APUSH Ch. 24-25 – Flashcards
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Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the United States economy A. saw ten straight years of continuous growth. B. struggled with a persistent high rate of inflation. C. saw per capita income flatten while manufacturing output soared. D. saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities. E. experienced a severe recession in 1923 that lasted two years.
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D. saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities.
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In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by A. the theory of modulation. B. the use of vacuum tubes. C. enthusiasts who built their own sets at home. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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D. All the answers are correct.
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During the 1920s, airplanes A. experienced a great increase in commercial travel. B. had no practical use. C. were used almost exclusively for military purposes. D. saw the development of the first experimental jet engines. E. were largely a source of entertainment.
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E. were largely a source of entertainment.
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During the 1920s, products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included A. synthetic fibers. B. plastics. C. home appliances. D. electronics. E. All the answers are correct.
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E. All the answers are correct.
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During the 1920s, Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in A. analog computers. B. genetic research. C. automation. D. robotics. E. relativistic physics.
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B. genetic research.
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During the 1920s, the trend toward industrial consolidation A. was most pronounced in the large-scale, mass-production sector. B. was slowing considerably throughout the decade. C. encouraged new competition. D. was most rapid in industries less dependent on technology. E. bypassed the steel and automobile industries.
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A. was most pronounced in the large-scale, mass-production sector.
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During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of A. the overproduction of goods. B. a shortage in the number of skilled workers. C. the rising bargaining power of labor unions. D. a shortage of consumer credit. E. inflation. j
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A. the overproduction of goods.
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During the 1920s, most American industrial workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT A. a rise in their standard of living. B. income levels at the "minimum comfort level." C. little control over their economic interests. D. few opportunities to join a company union. E. employers trying to keep their labor costs low.
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D. few opportunities to join a company union.
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In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism" A. encouraged employees to form single-industry labor unions. B. was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers. C. gave workers a measure of control over their industry. D. required corporations to provide some relief for unemployed workers. E. forced workers to donate much of their salaries to the less fortunate.
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B. was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers.
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During the 1920s, wages for American workers A. generally enabled a working-class family to thrive on a single income. B. rose most quickly for unskilled workers. C. generally ran well below the growth of the economy as a whole. D. equaled or exceeded the rate of production growth. E. generally decreased as the labor market became tighter.
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C. generally ran well below the growth of the economy as a whole.
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During the 1920s, when $1,800 was considered the minimum annual income for a decent standard of living, the average annual income of a worker was approximately A. $700. B. $1,100. C. $1,500. D. $1,900. E. $2,400.
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C. $1,500.
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During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) A. decided to shift away from craft unions. B. created a partner organization, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. C. used strikes in an attempt to organize unskilled workers. D. became more radical after the death of Samuel Gompers. E. believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills.
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E. believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills.
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In the workplace, the "open shop" meant A. no worker was required to join a union. B. skilled workers were required to join a craft union. C. labor unions had the right to organize that particular industry. D. workers had no right to join a union. E. workers would be allowed to come and go as they pleased.
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A. no worker was required to join a union.
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During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters A. was formed by the American Federation of Labor. B. was one of the few unions led by African Americans. C. organized against sleeping car manufacturer A. Philip Randolph. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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B. was one of the few unions led by African Americans.
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During the 1920s, all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and Southwest EXCEPT the A. Filipinos. B. Chinese. C. Japanese. D. Mexicans. E. Issei.
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B. Chinese.
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During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw A. a large decrease in the area of cultivated land. B. demand for farm goods rise faster than production. C. a sharp decline in farmers' incomes. D. farmers oppose using hybrid plants and chemical fertilizers. E. the need for a larger labor supply.
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C. a sharp decline in farmers' incomes.
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In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was A. to match crop production with demand. B. to ensure farmers would at least financially break even. C. strongly opposed by Congress. D. to equalize the average farmer income with the average industrial worker income. E. invalidated by the passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill.
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B. to ensure farmers would at least financially break even.
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In the 1920s bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as A. embodying Republican values. B. a 100% American. C. a capitalist. D. a prophet who would oppose consumerism. E. a salesman.
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E. a salesman.
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In 1920, the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the United States was in A. Cleveland. B. New York City. C. Philadelphia. D. Pittsburgh. E. Chicago.
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D. Pittsburgh.
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In the 1920s, "behavioral" psychologists, such as John B. Watson, believed A. the behavior of an individual was a product of genetics and could not be altered. B. behavioral problems could be treated through an exploration of the unconscious. C. the "criminal mind" could be detected in children by observing their behavior. D. psychiatry should only treat severe mental disturbances, not offer therapy for ordinary anxieties. E. mental ailments could be improved by treating their symptoms.
