Apush Unit 7 mcq

Article X says that every member of the League, and that means every great fighting power in the world, solemnly engages to respect and preserve... the territorial integrity and existing political independence of the other members of the League. If you do that, you have absolutely stopped ambitious and aggressive war."

Woodrow Wilson's statement above was made in justification of his

A) decision to send troops to northern Russia and Siberia after the Bolshevik Revolution

B) refusal to award Fiume to the Italians

C) insistence on "open treaties, openly arrived at"

D) opposition to the resolution on racial equality put forward at the Paris peace negotiations by the Japanese delegation

E) refusal to accept the "reservations" proposed by Henry Cabot Lodge in the Senate debate over ratification of the Treaty of Versailles

E

Which of the following was most responsible for the change shown between 1938 and 1942 on the chart above?

A) The illness and death of unemployed workers

B) A redefinition of unemployment by the United States Census Bureau

C) Legislation of the second New Deal

D) Industrial mobilization related to the Second World War

E) A global economic boom following the Great Depression

D

African American migration to the urban North during the First World War was due primarily to

A) racially integrated residential neighborhoods in Northern cities

B) increased educational opportunities resulting from affirmative-action programs

C) recruitment efforts by labor unions

D) expanded job opportunities in Northern factories

E) encouragement by White Protestant churches in the North

D

4. The purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was to

A) ease the economic difficulties of sharecroppers and tenant farmers

B) provide for the distribution of surplus meat and produce to the poor

C) reapportion electoral districts to give farmers greater representation in Congress

D) expand agricultural production by subsidizing farmers

E) raise farm prices by limiting agricultural production

E

The American home front in the Second World War is best described as

A) politically divided over the wisdom of the American war effort

B) unaffected by ethnic and racial tensions

C) economically invigorated by military spending

D) rededicated to the reform efforts of the New Deal

E) demoralized by food shortages

C

American participation in the Second World War had which of the following major effects on the home front?

A) A movement of women into factory work

B) The breakdown of racial segregation in the South

C) The growth of isolationism in the Midwest

D) The introduction of a system of national health insurance

E) A decline in farm income

A

Which of the following is true of American women during the Second World War?

A) They initiated a visible and highly vocal feminist movement.

B) They married younger and had more children than women did before or after the war.

C) Those who took industrial jobs learned new skills and earned better pay than in jobs previously open to them.

D) They organized labor unions and led strikes demanding better working conditions.

E) Aside from participating in rationing programs, women contributed little to the war effort.

C

The 1920s photograph above illustrates a production process that led to

A) government ownership of the automobile industry

B) the promotion of individual craftsmanship and pride among workers and artisans

C) lower prices and greater availability for mass-produced consumer goods

D) the establishment of training and educational requirements for workers

E) a sharp drop in labor union membership due to high employee satisfaction

C

9. All of the following have been cited as reasons for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945

EXCEPT the need to

A) block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States

B) keep the Soviet Union out of the war against Japan

C) save American lives

D) demonstrate American superiority in weaponry to the Soviet Union

E) force the unconditional surrender of Japan

A

"Now, we can see a new world coming into view....In the words of Winston Churchill, a world order in which the principles of justice and fair play protect the weak against the strong...' A world where the United Nations...is poised to fulfill the historic vision of its founders. A world in which freedom and respect for human rights find a home among all nations. The Gulf War put this new world to its first test. And my fellow Americans, we passed that test."

President George H. W. Bush, address to Congress, March 6, 1991

The principles on human rights articulated by President Bush are most similar to

A) the ideas expressed by President George Washington in his 1796 Farewell Address

B) President James K. Polk's support for Manifest Destiny in the 1840s

C) the ideas expressed by President Woodrow Wilson during and after the First World War

D) President Ronald Reagan's support for reinvigoration of anticommunism in the 1980s

C

Which of the following groups was LEAST likely to have contributed to the trend in Chicago's population from 1890 to 1940 ?

A) African American migrants from the southern United States

B) Immigrants from eastern and southern Europe

C) Immigrants from northern and western Europe

D) Immigrants from eastern and southern Asia

D

Which of the following correctly describes the committee on public information?

A) It was the first organization to oppose legalizing abortion.

B) It was a business lobby against Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.

C) It was established to mobilize domestic support for the war effort during the First World War.

D) It was the effort led by Samuel Adams to rally colonists against British taxes.

E) It was an antislavery group that formed after the Compromise of 1850.

C

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was most interested in unionizing which of the following?

A) Migrant farmworkers

B) White-collar factory managers

C) Unskilled and semiskilled factory workers

D) Sailors on American merchant ships

E) Women clerical workers

C

Conscription policies in the First and Second World Wars differed significantly in that in the Second World War

A) African Americans were drafted into integrated units

B) conscientious objectors were not officially recognized

C) the draft began before the United States entered the conflict

D) the draft was administered at the regional and federal levels by the armed forces

E) exemptions were offered for a range of war-related occupations

C

"We believe that the Negro should adopt every means to protect himself against barbarous practices inflicted upon him because of color.

"We believe in the freedom of Africa for the Negro people of the world, and by the principle of Europe for the Europeans and Asia for the Asiatics, we also demand Africa for the Africans at home and abroad.

