Unit 2 US History

On America’s political-economic spectrum, being on the near left means that you

Favor moderate government intervention in the economy

The Constitution's Commerce Clause:

Grants the national government control over commerce passing between states

In which did the federal government interventions between 1880 and 1920

Alcohol & drugs

How, in theory, does the Federal Reserve use elastic currency through its Open Market Operations

To flood the economy with cash during recessions by purchasing treasures from banks (loose monetary policies)

Which of the following is true of the American progressive tax rate system, based on the 16th amendment passed in 1913? (graph)

Working and middle-classes usually pay higher overall effective rates than the rich (but a lower…)

Robert Lafollete was:

A Wisconsin republican who fought corporate corruption and for environmental regulation and won 16% of…

How did the political parties deal with the Progressive movement? How did their party platforms reflect the movements…

While both parties had liberal and conservative factors, the Southern Democrats were most conservative on racist Democrats via Woodrow Wilson who was president during the height of the Progressive Era

Liberalism:

Has a broader meaning globally than it does within the US referring to a combination of free markets, democracies, and the left part of the political spectrum

Why was the 1912 Presidential election noteworthy in American history?

With Teddy Roosevelt’s loss, it signaled the long-term decline of the progress factor in the Republican party

There were many underlying causes to the Great War and three are included as incorrect answers. But which of (was the most important)…

Gavrillo Princip’s assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The zimmerman Telegram:

Was a message Germany Sent Mexico trying to coax them into invading Texas and the Southwest to pre…

Red Summer:

Refers to the racial violence in the US after the war when soldiers returned to their home to find minority workers

On potential lesson from the 1918 flu pandemic is that:

Cities that locked down longer actually did better economically in 1919 than those that re-opened…

How did the US Impact WW1 military?

The US helped the western Entente Powers blunt Germany's 1916 offender and finally win the war

World War 1:

Was caused by nationalism, alliances between nations, and arms race fueled by the mous…

Which of the following describes Russian American relations at the end of WW1

The US didn’t recognize the existence of the USSR and intervened militarily on behalf of the moderate…

How did Woodrow Wilson think germany should be dealt with after World War 1

None of the above

Which of the following best describes the republican Party’s reaction to the Versailles Peace Treaty

They were willing to help defend France’s eastern border with Germany but unwilling to sign off as the op…

Which of the following does our textbook cite as evidence of tension between rural and urban America in the 1920s?

Al Smith’s problems uniting the Democrats as a presidential candidate

Willion Jennings Bryan (right) reemerged on the scene during the Scopes Monkey trial of 1925 to prosecute biology to…

Creationism

What was/were the main problem(s) confronting the Democratic Party in the 1920s

They controlled local elections in the South and urban North but couldn't win the White House

Which of the following occurred in the 1920s

The Progressive political spirit gave way to laissez faire. The progressive laws of the 1920s weren’t replaced….

Which of the following did NOT occur in the 1920s

Murder rates declined as organized crime competed for liquor rockets

Which industry best exemplified the new industrialism of the 1920s and drove the American economy through the..

Automobiles

This man served as Secretary of the Treasury for three presidential terms in the 1920s, encouraging laissez-faire capitalism

Andrew Melion

What does the textbook cite as one cause of the Stock Market Crash

Saturation of the durable goods markets with many of the people that could afford cars, appliances, etc.

What, according to our textbook, was the connection between the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression

The market crash worsened the ongoing recession caused by multiple factors, including saturation of the world wide trade slowdown

What caused the Dust Bowl

Better mechanized agriculture allowed Plains farmer to cultivate more land, but that also loosened dirt and caused dust or something

According to economist Paul Krugman, what's one problem with the common interpretation of the Smoot-Hawley T…

Global trade was already in steep decline before the controversial bill passed congress

Hoover’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation:

Was too little too late for Hoover, but blazed the trail for the early New Deal policy of stealing public works just and restoring the branding system through public investment.