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E. mental ailments could be improved by treating their symptoms.
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During the 1920s, the field of psychology saw women A. nearly entirely excluded from the profession. B. establish themselves more easily than in many other areas of medicine. C. largely dominate the profession. D. participate as patients but rarely as workers. E. forced to contend with a view of females as "abnormal" thinkers.
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B. establish themselves more easily than in many other areas of medicine.
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In the 1920s, "behavioral" psychologists argued A. maternal affection was sufficient for successful child-rearing. B. mothers who sent their children to nursery school and kindergarten hurt their development. C. mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children. D. women had an instinctive capacity for being mothers. E. midwives rather than doctors should aid in childbirth, for the emotional health of the child.
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C. mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children.
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In the 1920s, a growing interest among middle-class women in birth control resulted from A. the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home. B. the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. C. the desire to maintain a rigid, Victorian female "respectability." D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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B. the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only.
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During the 1920s, birth control in the United States A. was limited to physical methods such as abstinence and withdrawal. B. included legal abortion in most states. C. was strongly opposed by moralists such as Margaret Sanger. D. was among the major causes of poverty and distress in poor communities. E. was illegal in many states.
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E. was illegal in many states.
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In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle A. had a particular impact on lower middle-class and single women. B. was largely reserved for upper-class women. C. was largely rejected by upper-class women. D. was simply a clothing fad. E. was applauded by most progressive suffragists.
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A. had a particular impact on lower middle-class and single women.
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During the 1920s, the National Woman's Party campaigned primarily for the A. Nineteenth Amendment. B. Prohibition Amendment. C. Equal Rights Amendment. D. Balanced Budget Amendment. E. Disarmament Amendment.
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C. Equal Rights Amendment.
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The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 A. promoted the establishment of daycare centers for the children of working women. B. provided federal funds for child health-care programs. C. was criticized for its promotion of birth control. D. was promoted by the American Medical Association. E. was promoted by the National Women's Party.
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B. provided federal funds for child health-care programs.
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The infamous Baltimore journalist of the 1920s who delighted in ridiculing religion, politics, the arts, and even democracy itself was A. John Dos Passos. B. F. Scott Fitzgerald. C. Sinclair Lewis. D. Thomas Wolfe. E. H. L. Mencken.
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E. H. L. Mencken.
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In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald A. glorified wealthy Americans as examples of the "success ethic." B. ridiculed the hypocritical behavior of some in evangelical religion. C. satirized the inequalities in American politics. D. criticized the American obsession with material wealth. E. dramatized the plight of midwestern farmers
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D. criticized the American obsession with material wealth.
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In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals in the Harlem Renaissance A. sought to create civil disobedience to further racial justice. B. drew heavily from their African heritage. C. included writers Edna Ferber and Ezra Pound. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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B. drew heavily from their African heritage.
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In the 1920s, the "noble experiment" referred to A. the equal rights amendment for women. B. laws to restrict child labor. C. political isolationism. D. female suffrage. E. the prohibition of alcohol.
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E. the prohibition of alcohol.
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During the 1920s, as a result of the Eighteenth Amendment A. there was a substantial reduction in the consumption of alcohol. B. there was considerable violation of the laws banning the consumption of alcohol. C. organized crime gained exclusive access to an enormous, lucrative agency. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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D. All the answers are correct.
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During the 1920s, the greatest sustained support for the Eighteenth Amendment came from A. middle-class progressives. B. rural Protestants. C. urban workers. D. immigrants. E. Catholics.
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B. rural Protestants.
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The National Origins Act of 1924 A. entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States. B. discriminated against northwestern Europeans. C. was designed to alter the sources but not the overall number of immigrants. D. included a quota system for the first time. E. set a rigid limit of 150,000 immigrants a year.
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A. entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States.
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During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan A. was largely centered in the South. B. was focused on intimidating African Americans. C. opposed the existing diversity of American society. D. officially renounced the use of violence. E. was a male-only organization.
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C. opposed the existing diversity of American society.
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The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle between A. blacks and whites. B. urban and rural society. C. nativists and immigrants. D. U.S. Steel and the Amalgamated Steelworkers' Union. E. creationism and evolution.
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E. creationism and evolution.
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As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925, A. John Scopes was found innocent. B. fundamentalists reduced their participation in political activism. C. the conflict between fundamentalists and modernists subsided. D. anti-evolution laws were repealed in most other states. E. William Jennings Bryan decided to run one more time for president.
