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In 1919, the racial climate in the United States

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worsened in both the North and South

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President Theodore Roosevelt's policies, in regard to Asia, were intended

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to prevent any single rival nation from being dominant.

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President Theodore Roosevelt defined "civilized" and "uncivilized" nations on the basis of

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both race and economic development.

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President Woodrow Wilson's request to Congress for a declaration of war

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took place two weeks after German submarines had torpedoed three American ships.

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In 1914-1915, the United States responded to a British naval blockade of Germany by

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ending trade with Germany but continuing it with Great Britain.

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American casualties in World War I were

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as likely to be from disease as from combat.

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As a result of the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania,

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Germany pledged to the United States it would not repeat such an action.

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During World War I, American ground troops

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saw combat that was relatively brief but intense.

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The immediate cause of war in Europe in 1914 was

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the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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The country that lost the greatest number of lives in World War I was

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Germany

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During the 1920s, birth control in the United States

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was illegal in many states.

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To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant

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the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries.

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In the 1920s, "behavioral" psychologists argued

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mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children.

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In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"

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was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers

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As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925,

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fundamentalists reduced their participation in political activism.

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In the 1920s, the "noble experiment" referred to

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the prohibition of alcohol.

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In the workplace, the "open shop" meant

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no worker was required to join a union.

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Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the United States economy

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saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity couple with sever inequalities.

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During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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was one of the few unions led by African Americans

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During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of

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the overproduction of goods.

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In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans

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left the United States entirely.

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In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was

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declining.

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All of the following factors were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT

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conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans.

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During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union

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sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines

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After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States

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refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owned by European nations to America.

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President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

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urging voluntary cooperation from business leaders.

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During the Great Depression, in the rural United States

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one-third of all farmers lost their land.

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The 1931 Scottsboro court case saw

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black teenagers accused of rape by two white women.

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In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression EXCEPT

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It Happened One Night

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During the Great Depression,

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the divorce rate declined.

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During the 1930s, the sit-down strike

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was a new and controversial labor tactic.

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During the "Second New Deal," President Franklin Roosevelt

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became more willing to attack corporate interests openly

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The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

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the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

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helped pave the way for the Social Security system.

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In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt

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closed all banks.

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In the 1930s, the New Deal generally gave

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work relief to men and cash assistance to women.

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The New Deal program which created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the

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Rural Electrification Administration

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The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was

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Eleanor Roosevelt.

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

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sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.

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The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT

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increase competition between companies.

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The Tripartite Pact was a defensive alliance between

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Japan, Germany, and Italy.

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The Washington Conference of 1921

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attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.

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The Neutrality Act of 1937

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allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.

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The American ambassador to London who insisted in 1940 that the British plight was already hopeless was

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Joseph Kennedy.

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During the 1920s and 1930s, interest in pursuing an isolationist foreign policy

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reflected the sentiments of a majority of the American public.

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By September 1941,

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the United States extended lend-lease privileges to the Soviet Union.

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In 1941, Germany's declaration of war against the United States

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occurred before the United States declared war on it.

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Germany began World War II in Europe days after

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a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.

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In 1934, the Soviet Union complained that the United States had little interest in stopping the expansion of

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Japan.

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In 1929, a fascist-led government was in power in

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Italy.

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