mortefontaine

• Treaty of pairs

• treaty of Versailles

• treaty of south bend

• treaty of Versailles

Which nation was forced to accept responsibility for what war, known as the War-Guilt Clause?

• Serbia

• Germany

• Russia

• Austria-Hungary

• Germany

This segregated regiment of African American soldiers was rewarded for its bravery in battle by the french and have recently revived new attention for its service to the U.S. during Ww1?

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Harlem Hellfighters

• Rough Riders

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Harlem Hellfighters

Which was NOT another name or description given for WW1?

• The great war

• the war to end all wars

• the European revolution

• a war to make the world safe for democracy

• the European revolution

What was the official position of the united states gov. when war first broke out in Europe ?

• member of the allies

• neutral

• member of the central powers

• member of the league of nations

• neutral

Which of the following leader’s was not part of the group known ad the “Big Four” (or “Big Three”)

• Vladimir Lenin

• David Lloyd George

• Woodrow Wilson

• Georges Clemenceau

• Vladimir Lenin

In the midst of the war (1918) the world experienced an estimated 30 million deaths from which event ?

• a mini ice age creating blizzard conditions

• a more active hurricane season sinking transport ships

• a terrible flu spreading across the world

• multiple atomic bomb attacks

• a terrible flu spreading across the world

“The services of women during the supreme crisis have been of the most signal usefulness and distinction: its high time that part of our debt should be acknowledged”.-President Woodrow Wilson

How did the United States soon after the war acknowledge that debt?

• America joined the league of Nations with a female ambassador

• the first women president was elected

• women could sign up for selective service

• women gained the right to vote with the nineteenth American

• women gained the right to vote with the nineteenth American

Why did the US gov. use such posters to encourage Americans to save food ?

The United States government use posters such as the one above to encourage Americans to save food because they needed all resources they could get, to send to the soidlers fighting across the Ocean. Not only would they put up these types of posters, but they would also try encourage Americans to have gassless, wheatless, meatless, porkless, sweetless night. Another way the goverment encourage Americans to save food was by telling them to start to growing "victory gardens" in their backyards. That way they could eat their own food and save food.

This was all in an effort to get more more resources to send their soilders fighting in WW1.

Why did the U.S. senate refuse to support and ratify the treaty of Versailles ?

U.S. Senate refused to support and ratify the Treaty of Versailles. The U.S. Senate didn't want the United States to be tied with the League of Nations. They thought being if the United States became a apart of the League, the United States would be forced/dragged into more foreign wars and/or issues. They did not want this because European countries were always getting into some kind of issue between themselves.

Whose “Return to Normalcy” speech summarized the nation’s mood after WW1 and helped him win the presidential election?

• Warren G Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Woodrow Wilson

• Herbert Hoover

• Warren G Harding

What was the result of the Washington Naval Conference?

• The US raised taxes on imports

• nations renounced war as a policy

• nations agreed to disarmament

• American investors agreed to loan money to Germany

• nations agreed to disarmament

Why did Americans fear during the “Red Scare?”

• an end to communism

• the elimination of all government

• communist takeover of the US

• communist revolution in Russia

• communist takeover of the US

This is true regarding American attitudes post-WW1

• It led to a wave of prejudice against foreigners

• It sparked a desire to get more involved in world affairs

• it encouraged people to be less fearful of outsiders

• it caused a desire to stop exporting goods

• It led to a wave of prejudice against foreigners

What was the goal of the quota system (limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.)?

• To prevent African Americans from getting jobs

• to provide Antive Americans with US citizenship

• to exclude African Americans from union membership

• to limit the number of people entering America from foreign countries

• to limit the number of people entering America from foreign countries

Which describes Prohibition?

• women gaining the right to vote

• fear of immigrants

• a ban on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol

• the fundamentalists vs Evolution debate

• a ban on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol

What controversial topic did the Scope Trails cover (court case bec some teacher was teaching evolution) ?

• segregation in public schools

• drinking alcohol in speakeasies

• antilynching laws in the South

• the teaching of evolution in public schools

• teaching of evolution in public schools

which former presidential candidate represented the prosecution during the scope trails ?

• Charles Evans

• Jesus

• William Jennings Bryan

• Warren G. Harding

• William Jennings Bryan

Which is NOT a characteristic associated with flappers?

• openly drinks alcohol

• wears new slimmer and shorter dress fashions

• dislikes dancing and views it as a sin

• shorter “bobbed” hair

• dislikes dancing and views it as a sin

How did Charles A. Lindbergh become a hero to Many Americans?

• defeated a Russian boxer to become the first heavyweight champion

• invented the radio

• made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic

• first baseball player to hit 50 home runs

• made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic

Which was the first major movie with Sound ?

• The Jazz singer

• the wizard of oz

• the sawmill

• the circus

• The Jazz singer

Why did the radio become the most powerful communications media to emerge in the 1920s?

• It created a shared national experience of hearing the news as it happened

• It allowed the gov to to transmit speeches about ww1

• it took advantage of the increase in literacy in America

• it used sensational headlines to hook the public

• It created a shared national experience of hearing the news as it happened

Which athlete helped make the National Football League popular by his play demonstrating America’s developing interest in spectator sports during the 1920s?