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B. fundamentalists reduced their participation in political activism.
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In the election of 1924, among the political parties A. the Democratic Party was seriously divided. B. the Republican Party was seriously divided. C. the Progressive Party was seriously divided. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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A. the Democratic Party was seriously divided.
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All the following statements regarding Al Smith are true EXCEPT A. he was a progressive Democratic governor. B. he was supported by Tammany Hall. C. he lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo. D. he was an urban Catholic. E. he won the 1928 Democratic nomination.
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C. he lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo.
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Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part, because A. he failed to carry the South. B. of a financial scandal within his campaign. C. of his close connections to the oil industry. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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A. he failed to carry the South.
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As president, Warren Harding A. never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success. B. sought a revival of progressive reform. C. proposed the United States join the League of Nations. D. saw his administration end with his defeat for reelection in 1924. E. had no sense of his own intellectual limits.
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A. never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success.
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During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved A. the illegal sale of timber rights. B. transfers of national oil reserves. C. graft in federal construction contracts. D. political blackmail. E. the secret sale of armaments to Nicaragua.
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B. transfers of national oil reserves.
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Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in their A. passive approach to the presidency. B. ethics. C. personalities. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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A. passive approach to the presidency.
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Calvin Coolidge A. claimed that Theodore Roosevelt was his political role model. B. believed the federal government should actively promote the social welfare of Americans. C. lost his party's bid for renomination in the election of 1928. D. had no political experience prior to becoming vice-president in 1920. E. was less active a president than Warren Harding.
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E. was less active a president than Warren Harding.
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Throughout the 1920s, the federal government A. isolated itself from the business community. B. supported the right of workers to organize as unions. C. experienced a decrease in its budget yet an increase in its debt. D. saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government. E. saw an increase in the budget and the national debt.
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D. saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government.
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In the 1920s, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon succeeded in A. cutting taxes on corporate profits and personal incomes. B. eliminating half of the federal debt. C. trimming dramatically the federal budget. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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D. All the answers are correct.
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As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself A. a champion of business cooperation. B. a believer in passive government. C. a paragon of conservative America. D. an internationalist in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson. E. an enemy of wealth and privilege.
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A. a champion of business cooperation.
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To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant A. states and the federal government working together to restrain business. B. Congress and the President working together on economic legislation. C. the formation of federal boards to oversee various aspects of industry. D. businesses being run by a governing board of management and labor representatives. E. the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries.
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E. the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries.
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Throughout 1928, the American stock market A. saw the number of shares traded daily soar. B. saw the average price of stocks rise slightly. C. had slowly been declining in value. D. had rapidly been losing in value. E. saw brokerage firms restrict credit to those buying stocks
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A. saw the number of shares traded daily soar.
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On October 29, 1929, the American stock market A. saw fewer than one million shares of stock traded. B. lost all the gains of the previous year. C. experienced its first sharp decline in values since the War. D. was forced to suspend business because of staggering declines in values. E. rebounded slightly from the tremendous losses of "Black Thursday.
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B. lost all the gains of the previous year.
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All of the following factors were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT A. an unstable European economy. B. a lack of diversification in the United States economy. C. a misdistribution of purchasing power. D. conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans. E. weak consumer demand.
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D. conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans.
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In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was A. rising. B. steady. C. declining. D. chronically unstable. E. essentially nonexistent
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C. declining.
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After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States A. reduced the debts owed by European nations to America. B. forgave the debts owed by European nations to America. C. demanded immediate payment of all debts owed by European nations to America. D. refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America. E. forgave the debts owed by former allies during the War, and reduced the debts of other nations.
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D. refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America.
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In 1931, the severity of the depression increased when the Federal Reserve Board A. closed all financially-ailing banks. B. declared bankruptcy. C. weakened the value of the dollar. D. expanded the money supply. E. raised interest rates.
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E. raised interest rates.
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During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States peaked at an estimated A. 10 percent. B. 25 percent. C. 40 percent. D. 55 percent. E. 70 percent.
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B. 25 percent.
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In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio was one of the worst in the nation at A. 40 percent. B. 60 percent. C. 70 percent. D. 80 percent. E. 95 percent.
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D. 80 percent.
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During the Great Depression, in the rural United States A. one-third of all farmers lost their land. B. farm income dropped by twenty-five percent. C. the economic conditions were slightly better than in industrial cities. D. the farm economy could not keep up with consumer demand. E. farmers enjoyed several unusually fertile growing seasons.
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A. one-third of all farmers lost their land.