"We strongly condemn the cupidity of those nations of the world who, by open aggression or secret schemes, have seized the territories and inexhaustible natural wealth of Africa, and we place on record our most solemn determination to reclaim the treasures and possession of the vast continent of our forefathers.

Marcus Garvey, Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World, adopted at the first convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), August 1920

The ideas expressed in Garvey's declaration drew the most significant support from which of the following?

A) Presidents favoring colonization efforts

B) Participants in the Great Migration

C) Urban Progressive reformers

D) Former slaves

B

"The Department of Justice will pursue the attack of these 'Reds' upon the Government of the United States with vigilance, and no alien, advocating the overthrow of existing law and order in this country, shall escape arrest and prompt deportation."

The declaration above was made by

A) Louis D. Brandeis

B) William Howard Taft

C) A. Mitchell Palmer

D) Theodore Roosevelt

E) Robert M. La Follette

C

During the Great Depression, "Hoovervilles" were

A) government relocation camps for indigent workers

B) model communities established by the Hoover administration

C) shantytowns of unemployed and homeless people

D) soup kitchens financed under New Deal legislation

E) work projects established by the Hoover administration to revitalize the economy

C

*In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

"The first is freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world.

"The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the world.

"The third is freedom from want which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants- everywhere in the world.

"The fourth is freedom from fear which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the world."

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, State of the Union address, January 1941

Roosevelt's speech was most likely intended to increase public support for

A) extending New Deal programs to guarantee unemployment benefits

B) integrating the United States armed forces

C) aiding the Allies in Europe during the Second World War

D) enhancing rights protected by the United States Constitution

C

The flappers of the 1920's challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

A) a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law

B) gender equality in salaries

C) an equal rights amendement

D) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

E) a federal law to establish prenatal clinics in rural areas

D

20. In the 1930's. the movement led by Dr. Francis Townsend contributed to congressional approval of a law

A) insuring the bank deposits of consumers

B) securing federal protection of labor union organizers

C) providing larger federal subsidies to farmers

D) implementing a federal program of old-age benefits

E) protecting ethnic minorities form discrimination

D

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

A) concerns that immigrants would draw on social welfare resources

B) demands that the government play a smaller role in regulating immigration

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

D) beliefs that immigrants would help establish a more multicultural and diverse United States

C

The cartoon above portrays President Wilson trying to

A) conceal from the public the true reason for United States entry into the First World War

B) arouse public support for United States entry into the First World War

C) assess the public's support of his bid for a third presidential term

D) warn the public that Germany had not been treated fairly at Versailles

E) arouse public support for the Treaty of Versailles

E

The policies passed in response to the Great Depression contributed to a change in which of the following earlier popular beliefs?

A) Big business should have significant influence over federal legislation.

B) Labor unions should have the sole power to negotiate with corporations.

C) Government should be noninterventionist during economic downturns.

D) Federal programs should contribute to the welfare of older Americans.

C

During the 1930's, the Great Depression led to

A) the nationalization of major industries

B) the strengthening of the family unit and a higher birth rate

C) a decline in highway construction

D) a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

E) a decrease in labor union membership

D

Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson were all similar in that they

A) followed a style of painting called Cubism

B) organized labor unions during the Gilded Age

C) were persecuted by Senator Joseph McCarthy

D) protested United States involvement in the Vietnam War

E) contributed to the Harlem Renaissance

E

The United States home front during the First World War was marked by an increase in all of the following EXCEPT

A) tax rates on individuals and estates

B) government regulation of fuel, food, and transportation

C) employment opportunities for African Americans and Mexican Americans

D) participation of women in factory work, government service, and volunteer work

E) support of individual liberties by the Supreme Court

E

Which of the following was a common experience on the United States home front during the Second World War?

A) Rationing of basic consumer goods

B) Frequent antiwar protests

C) Government attempts to misinform the public about the war's death toll

D) The belief that society could simultaneously pay for both its war effort and its social- welfare legislation

E) Highly publicized trials of suspected communists

A

One means by which President Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was

A) the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority

B) the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

C) a lowering of barriers for free trade

D) the early payments of bonuses to veterans

E) direct government aid to the needy

B

All of the following concerns were addressed during the "Hundred Days" of the New Deal EXCEPT

A) banking regulation

B) unemployment relief

C) agricultural adjustment

D) homeowner mortgage support

E) court restructuring

E

Which of the following best explains United States foreign policy between the First World War and the Second World War?

A) The United States enacted an imperialist policy in order to expand the territories it gained during the Spanish-American War.

B) The United States followed an isolationist policy in order to avoid becoming involved in another conflict abroad.

C) The United States established an expansionist policy in order to revive the concept of Manifest Destiny.

D) The United States created a cooperative policy that attempted to resolve disputes through international organizations

B

Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast of the United States in early 1942 were sent to internment camps on the alleged grounds that they

A) were a potential threat to the security of the United States

B) refused to take a loyalty oath

C) wished to return to Japan in great numbers

D) were instrumental in arranging the attack on Pearl Harbor

E) worked with German and Italian groups to weaken American resolve

A