• Duke Ellington

• Sinclair Lewis

• Babe Ruth

• Red Grange

• Red Grange

The _____ Renaissance was a literacy and artistic movement celebrating African American culture.

• Jazz

• African

• Black

• Harlem

• Harlem

Where did the Hundreds of thousands of African Americans move to as a result of the Great Migration ?

• Northern big cities

• southern rural communities

• northern rural communities

• southern big cities

• Northern big cities

While credited for increasing black pride, this individual is also remembered for his controversial “back to Africa” movement.

• R Scott Fitzgerald

• Marcus Garvey

• Louis Armstrong

• Bessie smith

• Marcus Garvey

Which professional baseball player became a celebrated preacher and evangelist known for his enthusiastic style?

• Billy Sunday

• Babe Ruth

• Lou Gehrig

• Red Grange

• Billy Sunday

Which Protestant Christian movement was grounded in a literal interpretation of the bible, leading to clashes between religion and science ?

• Darwinism

• Catholicism

• Fundamentalism

• prohibition

• Fundamentalism

The trail of _____ highlighted issues related to xenophobia (dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.) in the United States after WW1

• Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

• Al Capone

• John Scopes

• Al Smith

• Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Which is NOT true regarding the prohibition era?

• the vast majority of Americans supported it by the mid 1920s

• it led to organized crime

• it was difficult to enforce

• the constitutional amendment was later repealed

the vast majority of Americans supported it by the mid 1920s

Which Reconstruction era organization revived in the 1920s adding to its list of groups it opposed Jews, Catholics, and immigrants?

• American Federation of Labor

• Ku Klux Klan

• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

• Universal Negro Improvement Association

Ku Klux Klan

Which became largely responsible for "urban sprawl"?

• the election of 1920

• automobiles

• Prohibition

• • lower tax’s

the election of 1920

Who became president after the death of Warren G. Harding?

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

The Harding Administration was rocked by which scandal involving naval oil reserves and bribes?

• Credit Mobilier Scandal

• • Teapot Dome Scandal

• Watergate Scandal

• Whiskey Ring Scandal

Teapot Dome Scandal

Louis Armstrong was a

• jazz musician

• fundamentalist preacher

• Vice President

• bootlegger

• jazz musician

Which gangster controlled much of Chicago's illegal liquor trade?

• Al Capone

• Clarence Darrow

• Biggie Smalls

• Albert B. Fat

Al Capone

Which constitutional amendment enacted Prohibition? This amendment was later repealed by the 21st.

• 17th

• 20th

• 19th

• 18th

18th

Which of the following methods did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) use to help African Americans?

• they staged violent protests to combat racism

• they secretly planned the assassination of the president

• they encouraged African Americans to return to Africa

• they fought for legislation to protect African Americans' rights

they fought for legislation to protect African Americans' rights

How did the installment plan affect the economy?

An installment plan was the cerdit card of the 1920s. With an installment someone could buy something without having to put down a lot of money down to actually buy it. If someone like a product, but I didn't have enough money right at the moment they would set up an insallement plan. The person could buy the thing in payments. The installment plan affected the economy because it lead to an increase of sales which boosted and built up the econmy. The installment plan also affected consumerism by increasing it because it made it easier to buy stuff, which in turn also boosted up the economy.

How did the Harlem Renaissance contribute to the broader American culture?

The Harlem Renaissance was African American's culture. Because of the great migration a lot of African American people were in big northern cities, like Ney York. They brought along with them Jazz music which orginally orginated in the south. It was now brought to the north, because Jazz was such a hit with Americans it was adopted in the American culture. People like Louis Armstrong also helped Jazz get popular with Americans. Jazz was also merged with other popular American music and was even used in big sound movies. But Jazz wasn't the only thing that the Harlem Renaissance contributed to American culture, the blues also got adopted into American culture.

Which industry suffered early in the 1920s due to a decline in European markets creating an abundance of products at home resulting in lower prices.

• automobile

• mining

• electric

• farming

farming

Why did the Great Depression in America compound the problems that were occurring in Europe?

• Americans were unable to buy most European goods during this time

• American politicians were unable to offer political asylum during this time

• Americans were unable to travel to Europe on vacation during this time

Americans were unable to buy most European goods during this time

Why was Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) such a significant day in American history?

• It was the day when the idea of speculation was first introduced

• It was the day when the stock market crashed

• It was the day when stock prices reached their highest rate of exchange

• It was the day when the Federal Reserve set the first monetary policies*

It was the day when the stock market crashed

• Which of the following terms refers to paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest?

• tariff

• speculation

• buying on margin

• credit

buying on margin

Which is NOT considered a contributing factor of the Great Depression by historians?

• an unequal distribution of income

• the availability of easy credit

• the rise of the oil industry

• tariffs and war debt policies that reduced foreign markets for American goods

the rise of the oil industry

Which Republican candidate defeated the Democrat Alfred Smith to win the 1928 presidential election?