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In the 1930s, the "Dust Bowl" A. was created by the national economic collapse. B. stretched from Kansas to California. C. experienced years of heavy rainfall. D. was created by grasshoppers. E. was a product of changing environmental conditions.
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E. was a product of changing environmental conditions.
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During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas A. were denied all forms of public relief assistance. B. generally experienced better economic conditions. C. could still find domestic service jobs no whites wanted. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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E. None of the answers are correct.
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The 1931 Scottsboro court case saw A. black teenagers accused of rape by two white women. B. a Georgia jury convict all of the black youths. C. the Supreme Court reaffirm the death penalty convictions. D. eight of the convicted youths executed for crimes they did not commit. E. All the answers are correct.
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A. black teenagers accused of rape by two white women.
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In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans A. migrated to the South. B. left the United States entirely. C. moved into California. D. successfully organized agricultural unions. E. migrated into rural areas, where work was more available.
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B. left the United States entirely.
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In the 1930s, the largest Japanese- and Chinese-American populations were found in A. Oregon. B. Arizona. C. Washington. D. Hawaii. E. California.
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E. California.
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During the Great Depression, Asian Americans A. unlike blacks and Hispanics, were generally able to keep from losing their jobs to white Americans. B. who were college educated generally weathered the crisis fairly well. C. had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest. D. were limited by law to low-paying jobs such as salesclerks and food servers. E. found it easier to move into mainstream professions.
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C. had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest.
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For women, the economic pressures caused by the Great Depression A. weakened the notion that a woman's proper place was in the home. B. saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women. C. forced most women out of the labor force. D. saw the federal government make it illegal for married women to work outside the home. E. affected service and clerical positions held by women more than they did jobs in heavy industry.
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B. saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women.
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During the Great Depression, A. the divorce rate declined. B. the marriage rate increased. C. the birth rate increased. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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A. the divorce rate declined.
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As a result of the Great Depression, the social values in the United States A. saw Americans embrace nearly any idea that was new or nontraditional. B. saw a majority of Americans question the future of democracy. C. seemed to change relatively little. D. saw most Americans turn against the traditional "success ethic." E. saw the idea of individual initiative fall into disrepute.
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C. seemed to change relatively little.
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In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People A. claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times. B. argued the best way to end the Depression was for working-class men and women to run for office. C. asserted that a strong faith in Christianity would best help one though hard times. D. gave financial advice and offered tips when going to a job interview. E. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.
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E. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.
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During the 1930s, in regards to radio, A. the largest proportion of programming was devoted to news. B. most programs were increasingly prerecorded. C. around half of all American homes owned a radio. D. listening was often a community experience. E. radio sets were basically unusable in rural areas without electricity.
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D. listening was often a community experience.
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The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was A. Frank Capra. B. Pare Lorentz. C. King Vidor. D. James Agee. E. Will Hays.
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E. Will Hays.
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In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression EXCEPT A. Our Daily Bread. B. It Happened One Night. C. The Grapes of Wrath. D. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. E. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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B. It Happened One Night.
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In the 1930s, the director Frank Capra typically displayed in his films A. a populist admiration for ordinary Americans. B. the cultural backwardness of small towns in America. C. praise for the "rugged individualism" of American business. D. the grasping materialism of most Americans. E. a harsh critique of the heartlessness of capitalism.
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A. a populist admiration for ordinary Americans.
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In the 1930s, Hollywood films A. became more politically charged as the Great Depression continued. B. challenged many of the conventional attitudes regarding race. C. typically portrayed women as wives and mothers. D. experienced a decline in ticket sales as the Great Depression wore on. E. tried to avoid deliberately and explicitly escapist material.
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C. typically portrayed women as wives and mothers.
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During the 1930s, American literature A. offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies. B. saw most popular books and magazines focus on the Great Depression. C. saw photographic magazines lose much of their readership due to the high cost of each issue. D. faced censorship laws that suppressed criticisms of American politics and culture. E. adopted a more pessimistic, although no less radical, approach to society in the later 1930s.
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A. offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies.
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In the 1930s, all of the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT A. U.S.A. by John Dos Passo. B. Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathaniel West. C. Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell. D. The Disinherited by Jack Conroy. E. Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.
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E. Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.
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During the 1930s, the most important group within the Popular Front was the A. Socialist Party. B. Federation of Labor. C. Communist Party. D. Progressive Party. E. Americans for Democratic Action.
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C. Communist Party.
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The "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" is to be associated with A. the radical Right. B. the Spanish Civil War. C. veterans of World War I. D. the "bonus marchers." E. the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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B. the Spanish Civil War.
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During the 1930s, the American Communist Party A. distanced itself from the Soviet Union. B. excluded most minorities from its ranks. C. supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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E. None of the answers are correct.
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In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party A. reduced its criticism of the United States. B. formed an American Nazi Party. C. broke from the Soviet Union. D. lost a significant portion of its membership. E. disbanded.
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D. lost a significant portion of its membership.
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During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union A. sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines. B. was formed by the American Communist Party. C. concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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A. sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines.
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During the 1930s, the radical left in the United States A. found broad acceptance among both the working class and intellectuals. B. experienced intense government hostility. C. saw a widening of the ideological range of mainstream art and politics. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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D. All the answers are correct.
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Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road and Richard Wright's Native Son chronicled A. itinerant migrants who moved west during the Depression. B. the troubles of farmers as the result of the Dust Bowl. C. social injustice in the rural South and the urban North. D. the jobless poor who traveled the country by hopping on freight trains. E. the plight of Communist labor organizers in California.
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C. social injustice in the rural South and the urban North.
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As Herbert Hoover began his presidency, he A. considered the country to have a bright economic future. B. assumed the economy might suffer a mild recession. C. feared a depression. D. called for voluntary guidelines to stabilize the stock market. E. renounced his earlier policy of associationalism.
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A. considered the country to have a bright economic future.
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President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by A. proposing a series of economic reform programs. B. shutting down the bank system until confidence in it could be restored. C. urging voluntary cooperation from business leaders. D. calling for a tax increase to prevent a federal deficit. E. calling for a system of social security to alleviate individual suffering.
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C. urging voluntary cooperation from business leaders.
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As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover A. encouraged business men to reduce their industrial production. B. grew less willing to increase federal spending. C. began to experiment with untried economic principles. D. called for a reduction in taxes. E. stopped worrying about trying to balance the budget.
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B. grew less willing to increase federal spending.
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The Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 A. gave incentives to Europeans to sell their goods in the United States. B. was designed to stimulate United States exports. C. increased tariffs on industrial products, but left farm products' rates unchanged. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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E. None of the answers are correct.
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The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with A. the Agricultural Marketing Act. B. the Soil Conservation Act. C. the Agricultural Adjustment Act. D. the Farm Security Administration. E. the Rural Electrification Administration.
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A. the Agricultural Marketing Act.
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After Democrats won control of Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover A. criticized voters for abandoning the economic principles of the Republican Party. B. told reporters that his economic recovery policies had not been successful. C. urged the new Congress to construct "Hoovervilles" to shelter the unemployed. D. refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief. E. deferred to their economic agenda of relief and public spending programs.
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D. refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief.
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) A. was to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses. B. was created in the last year of Herbert Hoover's administration. C. included a $1.5 billion public works budget. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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D. All the answers are correct.
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In 1932, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation A. lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral. B. was created by Congress over President Herbert Hoover's veto. C. focused most of its spending on large urban cities in the Northeast. D. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. E. spent most of its money trying to prop up unstable local banks.
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A. lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral.
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In 1932, the Farmers' Holiday Association A. began and spread throughout the South. B. was essentially a farmers' strike. C. led to more public money being sent to rural areas. D. called on farmers to leave their lands unplanted. E. argued that farmers should also reap the benefits of welfare capitalism.
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B. was essentially a farmers' strike.
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All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT A. Hoover called some marchers' behavior evidence of uncontrolled violence and radicalism. B. several thousand American veterans camped out in Washington D.C. C. Congress refused to formally consider the demands of the "Army." D. many Americans viewed President Hoover as unsympathetic to the veterans. E. the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans.
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E. the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans.
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The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included A. the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington. B. General Douglas MacArthur exceeding his orders to remove the veterans. C. the injuring of over 100 marchers. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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D. All the answers are correct.
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Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT A. assistant secretary of the Navy. B. vice president of the United States. C. governor of New York. D. a state legislator. E. a Hudson Valley aristocrat.
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B. vice president of the United States.
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In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to A. spend billions of dollars to assist in the economic recovery. B. provide relief jobs to millions of unemployed Americans. C. pass legislation establishing a nationwide program of social security. D. All the answers are correct. E. None of the answers are correct.
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E. None of the answers are correct.
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Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932 A. saw Roosevelt carry every state. B. was disputed in several states. C. was a convincing mandate. D. was decided only in the final days of the election. E. All the answers are correct.
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C. was a convincing mandate.
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Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt A. declared he would dramatically increase government spending. B. promised to maintain a balanced federal budget. C. made no public statements. D. refused to make any agreements with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover. E. began laying the groundwork for his social security legislation.
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D. refused to make any agreements with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover.