• Herbert Hoover

• Thomas Dewey

• Warren G. Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

Which was an advantage people living in rural areas had that people in cities lacked during the Great Depression?

• the ability to grow food

• the ability to obtain assistance at bread lines

• the ability to live in shantytowns

• the ability to relocate to the Pacific Coast

the ability to grow food

Shantytowns were commonly referred to as _

• Hoovervilles

• Rooseveltvilles

• Coolidgevilles

• Hardingvilles

Hoovervilles

What was the name of the tariff Congress passed in 1930, which was the highest in American history and led to a reduction in trade worldwide? (raised U.S. import duties with the goal of protecting American farmers and other industries from foreign competition.)

• McKinley Tariff

• Payne-Aldrich Tariff

• Morrill Tariff-

• Smoot-Hawley Tariff

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

What was the name given to the drought in the 1930s in the Great Plains region?

• Dust Bowls

• Hoover Drought

• Death Valley

• Plains Desert

Dust Bowls

"Okies" fled drought conditions and primarily settled in which region, where they faced hostility from locals over the competition for jobs.

• California and the Pacific Coast

• Florida and the Gulf of Mexico

• Massachusetts and New England

• Indiana and the Midwest

California and the Pacific Coast

Which best describes a "hobo"?

• a person who sold their stock before the market crash

• a business owner

• a child laborer

• A person leaving home, wandering around the country looking for Work

A person leaving home, wandering around the country looking for Work

How did Americans express their dissatisfaction for the way Hoover handled the Great Depression?

• : they demanded that the government pay citizens debts

• : they refused to work on the Hoover Dam

• they voted for Republicans in the 1930 election

• they attached his name to negative symbols

they attached his name to negative symbols

What was the Hoover Dam originally named?

Samara Dam

Boulder Dam

Aswan Dam

Three Gorges Dam

Boulder Dam

What did the Bonus Army hope to gain by assembling near the Capitol?

• publicity for the Communist Party USA

• higher wages from employers

• their veteran's benefits early

• food and shelter in a shantytown

• their veteran's benefits early

How did the Bonus Army incident end?

they stormed the Capitol building

Hoover made them active duty members of the army

• the US army was called to remove the Bonus Army

the Patman Bill passed and they received what they wanted

the US army was called to remove the Bonus Army

How did Hoover try to help people keep their homes and farms during his administration?

he proposed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

he signed into law the Federal Home and Loan Bank Act

he vetoed the Patman Bill after Congress had passed it

he encouraged the formation of the Bonus Army

he signed into law the Federal Home and Loan Bank Act

The economic downturn of the 1930s was called the ____

Panic of the 1930s

Stock Market Crash

Great Recession

Great Depression

Great Depression

By 1932 what was the approximate unemployment rate in the United States?

15%

25%

10%

20%

25%

*The economic problems resulting from World War I and a global depression in the 1930s led to the rise of what German political figure and future dictator?

Oroku Saki

Adolf Hitler

Otto von Bismarck

Vladimir Lenin

Adolf Hitler

"When the war closed, the most vital of all issues both in our own country and throughout the world was whether Governments should continue their wartime ownership and operation of many instrumentalities of production and distribution. We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines-doctrines of paternalism and state socialism.

The acceptance of these ideas would have meant the destruction of self-government through centralization of government. It would have meant the undermining of the individual initiative and enterprise through which our people have grown to unparalleled greatness."

Above is an excerpt from a famous speech. Who delivered the speech?

• Herbert Hoover

Coolidge

Warren G. Harding

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

Which presidential candidate in the 1932 election benefited from Hoover's decision regarding the Bonus Army?

Theodore Roosevelt

Calvin Coolidge

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

As the 1920s came to an end, many Americans were in financial trouble because of debts built up through the overuse of credit. Which of the Following best describes credit?

an arrangment in which consumers agree to buy now and pay for purchases. later

consumers put too much of their money in banks instead of spending it

buying long term investments instead of buying consumer goods

large amounts of speculation in the stock market

an arrangment in which consumers agree to buy now and pay for purchases. later

Describe what happens when there is a "run on a bank," and the problems that could result if one takes place.

When there is a "run on a bank" that means that mutiple people litterly "run" to the bank before anyone else to withdraw their money. People usally do this because they know the bank might close and indicating all their money will be lost if they do not take it out. Banks can usally give back maybe some people's money, but they cannot give everyone's money back. Once enough people ask for all of there money back the bank might need to close because it cannot keep up with everyone wanting their money back.

Explain the farming techniques which contributed to the problems of the Dust Bowl.

The farming techniques which contributed to the problems of the Dust Bowl was the plowing of millions of acres. Farmers during the 1920's were able to get fancy new tractors and supplies to help me plow more feilds. When farmers plowed they would take away prarie grass and cut down prarie trees.

Prarie grasses and prarie trees are super important to the Dust Bowl's region because they hold together the top soil of the parie, underneth the top soil is sand and grit. When farmers had plowed they left the parie top soil loose, so when the dust storms came they were able to carry the topsoil, and the sand and grit underneth easily. Which contributed to the problems of the Dust Bowl.